ProConcrete SS7: Concrete Drawing Production:

© 2014 Bentley Systems, Incorporated

An Introduction/Quick-Start, with ‘Best Practices’ Recommendations

ProConcrete SS7: Concrete Drawing Production:

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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)

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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)

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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


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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):

“Reinforcing bar placing drawings… provide the details and placing instructions so that the ironworkers can set the reinforcing bars into place in the formwork”.


• 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.



• Structural steel: DetailCenter

• Concrete: Dynamic Views and Hypermodeling



• 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.




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)

Drawing with 3D rebar shown Drawing with 2D symbolic rebar shown


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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



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.



Model Annotation



Design Model: Drawing Model:

Sheet Model:



Model Annotation




Design Annotation: 3D labels, model annotationDrawing 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)


Model Annotation








Model Annotation

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• 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.

ProConcrete Workflow (Modeling)

3D DGN File


• All Drawing models with 2D symbolic rebar must be saved to the 3D DGN file containing the concrete and rebar.

Dynamic Views Workflow (ProConcrete)

Leave this turned OFF if you want 2D symbolic rebar in DV’s.

3D DGN File


• Drawing models with no 2D symbolic rebar (3D only*) may be sent to another file


OK to use

* see speaker notes

Drawing Model DGN File

3D DGN File


Real-world Project Workflow:Project 2015:001


DGN File 2DGN File 1 DGN File 3

BIM Composite DGN• Material lists/QTO• Bar bending schedules• Schedule simulation• Clash detection• Printing/Plotting/

Publishing• Mobile app export




Sheet Composite DGN





BIM Composite DGN




• Material lists/QTO• Bar bending schedules• Schedule simulation• Clash detection• Printing/Plotting/



Sheet Composite DGN


Another real-world Project Workflow:Project 2015:002


DV’s with 2D symbolic rebar

BIM Composite DGN

• Material lists/QTO• Bar bending schedules• Schedule simulation• Clash detection• Printing/Plotting/


DV’s without 2D symbolic rebar (3d rebar only)


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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 Volume3-5: Reference Files (learn Activate/Deactivate),

3-6: View groups, Models, Saved views (review)


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Part 4) Dynamic Views and Drawing Composition

4-1: Drawing composition commands 4-2: Drawing creation and Sheet creation4-3: Dynamic Views and Project Explorer 4-4: Add a Drawing view to an existing sheet4-5: Modifying the drawing scale


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Part 5) 2d Rebar: Bar labeling and symbolization

Pre 5.0: Bar Marking (Positioning)

5-1: Rebar graphics: 2d and 3d5-2: 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)


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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 patterns6-2: Item Browser (and publish iModel)6-3: Isolate command6-4: Display Sets & Named Groups6-5: 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


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Part 7) Printing/Plotting and Publishing to Mobile Devices

7-1: Visible Edges: Dynamic vs. Cached 7-2: Printing/plotting7-3: Batch printing/plotting with Print Organizer7-4: Creating a PDF with drawings,

3d model, bar schedules7-5: Publishing an iModel, publishing a

mobile iModel for viewing on iPad/iPhone7-6: Automatically update output every time

I exit a model?


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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.def8-5: Rebar: Display.sys8-6: Rebar: Presets.sys


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