BridgeWorks
Home Up News Services Glossary Contents

 

[Product Image]
BridgeWorks

BridgeWorks © is a Windows ® computer program designed to assist bridge detailers and bridge fabricators in preparing shop drawings for steel girder bridges.

Key Benefits

bulletSaves 50% of shop drawings production cost on average.
bulletSaves, on average, 100 manual man-hours for each man-hour of using BridgeWorks to produce Grade Diagrams, Camber Diagrams, Sweep Diagrams, or calculate Diaphragm Drops.

Key Features

The main features of the program are:

bulletCalculates the bridge geometry using horizontal and vertical survey data.
bulletCalculates steel girder sweep, and cambers including geometric camber.
bulletCalculates diaphragms horizontal length, sloping length, and drops.
bulletCalculates bolster and slab depth.
bulletGenerates diaphragms based on set patterns, while also allowing for customized diaphragm specification.
bulletDraws and dimensions the bridge layout, including beam lines, bearings, splices, and diaphragms in AutoCADâ.
bulletThe diaphragms are annotated with horizontal and sloping dimensions, and drop values and direction.
bulletDraws and dimensions sweep, camber, and grade diagrams for all bridge beams/girders in AutoCAD.
bulletFull Sweep Diagrams, Progressive Sweep Diagrams, and Stage Sweep Diagrams are included.
bulletFull Camber Diagrams, Progressive Camber Diagrams, and Stage Camber Diagrams are included.
bulletFull Grade Diagrams, and Progressive Grade Diagrams are included.
bulletCustomizable; allows user to pick layers, colors, drawing scales, plot scales, and AutoCAD drawing templates.
bulletHas a user-friendly graphical interface.
bulletHas an independent graphics engine and allows users to view the bridge layout, camber and grade diagrams as they add data to the bridge.
bulletThe program is a stand alone executable and is independent from AutoCAD. AutoCAD is used only to draw the layout and diagrams.
bulletGenerates an extensive calculations report on demand.
bulletHas extensive error checking.
bulletCan handle circular curves with included angles > 180 degrees.
bulletAllows the user to work in US customary units, Metric units, or in Unitless decimal mode.
bulletHas and intelligent input parser which can read and present "foot-inch" dimensions and distances in a format similar to AutoCAD, such as: 1'-2 1/8" dimension.
bulletCircular and Spiral Curves supported.
bulletNon-Parallel (flared) straight beam lines supported.
bulletSelf-intersecting and looping configurations supported.
bulletCalculates Diaphragm (Cross-Frame) Details and generates an extensive calculation report.
bulletGenerates Diaphragm (Cross-Frame) Details in AutoCAD.
bulletGenerates Diaphragm (Cross-Frame) Templates report which can be imported into MS-Excel and exported to AutoCAD.
bulletCalculate and generate Layout of beams that are chords of concentric circles.
bulletNew feature:
bulletCalculates and generates geometry of Curved Flared steel girder bridges.

 

View User Manual

The product manual is available online. Click on this link to view BridgeWorks User Manual.  

Download User Manual

Right-click here and select "save target as" to down load BridgeWorks User Manual in Acrobat PDF format.

Screen Shots

Click here to view screen shots of BridgeWorks and AutoCAD diagrams produced by BridgeWorks.

AutoCAD DWF Samples

Click on the following links for AutoCAD DWF samples.

Bridge Layout

Camber Diagrams

Grade Diagrams

Sweep Diagrams

Cross Frames and Diaphragm Details

Sample Project Report

Click here to view a sample project report produced by BridgeWorks.

Training

Click here for more information about BridgeWorks training service.

Pricing

Please call Tom Elborno at (919) 859-2664 for a price quote. The net price depends on the total number of licenses requested per order.

 

Information Request Form

Have a Master Engineers representative contact me

Name
Title
Company
Address
E-mail
Phone
Fax

 

Home ] Up ] News ] Services ] Glossary ] Contents ]

Send mail to webmaster@masterengineers.com with questions or comments about this web site.
Copyright © 2005 Master Engineers
Last modified: May 22, 2006