Graphics for Concrete Design

The evaluation and documentation of the design results is usually done graphically. To display the various types of results on the model, the Navigator - Results is adjusted to the design add-on. The concrete results are controlled in the list of the Navigator, under the Concrete Design result type.

Navigator – Results for Concrete Design

In the Design Situations category, you can specify whether to display the maximum results from all design situations (the "envelope") or the maximum values of selected design situations.

In the Design Checks and Reinforcement categories, select the result type for members, surfaces, or nodes. Multiple selection is possible; these results are then displayed simultaneously on the model (see image Multiple Result Types).

In the work window, you have the same options for the selection and evaluation as for the structural analysis, for example, to display the result sections with reinforcements.

Control Panel

The control panel is also adapted to the results of the concrete design. There, you can adjust the colors for design ratios and reinforcements. This may be necessary if several result types are displayed simultaneously.

Displaying Multiple Result Types for Required and Provided Reinforcement

Furthermore, you can use the control panel – as you know it from the structural analysis – to scale the factors of the result distributions, or to define the objects for the result display.

Result Value Filter

In the 'Results' menu, use the Result Value Filter function (see image Calling Up Result Value Filter ) to open the 'Result Value Filter' dialog box. Here, you can define the criteria for displaying result values.

Defining Filter Criterion for Reinforcement Values on Surfaces

In the "Values" section, use the check boxes to specify the result types for which you want to define the criteria. If you select a check box, you can specify the conditions for this result type in the 'Display According to Criteria' section. In the second column, select which comparison should apply. In the third column, enter the governing value.

The image above shows a condition for the required bottom reinforcement a_s,req,1. With this specification, only reinforcement values greater than 3.00 cm²/m are displayed.

Reinforcement Values with Filter Criterion

Further information on the 'Result Value Filter' dialog box can be found in the chapter Result Values on Surfaces of the RFEM manual.

The following chapters describe the result types of the design add-on.