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Exporting entire LBS model (cross-frames, diaphragms and stiffeners) to DGN

In LBS (LEAP Bridge Steel), it appears that cross frames (CF) and stiffeners are not exported to the DGN file. The screenshot below is from LBS Tutorial 2, which highlights this limitation. The goal is to streamline CAD detailing by having LBS gen...
3 months ago in Import/Export / OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Update to Manual for Bridge Evaluation 3 rd edition

The current version of LBC we're using references the Manual for Bridge Evaluation, 2nd Edition as the basis for bridge rating. I'm wondering if there are plans to update this to reference the 3rd Edition instead. If such an update is planned, cou...
3 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Interoperability of concrete diaphragm from OBM to LBC for open/close box beam types

There’s a need for improved interoperability between OBM and LBC when working with concrete diaphragms in open or closed box beam configurations. Specifically, the transfer of diaphragm data—such as start, end, and interior diaphragms—for box gird...
3 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Allow automatic POI definition from bearing to bearing (for camber and deflections)

For final bridge plans involving a steel bridge, we need to report dead load deflections at either the 10th or 20th points along the span—from bearing to bearing. While the program does calculate these points, it currently measures them from the e...
3 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

RMBridge--Seismic Eigen Analysis with CQC Method for Repeated Sub-Systems

In eigenvalue analysis of repetitive structures—where identical sub-systems exist independently within a single model—the same frequencies and eigenmodes are often assigned repeatedly to each sub-system. This leads to an issue with the CQC (Comple...
3 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Camber on the beam, Beam need to be curved and follow the underside of the deck without gaps- Australia specific

The current beam hog modeling behavior is not as expected. While deck thickening can be applied, the supporting beams remain straight and do not conform to the underside profile of the deck. In reality, the beams should follow the curved shape of ...
3 months ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Needs review

Developing Grasshopper Plugin for RM Bridge

The world famious bridge softwares such as Lusas, Midas Civil, Sofistik, Larsa 4D. All of them have been developed Grasshopper Plugin to increase the bridge modeling capacity. Lusas Grasshopper plugin: https://www.lusas.com/products/external_plugi...
3 months ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

When exporting to the IFC, keep a different identification for each item.

When exporting the IFC, each element is identified by a default value. For example, all solids come out with an identification as smartsolid. This makes it very difficult to search for an element in the model.
5 months ago in Import/Export / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Needs review

Improve the Cant report such that the exact stations where speed changes is reported correctly

Currently we can generate the cant report with an specified interval. The issue with these report is that the exact station at which the speed changes can be interpreted incorrectly. for example. Consider an alignment in the with 100mph speed, dro...
3 months ago in CANT / OpenRail Designer / Reports 0 Needs review

Exporting Field Book with Observational Data

I process survey data for the Maine Department of Transportation. We have been transitioning from InRoads to OpenRoads for about a year now and are currently using OpenRoads Designer 2023. Myself and others in the Department are seeing frequent co...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads ConceptStation / OpenSite Designer / Survey 1 Needs review