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Editing barrier template's variable constraints breaks all parameters on barrier template drop

Nicholas Ericson — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 19:01:21 GMT

I'm attempting to use the Variable Constraint window to make the shape of a barrier rail vary along the length of a single span. I made a template for the barrier rail, where I defined all of the constraints I would need to adjust:

I placed the barrier rail where I needed it, opened the variable constraint editor window and put in all the constraint ranges for the different variables:

This is how it says the fully constrained sections should look in the "template view" section:

After clicking OK, nothing changes visually, though it appears to break all of the parameters on the barrier template - I can change the begin/end offsets, the vertical/horizontal offsets, etc. and nothing further happens. The only way to get it working normally, again, is to delete the barrier rail and re place it.

Annotate Model in the profile drawing model is only annotating a small part of the profile cut section

Nicholas Ericson — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 21:57:00 GMT

I'm sure there's probably a simple mistake, somewhere, but I've checked everything I can think to check and have come up empty-handed on this one. In short, I'm trying to annotate a couple new profile models, but instead of getting a profile grid with all of the points nicely labeled, I'm getting a tiny box at the beginning of the profile and the first ~10% of the profile length is having its points labeled (but those points and symbols are way up above the actual profile model).

I know the grid and profile annotations work, as they still work on the old profiles I had already cut for this project. I removed the automated annotations for the "Cl Construction301 - Profile 17 Views" model for reference, if you want to check that the annotation groups work. I've used a few different annotation groups to see if those were the issue, but I've been using the following two, primarily:

Profile grid annotation group: Profile>Drawing>Profile Grid (NE)

Profile linear annotation group: Profile>Linear>Stationing>CrossRoad-Pr

The two profiles I've been having trouble with are "Cl Side Path 1" and "Cl Side Path 2"; however, I only have the profile for side path 1 cut in the attached HAL file.

I've looked through the info and settings for the named boundaries, saved views, model references, etc. and the only possible hint I've found is in the "Cl Side Path 1 - PPR Test Profile Views" model within the 72736_HAL (testing).dgn file. If you open that model, you'll see the named boundary (in red) around the profile and existing grade lines. The weird thing is that if you "Activate" the reference for that model and use the "Analyze Point" tool on the alignment, the station numbers are only reading to 10% of the point I'd hover over the profile. In the attached image, you can see I'm snapping to the center-right of the named boundary, but the vertical red line is stopping exactly where the tiny annotation grid stops. In essence, the profile grid appears to be beginning at the correct point, but it's only covering 10% of the distance to either edge of the named boundary (vertically and horizontally). The profile, itself, is exaggerated 10:1, but I don't see how that should mess up the annotations - which, as I mentioned earlier, work correctly on profile models 1 through 17 of Cl Construction301.

Other than that, the profile element annotations also appear to be affected by the 10% length issue, though they're showing up at the correct locations (only moved vertically way above the profile). I've tried moving the annotations down and snapping them to the beginning of the profile, and the points line up and appear to be labeled correctly (though the annotation scale appears to be squeezed horizontally and stretched vertically). I've been using an annotation scale of 1":20' throughout the HAL file, though, so I don't see why this is happening.

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OpenRoads crashes when first attempting to use a dgnlib I just edited

Nicholas Ericson — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:12:41 GMT

I've noticed when editing dgnlibs, that OpenRoads will crash the first time I try to use the dgnlib that I just edited.

For instance, I will open a dgnlib and make a change to a text favorite, save settings in the dgnlib, and move back to the working dgn. If I go in to manage an annotation group that references the updated dgnlib, OpenRoads will crash if I turn on the "Display" checkbox. Similarly, if I go into the Drawing model cut section and use the Annotate Model tool to annotate it with the updated settings, OpenRoads will crash.

However, if I reopen the working dgn and try it again, it will work from then on. For some reason, OpenRoads is crashing on the first attempt to use the edited dgnlib.

I've noticed this when editing text favorites, text styles, annotation groups, annotation definitions, and survey settings, but I presume other dgnlib changes would also cause ORD to crash similarly.

LEAP: Can I add more decimals for K1 in the prestressed girder elastic modulus calculation?

Nicholas Ericson — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 16:33:36 GMT

In LEAP, in the Precast/Prestressed Girder window, I want to enter "1.16" as the K1 value for calculating the elastic modulus for the girder and CIP concretes (within the Materials tab). However, the program only seems to allow for one decimal place, and therefore rounds it to 1.2; I'd like to know if there's a way to increase the number of decimal places I'm allowed to use for that value.

The report output displays it to 3 decimals (1.200), which makes me think there may be a way to accomplish this. Hopefully there is some setting I can adjust, and it isn't just a case of misleading levels of precision in the output report.

Thanks in advance!

Can't detail steel reinforcement in custom parametric pier - "element not valid for tool"

Nicholas Ericson — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 03:54:49 GMT

I've added a custom, parametric pier to an OBM model of a bridge I'm working on, and I'm now trying to add reinforcing steel to it; however, when I boot up the ProConcrete workflow and try to add reinforcing steel to any of the columns/caps/drilled shafts, it gives me a tooltip telling me "Element not valid for tool." I've also attempted to add the reinforcement directly into the cell file and then add the custom pier to the main model; however, all of that reinforcement goes away when I've tried that.

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