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CADS RC Quick Feature List

Customisation:
Company drawing style configuration
Powerful schedule formatting options
Fully configurable annotation
Built-in printed report designer for schedules and bar weight

Standards and Codes:
British Standards

BS 4466
BS 8666:2000
BS 8666:2005

International detailing standards

North American detailing standards (RebarCAD)
India detailing standards (CADS RC India)
South African detailing standards

Drafting:
Support for working in modelspace and layout/paperspace.
Details are scaled automatically
Easy reuse of details via user built library
Drag and drop details between drawings
Automatic grouping of over length bars into stock length groupings
Selection of macros to automatically create common details
Library of dynamic concrete outlines
Categorise by member

Bars:
Comprehensive array of ranges offered including tapered/vary ranges
Extensive Shape Code 99s library
Inbuilt Shape Code 99 designer
Library of couplers and accessories

Labels:
Match and compact bar marks features to reduce number of marks on drawing
Automatic bar tagging on drawing

Scheduling:
Incredible usability, clarity and configurability
Maintains an always current schedule
Product schedules per AutoCAD layout
Attach all required shape diagrams
Combine schedules

Editing/Revisions:
Stretch entire details
Dynamic double click editing of bars
Automatic generation of revision clouds and tables

Quality Control:
Error and compliance checking
Define and enforce company standards

Import/Export:
Import links from SMART Modeller EPW/ESA PT/SCIA Engineer for slab design
Import from CADS RC Designer software;

RC Beam Designer
RC Column Designer
RC Pile Cap Designer
RC Pad Base Designer
RC Slab Designer

All data saved in the common DWG file format
Output to;

Steelpac
Pinnacle
Ariadis
PDF
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
CSF
Image (BMP/JPEG)
HTML

Reports:
Extensive selection of weight reports
Custom bar bending reports

Please see the table below for compatability with Windows and AutoCAD®:

AutoCAD®*

Windows XP

Windows Vista

2006 CADS RC V8 and V9

2007 CADS RC V8 and V9

2007 SP2 CADS RC V8 and V9 CADS RC V9

2008 CADS RC V9 CADS RC V9

2009 CADS RC V9 CADS RC V9

* Also compatible with selective versions of:

Autodesk® Architectural Desktop, AutoCAD® Architecture
Autodesk® Civil 3D, AutoCAD® Civil 3D
Autodesk® Building Systems, AutoCAD® MEP
Autodesk® Map 3D, AutoCAD® Map 3D

Minimum Hardware / Software for AutoCAD 2006:

Operating System
Microsoft® Windows® XP (Professional, Home Edition, or Tablet PC Edition with SP1 or SP2) Windows 2000 Professional with SP4
Processor
Intel® Pentium® III or later processor or compatible, 800 MHz or higher
RAM
512 MB RAM
Hard Disk
500 MB free disk space for installation