Boundaries are any border around elements of a cross-section, internal or external to the CS. The Boundary constraints are defined by a set of connected boundary line segments and the options are shown in the image below. More information about…

In RM Bridge inside OpenBridge Designer , the best practice for Diaphragms & Stiffeners is creating a separate Link segment for these elements. The Links can be accessed at the Main Girder menu, at the top right, as shown in the screenshot below. The…

The RM Bridge model in Modeler is created with the assumption of one of the three possibles Cross-section planes for the elements in Elevation : Normal to element axis in Elevation : perpendicular to the defined local element axis, i.e., in the Local…

OBD CE 2022 Release 1 and RM Bridge v11.14, the User can import OBM Deck Templates into RM Bridge for structural analysis, following the below steps: 1.OBM Create Deck Template In OBM > Utilities > Libraries > Decks, create a new deck cross-section…

In the RM Bridge inside OpenBridge Designer, the Modeler portion of the application allows the users to create virtually any Cross-Section geometry. The definition of cross-sections is independent of axes and segments as they will get connected to segment…

RM Bridge allows for creating Cross-section details like longitudinal Stiffeners for steel plate elements. Placing stiffeners is done inside Modeler , at the Cross-section edit window and four different shapes are available: U: create U-shape stiffener…

For RM Bridge inside OpenBridge Designer users have the option to Read Cross Section From DGN at Modeler\Import CS that allows the DGN drawing files to be used to create just the references, as no intelligence or references or variables are yet possible…

The RM Bridge Analyzer: Properties: Cross Sections: FE Mesh menu options displays elements and nodes of the Finite Element mesh of the cross-section. Each cross-section is subdivided into 9-noded Finite Elements. The mesh is used for calculating the cross…

In OpenBridge Designer , at the RM Bridge Modeler , by using the right-click mouse at the Cross-Sections list in the menu tree, it is possible to import existing or Read Cross-section from: Steel Profiles: I or T Rolled or Welded, L, U, C, Rectangular…

At Modeler inside RM Bridge in the Cross-Sections , users can define Parts that are used to define the Beams and Nodes for the structural system to be used in the analysis and calculations. Although most models will have only one Part 1 that is pre-defined…