For the reinforcement concept of a bucket foundation with rough bucket sides, the constructional links are included in the bucket areas, where no horizontal links are required for the bucket design. Until program version x.06.1103, a fixed distance of 5.90 in. was preset by default for the design of these constructional horizontal links. If you want to increase the distance of constructional horizontal links, this can be done first after the reinforcement concept design in the "2.6 Bucket Reinforcement" result window by adjusting the distance of the links manually and performing a new calculation of the foundation.
With the new program versions of RFEM and RSTAB, the distance of constructional horizontal links in RF‑/FOUNDATION Pro can be adjusted even before the design.
The data must be entered in the "1.2 Geometry" window. You can change the default value of 5.90 in. to any other dimension or completely deactivate the constructional horizontal links. The result of this setting is displayed graphically in Window 2.6 after the calculation and can be adjusted after the calculation, as before.