Trimble's Tekla Structures Covers the Complete Bridge Design Workflow with New Bridge Creator Extension
07 February 2019
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today
Tekla Bridge Creator, a
new extension for Tekla Structures
Building Information Model (BIM)
software that integrates the complete
bridge design workflow from design
geometry to constructible modeling and detailing. This new solution
expands upon Trimble's Constructible
Process, an innovative approach for enabling the digital
transformation of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC)
workflows.
The new software extension for bridge designers provides a solution to
common problems: importing a road alignment directly from road design
software; creating one or more key sections that define the bridge deck
or even abutments; and then modeling and detailing the reinforcing bars
easily and efficiently.
By adding the Bridge Creator extension, Tekla Structures can create and
utilize Bridge Information Models (BrIM) from conceptual design Level of
Development (LOD 100) to truly accurate, fabrication-ready (LOD 400) and
as-built constructible models (LOD 500). The LOD specification is a
reference that enables practitioners in the AEC industry to specify and
articulate with a high level of clarity the content and reliability of
BIM at various stages in the design and construction process. For more
information, visit: www.tekla.com/about/lod.
As part of a user feedback program,
WSP Finland participated in testing
Bridge Creator. WSP Finland is part of WSP Group headquartered in
Montreal, Canada and is a global engineering professional services
consulting firm with more than 550 offices across 40 countries. "Bridge
Creator is intelligent and certainly the most efficient tool for the
whole bridge design workflow, which no other software provider has to
offer. It automatically imports the road alignment and helps create
bridge geometry easily. Even when facing complex deck geometries, the
extension creates the deck with impressive accuracy," said Hannu
Suojanen, project engineer for Bridges, WSP Finland.
"Tekla Structures is already a sound choice for bridge detailing. Adding
the new Bridge Creator extension with the existing Concrete Bridge
Reinforcement tool for complex geometries make Trimble's Tekla solution
the most advanced on the market. Trimble is creating value for the
overall bridge design, construction and operations workflow, increasing
the efficiency and quality in bridge design," adds Suojanen.
A Solution to Common Bridge Design Challenges
Several issues are common in bridge design and construction that can be
eliminated with a purpose-built bridge design workflow. During the early
design phase, changes to road alignment frequently cause avoidable
delays. Later, construction teams often discover issues due to designs
that do not include constructible models.
"The solution produces a model for construction to work efficiently and
to prevent errors on site to avoid unnecessary claims, thus decreasing
costs. It allows reading the road alignment to produce complex deck
geometries of varying width, depth or even super-elevation. Difficulties
in modeling double-curve bridge decks are now a thing of the past. The
new Bridge Creator does the modeling for designers," said Päivi Puntila,
business development director, Trimble's Structures Division.
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