High-profile bridge projects often require specialised analyses, for example in the field of wind engineering, that go beyond the capabilities of commercial software, including RM Bridge itself. Nevertheless, we use RM Bridge for our general global analyses, as its database can be accessed efficiently through TCL scripts.

A crucial part of this workflow is the ability to generate functional SUP files that can be used in subsequent load combinations. However, one important feature is currently missing: enveloped results with stress points as the leading component cannot be retrieved via TCL. This prevents us from using stress points as the leading component when generating SUP files, which is often necessary to ensure that the files capture the governing combinations of coexistent forces.

Implementing this functionality would significantly improve the applicability of RM Bridge to high-profile bridge projects requiring advanced analyses.