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RC Detailing for AutoCAD

Evolving designs are catered for by a range of

editing tools and repetitive details can be saved for
re-use in later drawings and projects.

For anyone familiar with AutoCAD and RC detailing,

MasterRC is rapidly learned with the aid of showme-how videos, the on-line manual and our excellent
telephone support line. An automated link to the
MasterSeries Concrete Design program enables
rapid overall production of RC frame details and a
built-in staircase detail generator greatly reduces
the work required for this structural item.

MasterRC has been used for over fifteen years

on a wide variety of civil and structural projects.
Development continues to enhance the existing
toolkit and to add new features that contribute to
productivity, always listening to the wishes of our
customers.

The drawn details are automatically scheduled at

the press of a button using the included MasterRC
Scheduler. The Schedule provides full revision

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RC Detailing for AutoCAD

MasterRC is an AutoCAD application providing a

powerful yet easy to use set of tools for the accurate
detailing of reinforced concrete. Generation of bars
and labels requires minimal input and scheduling is an
immediate, error-free operation.

 Labelling to suit single, groups or runs of bars

Labelling of rectangular, skewed, circular,
uniform and variable bar sets

MASTERRC DETAILING FEATURES

Labelling of series of isolated bars

Offset link labelling, with multiple

Fast, flexible and efficient input

Extensive use of dialog boxes and flyout toolbars
Simply load an outline drawing into

groups and automatic symmetry

For checking, indicate any bars not associated with a label

AutoCAD and start detailing

On-line manual
Pre-processors including staircase detailing generator
Operates in model space or paper space
Detail at different drawing scales and MasterRC
will look after everything, including all text sizes.

IMPORTING

As well as working as a fully fledged RC detailing

application, MasterRC can import outlines and
finished details from a variety of sources

Outlines can be imported from

MasterCAD General Frames

Designed RC details can be automatically

BARS

No cover lines or pre-selection of bar orientation required

Full range of graphical bar development methods

imported from MasterKey Concrete Sections,

MasterKey Retaining Walls, MasterRC Pile Cap
and MasterBeam Concrete Beam Designer

including fitted, to an outline, from a point and centred

The MasterRC detail import scripting language is

available for users to create their own detail macros.

Quickly fit straight and cranked lapped

Standard drawing details can be saved

bars to and between existing bars

and re-used as required

Option to define bars by input of schedule dimensions

Tolerances and laps are calculated automatically
Linear varying bar groups
Stepped varying bar groups
Fitted to profile varying bar groups
Review and select bars for re-use

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LABELS

RC Detailing for AutoCAD

tracking as amendments are made to your details

and the schedule revision is incremented each time
you issue the schedule.

allowances to suit proprietary connectors

Work at different scales

Out-of-plane bar placing and labelling for inclined elements
Bar matching facility to minimise
generation of new bar marks

Compress and renumber existing bar

marks to remove duplicate bars

Undo marker placed before each MasterRC command

to speed-up and improve control of the undo process

Wall and slab outline drawing routines as bonus installation

Use external reference (XREF) drawings to
build details on existing outlines and to lap bars
with reinforcement detailed elsewhere

EDITING

Efficient modification tools allow details

SCHEDULING

to be quickly changed to suit evolving

designs and non-standard situations

The MasterRC Scheduler is included with MasterRC

Simple and quick method to preview or print the

Edit, replace and re-define existing bars

Stretching of bars and labelled bar runs

schedule from within the drawing editor

Optional use of a bar database for the

Full editing of label text

intelligent re-use of bar marks

Options to adjust, split and join label runs

Split and lap straight bars

Change bar marks
Copy, move, mirror and rotate details using AutoCAD,
then complete and modify with MasterRC

Immediate, automatic and error-free scheduling

Full error checking and reporting
Bar weights by element or bar size
99 shapes can be customised, placed and
scheduled just like any standard shape

Any inserted, deleted or amended bars are

CUSTOMISATION

automatically reflected in the schedule

MasterRC can be Customised to suit

Schedule pages to BS 4466, BS 8666 or SABS

your drawing office requirements

82 can also be placed on the drawing, with 99

shape sketches automatically included

Customisation titles, labelling text formats

For checking purposes, the free legs of

and layering table to company standards

bars may be shown on the schedule

Customise pre-defined label end notes

Revisions are flagged with the relevant revision letter

to suit particular bar shapes

Customise steel diameters, grade letters, laps, bending

radii and hook dimensions for different countries

Built-in and user-definable shape 99 bars

Tailor ranges of bar shapes for BS 4466, BS 8666,
SABS 82 or other codes with similar conventions

Customise order of bar shapes for rapid selection

C&SCS Ltd. 2007.11

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Coupled bars placed with end preparation

RC Detailing for AutoCAD

ADVANCED FEATURES

More information
MasterSeries
Civil & Structural Computer Services Limited
1 Circular Road
Newtownabbey
Co. Antrim
BT37 0RA
United Kingdom
Phone
UK: 028 9036 5950
RoI: 048 9036 5950
Overseas: +44 28 9036 5950
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