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)
- Custom Reports