ALLPLAN Bridge is Now ALLPLAN Civil: What the Name Change Means for Users
The release of ALLPLAN 2025 marks a significant step forward in empowering civil engineers and infrastructure designers. The latest version of this powerful design to build BIM software introduces a suite of features conceived to streamline workflows, enhance precision, and boost productivity across various infrastructure projects. From intelligent road design and automated reinforcement to comprehensive modelling and structural analysis and design ALLPLAN 2025 leverages cutting-edge technology to drive efficiency and innovation in the civil engineering sector.
In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at the key infrastructure features that make ALLPLAN 2025 an asset for infrastructure design. We’ll explore how BIM integration and automation are transforming the way civil engineers approach design, analysis, and construction. Whether you’re involved in road design, civil projects and structural reinforcement, or bridge engineering, ALLPLAN 2025 offers a comprehensive toolkit to optimize your workflows and deliver exceptional infrastructure projects.
Enhanced Road Design and Validation
The road design capabilities in ALLPLAN 2025 have been significantly enhanced, allowing for faster and more accurate modeling of complex road intersections. The new parametric tools enable the effortless creation of T- and X-intersections, adhering to the latest industry standards. The software’s full support for the openBIM standard IFC 4.3 ensures that all road intersection objects are aligned with current guidelines, and any geometry changes automatically update IFC objects and their attributes, supporting a dynamic and responsive design process.
The integration of Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) has also been improved, with intersections now intelligently incorporated into the DTM. This allows for the generation of precise terrain objects, such as excavation bases or roadway surface layers. The visual representation of intersections has also been refined, offering structure lines and contour line models that are particularly useful for drainage checks.
ALLPLAN 2025 further enhances project accuracy by introducing the ability to validate horizontal and vertical axis geometries in accordance with the Swiss VSS standard. Comprehensive checks – including VSS 40080B, 40100A, 40110, and 40120 – ensure that designs meet all regulatory requirements, from minimum radii and curve sequences to gradient limits. These enhancements streamline the road design process, ensuring compliance and promoting efficient project delivery.
Automated Reinforcement for Civil Structures
Reinforcement design productivity and precision are significantly improved in ALLPLAN 2025 with the introduction of a parametric reinforcement modeling approach. This innovative functionality streamlines workflows by allowing users to effortlessly define a wide array of reinforcement shapes, simplifying the creation of BIM models that incorporate reinforcement details.
The true power of this feature lies in its automated link with ALLPLAN’s PythonParts technology. This connection enables seamless reinforcement design and code checks within ALLPLAN Civil, while simultaneously generating 3D reinforcement models. The bidirectional nature of this connection allows for further refinement. The reinforcement area, which can be adjusted through stirrup spacing and the number of longitudinal bars, can be re-imported into the structural analysis for further optimization. This powerful parametric reinforcement modeling functionality is exclusively available in the ALLPLAN Civil and ALLPLAN Ultimate editions, providing users with an unparalleled level of control and efficiency in their reinforcement modeling workflows.
A Complete Workflow for Precast Girder Bridges
Precast girder bridge design and construction often involves intricate processes and particular considerations. Recognizing this, ALLPLAN 2025 introduces a holistic BIM solution that seamlessly integrates structural analysis capabilities, catering to the entire lifecycle of a bridge and its precast components. This comprehensive offering complements existing features tailored for the precast industry, such as parametric modeling, detailing, and drawing production, providing a truly end-to-end solution.
The fabrication of precast and pretensioned girders also involves unique methodologies, including off-site construction, which allows for controlled concrete curing through heating and significantly reduces production times. ALLPLAN 2025’s integrated structural analysis capabilities expertly handle these specialized processes, enabling both global and local structural analyses. This ensures that the distinctive characteristics of precast girder construction are accurately accounted for throughout the design and analysis phases.
This powerful bridge design workflow is available in the ALLPLAN Civil edition, providing civil engineers and bridge designers with a comprehensive toolkit to efficiently manage the complexities of precast girder bridge projects, from initial concept to final construction.
Empowering Infrastructure Design
ALLPLAN 2025 represents a significant leap forward in infrastructure design software. By seamlessly integrating BIM capabilities, automation tools, and streamlined workflows, it empowers civil engineers and infrastructure designers to tackle complex projects with confidence and efficiency. From intelligent road design and automated reinforcement to challenging modelling of civil structures and comprehensive bridge analysis, ALLPLAN 2025 provides a robust platform for innovation and precision in the civil engineering sector.
If you’re ready to experience the future of infrastructure design, we encourage you to explore ALLPLAN 2025 further. Download a free, 14-day trial today and discover how this powerful software can help you deliver your infrastructure projects with speed and precision.
