MA-REBARS: Full-Featured Rebar Detailing & Automation Toolkit for Structural Engineers.

Overview Streamline your structural engineering and BIM modeling workflows with MA-REBARS—a comprehensive, all-in-one Autodesk® Revit® extension specifically designed to handle the daily complexities of concrete reinforcement detailing. From parametric automation to advanced documentation and view management, this toolkit eliminates hours of repetitive manual tasks, drastically reduces human error, and ensures high-quality, fabrication-ready deliverables. Whether you are working on a small residential project or a massive commercial structural model, MA-REBARS empowers you to detail faster, smarter, and with absolute precision.

Key Features & Benefits:

• Advanced Rebar Automation & Modeling Say goodbye to tedious manual placement. Generate fully parametric reinforcement for standard concrete elements like Beams and Columns in a matter of seconds. The intelligent algorithms seamlessly adapt to almost any structural profile or complex geometry. By automating the placement of main bars, stirrups, and ties, structural modelers can ensure precise coordination and instantly update configurations when architectural changes occur.
• Smart Detailing & The "HideTag" Workflow Cluttered floor plans and overloaded sections are a thing of the past. Master your reinforcement drawings with our specialized "HideTag" workflow and mass detailing techniques. Effortlessly manage dense rebar layers, seamlessly hide or show specific bar groups, and clean up complex structural views with a single click. This drastically reduces the manual clicking previously required to achieve clean, legible, and standardized construction drawings.
• Dynamic Documentation & Annotations Accelerate your sheet production and layout process. The add-in fully automates the generation of Rebar Tags, accurate inline Bending Details, and precise dimensioning. It comprehensively handles everything from standard single bars to complex running length reinforcement and Multi-Rebar Annotation computations. By automating the drafting aspect of Revit, you can focus on engineering instead of formatting.
• Complete Visibility & View Management: Take absolute control over reinforcement visibility across your entire Revit project. Instantly generate functional structural sections and utilize the powerful global Section Settings to bulk-hide or show section marks across specific view types. Furthermore, the customized Unobscured and Reset filters allow you to effortlessly manage rebar clarity. Instantly render rebar as solid 3D elements or unobscured wireframes in 3D views without digging through Revit’s native visibility graphics overrides.
• Seamless Schedules & Data Export BIM is all about the data, and MA-REBARS ensures your Bar Bending Schedules (BBS) are always accurate and accessible.
• With one-click placement, easily generate and position Standard and Variable Rebar Schedules.
• Utilize the Mass Bending Detail tool to place comprehensive visual bending schedule graphics directly onto your documentation sheets.
• Quickly export your rebar data to Microsoft Excel for straightforward external schedule management, cost estimation, and direct handover to steel fabricators.
• Quality Control & Clatter-Free Models Maintain the highest standards of accuracy before your model hits the construction site. The add-in features a fully customizable Rebar Check system that continuously validates your model's reinforcement against project-specific requirements, design codes, or firm standards. Catch overlaps, missing parameters, and numbering errors early, completely eliminating costly on-site mistakes.
• Sheet, View & Project Administration Enhance your overall project management. Quickly insert new sheets, duplicate and organize views, and effortlessly manage project settings through a centralized, highly intuitive user interface. Keep track of modeling time and user activities to improve overall project estimation and team efficiency.

Empower your structural department with MA-REBARS—the definitive solution for intelligent rebar detailing in Revit.

Note:This app uses a custom installer (and not the standard App Store installer).