Form: Assign General Reinforcing Pier Section, Uniform Reinforcing Assignment to Pier
Use the Design menu > Shear Wall Design > Assign Pier Sections command to specify that the selected wall pier be designed using Simplified C&T Design, or Uniform or General Reinforcing.
Select the pier section to be assigned Simplified C&T Design, or Uniform or General Reinforcing.
Click the Design menu > Shear Wall Design > Assign Pier Sections command. A drop-down list of subcommands displays. Choose the appropriate subcommand:
Simplified C and T Section command. The command immediately specifies the section as a Simplified C and T section. That is, no form displays. For a simplified section, the pier geometry is defined by a length, thickness, and size of the edge members at each end of the pier (if any).
Uniform Reinforcing Pier Sections command. Use this command to access the Uniform Reinforcing Assignment to Pier form. Use that form to assign uniform reinforcement to a pier. Define the following parameters on the form:
Material drop-down list. Select the pier material from the list of available materials.
Distributed Bar Size drop-down list, Spacing and Clear Cover for Rebar edit boxes. Add the distributed bar size, spacing and clear cover of the rebar.
End/Corner Bar Size drop-down list. If a different size is required, enter the size of the end/corner bars.
Check/Design options. Choose to check or design the reinforcement.
General Reinforcing Pier Section command accesses the Assign General Reinforcing Pier Sections form.
Section at Top and Section at Bottom list boxes. Use these list boxes to assign different general pier section properties to the top and bottom of the selected pier. Select the property to be assigned by clicking on it in the appropriate list box.
Check/Design options. Choose to check or design the reinforcement.