Metric Tutorials - Autodesk

Notice the opening in the beam changes based on the new parameters.
7 Proceed to the next lesson, Creating a Custom Reinforcement Layout on page 531.
Creating a Custom Reinforcement Layout
In this exercise, you create a custom reinforcement layout with overlapping rebar.
Open the 2-dimensional (2D) rebar family
Sketch the rebar
1 Click File menu ➤ New ➤ Family.
2 In the left pane of the Open dialog, click Training Files, and open Metric\Metric 2D Rebar Shape
Template.rft.
3 On the Design Bar, click Rebar Lines.
4 On the Options Bar, click (Draw).
5 Draw the overlapping rebar as one continuous line, as follows:
■ Click to the right of the vertical reference plane, and draw a horizontal line to create the top
surface of the rebar.
■ Click and draw a vertical line to create the inside loop.
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