I am currently design 4 bridges in LEAP Steel v19 but am encountering an issue with the tool to automatically generate loads for the wearing surface of the structure.
The bridges are all of a similar type, but some are wider than others and one is on a curve. When I generate the DW by applying a material weight, thickness, and edge offset I am getting numbers in the Loads display that are all over the place.
I am assuming here that LEAP is taking the DW load calculated by the pavement weight * thickness * total width / number of girders (rather than tributary area since all girders see the same load). However, while one structure matches nearly perfectly, the other three are all over the place in terms of load.
Am I making an incorrect assumption of how LEAP calculates these loads or is this a known issue that I should be prepared to work around. I have already tried removing the load and regenerating and even used different pavement weights and thicknesses but the issue remains (just scaled for the new numbers I enter).
It should be noted that these bridges all started in OBM and the LEAP files geometry was passed into LEAP using that program. After getting into LEAP I've changed almost everything but the geometry.
Alexander ... do you have access to the latest version of LBS? If not, I'd suggest filing a Service Ticket at connect.bentley.com . Please attach your file(s) to the ticket so our engineers can review. Thanks!
I believe that I should be able to request it. Could filing a ticket verify that the issue is solved by upgrading before I do so?
The support engineers will run it on the current market released version and let you know if your issue is resolved. If not, they will file a ticket internally to get it resolved and in the next release.