Summary of Revisions for BRADD Version 3.1.1.0
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1. GUI Help menu in PDF form VI 2580 Corrected miscellaneous issues related to the installation of BRADD VI 2574 VI 2576 VI 2588 VI 2589 Added a check before deleting DXF files when the DGN option is chosen and vice versa VI 2495 Modified the raised sidewalk DL calculations to accurately account for the slope VI 2606 Corrected a problem for 4 beam spread bridges Previously BRADD was only considering the reactions for 3 of the 4 beams for abutment design This has been corrected to include all 4 beam reactions VI 2608 BRIDGE AUTOMATED DESIGN AND DRAFTING SOFTWARE 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 A problem was corrected with the warning message when checking the construction tolerance for the bearing pad design VI 2611 Corrected a run time error that occurred for spread box beams with a horizontal curve and staged construction VI 2640 Corrected issues in the GUI related to the display of input icons VI 2644 Modified the abutment and wingwall typical section details to show the piles drawn to scale VI 2627 Modified the calculation of the dead loads for spread beams with span length greater than 80 24 000 mm and skews less than 75 degrees to add weight for an additional interior diaphragm as per BD 653M VI 2638 A section was added to Chapter 3 of the User s Manual for diaphragm reinforcement Design note 11 regarding diaphragms reinforcement was r2. Job Group dialog box to delete recently opened jobs from the displayed list Also added the capability to set the maximum number of recently opened job groups displayed on the Options gt Select Job tab VI 2462 Corrected a problem with out of sequence navigating when the tab key is selected while on the BRADD Input tab VI 2414 Corrected a problem that permitted the user to input a design wingwall elevation that was less than the end of wingwall elevation VI 2409 Corrected miscellaneous issues related to units displayed in the BRADD unit cost menus VI 2407 Provided information in the BRADD seismic output file describing the bays in which to place the designed shear blocks VI 2345 Corrected various issues related to the display of information on the Input Tab VI 2304 VI 2186 BRIDGE AUTOMATED DESIGN AND DRAFTING SOFTWARE 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 For cases where an inlet and a safety wing are present added the detailing for the curb on the abutment plan detail VI 2223 Added a feature that permits the cancellation or undoing of input changes An option has been added to the Tools gt Options menu to either save the input as it is changed or to prompt the user to save the input when the Input Tab is exited VI 2188 Tables showing elevations A and B at the end of deck and approach slab were added to the abutment quantities
3. output to replicate the tables shown on the typical section sheet VI 2154 Corrected the thickness calculation for sole plates and updated Chapter 3 of the Users Manual VI 2049 Provided a table on the design drawings for the varying bearing area dimensions on splayed beams The previous version of BRADD only provided these dimensions in the BRADD output file VI 2047 Modified BRADD to use the same bar mark for the footing seismic bar for wingwalls and abutment In the previous version of BRADD these were called out as separate bar marks VI 2041 BRADD now permits the input of DEFAULT for Service Lateral Capacity and Strength Lateral Capacity which are not used if battered piles are present VI 1870 Added an interactive dialog box showing a map of Pennsylvania to select the county name VI 1729 Modified the sheet size in BRADD to use the new 34 x 22 863 6 mm x 558 8 mm values Modified BRADD for user defined superstructures with U wing abutments when the detailing of the cheekwalls was incorrect This problem was caused by BRADD not knowing the bottom elevations of the slab which is used to place cheekwalls for u wings The user now inputs the bottom of deck elevation for each corner of u wing abutments VI 2569 The BRADD License Agreement was updated via E Notification No 005 April 15 2005 VI 2577 2587 Form fields were added to the Technical Questions and Revision Request Forms available from the BRADD
4. BRIDGE AUTOMATED DESIGN AND DRAFTING SOFTWARE SUMMARY OF AUGUST 2005 REVISIONS VERSION 3 1 1 0 Since the release of BRADD Version 3 1 0 2 several problem reports and user requested enhancements have been received This release of BRADD Version 3 1 1 0 contains the following revisions and enhancements 1 A problem which caused an infinite loop in the seismic calculations was corrected VI 2570 2 A problem which caused BRADD to fail when designing adjacent box beams with 5 or 6 beams in a cross section was corrected VI 2568 VI 2556 3 Provided a check for users with MS Office versions older than Office 2000 While this does not effect the running of the BRADD software the user will receive a warning message if an attempt is made to open one of the MS Excel spreadsheets or MS Word documents that are part of the BRADD delivery This is also documented in the BRADD Users Manual VI 2566 VI 2596 4 Corrected Figures 3 4 5 and 3 4 6 of the BRADD Users Manual to show a shear block height of 8 200 mm as per BC 788M sheet 7 of 11 It was incorrectly shown in the manual as 6 150 mm The program had the correct dimension and therefore did not require a change VI 2565 5 Corrected BRADD to properly list the Neoprene Bearing Pad items under the lump sum bridge item for Steel Bridge Superstructures as per Publication 408 Also as per Publication 408 the Neoprene Bearing Pad items are NOT provided under the lump sum bridge ite
5. TTERLINE callout shown on the flared wing elevation view VI 2553 Minor drafting errors have been corrected VI 2552 Corrected a problem that occurred when the path name for the design files became long and caused overlapping text in the left border of each BRADD drawing VI 2551 Added an option to the print screen for the menu input to save the input as an HTML file VI 2548 When generating the DXF format files the 018 symbol placed in the DXF file has been replace with C L to represent centerlines VI 2546 Corrected the units for capacity and resistance for English Units on the design drawing abutment tables to match the units shown in the ABLRFD output files as per E Notification No 004 March 28 2005 VI 2544 Provided a warning message when the path defined for Adobe Acrobat is invalid VI 2543 Corrected issues in the abutment controller and geometry controller that caused BRADD to stop without warning VI 2540 Corrected seismic calculations and documentation as per E Notification No 003 March 18 2005 VI 2537 Created a new BRADD output file OUT extension to document BRADD calculated design information from the superstructure and substructure design controllers Calculations that were formerly written to the BRADD log files OLG extension are now written to the new output files VI 2536 VI 2583 Changed the Index of Drawings to 3 columns at the bottom of the plan sheet for cases
6. ebars that have a varying length are now shown correctly with the incremental value for each rebar VI 2519 A problem that prevented the generation of the Preview option for user defined superstructures was corrected VI 2518 An error that occurred when exporting a BRADD job without specifying a file name was corrected VI 2517 Corrected an error that occurred when the user selects the Autowing option and BRADD designs two wingwall panels VI 2516 Corrected various program failures that occurred when the directory path name became too long VI 2515 Miscellaneous corrections to the BRADD documentation VI 2514 VI 2513 VI 2512 VI 2505 VI 2499 VI 2498 VI 2497 VI 2493 VI 2400 VI 2390 VI 2345 VI 2344 A problem that prevented the selection of a destination drive when copying BRADD generated LRFD input files was corrected VI 2510 A section was added to Chapter 4 of this manual regarding Survey Feet in MicroStation Design Files VI 2507 Added documentation to Chapter 7 to clarify the definition of line weight and line style in BRADD generated MicroStation design files VI 2505 A problem was corrected for steel superstructures when checking the construction tolerance for the bearing pad design VI 2503 Corrected a problem on the Create New Abutment dialog box that prevented the entire description of existing abutments from being viewed VI 2501 Increased the number of significant figures passed fro
7. emoved from the sheet zero notes VI 2630 A error running PSLRFD for l Beams with a dap of 1 25 32 mm was corrected VI 2649 Corrected an error in the printing of menu input that resulted in lower menus dependent on previous input values not getting printed VI 2643 Corrected issues in the GUI related to the display of radio buttons VI 2641 Corrected and documented the distribution of dead loads for 3 beam spread box girder sections and for 4 and 5 beam adjacent box girder sections VI 2635 Corrected the calculation of the bearing seat width for channel and adjacent box beams The value was incorrectly being multiplied by a factor of 2 resulting in a bearing seat that was too large VI 2634 Modified the rounding of values in calculations for beveled sole plates VI 2633 Modified the geometry configuration for steel superstructures which resulted in a station along the slab at abutment 1 being greater than a station along the slab at abutment 2 looking ahead stations The computation of the outside edge of deck at the center station of the bridge was modified to be at an appropriate point VI 2632 Modified the following for shear blocks computation of the shear block length now accurately includes consideration of the beam skew computation of the shear block height now includes the height of the sole plate the calculation of the total reinforcement includes all shear blocks the skew for the shear block is being sho
8. m BRADD to the LRFD input files VI 2500 BRIDGE AUTOMATED DESIGN AND DRAFTING SOFTWARE 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 A problem where the match scale option was incorrectly setting the scale for placing text and cells when using the BRADD Properties Menu BRDMenu in MicroStation was corrected VI 2496 Corrected miscellaneous problems with the Design Quantities menu VI 2489 Corrected miscellaneous problems when selecting jobs job groups VI 2488 Corrected the display of very small numbers shown in the substructure controller design output file VI 2487 Corrected an error in the seismic output that showed reinforcement for US bars called out as 5M rather than the correct 5 VI 2486 Corrected miscellaneous errors caused by invalid file path entries VI 2485 VI 2479 Corrected BRADD to properly export bar information needed for PENNDOT s BARS reinforcement database program VI 2483 Added a check on the seismic cheekwall reinforcement calculation that implements Note 8 of BD 655M sheet 1 of 2 1 21 2003 and permits the increase of the reinforcement size from 5 16 to 6 19 if necessary VI 2480 The Bar Scale and the Text Scale shown on each scaled detail have been placed so that they don t overlap VI 2477 BRADD now permits spaces in directory path names and in file names VI 2469 Added to option on the Recently Opened
9. m for Prestressed Concrete Superstructures VI 2563 6 Dimensions and Leader lines with text placed in MicroStation design files are now correctly placed using specific graphic groups Graphic groups are an easy method for grouping elements in MicroStation If a dimension or leader line needs to be moved or manipulated Graphic Group Lock can be turned on and the entire set of elements including lines text and arrowheads can be manipulated VI 2562 7 Corrected miscellaneous issues related to the display of suspect input VI 2561 VI 2542 VI 2533 VI 2521 VI 2520 VI 2491 8 An enhancement was added to compare a previously input BRADD job with a new version of the BRADD database The scan automatically highlights new variables as suspect and checks for any range violations that may occur due to a change in the input ranges VI 2559 9 Added a note to the Users Manual clarifying that BRADD assumes that the longitudinal bars in the barriers are bars in compression for calculating the splice length VI 2558 10 Corrected the concrete diaphragm detail so that the stirrup does not protrude from the diaphragm into the abutment bearing seat VI 2555 BRIDGE AUTOMATED DESIGN AND DRAFTING SOFTWARE 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Corrected the calculation of the length of backwall barrier reinforcement bars when a safety wing is not present VI 2554 Removed the erroneous GU
10. when the index will not fit on the right side of the drawing VI 4535 Version 1 4 0 3 of the PENNDOT ABLRFD program was implemented VI 2532 Modified the BRADD installation script so that when MicroStation is not found the default graphics file is set to DXF VI 2531 Corrected miscellaneous issues related to the BRADD Open Existing Job Group dialog box VI 2530 VI 2184 The input of stations for a superelevated or a transition cross sections can now be entered from full superelevation station to reverse crown station to normal crown station looking ahead stations BRADD BRIDGE AUTOMATED DESIGN AND DRAFTING SOFTWARE 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 previously only allowed the stations to be entered in order from normal crown station to reverse crown station to superelevation station looking station ahead VI 2528 A problem with the incorrect rounding of the angle passed from BRADD to BPLRFD was corrected VI 2524 Version 1 3 0 0 of the PENNDOT STLRFD program was implemented VI 2523 VI 2504 Corrected a problem that BRADD had with interpreting negative skew angles where the minutes and seconds of the input were interpreted as positive while the degrees were interpreted as negative e g the previous version of BRADD interpreted the input angle of 50 20 00 as 50 40 or 49 20 00 VI 2520 In the reinforcement bar schedule r
11. wn correctly a zero sheet note was added addressing the need to add shear blocks to the elevation view of the abutment VI 2631 BRIDGE AUTOMATED DESIGN AND DRAFTING SOFTWARE 88 89 90 91 92 Modified items for the concrete end diaphragms for spread box beams and spread I beams All diaphragms at the fixed end are full depth diaphragms All diaphragms at the expansion end are full depth diaphragms except when there is a shear block where a modified full depth diaphragm is used VI 2628 Modified the placement of the end diaphragm load Since all concrete end diaphragms are now full depth and are bearing directly on the abutment the placement of the diaphragm load is only considered for the abutment reaction Previously BRADD also included the end diaphragm load on the bearing pad VI 2608 Modified the display of the typical and alternate barrier flare back for u wings without sidewalks and safety wings When there is an curb block it is also shown with reinforcement Two extra U shaped rebars at the end of the barrier for U wings without sidewalks were added to the elevation view of the wingwall VI 2622 Removed the Elem Info button from the BRADD properties menu BRDELEM This is a developer only option VI 2610 For adjacent box beams an additional check was added when computing the duct location for the 6 150 mm minimum shown on BD 661M VI 2614
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