The Segment window
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Two ways to open this window: 1) Double-click an segment " Shape Operation " on the Standard Rebar Bends window. 2) Press " Add " on that same window, then press " Add " on the window that opens, then select ' Segment '. |
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Parameter type: Fixed value or Variable or Parametric variable .
' Fixed Value ' sets the segment length to the " Value " entered below.
' Variable ' sets the default segment length to the " Value " entered below and permits that length to be adjusted in a " Parameter " field on the Edit Rebar Shape window. The label for referencing the hook length is the " Label " specified below. The label for referencing the length is the " Label " specified below.
' Parametric value ' sets the default segment length to the " Value " entered below and permits that length to be adjusted parametrically. The label for referencing the length is the " Label " specified below.
Label: A or B or C or etc . This applies when the segment length " Parameter type " is ' Variable ' or ' Parametric variable '. This is the label that appears on both the Rebar Shape Template Editor window picture and on the Edit Rebar Shape window picture. In the example shown at the top of the page, ' A ' is entered as the length " Label ."
Value: The length of the segment when the segment length " Parameter type " is set to ' Fixed value ' or ' Variable ' or ' Parametric variable '. This is distance in the primary dimension " Units " (or other units ) from the start of the segment to the end of the segment.
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Placement point at start of segment: 
or 
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If this box is checked (
If the box is not checked (
Placement point at end of segment: or .
If this box is checked (
If the box is not checked (
Note: If a rebar shape has only a segment and no other shape operations, you must check " Placement points " or you will not be able to add the rebar shape in Modeling .
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To close the Segment window :
"OK" (or the Enter key) closes the Segment window and temporarily records your changes. The Rebar Shape Template Editor is reactivated and, if applicable, changes that you made on this window will be applied to the picture shown on that window. Your changes will be permanently saved when you press " OK " on the Rebar Shape Template Editor ,
"Cancel" (or the Esc key or the
button) closes this window without saving any changes made to it.
"Reset" undoes all changes made to this window since you first opened it. The window remains open.
