.You can draw a Rectangle shape by clicking the Draw menu > Draw Solid Shape > Rectangle command
or by clicking the associated toolbar button, .
When a Rectangle shape is initially drawn, the height is measured parallel to the Section Designer Y-axis and the width is measured parallel to the Section Designer X-axis. Thus initially the height is vertical and the width is horizontal. This orientation changes if you rotate the shape. For example, if after drawing the Rectangle you rotate it 90 degrees, the height is horizontal and the width is vertical.
Following are the shape properties associated with the Rectangle shape.
Type: This item is Rectangle to identify the type of solid shape. It is not editable by the user.
Material: The default material property for Rectangle shapes is Concrete (CONC). To change this item right click in the cell and select any available material property in the resulting drop-down box.
Color: This item controls the color of the fill for the shape. Left click on the cell to bring up the Color form where you can set the color for the fill.
X Center: The Section Designer X coordinate of the center of the bounding box for the shape. Changing this coordinate relocates the shape.
Y Center: The Section Designer Y coordinate of the center of the bounding box for the shape. Changing this coordinate relocates the shape.
Height: The height of the shape.
Width: The width of the shape.
Rotation: Angle (in degrees) measured from the Section Designer X-Axis to the original horizontal axis of the shape. See the sketch below. Note that the shape is rotated about the center of the bounding rectangle.
Reinforcing: This item is only visible if the material property associated with the shape has a Concrete design type. The value of this item is either Yes or No. Setting it to Yes inserts edge reinforcing bars and corner bars in the shape. In other portions of this manual these bars are referred to as bars that are associated with the shape. If you set this item to No you can still use the Draw menu > Draw Reinforcing Shape command to place rebar in the shape.
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