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• After logging in to your account, click on 'Project' located in the top right corner.

• Then, click on 'NEW' located in the top left corner of the screen.

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Click on 'New Project' located under 'Steel Tub Girder Training Example' in the 'Example Project' section of the opened window.

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After giving a name to the project, the example project will open.

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• Please make sure that the 'FEM' button in the top-middle of the screen is active. If the button is inactive, the 'Analysis' button will not appear.

• When the 'Analysis' button appears in the top left corner, click on it to start the analysis to initiate the finite element analysis (FEA) of the steel tub-girder bridge.

• This project's analysis takes approximately 3.5 minutes.

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When the analysis is completed, click on 'Close' located in the bottom right corner of the analysis screen to exit the analysis interface.

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• Click on the 'Design' button that appears in the top left corner instead of the analysis button to calculate the parametric design parameters and collect the analysis results required for the corresponding design report.

• During the design process, you can track the design progress from the top-middle of the screen.

• You should keep the design tab visible until the task completes, as hiding or minimizing it pauses the process of collecting analysis results.

• The design process of this project takes approximately 9 minutes.

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• When the design run is completed, a summary pop-up will appear displaying the durations of the stages.

• Click on the "OK" button to start viewing the created design reports.

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After the design run is completed, click on the 'Reports' button that appears in the top left corner, and then click on 'Detailed Report' to view the various design reports that have been set for the project.

In the summary report, the code checks for the employed girder, code check station, limit state, additional provisions (Appendix A6, Appendix B6) (if any), and state specifications (if any) are presented along with the corresponding design check parameters (D/C ratio, Pass/Fail State).

Clicking on the "Detailed Report" icon, as illustrated in the previous step, will open a detailed code check report.

In the summary report form, the resultant code check values for each chord of the cross frame are presented. Additionally, the summary report format includes gusset plate bolted connection checks.

Clicking on the "Detailed Report" icon (marked in red), as illustrated in the previous step, will open a detailed code check report that includes axial force member checks.

Clicking on the "Detailed Report" icon (marked in blue) will open a separate report specifically for bolted gusset plate checks.

In the summary report, the code check parameters for the corresponding splices are presented for splice plates and bolts, considering the D/C ratio. These parameters specifically address the strength and service limit states.

Clicking on the "Detailed Report" icon, as illustrated in the previous step, will open a detailed code check report.

In the summary report, pier cap code checks are conducted using two design templates, namely for AASHTO (marked in red) and state specifications (marked in blue). The report presents the results of these code checks for the pier cap design.

Clicking on the "Detailed Report" icon (marked in red), as illustrated in the previous step, will open a detailed code check report that includes pier cap code checks for flexure, shear, torsion, fatigue and reinforcement limits.

Clicking on the "Detailed Report" icon (marked in blue), as illustrated in the previous step, will display state-specific checks in the detailed report.

In the summary report, the pier column code check presents the results of code checks as either D/C ratios or in Pass/Fail form, accordingly.

Clicking on the "Detailed Report" icon, as illustrated in the previous step, will open a detailed code check report that includes pier column code checks for axial force-moment interaction, axial compression, shear, torsion, and reinforcement limits.

The summary report for pier footing code check includes D/C values and Pass/Fail status for flexure, one-way shear, two-way shear, and reinforcement limits.

Clicking on the "Detailed Report" icon, as illustrated in the previous step, will open a detailed code check report that includes pier footing code checks.

The summary report for pile capacity code check reports the maximum D/C value against the specified pile capacity.

Clicking on the "Detailed Report" icon, as illustrated in the previous step, will open a detailed code check report that includes the most critical results, as well as all the results from different limit states.