Abutment Properties Dialog Box

A bridge in Precast/Prestressed Girder is always modeled with two abutments. These are automatically created by Precast/Prestressed Girder, and the user can only chose to add intermediate piers on the continuous model. The stationing of the first abutment may be equal to or greater than the beginning-of-bridge, and the stationing of the second abutment may be less than or equal to the end-of-bridge. In this release, Precast/Prestressed Girder can only handle cases where the stationing of the beginning-of-bridge or the end-of-bridge is the same as the beginning and end abutment stationing.

Abutment Properties Dialog Box Terms

Setting	Description
Abutment Name	User editable unique name for Start or End Abutment.
Copy Properties from	By selecting from the drop-down, the properties are copied automatically filling all the fields in the dialog box. Click OK to accept the values.
Length	The physical length of the abutment cap. If skewed, enter the actual length of the cap and not a projected distance.
Alignment Offset	Define the lateral offset from the alignment to the centerline of the Abutment (along cap length).
Girder Clearance	Common for all girders in span. It is the distance between centerline of support and face of precast girder at start (in Start Abutment dialog) and at end (in End Abutment dialog). Distances to the left of bearing CL need to be entered as negative.
Bearing Offset	Distance between centerline of bearing to centerline of abutment. Distances to the left of bearing CL need to be entered as negative.
Backwall Width	Default values primarily for exchange with LEAP Bridge.
Backwall Depth	Default values primarily for exchange with LEAP Bridge.
Seat Width	Default values primarily for exchange with LEAP Bridge.
Seat Depth	Default values primarily for exchange with LEAP Bridge.