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AASHTO LRFD 10th ed. request for implementation in LBS

When is Open Bridge/Leap going to be updated to the AASHTO LRFD 10th Edition? Our D.O.T. is requiring all design to be with the 10th edition.
about 5 hours ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Planned

LBS to read LL libraries from LBC

The Live Load (LL) library in LBS currently allows importing .cs3 files, which are legacy formats from the stand-alone versions of CONSPAN and CONBOX (see screenshot below). However, in the latest releases of LBC under OpenBridge Designer (OBD), i...
about 5 hours ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Exporting entire LBS model (cross-frames, diaphragms and stiffeners) to DGN

In LBS (LEAP Bridge Steel), it appears that cross frames (CF) and stiffeners are not exported to the DGN file. The screenshot below is from LBS Tutorial 2, which highlights this limitation. The goal is to streamline CAD detailing by having LBS gen...
about 6 hours ago in Import/Export / OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Update to Manual for Bridge Evaluation 3 rd edition

The current version of LBC we're using references the Manual for Bridge Evaluation, 2nd Edition as the basis for bridge rating. I'm wondering if there are plans to update this to reference the 3rd Edition instead. If such an update is planned, cou...
1 day ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Interoperability of concrete diaphragm from OBM to LBC for open/close box beam types

There’s a need for improved interoperability between OBM and LBC when working with concrete diaphragms in open or closed box beam configurations. Specifically, the transfer of diaphragm data—such as start, end, and interior diaphragms—for box gird...
1 day ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Allow automatic POI definition from bearing to bearing (for camber and deflections)

For final bridge plans involving a steel bridge, we need to report dead load deflections at either the 10th or 20th points along the span—from bearing to bearing. While the program does calculate these points, it currently measures them from the e...
1 day ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

RMBridge--Seismic Eigen Analysis with CQC Method for Repeated Sub-Systems

In eigenvalue analysis of repetitive structures—where identical sub-systems exist independently within a single model—the same frequencies and eigenmodes are often assigned repeatedly to each sub-system. This leads to an issue with the CQC (Comple...
1 day ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Developing Grasshopper Plugin for RM Bridge

The world famious bridge softwares such as Lusas, Midas Civil, Sofistik, Larsa 4D. All of them have been developed Grasshopper Plugin to increase the bridge modeling capacity. Lusas Grasshopper plugin: https://www.lusas.com/products/external_plugi...
2 days ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Integration of OpenRoads Designer Civil Functions in Python

Add OpenRoads Designer Civil functions to Python integration allowing development of Python applications that can access/call the Civil Design processes within OpenRoads
2 months ago in Analytics / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRail Overhead Line Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / OpenTunnel Designer 0 Future consideration
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Access OBM directly instead of opening OBD first

It would really be helpful for users with OBD to not have to open OBD prior to opening OBM. That is a big pain point that I get a lot of complaints about. Also it is very confusing for users at first, they don't understand why they can't just clic...
9 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 6 Future consideration