Optimizing an RCS Section

Before or after we have performed a calculation we may want to make some modifications to the reinforced cross-section which is assigned to a Section in the RCS Project through the API.

We currently provide three ways to do this:

Changing the sections reinforced cross-section to another avaliable in the project.
Importing reinforcement and/or tendon modifications to an already avaliable reinforced cross-section in the project by a .nav file.
Importing a new reinforced cross-section by .nav file import.

Changing a Sections Reinforced Cross-section

If we have multiple reinforced cross-sections avaliable in the RCS Project we can switch between them.

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    # First you may want to get avaliable reinforced cross-sections in project
    # Get IDs of all reinforced cross-sections in the rcs project
    rcsIds = []
    for rcs in rcsClient.Project.ReinforcedCrossSections.values():
        rcsIds.append(rcs.Id)
    
    sectionToUpdate = 1    

    # Set reinforced cross-section 2 to the section 1
    updateRes = rcsClient.UpdateReinforcedCrossSectionInSection(sectionToUpdate, rcsIds[1])

Note

In IOM we can define any number of avaliable reinforced cross-sections that will be created in the RCS project. We can then use the API to switch between.

Updating a reinforced cross-section

We may only want to update the reinforcement or tendon layout of an existing reinforced cross-section. We can currently do this using the import reinforced cross-section functionality which is avaliible through the use of .nav files.

This allows us to

Change only the reinforcement or tendon configuration of an existing reinforced cross-section.
Change the cross-section (and keep reinforcement as is).
Completly overwrite the current reinforced cross-section with a different one from a template file.

Choose between the import options avaliable 'Reinf', 'Css' or 'Tendon' or 'Complete' we can detimine what will be imported.

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#read a rcs template from NAV file
rcs_template_file_path = os.path.join(dir_path, 'templates', 'rect-L-3-2.nav')
print(rcs_template_file_path)

reinfCssTemplate = None
with open(rcs_template_file_path, 'r') as file:
    reinfCssTemplate = file.read()

# The reinforcement of the provided Cross-section Id will be replaced with that provided in the .nav file 
importSetting = rcsproject.ReinforcedCrossSectionImportSetting(1, "Reinf")

newReinSect = rcsClient.ImportReinforcedCrossSection(importSetting, reinfCssTemplate)

Adding a new reinforced cross-section

If you already have a fully defined reinforced cross-section within a .nav file, it can be imported as a new reinforced cross-section in the project. Remember if the Id provided is already used in the project it will ovveride it instead of creating a new one.

After import you can again change the reinforced cross-section of the required section to the one that has just been created.

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    #read a rcs template from NAV file
    rcs_template_file_path = os.path.join(dir_path, 'templates', 'rect-L-3-2.nav')
    print(rcs_template_file_path)

    reinfCssTemplate = None
    with open(rcs_template_file_path, 'r') as file:
        reinfCssTemplate = file.read()

    # if reinfCssId is None a new reinforced cross-section will be created 
    importSetting = rcsproject.ReinforcedCrossSectionImportSetting(None, "Complete")

    newReinSect = rcsClient.ImportReinforcedCrossSection(importSetting, reinfCssTemplate)
    print("Id of a new reinforced cross-section", newReinSect.Id)

Table of Contents

Optimizing an RCS Section

Changing a Sections Reinforced Cross-section

Note

Updating a reinforced cross-section

Adding a new reinforced cross-section