# Opening, Door, Window Reinforcement

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These are the settings for placing reinforcement around openings created by:

* editing Wall profile or making openings with voids - **Opening reinforcement**.
* Family of Door Category - **Door reinforcement**.
* Family of Window Category - **Window reinforcement**.

Configuration settings:

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**Edge Rebar** - straight rebar on the sides of the Door opening.

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**Copy from Opening/Window** - reinforcement settings will be copied from Opening or Window settings.

**New item** - add as many rows as you need to define the number of required rebars. Parameters for the new row will be copied from the selected row.\
**Remove Item** - remove selected row of settings\
**Move up/down** - move selected row up or down

**Count** - how many rebars will be created along wall layer thickness with this row of settings. Possible values: 1 or 2; if more are needed, a new row should be created.

**Min/Max door width** - filter the size of openings for which this row of settings should be applied

**Rebar bar type** - select rebar Type

**Side** - select on which side of the opening rebar should be created. Left/Right is as you would look from the external side of the wall.

**Length** - there are few options here:

* *Extension* - rebar will be extended to both sides from the edge of the opening by the distance defined in the Anchorage length parameter.
* *To the Top* - rebar will be extended to the top of the wall but also toward the bottom by the distance defined in Anchorage length parameter.
* *To the Bottom*- rebar will be extended to the bottom of the wall but also toward the top by the distance defined in Anchorage length parameter.
* *Top to Bottom* - rebar will go from the top to the bottom of the wall.

Left/Right options are analogous to Top/Bottom.

**Anchorage length** - distance from opening edge to the end of the rebar

**Position** - position in the wall thickness direction. Depending on the selection, Interior, Exterior cover parameters will be available.

**Edge Cover** - distance from opening edge to the side of the rebar

**Interior Cover** - distance from the interior side of wall layer to the side of the rebar

**Exterior Cover** - distance from the exterior side of wall layer to the side of the rebar

**End Cover** - distance from the rebar end to the boundary of the wall

**Bend Bar at Edges** - if there is no space for anchorage distance, bar will be bend&#x20;

**Diagonal Rebar** - 45 degrees rebar at the corners of the Door opening.

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Different settings:

**Side** - could be at both opening corners on the Top, Bottom or Top\&Bottom.\
**Bar length** - length of the rebar, which is with the same distance to both sides from the corner of the opening.

**U/O stirrups** - U and O shape stirrups around the Door openings.

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Different settings:

**Bar shape**

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**Min Length** - if the actual bar length is less than this value, the bar will not be created.

**Bar length** - length of the bar

**Spacing** - spacing between bars

**Equal offsets** - it will set equal distance from opening edges to the first/last stirrup. The layout is centered with the door edges.

**Start offset** - distance from the Bottom/Left of the opening. Entering a negative value will extend outside the edge of the opening.

**End offset** - distance from the Top/Right of the opening. Entering a negative value will extend outside the edge of the opening.

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**Create O-stirrup** - available only if U-shape stirrup is selected. It will create O-shape rebar if the distance to the wall edge is smaller than the Bar length and the full U-shape rebar length doesn't fit.

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**Width for O-Stirrup** - available only if U-shape stirrup is selected. It will create O-shape rebar if the solid width from the Door opening to the wall edge is smaller than the defined distance. So, in this case, it will extend U-shape bar and turn it into O-shape bar.

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**Rebar hook type** - hook type for O-shape rebar. Will be used on both ends of the rebar.

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