What's New

This topic summarizes the changes in OpenBridge Modeler 2025.

  • Support for starting with a 2D seed file, 2D Workflow
  • Cross Frames for Steel Tub (/Box) girders
  • Field Splices (Plates, Bolts) for Steel Tub (/Box) girders
  • Shear Studs for Steel Tub (/Box) girders
  • Horizontal Offset in Bridge Wizard
  • Enhanced Workflow to insert spans in an existing bridge (Steel or Concrete girder slab Bridges)
  • Improving decorations (from line strings to Lines, Arcs) for deck, beam, barrier, approach slabs
  • Concrete Girders now support parabolic transition between sections
  • Alignment and Profile Report (directly from OBM reports, instead of using Civil Reports)
  • Beam End Cuts for Concrete / Steel Beams
  • Slab bridges - thickness variation along Skew
  • Approach Slabs - thickness variation along skew
  • Openings in Steel Diaphragms
  • Steel Beam Elevation Drawings – Web/Flange Plate Dimensions added
  • Concrete Beam, Flange Notches at an angle
  • Option to place Barrier directly on Beam
  • Trapezoidal Cap for Bent Piers and Abutment Pier Caps
  • Column and Footing Properties: Now shows X, Y, Station and Offset
  • Replace Bing Maps with Google Maps (Platform)
  • Battered Piles location measured at bottom of Footing, rather than top of pile
  • Station and Offset reported as properties for Piles and Drilled Shafts
  • Material Details in Input Echo Report
  • Continuous Steel Beam Reports per span
  • Unique identifier SyncID now shown in properties panel for all elements
  • Back and Ahead Span Lengths for Support Lines properties
  • New SDK release (including Write SDK)
  • Texas DOT specific enhancements:
    • Custom Reports
      • Span by Span Quantities Report
      • Bent Report
      • Bent Line Report
      • Beam Report
      • Bearing Report
    • Bearing and Bearing Seats Clipping
    • Beam End Cuts for Concrete / Steel Beams
    • Option to Rotate Beams about Bottom (pivot point)

New and Changed in MicroStation 2025

Defects Resolved in OpenBridge Modeler 2025 Release