General
Bridge: Understanding the bridge data is crucial to identify the deck components where the roadway will be placed.
Roadway Dimensions: To define the start and end station of the roadway, users need to define at least two rows. If there is a variation in the roadway width, additional rows can be defined to accurately represent the variation.
Station[ft]: Station along the PGL
Transverse Offset[ft]: The transverse offset is measured from the PGL, where the PGL is defined as 0.
Right Width[ft]: The distance that goes towards the right side when looking up the station along the alignment line.
Left Width[ft]:The distance that goes towards the left side when looking up the station along the alignment line.
Skew[deg]: A skew angle of 0 degrees indicates that the line is perpendicular to the PGL. A positive skew angle rotates the perpendicular line in a clockwise direction, while a negative skew angle rotates it in a counterclockwise direction.
Roadway
The following parameters are used solely for 3D visualization purposes and are not used for finite element analysis.
Lane Width [ft]: The lane width is usually set to 12 feet and has no impact on influence surface-based live load analysis. It is only utilized for visual representation. The lane width for the live load analysis will be determined under the design lane definitions.
Lane Divider Spacing [ft]: Lane divider spacing in the longitudinal direction.
Lane Divider Width [ft]: Lane divider width
Graphical Thickness [in]: The thickness of the graphical representation of the roadway can be defined here.
Number of Segments (Graphical):
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