Used to place a balanced cantilever segment from a
template.
Found on the
Home ribbon tab in the
Superstructure group.
Tool Settings
Setting
Description
Balanced Cantilever group
Setting
Description
Template Name
Click
[?] to open the
Template Selection dialog,
which is used to select standard templates.
Build Order
Type a integer to indicate the order which
this balanced cantilever is placed. The build order of all the balanced
cantilevers is utilized by analysis programs, such as
RM Bridge
, in staged construction
analysis.
Tip: The value will be automatically
incremented by one from the previous build number placed.
Start Station Offset
Type a distance to use as the offset from the
selected supportline along the alignment.
Horizontal Offset
Type a distance to use as the lateral offset
(transverse to alignment).
Seg. Length
Type the number of segments at a given length.
A vertical bar (“|”) is used to differentiate the segments for back and ahead
stations, in that order. A space (“
”) is used to vary segment lengths within the back or
ahead balanced cantilevers.
For example, type
4@4|2@5 2@3 to place:
four segments, each four master units
long, back station (total of 16 master units)
two segments, each five master units
long followed by two more segments, each three master units long, ahead station
(total of 16 master units)
Figure 1. Plan view of example segment
lengths for balanced cantilever
Pier Seg Length
Length of the pier segment or segments.
A single value results in a single segment
of that length, centered over the supportline (adjusted by Start Station Offset
value).
A pair of comma separated value results in
two segments, with those corresponding lengths back and ahead station,
respectively.
No value or zero results in no pier
segments placed.
CIP Length
Length of a cast-in-place segment placed at
the end of the balanced cantilever.
Add Constraints
Chorded
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
Figure 2. 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.
