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Civil Expression value option for Increasing

Currently there are values for StationStart and StationEnd, which is dependent on the direction of the line being drawn. I am proposing an additional option to report the beginning and ending of stationing with respect to the alignment (smallest t...
7 days ago in Item Types / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Allow for different shaft fixity in one model

A column on drilled shafts can have different fixity locations for different load cases. Suggest allowing analysis of the same bridge with different fixities rather then needing to create multiple models with varying fixities for simplicity.
8 days ago in Analytics / OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Integrate Civil File Manager with ProjectWise Explorer

Integrate Civil File Manager with ProjectWise Explorer so exporting and other workarounds are not needed. The ability to create a new version would also be nice.
23 days ago in All Other / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRail Overhead Line Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Integration of OpenRoads Designer Civil Functions in Python

Add OpenRoads Designer Civil functions to Python integration allowing development of Python applications that can access/call the Civil Design processes within OpenRoads
28 days ago in Analytics / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRail Overhead Line Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / OpenTunnel Designer 0 Future consideration

Parametric rebar cages

Bridge engineering would greatly benefit from having rebar cages that are parametric in nature so we do not need to start over on rebar when a design change occurs.
3 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Construction stage analysis for LEAP Bridge Concrete

Construction stage analysis for precast beams and cast-in slabs is important for composite deck design.
5 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Rules between reference files

Indicate in the reference manager if Civil Rules exist between files. When attempting to create a snap rule to an element that is in a reference file display a warning message. Prevent circular reference errors created by snap rules between refere...
6 months ago in OpenBridge Designer / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / OpenTunnel Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Composite Deflection Multipliers

LEAP Concrete defaults PCI Bridge Design Manual Table 8.7.1-1 for the deflection multipliers. However, in the same section, it is indicated that the composite multipliers given in the table are not properly account for the significant effects of a...
7 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

ORD Design File Settings>Working Unite>Resolution change tool

Is there a tool in ORD that can change the Design File Settings>Working Unite>Resolution and scale the model so that the model remains at the correct scale after the resolution change. Is there such a tool? If not, that is my design enhancem...
7 months ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / OpenTunnel Designer 2 Future consideration

Abutment analysis methodology

The substructure module built into OpenBridge seems to analyze an abutment wall stem as a column. A toggle would be useful to consider it more like a wall in some instances. The magnitude of vertical load on an abutment stem can often be insignifi...
7 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration