How to create a standalone Substructure or Superstructure only model in OBD?
Below are the steps to create a Substructure or Superstructure model:
Open OBD and open your OBDX file
As shown in the screenshot below:
Choose the Standalone workflow; by selecting Standalone, not the Default BIM Workflow, at the top right of…
16. Friction Pendulum System - Seismic Isolation - High Load Multi-Rotational Bearings
For RM Bridge inside OpenBridge Designer , as shown in the pictures below, the Friction Pendulum System - FPS - is a support device that provides the structure with some level of Seismic Isolation , it is also known as High Load Multi-Rotational - HLMR…
Partial Twin Leaf Pier Connections
The Partial Twin Leaf Pier Bottom Connections could be modeled by attaching the Previous full Cross-section to the new Double Leaf CS thru its nodes.
As shown in the picture below, the best practice is to use different node numbers and use rigid links…
9. Flexibility & Stiffness Matrix
The Demo Example number 9. Flexibility & Stiffness Matrix has an example of how to group elements to represent their structural behavior.
In general, it is very useful for large projects to reduce the size of the model and therefore the computational…
How to access RCPIER in LEAP
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To access RC-PIER in LEAP users just need to select the Substructure Tab in the Project and hit the Substructure button, as indicated by the red arrows in the screenshot below.