Open Bridge Designer Version: 10.08.01.30
Open Bridge Modeler Version: 10.08.01.87
Leap Bridge Steel Version: 20.00.00.24
I am having difficulties with using leap bridge steel within the open bridge designer application. I am finding that each time I go into LBS from OBM (BIM workflow), various aspects of my design are overwritten and need to be re-entered (specifically sacrificial deck thickness, shear connectors, wearing surface information, & load combinations). I have not been able to figure out how to prevent this from happening, and it is not feasible to re-enter the information every time I go back into LBS. Is there a specific aspect of the workflow that I am misusing to cause this to happen?
Thank you,
Andrew Lemieux
Just to piggy back off this conversation, it would be really nice if instead of deleting any design information when a "major" change is made, the program prompts you and lets the user choose what to keep and what to delete.
This is especially true in CONSPAN, where if you change your beam haunch height from 2" to 2.5" it deletes all your strand patterns and stirrups. Changing haunch is definitely not considered a "major" change .
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I agree, that would be a helpful feature to have
For folks who are looking for the solution to this issue, the problem was resolved by simply selecting the the specific bridge unit I was designing within the project tree on the left hand side of the OBD interface.
Hi Steve,
Enhancement request has been filed so that the user can choose if they want to keep the strand pattern/rebar.
Burak,
I have a follow up question that has come up for me. I am now following the correct work-flow as suggested above/below, but am still having difficulty with losing data. Every time I resume work in my leap bridge steel file I find I am missing the same data:
1) Sacrifical deck thickness
2) shear connector material
3) shear connector type definition entered in the shear connector location dialogue
4) additional camber entered in the camber diagram dialogue
Also, I have found that occasionally some of my loads disappear out of load combinations without warning, though this does not seem to happen consistently.
Do you have any idea what could be causing the issue?