© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Steve Willoughby, Bentley Systems Bridge Product Specialist LEAP Bridge: Product Update and Direction

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 2 | What’s in LEAP Bridge v9.0.0 Many Enhancements to the ABC Wizard: Alignments can be tied to XY Coordinates Multiple Cross-section Templates LandXML v1.2 import –Alignments –Profiles –Cross Sections (Superelevation) –TIN Models Define Parallel Structures in Multiple Bridges dialog

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 3 | What’s in LEAP Bridge v9.0.0 Many Enhancements to the ABC Wizard (continued): Support for hollow-core slabs, channel sections and precast solid slabs Definition and Modeling of: –Bearing Pads –Drilled Shafts –Battered Pile –Abutments (Stem Wall, Pile Cap)

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 4 | What’s in LEAP Bridge v D viewer Enhancements: Show Ground (Imported from a LandXML file) Compass showing North 3D coordinate display of structure or ground New menus and icons Display deck reinforcing CIP Box/Slab show realistic cross-sections

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 5 | ABC Wizard Improvements Import Multiple cross sections from LandXML

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 6 | ABC Wizard can now define Abutments

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 7 | 3D Model Shows Battered Piles, Abutments, Drilled Shafts

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 8 | 2D Views Show Abutment, Drilled Shafts, Battered Piles All Reinforcement will also be shown

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 9 | Improved Interface: New Tool Bar New Icons 2D Compass Auto - Selection Window Improved Library installations Two-color gradient background Improved Speed

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 10 | 3D viewer now shows Ground

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 11 | 3D Coordinates of cursor position Will show true Elevation, Station & offset. Useful for measuring lengths, obtaining Elevations etc.

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 12 | What’s new in GEOMATH v9.0.0 Definition and Modeling of: –Bearing Pads –Drilled Shafts –Battered Pile –Abutments (Stem Wall, Pile Cap) Girder Layout Wizard Level Manager Zoom In/Zoom Out icons added Improved speed / Vertical recompute option Stepped cap / Beam seat-bearing separation Status Bar Filter for Piles, Columns and Footings

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 13 | Integrated Abutment/drilled shaft/piles GEOMATH is now fully integrated with LEAP Bridge and exchanges drilled shaft, abutment (pile cap/stem wall) and battered piles data

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 14 | Automatic Girder layout wizard Quick method to layout the girders in entire bridge using wizard.

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 15 | GEOMATH Level Manager

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 16 | Improved Speed Using "Vertical recompute” users can make geometry changes very quickly & update the elevations at the end of the project, resulting in speeding the performance.

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 17 | Updated Define menu for all bridge components Ability to define column, drilled shaft, battered pile, bearing and footing properties using define menu.

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 18 | Improved toolbar Now, the toolbar is improved and made user friendly

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 19 | What’s new in CONSPAN v9.0.0 Deck Slab Design using Strip Method – LRFD Updated to 2009 LRFD Spec – Fatigue Limit State considered automatically Improved Auto-strand generation Honors Deck Bulb Tee’s with no topping Up to 50 trucks can be rated concurrently New Summary Rating Report – allows rating of single span or whole bridge National Rating Vehicle add to Live Load Library No longer compute stresses in topping top (deck) by default

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 20 | What’s new in CONSPAN v9.0.0 Display a Summary of Beam Stresses and Moments Diaphragm Wizard ‘Copy to…’ button added for Diaphragm Loads Option to Define Materials per Beam Option to neglect Elastic Gains in Losses Sacrificial Deck Thickness moved to Geometry tab Updated to Manual for Bridge Evaluation, 2008 Write Deck Reinf. to LEAP Bridge Improvements to Dead Load Wizard

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 21 | CONSPAN Deck Slab Design

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 22 | CONSPAN –Diaphragm Wizard

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 23 | CONSPAN – Option to not compute deck slab stresses

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 24 | CONSPAN – Option to specify material properties per Beam

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 25 | CONSPAN – Option to ignore Elastic Gains in LRFD Losses Requested by: Georgia DOT Minnesota DOT Virginia DOT Illinois DOT

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 26 | CONSPAN – New GUI for Truck Selection Select upto 50 trucks for Permit Load Rating. Simplified User interface for selection of Trucks.

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 27 | What’s new in CONBOX v9.0.0 Support for T-Beam structures

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 28 | What’s new in CONBOX v9.0.0 Automatic Load Generation

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 29 | What’s new in RC-PIER v9.0.0 Stepped Cap Definition, Analysis and Design –Start and End Elevations –Input Individual Step Thickness Custom Load Combinations –Generate Default Combinations –User Defined LC’s by selecting Load Case and Factor Filter Analysis results to view specific Members and Nodes Import loads from CSV file or Copy/Paste from Excel Ability to define Footing eccentricity in X & Z directions

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 30 | What’s new in RC-PIER v9.0.0 Ability to define different check point for flexure and shear in cap design Stem Walls can be eccentric New pile section library New load case for Permit truck, Fatigue Truck in LRFD Minor enhancements: –Flag for Kl/r in column design –Improved footing dialog –Ability to select lateral tie/stirrup size etc –Improved/enhanced printout capability

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 31 | Stepped Cap Ability to define different step thickness along the cap length

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 32 | RC-PIER Stepped Cap Dialog

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 33 | Filter Ability to filter analysis results considering member, node no and force type.

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 34 | Eccentric Footing Ability to define footing eccentricity in both X & Z direction

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 35 | Check points for Flexure and Shear Ability to define separate check points for Flexure and Shear in structural model.

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 36 | Pile section library User can define any pile section and save in the pile section library.

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 37 | Load case for Permit, Fatigue truck Separate load case for Permit, Fatigue truck is added in LRFD specification. As per LRFD 2009 interim, Fatigue for infinite life is modified to use correct load factors.

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 38 | Misc. Enhancements Common to All Academic Licensing Printing Time Stamp in Footers Enhanced Report headers / tables New fields for “Checked By” and Check “Date”

© 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Thank you for your attention!