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 |  | ||
| 9 | 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.  -20221004-174852.jpg?version=1&modificationDate=1664905752727&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)
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| 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 | |
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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] |
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