To place a deck
To place a bridge deck between supportlines, use the following procedure.
- Either:
- In the Place Deck tool settings dialog, select the deck template to use:
- (Optional) Specify additional settings such as offsets and orientation.
- (Optional) In the Place Deck tool settings dialog, clear the Add Constraints check box if no additional placement constraints are required.
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In the view window, do the following:
- Data point (i.e., click) a supportline as the first deck boundary
- Data point a different supportline as the second deck boundary
- Data point a third time to accept
- (Optional) Specify any necessary point or variable constraints along the deck and then click Apply.
- If variable constraints are being specified, the template tab shows the effect of the variations defined at user defined distance (use the slider or enter cross section distance).
While a 3D deck
object is placed following the vertical profile elevation, a 2D deck layout
(decoration) is placed at elevation 0 in the model.
This 2D layout is updated whenever the deck object is changed, and the line work has the necessary features associated to place it on a separate Level. This 2D deck layout can be used for plan production, along with other bridge element line work drawn at elevation 0, including beam layout, support lines etcetera.