Place Abutment tool

Used to place abutment templates on supportlines.

Found on the Home ribbon tab in the Substructure group.

To place the selected abutment template onto a pierline, data point on the pierline.

If the Elevation Constraints option is checked, then the Pier Elevation Constraints dialog opens. Set the constraints and click Apply when done.

Tool Settings

Setting

Description

Template Name

Click […] to open the Template Selection dialog, which is used to select an abutment template from the abutment template library. Click Close to use the selected template.

Integral

Set this option to have the abutment cast integral with the beams.

Horizontal Offset

Type an offset length along the supportline direction.

Note: Positive is to the right when looking up station.

Longitudinal Offset

An optional adjustment offset beyond the SupportLine Alignment options, when placing abutments. Positive is ahead of SupportLine in the direction of stationing.

Apply Skew to Solids

When set, the program adjusts the end faces of the abutment to follow the deck edges on skewed supports.

Conform BackWall With Deck Top

When checked, the backwall follows the deck top slopes automatically.

Backwall Vertical Offset from Deck Top

When Conform Backwall with Deck Top is checked, set a negative value to offset the backwall top from the deck top. Set a positive value if backwall top should be greater than the deck top (unlikely).

Elevation Constraints

Set this option to open the Pier Elevation Constraints dialog when the selection set is accepted. This dialog is used to specify elevation constraints when placing pier or abutment templates on pier lines.

Orientation

Select if this abutment is being placed at the Start or End of the bridge. This will orient the abutment correctly.

Cap Length Adjustment

Select either:

None — the default cap length set in the library template is used
By Deck — the cap length is automatically adjusted to the deck width
By Skew — the cap length is automatically adjusted for the skew
By Deck and Aligned — the cap length is automatically adjusted to the deck width and the horizontal offset computed so as to align with deck

Material group

Select the material to use for object components by selecting the associated […] button and then selecting the material from the Material Library dialog.

Build Order group

Assign a build order (ordinal integer) to each object component in this group to specify construction order.

Feature group

Setting	Description
Feature Definition	Select an existing feature definition from the drop-down list to use for object being placed.
Name Prefix	Type a prefix value to use for all objects set using this Feature Definition, which are useful in quickly identifying features in a group.

Key-in: bmgeom abutment placebypierline