Pier Columns

Follow the next steps to add the pier columns.

1	Go to Pier Column on the tree view.
2	Click three-dots icon on the Pier Cap cell and select a pier cap.
3	Click three-dots icon on the Section Data and click edit.
4	Follow section import instructions that given previously.
5	The column has the same section from top to bottom, so there is no need to define a section variation along the column length.
6	Enter Section Length starting from top.
7	Select Start & End Sections.
8	Go to FEM tab and set Rigid Section.

Quick Tip: Transverse Offset Direction Offset values use PGL as the reference point.

Follow the below steps to copy and paste all inputs from our data set.

1	Go to Pier Columns under Pier on the tree view.
2	Copy Column from model inputs and paste into OpenBrIM.
3	Go to FEM under Pier on the tree view.
4	Copy FEM data from model inputs and paste into OpenBrIM.

Completed pier columns is illustrated below.

Quick Tip: Copy inputs to OpenBrIM

Copy the desired data with the automatic copy button in the upper left corner.

Click on the first cell in and use the Ctrl+V shortcut to paste.

If icon won’t appear, collapse page tree menu by clicking on arrow or using shortcut “[”.

While pasting large data, it would be handy to turn of Auto-refresh .

Pier Column

FEA

Column

PierColumn1	PierCap1	[[600, PierColumnCircle, PierColumnCircle]]	16.5	0	-40
PierColumn2	PierCap1	[[600, PierColumnCircle, PierColumnCircle]]	5.5	0	-40
PierColumn3	PierCap1	[[600, PierColumnCircle, PierColumnCircle]]	-5.5	0	-40
PierColumn4	PierCap1	[[600, PierColumnCircle, PierColumnCircle]]	-16.5	0	-40
PierColumn5	PierCap2	[[600, PierColumnRec, PierColumnRec]]	0	0	-40

Section Data

50	PierColumnCircle	PierColumnCircle

Section data is the same for PierColumn1,PierColumn2,PierColumn3,PierColumn4

Section Data

50	PierColumnRec	PierColumnRec

Section data for PierColumn5

PierColumn1	Yes	10
PierColumn2	Yes	10
PierColumn3	Yes	10
PierColumn4	Yes	10
PierColumn5	Yes	10