2020SP1-An-Introduction-to-Rebro-eng-US

Rebro2020 SP1
An Introduction to
Rebro
Table of contents
Elementary operation
1. Rebro 2020 Screen layout 1 9. Views 20
2. How to operate on the screen 2 10. Around-views 23
3. A design mode and a construction mode 4 11. Operate layers 27
4. Command operations 5 12. Create a drawing frame 30
5. Choose elements 8 13. Temporary storage and periodic backups 33
6. Specify coordinates 13 14. Settings 35
7. Handles 17 ■ References: Keyboard shortcuts 38
8. Layouts 18
A tutorial manual
Read the building drawing
1. Read the building drawing Detect clashes
(DXF/DWG, JWW, BE-Bridge, or IFC) 39 1. Detect clashes 65
2. Show the external file as a reference 42 2. Create sleeves 69
3. Set the floor height 45

Finish the drawing
4. Set grid lines 47 1. Draw a dimension line 71
5. Convert the structure into 3D 49 2. Annotate with sizes or names 73
3. Create a list 75
Place equipment
1. Place equipment 51
4. Hidden line process 78
Draw piping, ducting, or electric How to print

wiring 1. How to print 79
1. Draw piping 53
Save a drawing
2. Draw ducting 56
1. Save a Rebro drawing 83
3. Draw electric wiring 59

2. Save the drawing into DXF/DWG, JWW, IFC,
BE-Bridge, STL, and PDF file format 84
Edit piping, ducting, or electric wiring
1. Edit piping, ducting, or electric wiring 61
Elementary
operation
1.Rebro 2020 Screen layout
Command
Switch between Design and
Quick Access Toolbar Construction
Context menu
Panel
(Property panel) Views
Layout tab
Status bar
* Recommended display setting for Rebro: 1280 x 1024 (800) or more
Change the screen color

The initial value is white for the paper color. To change the paper color to black: go through [Setting]-
[General]tab-[Indication]-[Brightness of color], and then select “Display paper with black”; then click [OK].
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Rebro2020SP1 An Introduction to Rebro
2.How to operate on the screen
Mouse actions
Screen panning View panning
Enlargement Area enlargement Reduction Zoom
(Parallel translation) (Parallel translation)
Rotate the Right-drag to specify Rotate the wheel Double-click the Drag the wheel
Drag the wheel
wheel forward the opposite corner backward wheel while pressing Ctrl
Drag
Double-click Drag
Drag
Keyboard operations
End of the enlargement
Enlargement Reduction Display entirely Screen panning View panning
on the screen
Status bar operations
Display entirely (to fit the whole screen).
Specify the enlargement ratio.
Display lines according to the thickness for printing.
Display “?”. “?” indicates the case that has no fittings corresponding to the one
of pipe, duct, or electric route.
Display “X”. “X” appears when fittings overlap at the junction of pipe, duct, or
electric route. Also it appears when the duct shorter than the Shortest length
is drawn.
By the clip function, display the element that is hidden.
Display the color-coding for custom properties or zones that are set.
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Panel operations
The panel shows the window of [Around-view] [Property] [Layer] [Message] [Library] [Search]
[System management] [Clash detection] [Simulation] [HVAC Measures] [Zoom].
The panel is shown in a docking mode (left-aligned or right-aligned to the edge of the screen) or in a floating
mode (placed at any place).
Docking mode
Floating mode
How to float the panel

Drag the tab of the panel name while pressing Ctrl.
How to dock the panel

Drag the panel to the edge of the screen while pressing Ctrl, and release the mouse button when the blue
band appears. Or double-click the panel while pressing Ctrl.
Panel layout in the docking mode

In the docking mode, the lying down pin folds the panel automatically to
the edge of the screen. The vertical pin fixes the panel at any position.
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3.A design mode and a construction mode

Select “Design mode” or “Construction mode” according to your drawing. When you select the mode, the
descriptions in the [Pipe], [Duct]tab change.
A design mode
You can use this mode to make design drawings,
or plots to place symbols.
You can create drawings as if you draw on papers
without considering the height or size.
A construction mode
You can use this mode to make working diagrams.
You can complete the working diagrams, by editing
the drawings that are created in the design mode.
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4.Command operations
Left-click specifies the start or execution of the commands. Right-click opens the menu to be executed.
Draw a line
Left-click [Figure] tab- [Drawing of line]
The descriptions on the ribbon change to

commands to draw lines.
Checkmark in the box to specify

Select the layer of the element that is drawn the height you draw.
Left-click specifies the starting position of the line.

If you move the mouse pointer, a tooltip shows the angle, distance, and height from the starting position.
Specify the height on the ribbon to show the height as a tooltip.
Tooltip
Left-click at the line ending position to confirm the drawing line.
Select [Decision] in the context menu (right-click) to complete commands.
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Command execution
Select [Decision] in the context menu (right-click), or press Enter.
or
Revert the last one in command operations.
Select [Returns] in the context menu, or press Backspace.
or
Complete or cancel the command
Select [Cancel] in the context menu, or press Esc.
or
Undo or Redo
Undo the last action by the left-arrow symbol “ “ in upper-right of the screen. Redo the last action by the
right arrow icon “ “.
Undo
or
Redo
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How to start commands

You can start commands from the ribbon, context menu, keyboard shortcuts, or icons on Quick Access
Toolbar.
Start from the context menu

When you are choosing no element, Right-click shows the commands for drawing.
To customize,
go through [Setting]-
[General]tab-[Operation
When you are choosing environment]-[Context menu]
no element, right-click
shows the commands for
drawing
When you are choosing the element, Right-click shows the commands to edit the element.
When you are choosing

The descriptions in the context
the element, Right-click
menu change according to the
shows the commands to
element you choose.
edit the element.
Start from the keyboard shortcut

* Refer to the reference on page 38 for the keyboard shortcuts set at the time of installation.
⚫ Delete
To customize,
go through [Setting]-[General]tab-
⚫ Copy to the clipboard [Operation environment]-[Shortcut key]
Start from Quick Access Toolbar

You can add commonly used commands to the Quick Access Toolbar.
To customize,
go through [Setting]-[General]tab-[Operation
environment]-[Quick access toolbar]
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5.Choose elements
Choose the element

When you bring the pointer close to the element that you want to choose, its color changes to show the
temporary state of being chosen. In this state, left-click to choose the element.
Choose the multiple elements

Left-click the elements while pressing Ctrl, to choose the multiple elements.
Or when you turn on [Elements] panel- [Choose element additionally] icon, you can keep the state of
multiple choices.
or
In the state of multiple choices,

“ “ appears on the pointer.
Cancel the choices

Left-click the element while pressing Shift to cancel the choice of the element.
Or when you turn on [Elements] panel- [Cancel to choose element] icon, you can keep the state of
cancelling choices.
Press Esc to cancel all choices.
or
In the state of cancelling choices,

“ “ appears on the pointer.
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If you cannot choose the element due to the overlapping elements:

Bring the mouse close to the element that you want to choose and press Space to switch between them.
* Press Ctrl+Space to revert to the previous choice.
Choose by area specification

Left-drag the corner to enclose the element in the rectangle. While dragging, press Space or right-click to
switch the way of choosing.
Choose the elements inside the specified area.
Choose the elements inside the specified area,

including ones on the border.
Choose elements at one time

Left-click the option to select the extended way to choose elements.
Left-click the option
Keyboard shortcut
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If you want to choose the element that has the same conditions as the specified
element:
Extend the chosen element
Choose the elements at one time that has the same conditions as the specified element. The descriptions of
the types that are extended change according to the element you choose.
① Choose the element that you want to extract on the same conditions, and then go through [Option]-
[Extend the chosen element].
-> [Extension] dialog box appears. Select [Option]-[Extend the
chosen element].
Left-click the dimension line
② Select the conditions that you want to extract from the chosen element to specify the area.
The result of the chosen elements changes according to the specified area.
From “Whole drawing”:

From the entire
drawing, Rebro picks
the elements that you
specified by the
conditions.
Condition
s
From “Current view”:
From the current view
under operation, Rebro
Picking picks the elements
area that you specified by
the conditions.
From “Choose elements”:

From the specified area,
Rebro picks the elements
that you specified by the
conditions.
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Choose elements systematically at one time through the entire route

Choose systematically at one time the entire route (including fittings) where the chosen route elongates.
②
①
If equipment exists on the way of the system where chosen route elongates, choose the entire route at
one time across the equipment.
② ③
①
Left-click the direction that you
want to extract the route
Choose the route systematically by setting conditions

From the chosen route, extract the other routes that meet the conditions.
Extract the same size route
② ③
①
Left-click the direction that you
want to extract the route
Conditions that you can select
Straight pipe part

Except branch pipe
To vertical pipe
The same use
The same size
The same height
The same slope
To end
To the end including
an equipment
The route as the same size
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Point to the arrow that appears on the chosen route, and then left-click it.
When you left-click the section between arrows, you can choose the both directions of the chosen route.
Choose route that connects two elements

Choose the section between the two elements on the route. Choose the two elements, and then left-click
[Section select].
Mini toolbar
Show the mini toolbar close to the pointer to use handily the packed “Choose elements” functions.
The mini toolbar shows suitable functions according to the chosen element.
Resize
Extend the chosen route Filter the chosen element Around view
Choose the section

on the route Extend the chosen element To show the Mini toolbar,
go through [Setting]-[General]tab-
[Choose elements]-[Mini-tool bar]
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6.Specify coordinates
Start the drawing commands to operate the functions of [Coordinates] panel.
Correct the length or angle

When the coordinate revision “ “ is in the ON position, the length and angle are corrected according to
the pitch value.
Press and hold Ctrl to disable the revision function temporarily.
ON
Tooltip shows it according

to the Length and angle
pitch.
OFF
or
In the case of the
freehand drawing
Fix the angle

Press and hold Shift while drawing to fix the angle to the direction of the mouse pointer. You can draw based
on the detached coordinates.
Move the pointer while pressing Shift to fix

the direction of the route.
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Auto Snap and snapped points

Bring the pointer close to the element to show the coordinate name (Endpoint, Midpoint and so on) in the
tooltip. The point that has that information is called a “Meaningful point”. Left-click at the moment when it
appears to confirm the coordinate position.
If multiple alternatives exist close to the pointer,

press Space to switch between them.
Types of snapped points

Left-click [Option] to specify the Meaningful point to be Auto Snapped.
Left-click [Option]
Virtual intersection
For example: To draw a circle at the point that horizontal and vertical lines intersect.
① Start the drawing command for circle.
② Left-click [Option] to choose [Virtual point of intersection].
Left-click [Virtual point of intersection]
Left-click [Option]
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③ Left-click the two lines to specify coordinates at the intersection.
Left-click
the line
Left-click the line
⚫ Supplementary explanation:
The command previously used is shown as a shortcut in [Coordinates]
panel.
Measures
You can specify the moving distance from the reference position numerically. Left-drag the pointer from the
reference position to the moving direction, to type the moving distance numerically in the dialog box that
appears.
Key-in the distance

Type a numerical value by the keyboard to specify the moving distance.
The input numerical value appears in the field [Distance= ] on the status bar.
You can use the four fundamental

arithmetic operations in the input
field.
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Calculator
Right-click the numerical inputs field to show [Calculator], and then you can input a numerical value or an
equation.
It is convenient when you cannot use a numeric keypad on PC.
Right-click the numerical value

input field
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7.Handles
Choose an element to show “Handle”. Left-click the handle to move or operate route drawings.
① ②
L L
ef ef
Move (Blue) t- t-
The handle on the route can translate parallel. The handle on a curve such as fittings can alter the curve
degree. cl cl
Route ic icFitting
k k
Rotate (Green)
Draw route (Yellow)

Left-click the handle on the end of a route to draw a continuation to the route.
Press Shift while handles appear to switch
between handles that are overlapping.
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8.Layouts
An image for a sheet of paper is called layout. You can create as many layouts in one file as you want.
Create a layout
Left-click [Making of layout] icon next to the layout tab to create a layout.
Type the layout name
Select the paper size to create
Select “Make floor plan view” to open the

layout that has one sheet of the floor
plane view.
Edit the layout

Right-click the tab to show a menu for layout editing.
On the layout tab
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Resize the paper

Resize the paper of the layout.
Change to A3 layout from A1
Select the paper size
Select “Change reduced

scale of view” to adjust the
view scale according to the
selected paper size.
Manage the layout groups

Set groups to show the layout for each group.
You can edit or delete the specified

layout.
You can edit the groups or

listing order of the layout.
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9.Views
View can show model space by setting the scale or direction.
View name Scale

Direction
Make a view
① Select [View] tab- [Making of view].
② Select “Name”, “Scale”, and “Direction”.
③ Use a temporary rectangular frame made from 2 points of the opposite corners to specify the view
area.
The second point of

the corners
The first point of

the corners
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Edit the view

Name, scale, and direction of the view is shown in the
upper-left of the view. Select “▼“ next to the view name, to
edit the view. Then you can change the scales and so on.
Resize or move the view

Left-click the view name to show the handle (white) on the view frame, with which you can resize or move
the view, and more. Select the view name
Resize
Left-click the handle to resize

the view.
Select “Changing the scale to fit the size of the view”

to adjust the scale that all elements can fit in the view
area after the view resizing.
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Move
Left-drag the view to move.
Choose the multiple views
Select “Select additional view” while

editing the view to edit the view by
choosing the multiple views.
Resize
Move
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10. Around-views
Around-view is a pop-up window to watch a part of the drawing from another perspective. By around-view,
you can check a section without placing the view on the drawing. You can also draw or edit the drawing by
around-view.
Choose the elements to
show in [Around-view].
Select Around view from the

context menu.
You can activate up to ten around-views at the same time. When you stick up the pushpin in an around-
view, the around-view is kept alive and you can open the next around-view that will be activated in another
window. When you lay down the pushpin, you can update the elements shown in the same window.
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Change the perspective of around-views

Switch the direction.
To the left side To the right side
You can rotate the around-view by

Specify the direction to show. the triangles that rotate to the Axial
Select “Angle appointment” to Left-click the dropper to choose
direction or by the rotating arrows in
the line segment on the
specify the azimuth angle and the upper-left and upper-right of the
drawing, then the Active-view
elevation angle optionally. around-view.
rotates after determining the
azimuth angle from the line.
Orbit
Right-drag the pointer to rotate the perspective, then you can check the drawing from any angle.
Memo
Operate while choosing the
element to rotate your viewpoint
around the element.
Drag
Orbit
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Switch the showing in the around-view to CG display

You can switch the showing of elements in the around-view to CG display.
Set up display or hide elements and the transparency

You can switch between show and hide on an element basis.
Set up [Expression of around-view]-[Display or hide of element].
When CG display is in the around-view, you can set up the transparency.
You can switch between

display and hide the specified
element.
Display
Hide
You can change the

transparency in four levels.
Left-click [Transparency of CG display

of [Around-view]] to change between
[Nontransparent], [Semitransparent],
or [Transparent] for the element set
up by [Display or hide of element].
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Making view by the around-view

On the drawing, you can place as a view the state shown in the around-view. Use a temporary rectangular
frame made from 2 points of the opposite corners to specify the view area.
The first point of
the corners
The second point

of the corners
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11. Operate layers
Select [List of layers] to control layers in Rebro.
Layers are classified. You can make groups across the classification.
Select “Group” button to show the layers on a group basis.
Group button
Classification button
Target area
Right-click the layer name to

show commands for the
layer editing.
An area to choose the layer
You can switch between Display and Search, on a segment basis in

“Simple control (division)”.
Editing of layer
Right-click the layer name to change the layer
settings for the color, line thickness, and line
type by [Change of setting contents].
-Design for the layers

You can set the Color, Thickness, Line class,
and CG Color.
-Design for the layout or view

For each specified layout or view, you can set
the Color, Thickness, Line class, differently
from those of “Design”.
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For each layer, you can change the state of Indicate, Search, Print, and Paint.
Left-click the icon to switch between on and off.
Even in the off state of Search, on the drawing, left-click
Indicate Search Print Paint
the element while pressing Alt to search temporarily.
ON
* Cancel temporarily the off setting for Search:
OFF
Target of Indicate, Search, Print, and Paint:

Choose the target to set.
-To the whole drawing

Set to the whole drawing. Affect all layouts
and views.
-To the layout (Layout group)

Set on a layout group basis. Affect all layouts
that are included in the group.
-To the layout (Layout name)

Set on a layout basis. Affect all views that
are placed in the layout.
-To the view (View name)

Set individual view that is placed in the
layout.
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Layer panel
“Current layout” or “Current view” can
You can operate layers through the layer panel.
specify the target to operate the layer.
You can specify how layers are shown for “Division”,

“Group”, and “File reference” each.
On or off for “Indicate” and “Search”

can be set.
You can open the layer panel through [View] tab-[Panel].
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12. Create a drawing frame
Draw a drawing frame with “Paper” space. “Paper” space is drawn in two-dimensional space at a 1:1 scale,
and is not affected by the view.
Rebro can read and store the drawing frame from DXF or DWG drawings. You can also refer to the Rebro
drawing frame from the multiple files.
Read a drawing frame from DXF/DWG or JWW Data

Left-click [Home] tab-[Open] to select DXF/DWG or JWW data. (See also page 39)
Change a layer to the drawing frame

In order to change a layer to the drawing frame, select [Making drawing frame] to switch the element in
chosen “Model” to “Paper”.
Left-click [Home] tab-[Making].
Specify the element in the drawing frame to confirm the state.

-> The specified element changes to “Paper”.
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Store in “Collection of figure frames”.

Store in Rebro the element that is changed to “Paper” by [Making drawing frame].
Left-click [Home] tab-[Registration] to specify the element of the drawing frame to be stored.
Type the name for the stored drawing frame into [Name] in [Registration of drawing frame] dialog box.
Left-click [Substitution of the character] to show the dialog box. If text is included in the element that is
changed to the drawing frame, the text is shown in [Text] row. Type into [Title] row, to replace descriptions
when the stored drawing frame is read.
Type titles into the

descriptions to be replaced
Text on the drawing frame appears.
when the stored drawing
frame is read.
Load the drawing frame
Load the stored drawing frame on the drawing. The elements on the “Paper” in the affecting layer are
deleted.
Select [Home] tab- [Drawing frame]-” Read drawing frame registered in collection of drawing frames”.
Select the name for the stored drawing frame.
Left-click [Substitution of the character] to type texts that will be substituted in the drawing frame, into
“Text” row.
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Left-click [OK] to load the drawing frame.
Select the layout that loads the

drawing frame.
The texts typed into “Text” row appear.
Refer to the drawing frame

Save the common parts of the drawing frame into Rebro file to refer to the drawing frame of the file.
Left-click [Home] tab- [Drawing frame].

Select “Refer to other Rebro file for drawing frame”, and select the Rebro file name that you want to refer to
and left-click “Choice”.
Select the layout that refers to

the drawing frame.
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13. Temporary storage and periodic backups
Rebro has two ways for backup function: Temporary storage to recover the drawing of the abnormal
termination at the next startup; Automatic storage of the drawing at regular intervals under operation.
If Rebro terminates abnormally

If Rebro terminates abnormally, [Temporary registration] dialog box appears at the next startup, where the
drawing that was open at the abnormal termination is shown. Save the drawing after the restoration.
Moreover, if an abnormal termination occurred or you terminated Rebro without saving, you can restore the
file through [Home] tab- [Recent drawings]- [Restore recent drawings].
Set files for temporary storage

If you have selected “Leave temporary registration files”, you can execute [Restore recent drawings].
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Automatic backup under operation

Rebro automatically stores the drawing at regular intervals under operation.
The drawing file is named as: “~” is added at the beginning, the date and time at the end.
For example: If the original name of a drawing is “buildingdrawing.reb” and was saved at 10:10 a.m. on
January 1, 2019.
You can set where the backup file is stored through
“~buildingdrawing_20190101_1010.reb”
[Setting]-[General]tab-[File]-[Setting of the
automatic save]
Time interval for automatic storage

- Select [Save by next interval automatically] to store automatically at the time intervals.
- If you store halfway through drawing, Rebro stores automatically at regular intervals from the time.
- If any command is working at the time of automatic storage, Rebro stores after the command’s
execution.
- Select “Delete automatic save file which was over next period” to delete automatically the drawings
that exceed the set period after the storage.
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14. Settings
You can control Rebro’s settings by [Setting].
The initial settings for the opening drawing when Rebro starts up
The opening drawing that appears when Rebro starts refers to [Setting]-[Initial value of drawing]tab-[Initial
value of drawing].
The change of the initial value of the drawing does not affect the drawing under operation.
Initial value of drawing

Layout, Layer, Use, Materials, Line class, Text, and dimension, A symbol of single line, Refrigerant size,
Electric (Board type, Circuit type, a mark for the number of wire, installation method, wire symbol, hidden
line process(electrical wire)), Architecture-Setting of floor, Construction-envelope, Custom property,
Property of drawing, Zone
Reset the settings

You can reset the settings to the initial state of the time of the installation.
Transfer all settings to another PC
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Create the following five files to transfer to another PC all environments of Rebro’s operation
① The setting files

You can save into the file the descriptions that you have set. The setting descriptions can be saved for each
item.
When Rebro reads the settings, only the necessary descriptions can be specified also.
-Create a setting file

[Setting]-[Reading, and save of setting]-[Save in file]
-Read a setting file

[Setting]-[Reading, and save of setting]-[Read from file]
② The library
Open the library panel and select [Setting]- [Save of all sheets] to save the library file (*.RebroLibrary).
You can save files for each sheet.
-Create a library file

[Library]- [Setting]-[Save of all sheets]
-Read the library file

[Library]- [Setting]-[Substitution of all sheets]
③ The electric symbol of single line

Select [Electrical] tab- [Lightning fixture] to open [Placement of lightning fixture symbol] dialog box. Select
[Setting]- [Save a symbol of single line in file], and then left-click [OK]. Type the file name to save the file
for the electric symbol of single line (*.RebroElectricSymbol).
-Create a file for the electric symbol of single line:

[Lightning fixture]-[Setting]-[Save a symbol of single line
in file]
-Read a file for the electric symbol of single line:

[Lightning fixture]-[Setting]-[Reading of a symbol of single
line from file]
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④ The user's parts

Select [Equipments] tab-[User’s parts] to open [Placement of user parts] dialog box. Select [Setting]-[Save
user parts in file], and then left-click [OK].
Type the file name to save the file for user’s parts (*.RebroPartsSheets).
-Create a file for user parts:

[User’s parts]-[Setting]-[Save user parts in file]
-Read a file for user parts:

[User’s parts]-[Setting]-[Reading of user parts from file]
⑤ The symbol of single line

Select [Design mode]-[Pipe or duct] tab-[Equipment] to open [Placement of a symbol of single line of
apparatus] dialog box. Select [Setting]- [Save a symbol of single line in file], and then left-click [OK].
Type the file name to save the file for the symbol of single line (*.RebroSymbol).
-Create a file for the symbol of single line (Design mode):

[Equipment]-[Setting]-[Save a symbol of single line in file]
-Read a file for the symbol of single line:

[Equipment]-[Setting]-[Reading of a symbol of single line
from file]
System parts can transfer to other PCs the properties information, and the parametric parts registered as
model numbers.
Select [Equipments] tab-Equipment name to select [Setting]-[Save system parts information to file], and
left-click [OK].
-Create a file of system parts information:

[Equipments]-[Setting]-[Save system parts information
to file]
-Read a file of system parts information:
[Equipments]-[Setting]-[Read system parts information
from file]
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References: Keyboard shortcuts
The keyboard shortcut set at the time of the installation are shown below.
Go through [Setting]-[General]tab-[Operation environment]-[Shortcut key] to modify or add keyboard
shortcuts
Command name Shortcut key Command name Shortcut key
Indication area is scrolled to top Up Print Ctrl+P
Scroll indication area below Down Save Ctrl+S
Indication area is scrolled to left Left Paste Ctrl+V
Indication area is scrolled to right Right Undo Ctrl+Z
Expand indication area Page Up Redo Ctrl+Y, Ctrl+Shift+Z
Reduce indication area Page Down Deletion of history Ctrl+D
View is scrolled to top Ctrl+Up Search panel Ctrl+F
Scroll view below Ctrl+Down Replacement of text Ctrl+H
View is scrolled to left Ctrl+Left Choose all Ctrl+A
View is scrolled to right Ctrl+Right Select of group Ctrl+G
Layout last group Shift+Up Extend the chosen element Ctrl+Q
Next layout group Shift+Down Filter the chosen element Ctrl+W
Last layout Shift+Left Select of last time element Ctrl+E
Next layout Shift+Right Reverse the chosen element Ctrl+R
Help F1 Section select Ctrl+B
List of layers F2 Meaningful point A
Setting of use F3 Endpoint T
Zoom panel F4 Midpoint M
Around view F5 Center C
New window F6 Point of intersection K
Display top and bottom, and display F7 Point on of grid line, floor S
display by arranging in right and left F8 Virtual point of intersection X
Property panel F9 Equal division point N
Library panel F10 Addition of auxiliary point H
Setting F11
CG window F12
Reduce indication area Home
Restore indication area End
Return scroll Ctrl+End
Deletion of element Delete
Deletion of element (shape keeping) Ctrl+Delete
Copy to clipboard Ctrl+C
Specify a base position, and copy Ctrl+Shift+C
New drawing Ctrl+N
Open drawing Ctrl+O
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A tutorial manual
A tutorial manual
Read the building drawing

A tutorial manual
1.Read the building drawing

(DXF/DWG, JWW, BE-Bridge, or IFC)
Select [Home] tab-[Reading] to read the building drawing.
DXF/DWG reading *.dwg *.dxf (for both 2D and 3D)

JWW reading *.jww (2D)
BE-Bridge reading *.ceq (3D)
IFC reading *.ifc (3D)
Read the 2D building drawing

Select the drawing to show [Reading] dialog box.
Left-click [OK] to read the building drawing.
Type the position to read the drawing. The

specified position becomes an origin point
of the drawing.
You can create a layout, where only the

elements of the drawing you want to read
are shown. The file name becomes the
layout name automatically.
You can create a layout group that

If you select the box, the scale and display
gathers the created layouts together.
position are automatically adjusted for the
loaded drawing to fit in the view area.
Select how to read the drawing into the

currently open layout. For 2D building,
“Only drawn view” or “Across all floor plan
view” are mainly applicable.
“Only drawn view”: Read into only the

chosen view. You can select this if you draw
only with the read building drawing.
“Across all floor plan view”: Read into the
floor plane view, that has the viewpoint
direction of Floor plan. You can select this if
you draw multiple floor planes with the
read building drawing.
“All views”: Read into all views. You can
show them on CG.
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Read the 3D building drawing (model data)

IFC file has pieces of information not only for the shape but also for the attribute. Rebro can read, as its
own data, the beams, columns and so on that were drawn with architect CAD systems.
Rebro creates a layout for each floor that

are set in IFC.
Floor Information set in the IFC file are

shown to check the state after reading.
Select the box to read information about

grid lines.
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Settings for each drawing type to read

Setting descriptions in [Read] dialog box gets different according to the drawing type to read.
DXF/DWG
[Read layout tab of AutoCAD]: Rebro can read the layout of DXF/DWG.
[Dimension]: Rebro can read, as its own elements for dimension line, the dimension line data of AutoCAD.
Select [Divide dimension into line and text] to read the dimension line at the similar size as the original
one.
[Text]: Read the text that was output from AutoCAD specifying the size for each font.
JWW
[Color, paint]: you can select whether to read the element color as printing color set in Jw_cad for
Windows after the conversion, or to change into layer color without the original drawing color. Also, you
can select how to read the color-filling from a flat fill or semi-transparency.
BE-Bridge
[Reference floor]: Specify the reference floor to read.
IFC
[Filtering]: You can specify the element to read according to each IFC element class, layer, and floor.
[Making method of layer]: You can read as IFC layer setting, or set the layer with IFC element class.
[Reading of standard for use of facilities IFC data]: Select [Read with original shape] to read as a general-
purpose figure irrespective of building attribute.
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2.Show the external file as a reference
File reference function can show files (*.dxf, *.dwg, *.jww, *.reb) as a reference. If any modification
occurs while you are referring to the building drawing, the modification can be affected on the reference
drawing with these two ways: Select [File Reference]-[Update] or reopen the drawing. You can only see
the drawing of the reference and cannot edit it.
What you can do by external reference function
-CG display, -Print, -Around-view

-Property reference, -Size or name annotation
-System management, -Hidden line process, -Search
-Clip, -Clash detection, -Add up, -Layer control
-Save of list of sleeves, -Sleeve automatic insertion
-Beam penetration placeholder, -Confirm beam penetrations
What you cannot do by external reference function
-Output to BE-Bridge file,

-”Choose all”, “Extend the chosen element”, “Reverse the chosen element”,
-“Expansion of route select”, ”Section select of route”, “Expansion of parts select“
How to use external reference

① Select [Home] tab to start [File Reference].
Left-click [Setting of external reference] dialog box-”Add drawing” to select a file that you want to refer
to. Rebro can read the files of “ *.dxf, *.dwg, *.jww, *.reb”.
You can create groups to gather drawings of the

reference files together. You can switch Left-click [Add drawing] to select a file to
between the referencing states for each group. refer to.
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② The specified file appears in the dialog box.

Select [Setting] to set how to read files that you are referring to.
The reference file appears in your

chosen color.
③ The drawing of the reference file appears. The drawing is placed to the position where the origin point
of the reference source overlays on that of the reference to.
If you cannot check, select [Fitting] in view to confirm.
The drawing of the external reference
The currently open drawing
Alignment between drawings in reference files

① Select [Home] tab- [Position change of drawing] to move the drawing of the reference file.
② The handle (orange color) to change a base point appears at the origin point on the drawing of the
reference file. To overlay on the drawing in the reference source, left-click the handle and specify the
reference position on the drawing of the reference to.
A handle to change the base point
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How to operate the drawing of the file reference
-Color
Specify the color in [Setting of the external reference] dialog box to show lines on the drawing in the
specified color. If you specify “Color of original drawing”, the lines are shown in the color set on the original
drawing.
-Output DXF, DWG, and JWW

Output during the external reference, to output the both drawings of the reference source and the
reference to as a sheet of drawing.
If you specify the color, lines are output in “the color”.
-CG display
If 3D figures are on the drawing of the reference file, it is shown in 3D image.
-Layer
You can create layer groups for each drawing of the reference file. You can switch between display or hide,
etc. on a layer basis in [List of layers]. Also, you can operate layers on a group basis set in the external
reference.
Switch between the drawings

of the external reference.
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3.Set the floor height
If you have set the floor height of the building in floor setting, you can draw pipes or ducts by specifying
the height from the reference floor. In section plan view, floor lines appear based on the specified
numerical value of the floor height.
Set the floor height on the building drawing

① Set the floor height on the read building drawing.
When you read 2D or 3D data

Select [Architecture & Structure] tab-[Setting of floor] to start the command. Type the floor name and the
floor height. When the floor height is typed, Z-coordinate value is input automatically.
When you read IFC floor information

When the IFC file is read, IFC floor information is also read.
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② If you draw route, place equipment, or change the height, you can specify the height based on the
floor name you have set.
Commands to place equipment
Commands to change the height
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4.Set grid lines
Grid lines are composed of printable figures and “Rubber indication” that appears on the screen as a guide
to create drawings. Rubber indication is not output for print, nor for save into DXF/DWG and so on.
You can switch between printable grid lines and rubber indication for grid lines.
Draw the grid line

① Select [Architecture & Structure] tab- [Drawing of grid line] to start the command.
② Type the symbol of the grid line for vertical or horizontal direction. According to your selection of the
ascending or descending order, the symbol advances or recedes automatically when you specify the
second or more symbol into the same direction.
③ You can draw the grid line by specifying coordinates at starting and ending point. The vertical or
horizontal direction is the direction you see on the screen and irrespective of view rotation.
A starting point
A starting point An ending point
An ending point
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Replace the grid line (With the grid line of the read building drawing)
If the read drawing has grid lines, you can apply those grid lines to replace with.
① Select [Architecture & Structure] tab-[Replace] to start the command.
② Left-click the lines to draw the grid lines and symbols according to the set display order.
Change the name to the same one

as the symbol of the grid line.
Left-click the line Left-click the line
Left-click the line
Left-click the line

Rubber indication
Print the grid line

① Left-click [Architecture & Structure] tab- [Print area]. Specify the grid line to be printed.
② Use a temporary rectangular frame made from 2 points of the opposite corners to specify the length
of print.
The first point

of the corners
The second point

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5.Convert the structure into 3D
Rebro can convert the floor plan into 3D with building commands by tracing the read 2D drawing.
Conversion of the structure into 3D enables you to show the cross section or CG. Moreover, you can detect
clashes for drawing adjustments or can insert sleeves automatically.
Rebro’s structures
-Beam, Arc beam, H steel beam -Rectangle Column, Round column, H steel column,
Rectangle steel column
-Wall, Arc wall -Floor -Ceiling -Roof
-Rectangle footing, Truncated pyramid footing, H steel footing
-Lightweight steel frame -Single bar, Double bar, Channel
-Runner, Stud, Rectangle shaped stud, Swing stopper
Draw a structure
If you draw a column, select [Architecture & Structure]-[Beam] to start the command. Select the way of
drawing such as “Appoint two diagonal points” and type the height. Based on the beam of the building
drawing, draw by specifying coordinates of 2 points of the opposite corners to convert the beam into 3D.
The second point of

the corners
The first point of the corners
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Draw an opening
You can draw openings on the wall, floor, ceiling, and roof.
① Choose the drawn floor to select [Editing of opening] from the context menu.
② Select “Opening drawing figures”. Use a temporary rectangular frame made from 2 points of the
opposite corners to specify the position of the opening.
The first point of the corners
The second point of

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Place equipment
A tutorial manual
1. Place equipment
Equipment registered in Rebro is 3D model data. (A part of plumbing fixtures support 2D only) Equipment
has two types: standard parts and parametric parts. You can type any size into parametric parts.
Equipment has a connection point that manages information about sizes or uses. You can draw a route
from the connection point.
Select the equipment

Left-click the equipment name in [Equipments] tab to start the dialog box. Left-click the equipment and
[OK].
Switch between equipment
with the tab.
You can type any

parametric size.
Equipment list
Model names of the equipment that

you selected appears in the tree
structure. Model number you selected
2D: 2D figure, 3D: 3D figure,
P: Parametric figure, indicates each.
The property and information of
Select the direction the connection point appear.
to place.
Specify the destination of

totalization result for add-up.
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Place equipment
Place equipment that you selected on a drawing.
-Successively placement
Place equipment at the position where you specify.
-Locate on straight line

Place equipment between the two points that you specified.
-Locate on range
Place equipment in the specified area horizontally and vertically.
Draw a route from the connection point

Choose equipment that is placed to show a handle on the connection point. Left-click the handle to draw
pipes or ducts at any use or size that you set.
Left-click the handle
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Draw piping, ducting, or

electric wiring
A tutorial manual
1.Draw piping
Commands to draw piping are in [Pipe] tab. You can also start the command from the context menu of
[Pipe].
Draw piping
① Select [Pipe] tab-[Pipe] to start the command.
② Select the layer, pipe size, and material to type the height.
Materials are automatically switched according to the chosen layer. This results from the association
between layers and materials.
③ Left-click the starting position where you draw. Move the pointer into the direction where you want to
draw to show the piping temporarily. Tooltip shows the angle, pipe length, and height.
Tooltip
④ Left-click the position where the route curves.
Left-click the curve
Left-click the curve
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⑤ Start the context menu while drawing to change the fitting of the curving part. Select the fitting in
[Change of fitting] tab to change the shape of fittings.
⑥ Left-click the ending point to start the context menu. Left-click [Decision] to complete the route up to
the point. To complete the commands, press Esc or select [Decision] or [Cancel] in the context menu.
Draw a branch pipe

To draw branch pipes, choose the pipe to pull out, left-click [Addition of branch pipe] in the context menu,
and then [Route Drawing pipe] ribbon appears. You can start drawing without specifying the height for the
chosen pipe because [The same as main pipe] for the height is applied as default. You can create a vertical
pipe by typing the height.
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Change the height or size while a drawing route

Left-click the changing position, to type the height or size to change on the ribbon or in the context menu.
Fittings are created according to the change.
Draw sloped piping

You can draw sloped piping by typing the value in [Sloped piping value]. You can give a slope also to the
drawn route.
Insert bulbs or fittings into piping

You can insert bulbs or fittings into the pipe. Choose the bulb in the dialog box to bring it close to the pipe.
To insert the bulb into the pipe, left-click the bulb when its color becomes the same as the pipe’s.
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2.Draw ducting
Commands to draw ducting are in [Duct] tab.
Draw ducting: The way while drawing a route

① Select [Duct] tab- [Rectangular duct] to start the command.
② Select the layer, duct size, and material to type the height.
③ Left-click the starting position where you draw. Move the pointer into the direction where you
want to draw to show the duct temporarily. The angle, duct length, and height appear in the
tooltip.
④ On the way, to curve the route or to change the height or size, left-click the point.
On the ribbon or in the context menu, type the height or size to change. Fittings are created according
to the change.
Left-click the point to curve or change
Left-click the point to curve or change
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Draw ducting: The way to place ducts first

For the portion where is difficult to fit the elements into, you can draw by placing the parts first, and then
combine the route to the placed parts.
① Start [Placement of duct parts] dialog box. Switch tabs for each part to specify the size or how to
place parts.
② Select the layer and height.
③ Consider how to fit the elements into, and then place parts.
④ Choose the elbows that are placed first to combine the parts by [Quick combination].
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Draw ducting: The way by [Connection] function

You can create a drawing without consideration of the height or size for the hopper.
① Start [Placement of duct parts] dialog box. Select the parts. Select [Connection] at “Placement
method”.
② To connect the parts, left-click the position of the duct where you want to connect the parts, whose
information about the size and height of the parts is automatically acquired and applied by Rebro.
Left-click the connection point.
③ Bring the pointer close to the other connecting position of the duct to change the shape of the parts
according to the acquired information about the size and height.
④ Left-click the position to confirm the state.
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3.Draw electric wiring
Commands to draw electric are in [Electrical] tab.

Wiring is drawn in 2D. Cable racks, conduit pipes and so on are drawn in 3D.
Draw wiring
① Select the symbol in [Electrical] tab- [Lighting fixture] to place it.
② Start [Wire] to specify the layer and wire shape, and then enter the height.
When the drawing method is , select the number to

draw. When drawing multiple wires collectively, select the
interval between those wires.
③ Left-click the connection point of the symbol to draw wiring.
Left-click the Left-click the

connection point. connection point.
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Draw a cable rack

① Select [Electrical] tab-[Rack] to start the command.
② Select the layer, size, and height of the route.
Upon left-clicking “Select”, you can select a cable to lay.
Memo
Select a cable to lay and left-click [Calculation], to determine width
for a cable rack.
③ Left-click the starting position where you draw. Move the pointer into the direction where you want to
draw to show the cable rack temporarily. Tooltip shows the angle, rack length, and height.
④ On the way, to curve the route or to change the height or size, left-click the point. On the ribbon or in
the context menu, type the height or size to change. Fittings are created according to the change.
Left-click the point to

curve or change.
Left-click the point to

curve or change.
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Edit piping, ducting, or

electric wiring
A tutorial manual
1.Edit piping, ducting, or electric wiring

Change the height of a route
Select the route to change to start [Height change].
Divide and create a change position to change the height on the way of the route.
Change the height (Absolute)

Change the route to the specified height.
Select “Make all the same height”, to change the chosen route to the same height and also eliminate the
slope. If you uncheck “Make all the same height”, Rebro maintains the slope or vertical route, and change
the position of the handle (orange color) for reference position to the specified height.
A handle to change the

reference position
Change the height (Relative)

Change the height of the route from the current one.
Change the height (Continuation)

You can adjust the height by “Up” and “Down” arrow button by the value you specified. You can change
the height watching how the elements fit into the place.
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Change the size

① Choose the route to change the size and select [Change of size] from the context menu.
② Type the size to change.
Change parts or fittings

① Choose the parts to change and select [Editing of parts] from the context menu.
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Select the parts to change in [Editing of parts] dialog box.
Align routes
Select the hopper and select [Alignment] to align the drawn routes.
Left-click the hopper to start the context menu. Select [Alignment].

You can use the following functions: “Align left”, “Align center”, or “Align right” aligns routes against the
flow of wind from the floor plan. “Align top” aligns the routes to the top of the thickness.
“Align center (height)” aligns the core of the routes to the height center. “Align bottom” aligns routes to the
bottom of the thickness.
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Change a material of the route

You can change a material of the drawn route in the property panel.
① Select the route to change.
② Select [Materials subset] in the property panel.
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Detect clashes
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1. Detect clashes
Check if the elements on the drawing clash each other. If the elements clash each other, a balloon appears
with a number at the clashing position on the drawing and the number is listed on the clash detection
panel. When the elements avoid the clash, the number for the clash disappears automatically.
Check a clashing position

① Select [Tool] tab- [Clash detection] on the ribbon.
→[Clash detection] panel starts.
② Filter the target elements to detect clash. Select “▼” and place checkmarks on the target elements.
Left-click
the button.
Numbers appear at the clashing position
between the Inspection routes or the
Inspection route and the Subject of inspections.
A balloon appears on the drawing to show the
number.
③ Specify the area to detect clashes.

Select [Detect specified elements only] and specify the area to detect clashes.
Specify the area
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④ Select [Start] to show balloons at the clashing points on the drawing.
Left-click the button.
Balloons
A clash detection list
The number appears on the clashing position in the drawing works in a ganged manner with the listing
number in a clash detection panel.
The clashing elements appear

in red.
Double-click the balloon on the drawing or the number in the panel to start CG screen, where you can
check the clashing point.
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Left-click the number in the clash detection list to show the element name that clashes, the coordinate of
clashing point, and the quantity of clashes.
Avoid a clashing point

Check the CG screen or the quantity of clashes in the clash detection list to avoid the clashing point by
moving or resizing the clashing point, or by changing the height.
When the clash is resolved, the listing number and the balloon on the drawing disappears.
① Choose the soil water pipe.

Left-click “▼“ on the right of [Elements] panel- [System select] to select [Expansion of route select]-
[The same use].
Left-click the
soil water pipe.
② An arrow appears on the chosen pipe. Left-click the arrow for the direction where you want to change
the height.
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③ Left-click [Height change] in the context menu.
④ Select [Relative] to type the height to change.

→The clashing point is resolved and the balloon disappears.
Select [Specify an angle] and

then “45°“.
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2. Create sleeves
Create sleeves (Automatically)

① Start [Sleeve] tab- [Automatic insertion].
② Select the target area to insert sleeves and [Setting of the reference floor].
③ Specify the area. Specify the area
④ Left-click [Start] to show [Automatic insertion of sleeve] dialog box, which shows the type and
number of the sleeve. Left-click [OK]. → Sleeve is inserted.
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Create a sleeve (Manually)

① Start [Sleeve] tab-[Sleeve].
② Select the sleeve type.
③ Select the way to specify the size of the sleeve, and then the duct size.
④ Select [Designation of height] and [Setting of the reference floor].
② ③ ④
⑤ Left-click two intersection points of the duct and structure.
Left-click the intersection point.
Left-click the intersection point.
Set the size of a sleeve

Set the size of a sleeve according to the nominal diameter size of pipes or ducts.
Select
[Setting]-[General]tab-
[Sleeve]-[List of size] to set
the sleeve size.
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Finish the drawing
1. Draw a dimension line
Draw a dimension line
① Left-click [Figure] tab-[Dimension].
② Select settings for the dimension line.
③ Specify the coordinates of the draw-out position to select “Decision” in the context menu.
④ Left-click the position where you want to display the dimension line.
Left-click the position to display.
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Edit a dimension line

Edit the drawn dimension line.
Change the position of a dimension value

① Choose the dimension line to left-click the position change handle (white) at the both ends of the
dimension value.
Left-click the position change handle.
② Specify the position where you want to display.
*Turn off the Coordinate revision in [Coordinates]

to place the dimension value at any position
where you want. (See page 13)
Type any value to a dimension value

① Choose the dimension line to show the property panel.
② Change “Automatically” to “Manual operation” in [Basics]- [Interlocking movement of dimension value]

to type any value in [Dimension value].
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2. Annotate with sizes or names
You can annotate the drawing with the information about the piping, ducting, equipment and so on that
you drew. The descriptions of the information get different by categories such as pipe, duct, electric,
equipment, sleeve, or building. The commands to annotate with sizes or names are linked with each
element so that the descriptions get changed when the size of the element and so on get changed.
Draw size annotative text

① Start [Size annotation] in the following tabs: [Pipe], [Duct], [Electrical]or [Architecture & Structure].
Also, you can start [Name Annotation] in [Equipments], or [Name entry] in [Sleeve] tab, or [Length
annotation of wire] in [Electrical] tab.
② Select the descriptions to annotate from the following formats.
Size
Size FL Height (◢Sloped piping)
Size
FL Height (◢Sloped piping)
Code of use Size
Code of use Size FL Height (◢Sloped piping)
Code of use Size

FL Height (◢Sloped piping)
Cable address
Refrigerant size sign
You can create your own format in addition to the above.
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③ Select how to draw the size annotation.
④ Choose the element that you want to annotate with the size.
-Draw [Withdrawals line (angle designation)]- [On a line]- [Any position] Choose the element to specify
the position where you want to place the size annotative text.
Left-click the element.
-Draw size annotative text [Center] Choose the element to place the size annotative text in the middle of
the element.
-Draw [Withdrawals line] -Choose the element to specify the position to draw out the leader line.
①
② Specify the position to place the size annotative text.
Left-click the position to place.
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3. Create a list
Rebro can create a list based on the information about the air diffusers or pits that you drew. Change the
information of the equipment to update the information in the placed list that links with the element.
An air terminal list

① Select [Tool] tab- [List of air terminal]. Select [Table type]- [Room name].
Type 1 Type 2 Type 1(Without box) Type 2(Without box)
② Specify the area where you want to create a list, to extract all the air diffusers from the area. Left-click
[Decision].
③ Place the list on the drawing where you want.
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A refrigerant size lists

① Select [Tool] tab- [List of refrigerant size]. Select [Table type].
Type 1 Type 2
② Place the list on the drawing where you want.

Select
[Pipe] tab-[Other setting]-[Setting of
refrigerant size] to set the refrigerant size lists.
A pit list
① Select [Tool] tab- [Numbering of pit]. Select the pit number.
② Left-click the pit on the drawing to assign the number and [Decision] the state.
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③ Select [Tool] tab- [Number annotation] to annotate with the assigned number on the drawing.
④ Select [Tool] tab- [List of pit] to select the target to create a list.
⑤ Left-click the “Start” button to place the pit list on the drawing where you want.
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4. Hidden line process
When you draw with [Automatic hidden line] ON-state, processes as follows are automatically performed
according to the viewpoint direction in the drawing or the priority of use: showing only the frontward parts
with the behind parts hidden, changing the line type, or the like.
You can set target elements of hidden line process, or hidden line types by [Setting of automatic hidden line].
Rebro processes the hidden line when the

selected elements overlap each other.
Select [Height priority] or

[Use priority].
Rebro processes hidden lines when you switch to ON after drawing.
If you want to specify the area of processing for a hidden-line or to change the hidden-line expression
partially, turn off the automatic hidden-line processing and execute the hidden-line processing manually
in [View] tab-[Hand operated hidden line].
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How to print
A tutorial manual
1. How to print
Select [Home] tab-[Print] to start the command.
How to print on A1-size paper

① Select the printer with that you want to print from the printer names. Select “property” to show the
property of the printer driver that you choose.
② From the output setting, select Monochrome, Color, or Gray scale, and numbers of copies.
Select “Print painting” to print the painted part of the element.
In the case of monochrome output, it is printed in hatching when the paint is “Semitransparency” and
is printed in a solid fill when “Painting all over”.
③ In the drawing size, the paper size that you drew appears.
Select a paper size to print.
④ In the print scale, select the ratio of the printing paper size against the drawing size.
Select “Equal” or “Fit to paper” to print out the A1-size paper against the A1-size drawing.
⑤ You can check the print area by the preview function. The print area appears in light blue, paper area
in light grey, and the view frame in red.
⑥ After the settings, left-click [Print] to print according to those settings.
⑤
⑥
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How to reduce and print on A3-size paper

When the chosen paper size is different from the drawing size, you can select the ratio to output in the
print scale.
① Select the “A3” size paper.
If you do not select [Output setting]-

[Change scale of line class, thickness to
print scale], Rebro prints the line type and
thickness set to the layer or the element,
without reference to the print scale.
② You can select how to reduce the drawing in the print scale descriptions.
※Both” Magnification designation” and “Scale appointment” can specify the ratio of the drawing size.
50% in the “Magnification designation” results in the same print as the case that you select 1/50 -> 1/100
in the “Scale appointment”.
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Print a part of a drawing

①Left-click [Change of print area].
② The print area appears in light blue. Specify the print area by a handle (yellow) to change the print
area.
The handle (yellow) to change the

print area
③ Left-click [Decision of print area].
④ Left-click [Print preview] to check the changed

condition. You can check the condition that is
going to be printed actually.
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Specify the line thickness for printing

① Left-click “Pen setting”.
② Specify the line thickness according to the scale of the drawing. Type the value to change or select the
magnification, to left-click “Performance”.
③ Left-click [OK] to check the condition by [Print preview].
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Save a drawing
A tutorial manual
1. Save a Rebro drawing
Rebro has two ways to save a drawing, [Save] and [Save as].
Save
[Save] saves the drawing into the same file on the same location where the drawing is opened.
① Left-click [Home] tab-[Save].
Save as
You can use [Save as] to save the drawing as a new file.
① Left-click [Home] tab- [Save as].
② Select “Drawing file (*.reb)” for the file type. Select the destination file to save the drawing to left-click
[Save].
※When you convert into Rebro format of the previous version, left-click [▼] on the right of [Save as] to
select a format you want to convert in [Convert to Rebro format of past version].
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2. Save the drawing into DXF/DWG, JWW, IFC,

BE-Bridge, STL, and PDF file format
You can save the drawing in DXF/DWG, JWW, IFC, BE-Bridge, STL, and PDF file format.
① Left-click [Home] tab- [Save as] to show [Save as] dialog box.
② Select the file format in [Save as type] to left-click [Save].

The drawing is saved in the file with the selected extension.
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Save a drawing in DXF/DWG file format

When you place multiple views on a layout, Rebro saves all the views as a sheet of floor plan.
Rebro saves the floor plan with the origin point at the bottom left in the drawing. You can also specify the
position for the origin point.
Rebro supports AutoCAD up to

ver.2020.
Specify the position for the origin

point of the drawing you want to
save.
Save a drawing in DXF/DWG(3D) file format

In [View of the base, origin of the drawing], select the view that shows the saving elements.
Rebro saves the elements that are shown in the chosen view. Rebro does not save the elements that are
not shown in the chosen view.
Rebro supports AutoCAD up to ver.2020.
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Save a drawing in JWW file format

In the case of JWW files, Rebro also saves all the views as a sheet of floor plan when you place multiple
views on a layout, which is the same as AutoCAD(2D).
Rebro saves the floor plan with the origin point at the bottom left in the drawing. You can also specify the
position for the origin point.
Select “Center” at the origin of drawing because the origin point of JWW is at the center, if you want to
show the drawing on JWW according to the Rebro’s display position.
Rebro supports JWW up to ver.8.10b.
Specify the origin point of the drawing

that you want to draw.
Save a drawing in BE-Bridge file format

BE-Bridge data is saved in DXF file (*.dxf) and BE-Bridge file (*.ceq) by the same file name. DXF file for
two dimensions saves the elements of the drawing and BE-Bridge file saves the information about
material, height, and size of the pipes or ducts.
Rebro supports BE-Bridge up to ver.7.0.
Rebro supports AutoCAD up to ver.2020.
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Save a drawing in IFC file format

Save the drawing into IFC file format.
Rebro supports IFC for building
service up to ver.1.3.
Select the area to save into IFC file format from the whole
model, floor, or view. If you select the view, Rebro saves the
elements that are shown in the selected view.
You can save also the elements that are referred

by the external file.
Select the element type to save in IFC

file format.
Save a drawing in STL file format

Save the drawing into STL file format.
Rebro saves the elements that are shown in the selected view. Rebro does not save the elements that are
not shown in the selected view.
Select the format according to the software

you want to read.
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Save a drawing in PDF file format

Save the drawing into PDF file format.
In the output setting, you can select

“Monochrome”, “Color”, or “Gray scale”.
You can save also the paint for

elements.
If you select this, Rebro saves the layer that is

set unsearchable in the specified color while
drawing.
Save files and layouts as a bundle into DXF/DWG and JWW file format
You can save unopened files and their layouts as a bundle into DXF/DWG and JWW file format. If you add
a file, every layout in the file is add to the list. Select the file to save.
Select the file that you want to convert.
Select the destination location to save the converted file.
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Rebro2020 SP1 An Introduction to Rebro 〈July 21, 2020, the first edition〉
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2. How to operate on the screen 2 10. Around-views 23

3. A design mode and a construction mode 4 11. Operate layers 27

4. Command operations 5 12. Create a drawing frame 30

5. Choose elements 8 13. Temporary storage and periodic backups 33

6. Specify coordinates 13 14. Settings 35

7. Handles 17 ■ References: Keyboard shortcuts 38

2. Show the external file as a reference 42 2. Create sleeves 69

3. Set the floor height 45

5. Convert the structure into 3D 49 2. Annotate with sizes or names 73

Draw piping, ducting, or electric How to print

3. Draw electric wiring 59

1.Rebro 2020 Screen layout

* Recommended display setting for Rebro: 1280 x 1024 (800) or more

Change the screen color

2.How to operate on the screen

Status bar operations

Display entirely (to fit the whole screen).

Specify the enlargement ratio.

Display lines according to the thickness for printing.

By the clip function, display the element that is hidden.

How to float the panel

How to dock the panel

Panel layout in the docking mode

3.A design mode and a construction mode

The descriptions on the ribbon change to

Checkmark in the box to specify

Left-click specifies the starting position of the line.

Left-click at the line ending position to confirm the drawing line.

Select [Decision] in the context menu (right-click) to complete commands.

How to start commands

Start from the context menu

When you are choosing

Start from the keyboard shortcut

Start from Quick Access Toolbar

Choose the element

Choose the multiple elements

In the state of multiple choices,

Cancel the choices

In the state of cancelling choices,

If you cannot choose the element due to the overlapping elements:

Choose by area specification

Choose the elements inside the specified area.

Choose the elements inside the specified area,

Choose elements at one time

Left-click the option

Left-click the dimension line

From “Whole drawing”:

From “Choose elements”:

Choose elements systematically at one time through the entire route

Choose the route systematically by setting conditions

Conditions that you can select

Straight pipe part

Choose route that connects two elements

Choose the section

Start the drawing commands to operate the functions of [Coordinates] panel.

Correct the length or angle

Tooltip shows it according

Fix the angle

Move the pointer while pressing Shift to fix