RM Bridge Enterprise has many possible options to be set in the Recalculation window . If the button Show Schedule Variants and Advanced Options , highlighted in red below, is selected, we can see the Recalculation options main menu with: Structure…

RM Bridge Loads can be specified with Factors and this could be assigned to Variables that might be associated with either Expressions or Table values. This is very useful for easily create several dynamic loads as only one. Load Sets can then also be…

OpenBridge Designer CONNECT Edition V10.09 is available for all users! OpenBridge Designer CONNECT Edition is a unique application that combines modeling, analysis, and design into one comprehensive bridge product, as it creates a true bridge BIM physical…

RM Bridge installation includes several examples that can be found at File\Examples , as shown in the screenshot below, where the following options are available: Demo and FAQ Example s: Demonstration and Frequent Answered Questions references Verification…

In RM Bridge, it is possible to export the wireframe model including all the 3D drawing information viewed in Main View, as prestressing tendons and reinforcements to a *.dgn file format. In Main Window, right click in mouse and the following menu…

RM Bridge as a component of OpenBridge Designer is part of the product consolidation strategy where all bridge solutions are steadily united to become one. The analytical model, a mathematical simplified model, used only for the calculations can be directly…

Objective To perform and obtain the dynamic behavior of a stay cable and compare RM Bridge results with the formulation presented in SETRA – Recommendations of French inter-ministerial commission on Prestressing. Structural Model A stay cable fixed…

The Extras Menu inside RM Bridge Analyzer contains different special additional functions. These are additional modules for special analysis features, preprocessors, and macros for generating extensive input sequences, or templates for standardized sequences…

RM Draw Manager was developed to directly create bridge construction drawings as a post-processing in RM Bridge ; though, later RM Bridge View was added and OpenBridge Modeler was created to concentrate all model and production tools so this area is now…

For elements type Cable there are also different considerations for the cable behaviors: linear, CabSag, or Stay Cable Nonlinear. Depending on the type of analysis performed, each one could be more advantageous: Cable element : Normal only forces…

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Inside RM Bridge CONNECT Edition there is an option called New Cantilever Wizard that can be found at Extras/Preprocessors/Cantilever/Cantilever Wizard (New). . It is a GUI - Graphical User Interface - that is much more user-friendly and was recently…

Analyzer is the analysis component of RM Bridge Enterprise CONNECT Edition , here users can work on the models Properties, Structure, Construction Schedule with Stages and Activations and Results. While in OpenBridge Modeler or in the Modeler section…

Modeler is the modeling tool part of RM Bridge Enterprise CONNECT Edition , where users can start a project or make geometrical modifications to existing models. As a bridge-specific tool, for input, it usually takes the alignment or the local Axes…

RM Bridge is now an integral part of OpenBridge Designer CONNECT Edition as Bentley’s solution for supporting the design and engineering tasks in bridge construction for all types of bridges and construction methods in 4D (including time domain) and all…

Within RM Bridge CONNECT Edition , inside Modeler, at each Segment, Variables can be assigned to Formulas and those can be defined by Expressions and Tables that can use alignment station-dependent functions. The construction of expressions using tables…

In RM Bridge CONNECT Edition at Modeler inside the Piers definition there is a new option for inserting all substructure with meso-structure and infrastructure at once: the Substructure wizard . Right click on the Piers to have access to Substructure…

OpenBridge Designer CONNECT Edition V10.08.01 is available for all users! OpenBridge Designer CONNECT Edition is a unique application that combines modeling, analysis, and design into one comprehensive bridge product, as it creates a true bridge BIM…

OpenBridge Designer CONNECT Edition V10.08.01 is available for all users! OpenBridge Designer CONNECT Edition is a unique application that combines modeling, analysis, and design into one comprehensive bridge product, as it creates a true bridge BIM…

We are pleased to announce the new file format developed for OpenBridge Designer (OBD) files to be used starting v10.08.01. Below please find the highlights of the changes with new file format (.obdx) and comparison with the old file format (.obd): …

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