Bridge design workflow

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Welcome to this course on bridge design workflow.

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My name is Russ Nicloy from MACERTechnologies.

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And I'll be leading you through the workflow process.

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This workflow uses InfraWorks at its center to create a bridge design.

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It also shares data with Civil 3D, Revit, Inventor, and Autodesk Structural Bridge Design,

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to take the design through a more detailed and design documentation.

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In this series of sessions, we will be looking at several stages.

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The conceptual design stage will see the bridge designer and road designer working out the best route and location for the bridge.

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This stage will use both InfraWorks and Civil 3D.

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The detailed design phase uses InfraWorks and Civil 3D and also, Inventor to create custom detailed parts.

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In Civil 3D, detailed design elements of the road can be adjusted for later plan production and volume calculations.

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In InfraWorks, we will see bridge details such as pier locations, girder spacing, clearance height, and road deck details adjusted.

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We will also see design details being adjusted using a spreadsheet for precise adjustments that will update the InfraWorks design.

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Inventor will be used to build custom parametric parts for the bridge.

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These parametric parts will be inserted into InfraWorks and added to the bridge design.

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The design analysis stage, we will use Revit to create bridge and rebar quantities and schedules.

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We will also use Civil 3D to create road and grading quantities.

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We will then use them for InfraWorks to run the line girder analysis, as well as a refined analysis,

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that can later be sent to the Autodesk Structural Bridge Design platform to analyze the load and bridge details.

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Finally, we will look at documentation and visualization of the bridge design.

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Using Revit, we will create documentation drawings, schedules, and bill of materials.

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Using Civil 3D, we will create plan and production sheets,

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including plan and profile and cross-section sheets for the road approaching the bridge.

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In InfraWorks, we will create images and animations to present the design to those who need to understand the project and how it will be completed.