Design safer, more efficient bridges with the newest InfraWorks add-on module Autodesk Bridge Design for InfraWorks 360 Essentials, Second Edition allows you to begin designing immediately as you learn the ins and outs of the Bridge-specific InfraWorks module. Straightforward explanations coupled with hands-on exercises help you get up to speed and quickly become productive with the module's core features and functions. The Bridge Design module includes tools and features that go beyond the base software, and this useful guide walks you through the entire design process to show you how and where functions like intersection optimization and sightline analysis are best applied. Compelling screenshots illustrate step-by-step tutorials, and the companion website provides downloadable starting and ending files so you can jump in at any point and compare your work to the pros. Autodesk is releasing special modules that expand InfraWorks functionality. Bridge Design for InfraWorks is available to all InfraWorks users, and provides an extended toolset and interface specifically designed to streamline your workflow. Master the Bridge tools that go beyond the base software Create new designs and add detail with step-by-step tutorials Utilize the powerful bridge-specific analysis and optimization functions Import and work with real-world data for more comprehensive design InfraWorks allows you to incorporate BIM, CAD, GIS, and other outside data into your project from the start of the design process, and the Bridge module provides the focused tools you need to design safer, stronger, more efficient bridges. If you're ready to work faster and more efficiently, Autodesk Bridge Design for InfraWorks 360 Essentials, Second Edition is the hands-on guide to this exciting new module.

Table of Contents:
Introduction xv Chapter 1 Getting Started 1 Understanding the Capabilities of Bridge Design for InfraWorks 360 1 Engineering Geometry 1 Rules-Based Design 5 Bridge Styles 6 Quantities 7 The Bridge Design User Interface 8 Bridge Design Intelligent Tools 8 Bridge Design Asset Cards 10 Right-Click Commands 12 Bridge Properties 13 Exercise 1.1: Explore the Bridge Design for InfraWorks 360 Software 13 Now You Know 18 Chapter 2 Designing Bridges 19 Creating Bridges 19 Exercise 2.1: Create a Bridge 22 Editing Bridges Graphically 24 Selecting Bridges and Bridge Components 24 Editing Bridges Using Gizmos 26 Exercise 2.2: Edit a Bridge Graphically 28 Using Bridge Design Asset Cards 30 Using the Bridge Asset Card 30 Exercise 2.3: Use the Bridge Asset Card 32 Using the Girder Asset Cards 34 Exercise 2.4: Use the Girder Asset Cards 41 Using the Abutment Asset Card 44 Exercise 2.5: Use the Abutment Asset Card 46 Using the Quantities Asset Card 49 Exercise 2.6: Use the Quantities Asset Card 50 Designing Using Properties 51 Bearing Properties 52 Girder Group Properties 53 Girder Properties 55 Abutment Properties 56 Pier Properties 57 Pier Foundation Properties 59 Exercise 2.7: Design Using Properties 61 Designing for Clearance 64 Exercise 2.8: Design for Clearance 66 Now You Know 69 Index 71