Materials for Concrete Design

The "Materials" table of the "Concrete Design" category lists all materials defined for the model.

Table "Materials" for Concrete Design

Valid Materials

The font color of the materials gives you the information about the utilization and validity of the material for the concrete design:

• Black = material suitable for design
• Red = material not suitable for design
• Blue = material not used in the model
• Gray = material not used for objects to design

Material Types for Concrete Design

For concrete materials, there is a further distinction made between the "Concrete" and "Lightweight Concrete" subtypes. You can use this filter option in the material library of RFEM or RSTAB.

Material Subtypes Concrete and Lightweight Concrete

The objects with an invalid material assigned are not taken into account in the design – even if the "To Design" option is activated for this material. They are automatically identified as "Not Valid / Deactivated" in the Objects to Design table.

Removing Material from Design

For a valid material, you can exclude from design all objects with this material assigned by deactivating the "To Design" check box. These objects are classified as "Not Valid / Deactivated" in the Objects to Design table and are not analyzed during the design.

Options

The symbols in the "Options" column are used for different settings or modified values. They allow for a quick overview, for example, to identify the materials with adjusted properties.

Symbols for Materials in Column "Options"

By clicking the icon, you can open the editing dialog box of the material for the stored option.

	Opens the "Edit Material" dialog box with the Concrete Settings tab.
	Opens the "Edit Material" dialog box with the Time-Dependent Properties of Concrete tab.