ProConcrete SS7: Concrete Drawing Production: An Introduction/Quick-Start, with ‘Best Practices’ Recommendations

Outline: Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory (4 min) Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (11 min) Part 3) Basic components of Dynamic Views (23 min) Part 4) Dynamic Views and Drawing Composition (11 min) Break Part 5) 2d Rebar: Bar Labeling and Symbolization (14 min) Part 6) 3d Modeling Best Practices (to enhance drawing quality and ease-of-use) (11 min) Part 7) Printing/Plotting and Publishing to mobile devices (10 min) Part 8) Customization and Dynamic View Setup/project administrator (4 min) 1h:28m

About: Approach: All drawing production (no modeling, no schedules). Build used: PowerProStructures 08.11.11.273 (SS7) Seed file: \WorkSpace\ProStructures\Seeds\Imperial3d.dgn Layout: This presentation is also available as a .ppt with embedded videos. Simple model used: Output: ProjectPackage.pdf

Outline: Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory (4 min) Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (11 min) Part 3) Basic components of Dynamic Views (23 min) Part 4) Dynamic Views and Drawing Composition (11 min) Break Part 5) 2d Rebar: Bar Labeling and Symbolization (14 min) Part 6) 3d Modeling Best Practices (to enhance drawing quality and ease-of-use) (11 min) Part 7) Printing/Plotting and Publishing to mobile devices (10 min) Part 8) Customization and Dynamic View Setup/project administrator (4 min)

Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory Structural steel Design drawings (general arrangements), steel placing drawings, Shop drawings (AISC shown – similar world-wide): Concrete Design drawings and rebar placing drawings (CRSI shown – similar world-wide): ProSteel is a product that’s been around now for several years at Bentley and many more years prior to Bentley’s acquisition of it. The SS7 release of PowerProStructures includes a substantial change to the way Drawing production is performed – at least for concrete and rebar drawings. Let’s review the theory behind ProStructures’ drawing production. Let’s begin by looking at the definition of “structural steel drawings” compared to the definition of “Concrete and rebar drawings”. These definitions are taken from AISC for steel, and CRSI for rebar – both US-based organizations, but world-wide organizations are very similar for the purposes of these definitions. Please note that structural steel drawings include: Design Drawings (General Arrangments), Erection drawings, Shop Drawings (often referred to as fabrication drawings). For rebar– typically Rebar Placing Drawings are required which show information required to “set the reinforcing bars into place in the formwork”. “Reinforcing bar placing drawings… provide the details and placing instructions so that the ironworkers can set the reinforcing bars into place in the formwork”.

Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory Some structural software products use the same workflow for structural steel drawings and concrete drawings: Structural steel fabrication drawings are a combination of design drawings, single part drawings + placing drawings. Concrete drawing production: Design drawings convey design intent of concrete and rebar Rebar typically fabricated from bar schedules and/or bar tags Rebar placing drawings are for placing rebar and often re-use the design drawings Bentley’s Rebar2PC project (2013-2014): Driver: Concrete Drawing Production Need to display, label, dimension concrete shapes like a user wants to. Need to display, label, dimension rebar like a user wants to. Traditionally in the CAD or BIM world, structural steel software products have been more mature than software for reinforced concrete. Therefore, most commercially available software products use the same workflow for steel fabrication drawings and concrete drawings. But we’ve already seen that by definition, steel fabrication drawings are different from concrete drawings. It really comes down to this message, and most engineers and structural designers get this quickly: Steel fabrication drawings are mostly single part drawings, while rebar is typically fabricated from bar bending schedules and bar tags. In 2013, Bentley Software began an internal development project code-named Rebar2PC, this project has now culminated in the SS7 release. The main driver for this release was: Concrete Drawing Production. “Display concrete like a user wants, display rebar like a user wants”.

Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory Structural steel: DetailCenter Concrete: Dynamic Views and Hypermodeling So, with SS7 ProStructures we have the best of both worlds: We still have DetailCenter for Steel Fabrication Drawings, and Dynamic Views and Hypermodeling for Concrete Drawing Production. DetailCenter allows users to produce several different views of the same object, while Dynamic Views allow a single view of several different objects – each symbolized and labeled accordingly.

Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory Beginning with (Power) ProStructures SS7: Dynamic Views are the recommended best-practice method for producing drawings for concrete and rebar drawings. DetailCenter remains the recommended best practice to produce steel fabrication drawings (and remains an option for concrete drawing production as well). Note: for precast concrete panels and other similar concrete objects, DetailCenter may be the best option. So, beginning with SS7 PowerProStructures, Dynamic views are the recommended best practice for concrete and rebar drawings. While DetailCenter remains the recommended best practice for steel fabrication drawings. No other structural software product has a dedicated workflow uniquely designed for steel as well as concrete.

Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory ProConcrete SS7 provides two methods of displaying 3D rebar in drawings: 1) 2D views of the 3D rebar without any symbolization (drawing on left below) 2) 2D symbolic graphics (drawing on right below) The rest of today’s presentation will focus on concrete drawing production using Dynamic Views. The first thing to know is that 3d Rebar from the model can be shown on the drawing in two ways: 1) on the left- hand side the 3d rebar can be shown as it appears in the 3d model – but in the 2d dynamic view. This type of drawing is useful when rebar is desired to be shown in the background of a drawing such as an architectural drawing. 2) The more common method is to symbolize the rebar automatically – as you see on the right side. This type of drawing is very common in concrete drawings. Drawing with 3D rebar shown Drawing with 2D symbolic rebar shown

Outline: Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory (4 min) Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (11 min) Part 3) Basic components of Dynamic Views (23 min) Part 4) Dynamic Views and Drawing Composition (11 min) Break Part 5) 2d Rebar: Bar Labeling and Symbolization (14 min) Part 6) 3d Modeling Best Practices (to enhance drawing quality and ease-of-use) (11 min) Part 7) Printing/Plotting and Publishing to mobile devices (10 min) Part 8) Customization and Dynamic View Setup/project administrator (4 min) 1h:28m

Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow Definition of “Dynamic Views”: (source: MicroStation Help file): Dynamic Views is a general name that encompasses several related technologies which share a common goal of making model analysis and documentation more interactive and intuitive. Gone are the days when designs were just static [snapshot] views. They are replaced by the ability to create live, intelligent sections of a design composition that update automatically (through the use of detailing symbols with fields and links) as the design evolves.

Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (Terms) Dynamic Views: Terms and Definitions Design Drawing Sheet Model Annotation

Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (Terms) Dynamic Views: Terms and Definitions Design Model: The 3D BIM model (.dgn) Drawing Model: A 2D model container in which a Dynamic View is stored. Sheet Model: A 2D or 3D model container that typically includes a referenced sheet border. Design Drawing Sheet Model Annotation

Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (Terms) Dynamic Views: Terms and Definitions Design Model: Drawing Model: Sheet Model: Design Drawing Sheet Model Annotation

Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (Terms) Dynamic Views: Terms and Definitions Design Annotation: 3D labels, model annotation Drawing Annotation: Labels, dimensions, notes, callouts appropriate for a drawing (includes 2D symbolic rebar labels and dimensions) Sheet Annotation: Only the notes, labels, callouts appropriate for a sheet (general notes, sheet name) Design Drawing Sheet Model Annotation

Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (Terms) Dynamic Views: Terms and Definitions Design Annotation: 3D labels, model annotation Drawing Annotation: Labels, dimensions, notes, callouts appropriate for a drawing (includes 2D symbolic rebar labels and dimensions) Sheet Annotation: Only the notes, labels, callouts appropriate for a sheet (general notes, sheet name) Design Drawing Sheet Model Annotation

Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (Terms) Dynamic Views: Terms and Definitions Design Annotation: 3D labels, model annotation Drawing Annotation: Labels, dimensions, notes, callouts appropriate for a drawing (includes 2D symbolic rebar labels and dimensions) Sheet Annotation: Only the notes, labels, callouts appropriate for a sheet (general notes, sheet name) Design Drawing Sheet Model Annotation

ProConcrete Workflow (Modeling) 3D DGN File All Rebar in ProConcrete must belong to a concrete object - either a ProConcrete parametric object or a promoted solid. In the SS7 release, the 3D Rebar and the concrete object must be placed in the same DGN file. Rebar may protrude outside the extents of it’s owner concrete (including entirely outside), and may extend over multiple other concrete objects. Concrete and Rebar objects both have their own levels( ) colors, line weights, etc. Parent Child (both reside in same DGN file)

Dynamic Views Workflow (ProConcrete) 3D DGN File All Drawing models with 2D symbolic rebar must be saved to the 3D DGN file containing the concrete and rebar. Leave this turned OFF if you want 2D symbolic rebar in DV’s. Note: In ProConcrete, when you want 2d symbolic rebar you must cut the Dynamic Views from within the same model as the rebar and concrete. This workflow is different from other Bentley applications which allow the use of a BIM container model in which all DV’s are cut from.

Dynamic Views Workflow (ProConcrete) 3D DGN File Drawing models with no 2D symbolic rebar (3D only*) may be sent to another file Drawing Model DGN File OK to use When would it be the case that you would not want 2d symbolic rebar? Some cases would be: When you will do only manual labeling and dimensioning of rebar. When the rebar is shown in the background. USING THIS OPTION MEANS ALL REBAR LABELING AND DIMENSIONING WILL BE DONE MANUALLY WITH STANDARD MICROSTATION DRAWING COMMANDS. THIS OPTION IS AN ALTERNATIVE ONLY, THE RECOMMENDED WORKFLOW IS TO USE 2D SYMBOLIC REBAR. * see speaker notes

Dynamic Views Workflow (ProConcrete) BIM Composite DGN Material lists/QTO Bar bending schedules Schedule simulation Clash detection Printing/Plotting/ Publishing Mobile app export Real-world Project Workflow: Project 2015:001 DGN File 1 DGN File 2 DGN File 3

Dynamic Views Workflow (ProConcrete) BIM Composite DGN Material lists/QTO Bar bending schedules Schedule simulation Clash detection Printing/Plotting/ Publishing Mobile app export Real-world Project Workflow: Project 2015:001 DGN File 1 DGN File 2 DGN File 3 Sheet Composite DGN

Dynamic Views Workflow (ProConcrete) BIM Composite DGN Material lists/QTO Bar bending schedules Schedule simulation Clash detection Printing/Plotting/ Publishing Mobile app export Real-world Project Workflow: Project 2015:001 DGN File 1 DGN File 2 DGN File 3 Sheet Composite DGN

Dynamic Views Workflow (ProConcrete) Real-world Project Workflow: Project 2015:001 BIM Composite DGN Material lists/QTO Bar bending schedules Schedule simulation Clash detection Printing/Plotting/ Publishing Mobile app export DGN File 1 DGN File 2 DGN File 3 Of course, the BIM Composite DGN and the SHEET Composite DGN can be the same DGN File if you wish.

Dynamic Views Workflow (ProConcrete) Another real-world Project Workflow: Project 2015:002 BIM Composite DGN Material lists/QTO Bar bending schedules Schedule simulation Clash detection Printing/Plotting/ Publishing Mobile app export DV’s without 2D symbolic rebar (3d rebar only) DGN File 2 DGN File 1 DGN File 3 DV’s with 2D symbolic rebar Another possibility is to use the 3d Rebar as background objects only. If this is the case, then the BIM Composite DGN can contain the DV’s. Sheet Composite DGN

Outline: Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory (4 min) Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (11 min) Part 3) Basic components of Dynamic Views (23 min) Part 4) Dynamic Views and Drawing Composition (11 min) Break Part 5) 2d Rebar: Bar Labeling and Symbolization (14 min) Part 6) 3d Modeling Best Practices (to enhance drawing quality and ease-of-use) (11 min) Part 7) Printing/Plotting and Publishing to mobile devices (10 min) Part 8) Customization and Dynamic View Setup/project administrator (4 min)

Part 3) Basic Components of Dynamic Views: 3-1: Clip volumes and Fitted Sections: Clip Volume toolbox or window tool box (right click if not displayed) CV’s are construction elements and have levels, right-click Apply Handles, right-click/flip direction, stepped section clip volumes 3-2: Named Fences from Clip Volumes View attribute – Clip Volume on/off 3-3: Clip Volume View Attributes: Display styles for Forward, Back, Cut, Outside 3-4: Create Drawing from Clip Volume 3-5: Reference Files (learn Activate/Deactivate), 3-6: View groups, Models, Saved views (review)

Outline: Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory (4 min) Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (11 min) Part 3) Basic components of Dynamic Views (23 min) Part 4) Dynamic Views and Drawing Composition (11 min) Break Part 5) 2d Rebar: Bar Labeling and Symbolization (14 min) Part 6) 3d Modeling Best Practices (to enhance drawing quality and ease-of-use) (11 min) Part 7) Printing/Plotting and Publishing to mobile devices (10 min) Part 8) Customization and Dynamic View Setup/project administrator (4 min)

Part 4) Dynamic Views and Drawing Composition 4-1: Drawing composition commands 4-2: Drawing creation and Sheet creation 4-3: Dynamic Views and Project Explorer 4-4: Add a Drawing view to an existing sheet 4-5: Modifying the drawing scale

Outline: Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory (4 min) Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (11 min) Part 3) Basic components of Dynamic Views (23 min) Part 4) Dynamic Views and Drawing Composition (11 min) Break Part 5) 2d Rebar: Bar Labeling and Symbolization (14 min) Part 6) 3d Modeling Best Practices (to enhance drawing quality and ease-of-use) (11 min) Part 7) Printing/Plotting and Publishing to mobile devices (10 min) Part 8) Customization and Dynamic View Setup/project administrator (4 min)

Part 5) 2d Rebar: Bar labeling and symbolization Pre 5.0: Bar Marking (Positioning) 5-1: Rebar graphics: 2d and 3d 5-2: 2d Rebar labeling and symbolization – (activate the drawing, work in the sheet) 5-3: Dimensions, annotations, notes: Drawing annotation: (activate the drawing, work in sheet) Sheet annotation: (general notes, etc)

Outline: Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory (4 min) Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (11 min) Part 3) Basic components of Dynamic Views (23 min) Part 4) Dynamic Views and Drawing Composition (11 min) Break Part 5) 2d Rebar: Bar Labeling and Symbolization (14 min) Part 6) 3d Modeling Best Practices (to enhance drawing quality/ease-of-use) (11 min) Part 7) Printing/Plotting and Publishing to mobile devices (10 min) Part 8) Customization and Dynamic View Setup/project administrator (4 min)

Part 6) 3d Modeling-Best Practices (for best Concrete Drawings) 6-1: S7 provides new rebar levels, new level filters, new colored rebar patterns 6-2: Item Browser (and publish iModel) 6-3: Isolate command 6-4: Display Sets & Named Groups 6-5: Hypermodeling Use: Levels, Level filters and Item Browser Do not use: ProStructures Display Classes or Area Classes with rebar:  They do not allow different display settings in multiple Dynamic Views Do not work across MicroStation reference files File corruptions have been encountered in large models

Outline: Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory (4 min) Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (11 min) Part 3) Basic components of Dynamic Views (23 min) Part 4) Dynamic Views and Drawing Composition (11 min) Break Part 5) 2d Rebar: Bar Labeling and Symbolization (14 min) Part 6) 3d Modeling Best Practices (to enhance drawing quality/ease-of-use) (11 min) Part 7) Printing/Plotting and Publishing to mobile devices (10 min) Part 8) Customization and Dynamic View Setup/project administrator (4 min)

Part 7) Printing/Plotting and Publishing to Mobile Devices 7-1: Visible Edges: Dynamic vs. Cached 7-2: Printing/plotting 7-3: Batch printing/plotting with Print Organizer 7-4: Creating a PDF with drawings, 3d model, bar schedules 7-5: Publishing an iModel, publishing a mobile iModel for viewing on iPad/iPhone 7-6: Automatically update output every time I exit a model?

Outline: Part 1) ProStructures SS7 Drawing Production Theory (4 min) Part 2) Dynamic Views Workflow (11 min) Part 3) Basic components of Dynamic Views (23 min) Part 4) Dynamic Views and Drawing Composition (11 min) Break Part 5) 2d Rebar: Bar Labeling and Symbolization (14 min) Part 6) 3d Modeling Best Practices (to enhance drawing quality/ease-of-use) (11 min) Part 7) Printing/Plotting and Publishing to mobile devices (10 min) Part 8) Customization and Dynamic View Setup/project administrator (4 min)

Part 8) Customization: Setup/Project Administrator 8-1: Customizing your own Drawing Seeds (.dgnlib) 8-2: Customizing your own Detailing Symbol Styles (.dgnlib) 8-3: Customizing your own Display Styles (.dgnlib) 8-4: Rebar: Default.def 8-5: Rebar: Display.sys 8-6: Rebar: Presets.sys

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