CYPECAD's new beam editor (implemented in the 2013.e version) includes the following new features for the 2013.g version:
- Redesign frame reinforcement
- Block reinforcement
- Join assembly or skin reinforcement
- Conservation of the lateral menu configuration
Redesign frame reinforcement
A new option: Redesign frame, represented by the button, has been implemented in the top toolbar of the beam editor. This option redesigns the frame with the forces calculated by CYPECAD, even if the option to block the reinforcement of the frame is activated in the editor (new option implemented in this version, more details of which are provided below.)
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Block/Unblock frame reinforcement
The new Block or Unblock frame reinforcement option is represented by an icon situated in the View section of the lateral menu of the new beam editor. This icon can be represented in two ways: open padlock () or closed padlock (). The open padlock () indicates the reinforcement of the frame being edited is not blocked and the closed padlock ()indicates it is blocked. By clicking on the icon, the blocked status of the beam reinforcement changes. Blocking of the reinforcement is only effective for actions carried out outside the editor. In other words, if the frame's reinforcement is blocked, () CYPECAD will not be able to modify it with any of the reinforcement options or even by analysing the job (Beam Definition tab > Analyse). Nonetheless, even if the reinforcement of the frame is blocked () it can be modified in the Beam editor (changing it manually or using the Redesign button implemented in this version).
Join assembly or skin reinforcement
A new option was implemented in the 2013.e version: Join longitudinal reinforcement (included in the Longitudinal reinforcement dialogue box which is activated using the 
button from the toolbar of the beam editor), for CYPECAD's beam editor and for Continuous beams. Since then, this option allows for additional reinforcement bar packs of the same diameter to be joined.
Now, in the 2013.g version, the Join reinforcement option allows for assembly and skin reinforcement in adjacent spans to be joined. Using this option, users can also select the assembly or skin reinforcement of a span and then that of the adjacent span. The program will join the selected assembly or skin reinforcement, by copying the reinforcement which is first selected to that which is selected in second place. Unlike the joining of additional reinforcement (for which the program only allows for reinforcement of the same diameter to be joined without substituting the reinforcement of one span for the other), joining of the assembly or skin reinforcement implies that the reinforcement selected in second place will be substituted by those that were selected first (regardless of the number of bars and diameter).
Maintenance of the lateral menu configuration
The configuration options of the beam editor are saved automatically for the next time users edit the reinforcement of a frame. These options are the same for CYPECAD's beam editor and Continuous beams.
