Omar Mashharawi
A worker bending a reinforcing bar on a bending machine

Tools / RebarPlan · Windows & Mac · Free & open source

RebarPlan

Bar bending schedule, minimum-waste cutting plan and shop sheet, in one desktop app. Arabic, English and Simplified Chinese.

Windows

Get it from Microsoft

Installs and updates through the Microsoft Store. Windows 10 and 11.

macOS

Download for Mac .dmg · 1.1.1

Version 1.1.1 for macOS 12 or later, Apple silicon and Intel. Signed and notarised by Apple.

What it does

From the drawing to the bending machine.

Bar bending schedule

Members, shapes, lengths and quantities in one BBS.

Cutting plan

Cuts arranged for the least waste from stock bars.

Shop sheet & labels

Printable sheets for the shop floor and labels for bundles.

Rebar weights

Weight by diameter and for the whole schedule.

Export

Excel, PDF, or straight to email.

Three languages

Arabic, English and Simplified Chinese.

RebarPlan showing cutting patterns for each diameter

Privacy and support.

RebarPlan runs entirely on your computer. It sends nothing anywhere: no account, no tracking, no ads. Your projects are saved where you choose.

Questions, suggestions and bug reports: [email protected], or an issue on GitHub. Results are for planning and estimating: check cut lengths with the engineer of record before cutting steel. MIT licence. Other tools: all tools.