Incorporate Custom Bridge Parts in InfraWorks

00:15

We are in InfraWorks looking at our bridge.

00:17

We have just received the data regarding the new piers and the new girders for our design.

00:24

To add in parametric parts, custom made parametric parts I'm going to go to the manage tab of the ribbon content, these also.

00:39

The style pallet.

00:42

And in the style palette, I'll, come down to parametric models.

00:46

I'm going to open up the bridge Parametric Model Area.

00:49

And under there, there's girders and piers.

00:51

I'm going to start with the piers. I'll select on that.

00:54

And these are the piers that are currently available.

00:57

These are ones that I could add in or swap out in our bridge design currently.

01:02

What I'm going to do to add in the custom part is come down to the plus sign.

01:06

Now, this is going to add in a new style.

01:10

If you click on the plus sign at the top, it will add in a new folder for managing styles.

01:15

And I don't need to do that. I'm just going to click on the green plus sign to add a new style.

01:19

Up at the top, I'm going to go to the Model URI.

01:22

I'll select on the Ellipsis Button and then browse to our project area.

01:27

I'll go into the pier and girder definitions that they've given me and find the Hammerhead Pier.ipt.

01:35

There are two types of files, IPTs and IAMs that you can use for this.

01:39

And I've received the IPT files. I'll click "Open" for that.

01:43

Now, in the construction of this part, certain things were check marked and turned on.

01:49

So, the data is set for this.

01:51

It knows it's a bridge. It knows it's a pier, and it understands the settings here.

01:56

For this, I was to come down and say "OK" and add that in.

01:60

It's called the hammerhead pier when we get in to use it.

02:03

There is another hammerhead, so I need to make sure I keep track of that name.

02:07

The other one that I want to do is I'm going to click on the parent folder to go up a level, so I can go over to girders.

02:14

And in the girders here, come down to add a part.

02:20

And again, in the Model URI, Ellipsis Button, choose Girder.ipt and open that.

02:26

Now, this one doesn't know what it is, so I'm going to select on the "Domain" and set it to "Bridge".

02:31

In the component types, select the girder for that.

02:36

Down below, everything else is there, so you can see a preview of it down here.

02:42

I'll click "OK" and add that in.

02:44

That one is simply called girder.

02:46

And again, there's no other names like that, so I'll be able to find that fairly easily when I need it.

02:52

I'm going to close the Style Pallet.

02:54

That has added those two parts to this file only and so will not be available in other projects unless you import those as well.

03:04

Now with that, I'm going to select one of the piers that we have.

03:10

Again, the second select to get the actual pier itself.

03:13

I'll come over here to the type of pier and choose the enhanced standard pier.

03:19

I'm going to scroll down until I see the hammerhead pier.

03:22

I remember it had, hammerhead pier is the name.

03:24

I'll select on that, and that places that in.

03:30

You can see that is located there.

03:33

Now, it was built in a fairly generalized way.

03:37

You can see if I scroll down here, there is a lot of detail to this that was provided to me.

03:44

I need to go down into the column's area here.

03:47

And the left width should actually be 10 feet for this.

03:52

And it's actually changing it as I do this.

03:56

Ten feet to the right and a thickness of 8.

04:03

And then I'm going to scroll down a little bit further into the cap area and find the thickness there and make sure that matches.

04:11

That is.

04:13

There we are.

04:16

And now, there is that pier per the dimensions that the parametric model allowed us to change.

04:25

With that in place and that pier still selected, and again, checking the cart to make sure that I have the pier selected. That's something else.

04:32

I'll right-click and say "Apply" to all piers.

04:35

Very similar to what we did when we place the piers in the first place.

04:39

And now that pier is available to each of those piers.

04:45

I'm going to Left-Click on one of the girders.

04:51

And for this, go into the Internal Style, the style that's assigned to it.

04:57

I'll scroll down to girder.

05:04

Make sure I don't go past it here.

05:08

See, there are a lot of options here that are available.

05:18

And there we are. It's towards the bottom, unassigned girder.

05:21

I'll select on that.

05:23

And it is replacing--

05:34

oh, I set it to the internal.

05:36

I'm just going to slide down here to the bottom again and choose that again to place that for the external.

05:45

And you can see it's computing out.

05:47

And now we've got that in place.

05:49

We do have two of those in place.

05:54

With that still selected, and again, checking the girder group, I'll right-click, "Apply To All Girder Groups".

06:03

And there that is.

06:07

I'll left-click off to the side.

06:09

There is the roadway is added back to the top.

06:11

Roadway and deck has added back to the top.

06:13

And those custom-made parametric cards have been added to our bridge.

Video transcript

00:15

We are in InfraWorks looking at our bridge.

00:17

We have just received the data regarding the new piers and the new girders for our design.

00:24

To add in parametric parts, custom made parametric parts I'm going to go to the manage tab of the ribbon content, these also.

00:39

The style pallet.

00:42

And in the style palette, I'll, come down to parametric models.

00:46

I'm going to open up the bridge Parametric Model Area.

00:49

And under there, there's girders and piers.

00:51

I'm going to start with the piers. I'll select on that.

00:54

And these are the piers that are currently available.

00:57

These are ones that I could add in or swap out in our bridge design currently.

01:02

What I'm going to do to add in the custom part is come down to the plus sign.

01:06

Now, this is going to add in a new style.

01:10

If you click on the plus sign at the top, it will add in a new folder for managing styles.

01:15

And I don't need to do that. I'm just going to click on the green plus sign to add a new style.

01:19

Up at the top, I'm going to go to the Model URI.

01:22

I'll select on the Ellipsis Button and then browse to our project area.

01:27

I'll go into the pier and girder definitions that they've given me and find the Hammerhead Pier.ipt.

01:35

There are two types of files, IPTs and IAMs that you can use for this.

01:39

And I've received the IPT files. I'll click "Open" for that.

01:43

Now, in the construction of this part, certain things were check marked and turned on.

01:49

So, the data is set for this.

01:51

It knows it's a bridge. It knows it's a pier, and it understands the settings here.

01:56

For this, I was to come down and say "OK" and add that in.

01:60

It's called the hammerhead pier when we get in to use it.

02:03

There is another hammerhead, so I need to make sure I keep track of that name.

02:07

The other one that I want to do is I'm going to click on the parent folder to go up a level, so I can go over to girders.

02:14

And in the girders here, come down to add a part.

02:20

And again, in the Model URI, Ellipsis Button, choose Girder.ipt and open that.

02:26

Now, this one doesn't know what it is, so I'm going to select on the "Domain" and set it to "Bridge".

02:31

In the component types, select the girder for that.

02:36

Down below, everything else is there, so you can see a preview of it down here.

02:42

I'll click "OK" and add that in.

02:44

That one is simply called girder.

02:46

And again, there's no other names like that, so I'll be able to find that fairly easily when I need it.

02:52

I'm going to close the Style Pallet.

02:54

That has added those two parts to this file only and so will not be available in other projects unless you import those as well.

03:04

Now with that, I'm going to select one of the piers that we have.

03:10

Again, the second select to get the actual pier itself.

03:13

I'll come over here to the type of pier and choose the enhanced standard pier.

03:19

I'm going to scroll down until I see the hammerhead pier.

03:22

I remember it had, hammerhead pier is the name.

03:24

I'll select on that, and that places that in.

03:30

You can see that is located there.

03:33

Now, it was built in a fairly generalized way.

03:37

You can see if I scroll down here, there is a lot of detail to this that was provided to me.

03:44

I need to go down into the column's area here.

03:47

And the left width should actually be 10 feet for this.

03:52

And it's actually changing it as I do this.

03:56

Ten feet to the right and a thickness of 8.

04:03

And then I'm going to scroll down a little bit further into the cap area and find the thickness there and make sure that matches.

04:11

That is.

04:13

There we are.

04:16

And now, there is that pier per the dimensions that the parametric model allowed us to change.

04:25

With that in place and that pier still selected, and again, checking the cart to make sure that I have the pier selected. That's something else.

04:32

I'll right-click and say "Apply" to all piers.

04:35

Very similar to what we did when we place the piers in the first place.

04:39

And now that pier is available to each of those piers.

04:45

I'm going to Left-Click on one of the girders.

04:51

And for this, go into the Internal Style, the style that's assigned to it.

04:57

I'll scroll down to girder.

05:04

Make sure I don't go past it here.

05:08

See, there are a lot of options here that are available.

05:18

And there we are. It's towards the bottom, unassigned girder.

05:21

I'll select on that.

05:23

And it is replacing--

05:34

oh, I set it to the internal.

05:36

I'm just going to slide down here to the bottom again and choose that again to place that for the external.

05:45

And you can see it's computing out.

05:47

And now we've got that in place.

05:49

We do have two of those in place.

05:54

With that still selected, and again, checking the girder group, I'll right-click, "Apply To All Girder Groups".

06:03

And there that is.

06:07

I'll left-click off to the side.

06:09

There is the roadway is added back to the top.

06:11

Roadway and deck has added back to the top.

06:13

And those custom-made parametric cards have been added to our bridge.

Task: Inserting Parametric Bridge Parts

Use the Hammerhead Pier.ipt and Girder.ipt parts in the Pier and Girder Definitions.zip in the dataset.

  1. In InfraWorks > Manage ribbon > Content > select the Style Palette.
  2. In the Style palette open the Parametric Models tab.
  3. Open the Bridge folder, then the Piers folder.
  4. At the bottom of the Style palette select the green plus sign to Add a New Style.
  5. At the top of the Define New Parametric Model dialog select the Model URI ellipsis button.
  6. Browse to where you have stored the Hammerhead Pier.ipt file, select it, and click Open.
  7. Check that the Domain is set to Bridge and the Component Type is set to Pier. Click OK.
  8. In the Style palette double-click the <parent> folder to move one level up. Select the Girder folder.
  9. At the bottom of the Style palette select the green plus sign to Add a New Style.
  10. At the top of the Define New Parametric Models dialog select the Model URI ellipsis button.
  11. Browse to where you have stored the Girder.ipt file.
  12. Change the Domain to Bridge and the Component Type to Girder.
  13. Click OK.
  14. Close the Style palette.
  15. Select the bridge, then select one of the piers. The data card that is open should be for that pier.
  16. In the Pier data card under Type select the hypertext name of the current assignment (Enhanced Standard Pier).
  17. In the Select Component palette select the Hammerhead Pier that was just added. This may take a second to complete.
  18. In the model area right-click and choose Apply To… > All Piers. This may take a second to process.
  19. With the bridge selected select one of the girders. The data card that is open should be for that specific girder group.
  20. In the Girder Group card under Type: External select the hypertext name of the current assignment (Steel Box).
  21. In the Select Component palette scroll to the bottom and select the Unassigned (1) custom girder style that was just added.
  22. In the model area right-click and choose Apply to.. > All Girder Groups. This may take a second to process.
  23. In the model area left-click away from any model parts to release the selection.

 

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