OpenBridge Modeler

Place Segmental Span tool

Used to place segmental bridge units span-by-span.

You can access this tool from the following:

on the Segmental ribbon tab, in the Span-by-Span group
in the Superstructure task group

Tool Settings

Setting

Description

Span by Span group

Setting	Description
Template Name	Click […] to open the Template Selection dialog, which is used to select a deck template from the deck template library. Click OK to use the selected template.
Add Constraints	Set this option to assign variable constraint values immediately after the object is placed.
Chorded	When set, the segment length is measured along a chord between the end points, rather than along the curve.
Split Closure	When set, the closure pour is split between adjacent spans and placed right after the pier segment.
Pier Typical Length	Type the length of the segments at the piers (typically these are shorter segments).
Typical Length	Type the length of the typical segment.
Expansion EndBent	Type the segment length to use if an expansion is present at the end bent.
Expansion Pier	Type the segment length to use if an expansion is present at the pier.
Start Station Offset	Offset distance along stationing from the starting supportline station to the start of deck.
End Station Offset	Offset distance along stationing from the end of deck to the end supportline station.
Horizontal Offset	Horizontal offset distance from alignment to WP of deck template.
Vertical Offset	Vertical offset distance from alignment to WP of deck template.

Solid Placement group

Setting	Description
Template Orientation	Specifies the orientation of the faces of solids placed along the alignment. Vertical — the template faces are vertical in the Z axis (world coordinate system) (i.e., "plumb"). Normal — the template faces are perpendicular to the alignment Template orientation: a) Vertical (in Z axis) and b) Normal (to alignment)

Setting	Description
End Cut Orientation	Set how the ends of the barrier are to be modeled. Chose from Normal to Path or Follow Skew.

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 segmental placespan