Place Pier tool

Found on the Home ribbon tab in the Substructure group.

To place the selected pier template onto supportlines, first select all the supportlines. Reset (right-click) to accept the group or click a pier a second time to subtract it from the group. Data point again to accept the selection set and continue.

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 a pier template from the pier template library. Click Close to use the selected template.

Integral

Set this option to have the pier 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.

Apply Skew to Solids

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

Only applicable to rectangular pier caps.

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.

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 pier placebypierline