Eptar Reinforcement For Archicad 19 -

I installed Eptar 2.7 (the last version stable for AC19) on a Friday night. The interface was spartan—no fancy icons, just a palette with four buttons: Trace, Parameterize, Align, Export. But the magic was in the “Reinforcement by Rules.”

Then, the arch lit up.

The real test came on Monday. My client wanted to move a skylight 80 cm to the left. eptar reinforcement for archicad 19

I selected my twisted shell. Instead of drawing each bar manually, I typed a rule: “Cover = 4cm. Diameter = 12mm. Spacing = 15cm. Direction = Follow Principal Stress.” I installed Eptar 2

In vanilla AC19, that meant deleting the shell, rebuilding it, and crying over lost rebar. With Eptar? I simply dragged the shell’s node. The geometry updated, and Eptar’s “Smart Heal” engine kicked in. Within 12 seconds, the reinforcement recalculated—the stirrups rotated, the longitudinal bars shortened on one side, lengthened on the other. The cover remained intact. The real test came on Monday