GGU-SLAB: "Reinforce slab" menu item

Before concluding with the slab reinforcement, the system must be analysed. Once the analysis is complete you can select in the dialog box whether the reinforced concrete is designed using the old global safety factor concept to DIN 1045 or the new partial safety factor concept to EC 2/DIN 1045-1 The default method is always the safety factor concept selected in "File/New". If the safety factor concept is altered here it is also adopted for calculations. It may be necessary to reanalyse the system. Using the partial safety factor concept the following dialog box opens:

The angle for the directions of reinforcement is measured positively clockwise from the horizontal axis.

The result is initially displayed in a message box, later in the reinforcement legend. This menu item can also be started using the [F6] function key.