Add Rebar Item ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

  • Adds text to your current drawing. Locate a point then make entries on the Rebar Item Edit window to create the text.
  • Rebar items are essentially labels -- that is, they are composed of text and look like labels -- but a rebar item can only be added or edited as a rebar item.
  • For rebar items placed using Add Rebar Item , the default " Pen Color , " " Character height ," " Width/height ratio ," etc. comes from the last-added or last-edited rebar item.
  • See the step-by-step instructions .

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   Step-by-step instructions :

Add Rebar Item lets you add rebar items to any selected layer of your current Drawing Editor drawing. You need to left-click ( Locate ) a point in order to define a rebar item's location in a drawing. After locating one rebar item, you can locate duplicates of that exact same rebar item elsewhere in your drawing. The following instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse.

1 . Before using this tool:

1a (optional) : On the layer selection tool , select the drawing layer that you want to add the rebar item to. This step is optional because you can change the drawing layer in step 3.

1b (optional) : To set the defaults for the to-be-added rebar item(s) to be those of an existing rebar item, double-click the existing rebar item then press " OK " on its edit window.

1c (if applicable) : Unshorten a member detail before adding a rebar item if you want Detail Members to later be able to correctly preserve ' User-created ' annotations. For best accuracy in any type of Drawing Editor drawing, you can count on measurement tools such as Dimension Add or Ruler or Construction Line Add using BSCL to reliably produce precise and consistent results in an unshortened drawing.

2 . Invoke Add Rebar Item using any one (1)of the following methods:

Method 1 : With Rebar Item Mode mouse bindings active, middle-click ( Add ).

Method 2 : Choose Objects > Rebar Items > Add .

Method 3 : On your toolbar, click the Add Rebar Item icon, which is pictured above. If the icon is not currently on your toolbar, you can add it using Toolbar Configuration .

Method 4 : Use a keyboard shortcut .

3 . The Rebar Item Edit window opens.

Alternative 1 : Type in the letters you want to the " Rebar Item text fields " (unless they have already been entered). If necessary, change the character height, width, pen color, drawing layer and rotation of the rebar item text. Press the " OK " button at the bottom of the window. Go to step 4.

Alternative 2 : Press " Cancel " to close the window and end this operation. Do not continue.

4 . Locate- Pan -Return mouse bindings become active along with various Locate options.

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Alternative 1 : Select the Locate icon that you want ( FRPT is selected by default). Place the mouse pointer ( ) so that the point location target ( ) snaps to where you want the rebar item's reference point, then left-click ( Locate ). Go to step 5.

Alternative 2 : Right-click ( Return ) if you do not want to add the rebar item. Do not continue.

5 . Locate- Pan -Return mouse bindings continue to be active.

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Alternative 1 : Left-click ( Locate ) to place duplicates of the rebar item at other locations.

Alternative 2 : Right-click ( Return ) when you are done adding rebar items. Go to step 6.

6 . The mouse bindings that were active when you invoked Add Rebar Item become active again.

Note: Any rebar items added using this procedure can be instantly removed (one at a time, in reverse-order of their addition) by using Undo .

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