{"id":6178,"date":"2021-01-20T12:20:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T12:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6178"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:45:10","slug":"how-to-define-reinforcement-zones-in-a-section-utility-cross-section","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/knowledge-base\/how-to-define-reinforcement-zones-in-a-section-utility-cross-section\/","title":{"rendered":"How to define reinforcement zones in a Section Utility cross-section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Section Utility allows you to create concrete cross-section with arbitrary shapes. But those shapes come the some difficulties, like the gross cover and the position of the resulting\u00a0reinforcement zones).<\/p>\n<p>Section Utility\/ Diamonds cannot determine the gross cover\/ reinforcement zones automatically. It is up to the user to define those:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the relevant\u00a0cross section and open it in Section Utility. For example this one below.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6170\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones1-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones1-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones1-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones1-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones1-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones1-60x32.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones1-35x19.png 35w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones1.png 1921w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click on the button <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-6169\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/KnopWapeningsZone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/KnopWapeningsZone.jpg 34w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/KnopWapeningsZone-31x35.jpg 31w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34px) 100vw, 34px\" \/>\u00a0on the left side.<\/li>\n<li>Select the position of the reinforcement zone (upper, right,\u00a0lower or left) you&rsquo;d like to define. For example <em>Upper <\/em>and hit<em> OK.<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6171\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones2.png 348w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones2-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones2-50x42.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones2-60x50.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones2-35x29.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>A drawing function will become active allowing you to draw <strong>the centerline of the reinforcement zone<\/strong>.<br \/>\nClick once with the left mouse button to define the start the reinforcement zone. <strong>Keep the left mouse button pressed in<\/strong> <strong>as you move towards the end of the reinforcement zone<\/strong>. Let go of the left mouse button to define the end of the reinforcement zone. A line will be drawn.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6172\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones3-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones3-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones3-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones3-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones3-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones3-60x32.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones3-35x19.png 35w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones3.png 1921w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click on the button\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-3047\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ButtonArrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"37\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ButtonArrow.jpg 37w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ButtonArrow-35x35.jpg 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 37px) 100vw, 37px\" \/> to end the drawing function. The line will change into a rectangular zone.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6173\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones4-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones4-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones4-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones4-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones4-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones4-60x32.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones4-35x19.png 35w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones4.png 1921w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The reinforcement zone for the upper reinforcement is now defined.<br \/>\nRepeat the steps for the right, lower and left reinforcement like in the image below.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6174\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones5-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones5-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones5-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones5-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones5-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones5-60x32.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones5-35x19.png 35w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoReinforcementZones5.png 1921w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: the reinforcement zone is always a straight line. For that reason it is not possible to define curved reinforcement zones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Section Utility allows you to create concrete cross-section with arbitrary shapes. But those shapes come the some difficulties, like the gross cover and the position of the resulting\u00a0reinforcement zones). Section Utility\/ Diamonds cannot determine the gross cover\/ reinforcement zones automatically. It is up to the user to define those: Select&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[57],"ht-kb-tag":[616],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/6178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6178"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/6178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23572,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/6178\/revisions\/23572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=6178"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=6178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}