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Steve Willoughby, Bentley SystemsBridge Product Specialist
LEAP Bridge: Product Update and Direction
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What’s in LEAP Bridge v9.0.0
Many Enhancements to the ABC Wizard:
• Alignments can be tied to XY Coordinates
• Multiple Cross-section Templates
• LandXML v1.2 import– Alignments– Profiles– Cross Sections (Superelevation)– TIN Models
• Define Parallel Structures in Multiple Bridges dialog
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What’s in LEAP Bridge v9.0.0
Many Enhancements to the ABC Wizard (continued):
• Support for hollow-core slabs, channel sections and precast solid slabs
• Definition and Modeling of:– Bearing Pads– Drilled Shafts– Battered Pile– Abutments (Stem Wall, Pile Cap)
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What’s in LEAP Bridge v9.0.0
3D viewer Enhancements:
• Show Ground (Imported from a LandXML file)
• Compass showing North
• 3D coordinate display of structure or ground
• New menus and icons
• Display deck reinforcing
• CIP Box/Slab show realistic cross-sections
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ABC Wizard Improvements
Import Multiple cross sections from LandXML
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ABC Wizard can now define Abutments
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3D Model Shows Battered Piles, Abutments, Drilled Shafts
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2D Views Show Abutment, Drilled Shafts, Battered Piles
All Reinforcement will also be shown
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Improved Interface:
•New Tool Bar•New Icons•2D Compass•Auto - Selection Window•Improved Library installations•Two-color gradient background•Improved Speed
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3D viewer now shows Ground
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3D Coordinates of cursor position
•Will show true Elevation, Station & offset.•Useful for measuring lengths, obtaining Elevations etc.
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What’s new in GEOMATH v9.0.0
• Definition and Modeling of:– Bearing Pads– Drilled Shafts– Battered Pile– Abutments (Stem Wall, Pile Cap)
• Girder Layout Wizard
• Level Manager
• Zoom In/Zoom Out icons added
• Improved speed / Vertical recompute option
• Stepped cap / Beam seat-bearing separation
• Status Bar Filter for Piles, Columns and Footings
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Integrated Abutment/drilled shaft/piles
• GEOMATH is now fully integrated with LEAP Bridge and exchanges drilled shaft, abutment (pile cap/stem wall) and battered piles data
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Automatic Girder layout wizard
• Quick method to layout the girders in entire bridge using wizard.
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GEOMATH Level Manager
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Improved Speed• Using "Vertical recompute” users can make
geometry changes very quickly & update the elevations at the end of the project, resulting in speeding the performance.
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Updated Define menu for all bridge components
• Ability to define column, drilled shaft, battered pile, bearing and footing properties using define menu.
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Improved toolbar
• Now, the toolbar is improved and made user friendly
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What’s new in CONSPAN v9.0.0
• Deck Slab Design using Strip Method – LRFD 4.6.2
• Updated to 2009 LRFD Spec – Fatigue Limit State considered automatically
• Improved Auto-strand generation
• Honors Deck Bulb Tee’s with no topping
• Up to 50 trucks can be rated concurrently
• New Summary Rating Report – allows rating of single span or whole bridge
• National Rating Vehicle add to Live Load Library
• No longer compute stresses in topping top (deck) by default
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What’s new in CONSPAN v9.0.0
• Display a Summary of Beam Stresses and Moments
• Diaphragm Wizard
• ‘Copy to…’ button added for Diaphragm Loads
• Option to Define Materials per Beam
• Option to neglect Elastic Gains in Losses
• Sacrificial Deck Thickness moved to Geometry tab
• Updated to Manual for Bridge Evaluation, 2008
• Write Deck Reinf. to LEAP Bridge
• Improvements to Dead Load Wizard
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CONSPAN Deck Slab Design
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CONSPAN –Diaphragm Wizard
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CONSPAN – Option to not compute deck slab stresses
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CONSPAN – Option to specify material properties per Beam
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CONSPAN – Option to ignore Elastic Gains in LRFD Losses
Requested by:Georgia DOTMinnesota DOTVirginia DOTIllinois DOT
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CONSPAN – New GUI for Truck Selection
• Select upto 50 trucks for Permit Load Rating.
• Simplified User interface for selection of Trucks.
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What’s new in CONBOX v9.0.0
• Support for T-Beam structures
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What’s new in CONBOX v9.0.0
• Automatic Load Generation
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What’s new in RC-PIER v9.0.0
• Stepped Cap Definition, Analysis and Design– Start and End Elevations– Input Individual Step Thickness
• Custom Load Combinations– Generate Default Combinations– User Defined LC’s by selecting Load Case and Factor
• Filter Analysis results to view specific Members and Nodes
• Import loads from CSV file or Copy/Paste from Excel
• Ability to define Footing eccentricity in X & Z directions
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What’s new in RC-PIER v9.0.0
• Ability to define different check point for flexure and shear in cap design
• Stem Walls can be eccentric
• New pile section library
• New load case for Permit truck, Fatigue Truck in LRFD
• Minor enhancements: – Flag for Kl/r in column design – Improved footing dialog– Ability to select lateral tie/stirrup size etc– Improved/enhanced printout capability
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Stepped Cap
• Ability to define different step thickness along the cap length
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RC-PIER Stepped Cap Dialog
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Filter
• Ability to filter analysis results considering member, node no and force type.
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Eccentric Footing
• Ability to define footing eccentricity in both X & Z direction
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Check points for Flexure and Shear
• Ability to define separate check points for Flexure and Shear in structural model.
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Pile section library
• User can define any pile section and save in the pile section library.
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Load case for Permit, Fatigue truck• Separate load case for Permit, Fatigue truck is
added in LRFD specification.
• As per LRFD 2009 interim, Fatigue for infinite life is modified to use correct load factors.
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Misc. Enhancements Common to All
• Academic Licensing
• Printing Time Stamp in Footers
• Enhanced Report headers / tables
• New fields for “Checked By” and Check “Date”
