Integrated Bridge Design Features
- Full integration of Structural Analysis with Design Sections and Design Beams for structure definition and automatic calculation of section properties, including torsion properties.
- Full integration of Structural Analysis with Design Beams for transfer of load effects for design and code verification of the beams.
- Full integration with Influence Surface analysis for fast and accurate positioning of highway and railway loads for maximum load effect at any given point.
- Fully detailed printout of all calculations normally done by hand.
- Full graphical definition of data using 'real' objects (i.e. setting out lines; carriageways; span-end lines; longitudinal beams; slabs, etc.) rather than 'imaginary' objects such as nodes and elements.
- Fast and seamless iteration of the Analysis / Code-check cycle.
- Virtual Members feature to simplify the interpretation and use of Finite Element results.
The design/analysis process for bridges is very often iterative. The integration of the various components of Autodesk Structural Bridge Design into a single project provides a seamless transfer of data allowing many loops of the iterative process to be completed in reduced time.
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Integrated Analysis and Design Workflow