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Follow the next steps to add the pier cap.

1

Go to Pier Cap under Pier on the tree view.

2

Click three-dots icon on the Location cell and select a support line.

3

Click three-dots icon on the Straight-Tapered Section / Length cell and click Edit.

4

Enter Section Length along Y-Y starting from right.

5

Select Start Section and End Section.

6

Go back to pier cap, select Slope Option as alignment.

7

Edit Top Elevation Offset from Alignment, Transverse Offset, Longitudinal Offset and Section Type value.

8

Go to FEM tab and select a section for Rigid Section.

9

Go to Longitudinal Reinforcement tab and edit Reinforcement Data.

10

Go to Visual Setings tab.

11

Enter the Cap Opacity, Reinforcement Opacity and Circular Smoothness.

 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 Cap under Pier on the tree view.

2

Copy Pier Cap 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 cap 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 Cap

Pier Cap

PierCap1	Pier2	[[72, PierCapRec_Taper, PierCapRec_Mid],[438, PierCapRec_Mid, PierCapRec_Mid],[72, PierCapRec_Mid, PierCapRec_Taper]]	Alignment	N/A	-10.0000	0.0000	0.0000	Straight-Tapered
PierCap2	Pier3	[[72, PierCapRec_Taper, PierCapRec_Mid],[438, PierCapRec_Mid, PierCapRec_Mid],[72, PierCapRec_Mid, PierCapRec_Taper]]	Alignment	N/A	-10.0000	0.0000	0.0000	Straight-Tapered

Circular-Parabolic Variation

PierCap1	N/A	N/A
PierCap2	N/A	N/A

FEM

PierCap1	Yes	RigidSection	[0]
PierCap2	Yes	RigidSection	[0]

Longitudinal Reinforcement

PierCap1	No	[]
PierCap2	No	[]

Visual Settings

PierCap1	0.7500	1.0000	6.0000
PierCap2	0.7500	1.0000	6.0000

Straight-Tapered Section / Length

Section for PierCap1

6.0000	PierCapRec_Taper	PierCapRec_Mid
36.5000	PierCapRec_Mid	PierCapRec_Mid
6.0000	PierCapRec_Mid	PierCapRec_Taper

Section for PierCap2

6.0000	PierCapRec_Taper	PierCapRec_Mid
36.5000	PierCapRec_Mid	PierCapRec_Mid
6.0000	PierCapRec_Mid	PierCapRec_Taper

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