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 Section Data 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 value

8

Go to FEM tab and select a section for Rigid Section

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Follow the steps below to match the same inputs as illustrated model.

Follow the steps below to match the same inputs as illustrated model.

10

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.

11

Go to Pier Cap under Pier on the tree view

12

Copy End Bent from model inputs and paste into OpenBrIM.

13

Click three-dots icon on the Section Data cell and click Edit

14

Copy Section Data from model inputs and paste into OpenBrIM.

15

Go to FEM under Pier on the tree view

16

Copy FEM data from model inputs and paste into OpenBrIM.

     Completed pier cap is illustrated below

Pier Cap

FEM

End Bent

PierCap1	Pier2	[[72, PierCapRec_Taper, PierCapRec_Mid],[438, PierCapRec_Mid, PierCapRec_Mid],[72, PierCapRec_Mid, PierCapRec_Taper]]	Alignment	N/A	-10	0
PierCap2	Pier3	[[72, PierCapRec_Taper, PierCapRec_Mid],[438, PierCapRec_Mid, PierCapRec_Mid],[72, PierCapRec_Mid, PierCapRec_Taper]]	Alignment	N/A	-10	0

Section Data

6	PierCapRec_Taper	PierCapRec_Mid
36.5	PierCapRec_Mid	PierCapRec_Mid
6	PierCapRec_Mid	PierCapRec_Taper

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