LEAP Bridge Steel Help

POI Locations Dialog

Opens when Point of interested Locations is selected in the Analysis group.
SettingDescription
Member Group Select the member group from the drop-down list in the upper left corner of the dialog.
Automatically Generated POIs The following two inputs pertain to automatically generated POIs only:
SettingDescription
Minimum number of POIs between supports Enter the minimum number of POIs to be generated per span. By default, LEAP Bridge Steel will generate POIs at all cross frame locations and the mid-point between cross frames. Additional POIs will be located at section breaks if this option is checked and at user defined POIs (see below).
User Generated POI locations The following inputs pertain to User generated POI locations. These POIs are also referred to as Custom POIs.
SettingDescription
Insert Press this button to insert a POI before the currently highlighted line in the grid.
Delete Press this button to delete the currently highlighted POI in the grid for the current member. Only custom POIs can be deleted.
Delete All Press this button to delete all custom POIs for the current member.
Regenerate Press the Regenerate button to recompute all POIs based on the current selections.
Copy Locations to From the drop-down list, select the locations where custom POIs on the current member will be copied. Options are either all members in the current member group or one or more of the other members in the group.
Location Type In the Grid, select Absolute to enter or view the location of the POI in units of feet from the beginning of the member. Select Relative to enter or view the location as a fraction of the overall member length.
Location If Location Type is Absolute, the location will be shown in feet. If the Location Type is Relative, the location will be shown as a fraction of the overall member length. Note that this field can only be edited for Custom POIs.
Description The Description indicates two primary POI groups. One is Automatically Generated POI with the type of POI following. See the table below for POI types. The other is Custom POI. Custom POIs are those entered by the user.
Save DGN Press this button to export all member group geometry to a MicroStation .dgn file. Save the .dgn file to the desired location and once the export is complete you can browse to the file location and open/view it in MicroStation.
OK Press this button to accept all changes and exit the command.
Cancel Select this button to exit the command without saving changes.
POI Symbol POI Description
Deck strip location
Mid-bracing point
Cross-Frame (left/right bay). The symbol will point toward the bay where the cross frame exists.
Automatically generated POI at the Locate at interval
Support
Custom POI (user defined)