Speaker: Mewail Gidey, MSc
Company: Competence Center Allplan Infrastructure

There are three approaches of parametric modeling in Allplan Bridge depending on the specific design task. While the three approaches are typically used for different bridge types, they can also be used in parallel on the same project. Join our webinar to learn more about the concepts of each approach and how all modeling methods can be combined in Allplan Bridge. 

As good engineers, drafters, and workers in precast construction become harder to find, it’s more important than ever to automate and perfect your processes. With a model-based workflow for concept design, engineering, and detailing, commercial precasters can save time, increase accuracy, and reduce costs across the entire project from initial bid to production.

The latest release of Allplan Bridge is bringing two modeling methods together to give you the best in flexibility and precision. In this webinar, we’ll demonstrate how to utilize a blend of parametric and freeform modeling to build up more complex shapes without sacrificing the efficiency of parametric processes. With additional Boolean operations and geometric transformations, you’ll be able to accurately model even complex interfaces using freeform modeling techniques while maintaining Allplan Bridge’s parametricity.

Join panelists from Pennoni, the Delaware Department of Transportation, and ALLPLAN BIM software as they discuss a recent success in digital delivery. They’ll take a deep dive into Pennoni’s experience at the forefront of digital delivery, discuss how Allplan helped both Pennoni and the Delaware DOT implement BIM processes in their recent project, and take a broader look at the current state of the industry.

Drawing from their recent project success, the panelists will walk you through their experience, sharing both their challenges and triumphs. Learn how to achieve successful project completion, develop workflows for future projects, and drive collaboration between consultant, project owner, and vendor to pave the way for wider BIM adoption and digital delivery workflows.

From bar creation to a detailed sheet, Allplan makes it easier than ever to bring your rebar detailing workflows into 3D. Learn how Allplan BIM solutions can bring new levels of efficiency and quality to your projects with intelligent features like automatic shape recognition, quick section generation, and automatic clash detection. And the best part is you can get it all while maintaining your familiar 2D workflows, making it easy to get up and running and start realizing the productivity gains.

In this webinar, you'll see how you can increase speed and accuracy of your small precast building projects with automated tools like one-click reinforcement, automatic shop drawings, intelligent templates, and more.

When starting a new bridge project, many engineers use a past project as a starting point - but this process often requires tedious changes and results in quality control issues. We have a better solution.

In this webinar, you'll learn how to utilize parametric bridge templates in Allplan Bridge to set your starting line closer than ever to project completion. With powerful 2D and 3D tempate tools, parametric components, and libraries, you can produce clean, intelligent bridge designs at scale across your company. See how your business can grow when we help you set off from a better starting point, with a better workflow, for all your bridge projects. 

Model-based design is the new norm for building structures, and it has yielded big dividends for construction contractors and engineers alike. But BIM has not yet transformed precast fabrication in the same way. Why not?

• High quality BIM-based detailing isn’t yet easy enough to be an everyday workflow
• Downstream use of BIM data is limited and cumbersome

To realize the potential offered by digital precast workflows, engineers must be able to create high-quality models with ease, and fabricators must have operations management tools that can consume, use, and update the information those models contain.

In this webinar, we will speak with Paul Waldner, Conceptual Design Manager and Developer at Taracon Precast, to understand Paul’s vision for how Taracon will become an all-digital precaster.

Then we will take a deep-dive into BIM model development to better understand how engineers and drafters can efficiently create both model and shop tickets through an efficient, flexible “BIM+CAD” process.

Detailing reinforcement for precast concrete projects can be time-intensive and error-prone, especially when using 2D CAD software.

Once bar schemas have been generated, it's not easy to validate the information against the 2D draft, and it is even harder if you have to modify the existing bars to correct an error or update the design.

When openings are added or the structure's geometry changes the reinforcement becomes out of date and has to be redrawn. Depending on the size of the project, this could be extremely time-consuming, and cause a bottleneck that affects the overall deliverables.

In this webinar we will do a deep-dive into innovative new 3D tools that streamline the entire design, reinforcement and documentation process. 

We will also showcase enhanced Cut Bars and Join Bars commands. These commands allow the user to cut or join reinforcing singularly or in bulk.

This webinar will explore:

• Where bottlenecks exist are in the precast concrete project delivery process
• Why 2D process of reinforcement and creating production plans are error prone
• How 3D modeling tools can produce precast drawings and documentation easily and accurately in a fraction of the time compared to 2D drawing methods

Speaker: Jaroslav Navrátil and Filip Adler
Company: ALLPLAN Infrastructure GmbH

In this webinar we will present all the technical details – the assumptions, methods and procedures used in Allplan Bridge 2021, which will be explained theoretically and shown in live demo.

One of the barriers to effective BIM implementation for bridge design a fragmented workflow. For many projects, engineers create separate bridge models (geometric, structural, analytical) and devise 2D representations of rebar detailing, quantities and geometry reporting. Information stored in different models and formats creates an increased risk of errors and inconsistencies whenever a model is updated.

This drastically increases the risk of discrepancies and re-work, while quickly eroding design budgets. In some cases, the errors are not detected until the project is on-site, resulting in time delays end cost overruns.

In this webinar we discuss an integrated CAD and BIM approach to project delivery, which allows engineers to work in a 2D CAD environment to deliver both 3D BIM models and high-quality 2D deliverables from the same workflow.

Savvy precasters are utilizing 3D models or PDF layouts from Architects and Engineers to quickly generate estimates for bids and streamline engineering and detailing by automatically producing deliverables such as quantities, piece marking, shop tickets, and erection drawings. In this webinar, we will explain how building information data from your 3D model can also streamline project management, production, shipping, and erection.

Planbar can help you: 

• Integrate with your business-critical systems: ERP, Production, Inventory
• Create and manage your production schedule, shipping schedule, trailer loadout, and erection schedules
• Streamline project management with integrated status tracking from estimating to erection

In this webinar, Detailing and rebar modeling, we will demonstrate how to create library elements for smart placements, how to create 3D model of abutment, and how to reinforce different elements of bridge model.

In this webinar we will look at some of time saving techniques for detailing reinforcing in below-grade foundations. We will demonstrate reinforcement placements in footings, including step footings, walls, and columns

In this webinar we discuss an integrated CAD and BIM approach to project delivery, which allows engineers to work in a 2D CAD environment to deliver both 3D BIM models and high-quality 2D deliverables from the same workflow.

New in version 2020-1: Allplan Bridge is a powerful solution for the parametric modeling, analyzing, designing and detailing of bridges in 4D. The software supports all design phases, from the concept to the final design. Due to the high level of detail, the geometrical and analytical model are ideal for visual design and coordination.

In this webinar, Structural analysis, it will be shown how to assemble the analytical model and do the structural analysis in Allplan Bridge. The model will be used for both; structural analysis and on the other hand also for detailing, rebar modelling and drawing production.

Allplan Bridge is a powerful solution for the parametric modeling, analyzing and detailing of bridges in 4D. The software supports all design phases, from the concept to the final design. Due to the high level of detail, the geometrical and analytical model are ideal for visual design and coordination. Allplan Bridge makes all this possible - easier, faster and more precise than ever before.

In this webinar, we introduce using 3D modeling for precast hollowcore slabs and demonstrate how easy it is to create and panelize precast slabs, such as prestressed hollowcore, out of imported structural slabs. 

In this webinar we’ll discuss bridge conceptual modeling for common concrete/steel bridges.

The process of modeling conceptual options to select the most economical option can become time consuming and error-prone when restricted by strict budget and time constraints. Engineers and drafters are faced with analysis coordination, complex geometric layouts, code compliance and more.

3D modeling in the conceptual design stage can significantly increase accuracy of project cost and schedule estimates. 

Watch our webinar to learn how conceptual 3D modeling of bridges can help you reduce risk on your next project.

The process of modeling a PT building can be tedious and error prone. Engineers and drafters are faced with analysis coordination, complex reinforcing, clash detection and more. Accurate modeling in the design stage can save the overall project time and money. 

Join our webinar to learn how 3D modeling of tendons and reinforcing can help on your next project.

This webinar looks at an advanced approach to parametrically designing both simple and complex bridges. We will demonstrate how to create complex bridge geometry, easily define 3D geometry based on a 3D axis, and control cross-sections parametrically.

In this this webinar, we introduce the concepts of using 3D modeling for both basic and complex bridge to take advantage of the latest workflows suggested by BIM for Bridges and Structures initiatives.