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CHAPTER 10B 'DIMENSIONING' 122 6.3 Calculation of the final required armament With this option the program calculates the minimum reinforcement for the whole surface, the same everywhere (top - bottom, X and Z direction) and compares it with the required reinforcement from the intensive sizes, thus the final required reinforcement is obtained. This command is necessary whenever you want to use the next commands in the sequence. NOTE: The minimum reinforcement is calculated from the minimum reinforcement of the parameters and the corresponding regulations and the worst (largest) of the two is taken. 6.4 Show Minimum Required Armament by Regulation With this option you can see the reinforcement requirement from the regulation 6.5 Basic Armament Adequacy Check against Minimum With this option you can check whether the basic reinforcement is sufficient against either the minimum or the requirement against the intensive sizes (the worst of the two). 6.6 Arming areas With this option it is possible to graphically define one or more arming areas. If we define an area, a reinforcement will be placed in the whole area, which can obviously be differentiated by direction (X and Z) and by layer of placement (top - bottom). This reinforcement can also be either total final reinforcement (ignoring the minimum reinforcement), or original minimum reinforcement + additional reinforcement. Let's look at the functions in detail: Selecting the command displays the following dialog box: