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RM Bridge Professional Engineering Software for Bridges of all Types

RM Bridge V8i

November 2013

RELEASE NOTES ARCHIVE



RM Bridge

Release Notes Archive 1

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1 RM BRIDGE V8I (SELECTSERIES 3) RELEASE ARCHIVE ................................................. 3 1.1 RM BRIDGE V8I (SELECTSERIES 3) 08.10.18.01 .............................................................. ............ 3 1.2 RM BRIDGE V8I (SELECTSERIES 3) 08.10.12.01 .............................................................. ............ 7 1.3 RM BRIDGE V8I (SELECTSERIES 3) 08.10.07.02 .............................................................. ............ 9 1.5 RM BRIDGE V8I (SELECTSERIES 3) 08.10.07.01 .............................................................. .......... 11

2 RM BRIDGE V8I (SELECTSERIES 2) RELEASE ARCHIVE ............................................... 12 2.1 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 2) 08.10.03.02 .............................................................. .......... 12 2.2 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 2) 08.10.03.01 .............................................................. .......... 12

3 RM BRIDGE V8I (SELECTSERIES1) RELEASE HISTORY ARCHIVE ............................. 12 3.1 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.96.02 .............................................................. .......... 12 3.2 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.94.01 .............................................................. .......... 13 3.3 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.91.03 .............................................................. .......... 14 3.4 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.91.02 .............................................................. .......... 14 3.5 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.91.01 – TNDOT RELEASE ........................................ 15 3.6 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.90.01 .............................................................. .......... 15 3.7 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.86.01 .............................................................. .......... 17 3.8 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.84.02 .............................................................. .......... 19 3.9 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.84.01 .............................................................. .......... 19 3.10 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.83.01 ......................................................... .......... 20 3.11 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.82.01 ......................................................... .......... 20 3.12 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.81.02 ......................................................... .......... 20 3.13 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.81.01 ......................................................... .......... 20 3.14 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.79.01 ......................................................... .......... 21 3.15 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.78.04 ......................................................... .......... 21 3.16 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.78.03 ......................................................... .......... 21 3.17 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.78.02 ......................................................... .......... 21 3.18 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.78.01 ......................................................... .......... 22 3.19 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.77.01 ......................................................... .......... 22 3.20 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.76.05 ......................................................... .......... 22 3.21 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.76.04 ......................................................... .......... 22 3.22 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.76.03 ......................................................... .......... 22 3.23 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.75.01 ......................................................... .......... 23 3.24 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.74.01 ......................................................... .......... 23 3.25 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.73.03 ......................................................... .......... 23 3.26 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.73.01 ......................................................... .......... 23 3.27 RM BRIDGE V8 I (SELECTSERIES 1) 08.09.72.07 ......................................................... .......... 24

4 RM BRIDGE V8I RELEASE HISTORY ARCHIVE ................................................................ 25 4.1 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.72.02 ....................................................................................................... 25 4.2 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.72.01 ....................................................................................................... 25 4.3 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.71.01 ....................................................................................................... 25 4.4 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.70.02 ....................................................................................................... 25 4.5 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.69.02 ....................................................................................................... 25 4.6 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.69.01 ....................................................................................................... 25 4.7 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.68.01 ....................................................................................................... 26 4.8 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.67.03 ....................................................................................................... 26



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4.9 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.67.02 ....................................................................................................... 26 4.10 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.67.01 .................................................................................................. 26 4.11 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.66.03 .................................................................................................. 26 4.12 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.66.01 .................................................................................................. 26 4.13 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.65.02 .................................................................................................. 27 4.14 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.65.01 .................................................................................................. 27 4.15 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.63.01 .................................................................................................. 27 4.16 RM BRIDGE V8 I 08.09.60.04 – FIRST RELEASE........................................................................ 27 4.17 RM2006 VERSIONS < 9.59 ...................................................................................................... 28



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1 RM Bridge V8i (SELECTseries 3) Release Archive

1.1 RM Bridge V8i (SELECTseries 3) 08.10.18.01

New features and improvements:

RM Analysis- Russian Response Spectrum available- Shear Check: 1st version for Russian standard- Crack Check: 1st version for Russian standard- LiveLoad: Special definition for Russian railways

- Additional envelope for Braking (Braking-ULS.sup) available in templatefor Russian combination table

- Russian list files support as UTF8 file- Steel profile import with wizard style- Crack Check: Change interpretation of EN1992 equ.(7.6) and (7.7):

(7.6) ∅s=∅*s∙(f ct,eff /2,9)∙(kc hcr / 2 (h-d)) ≥ *s∙(f ct,eff /2,9)

(7.7) ∅s=∅*s∙(f ct,eff /2,9)∙( hcr / 4 (h-d)) ≥ *s∙(f ct,eff /2,9)

- Crack check: First existing LC as ptlc used if neither initial strain LC norSumLc exists

- RunTCL: Access to assemblies with RUNTCL implemented. The followingcommands are allowed:

RMASM asm-name GETALL [RECURSIVE]RMASM asm-name GETELEMS [RECURSIVE]RMASM asm-name GETTENDS [RECURSIVE]RMASM asm-name GETNODES [RECURSIVE]

- TINT: Time step width control added. This can solve some problems if theLC calculation at a certain time leads into "no convergence".

- Recalc Options: Check boxes for “CS-Int” disabled. Program takes always1st option off and 2nd option on (UltRein). Program behavior in calculationnot changed.

- DDE: The new default format for export is binary Excel (.xls), which iscompatible with Excel2000 and higher.

- Wind: In rare cases one of the first modes has no component in wind direc-tion. Calculation detects these cases and modifies parameters accordingly.

- DOPLOT: Usage of assemblies- RMSET: Usage of assemblies- 3D-View: Usage of assemblies- OpenTCL: LIST: SUMLIST now allows to export values out of GUI 'Load

case list' to list file- OpenTCL: LIST: ELEM fixed and extend for CABLE and all SPRING



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- OpenTCL: LIST: VOLUME now allows to printout volume and weight ofactive structure in list file.

- FEM: Thicknesses for inclined thickness vectors corrected- FEM: Area defined loads- FEM: Area defined masses- FEM: New graphical output facilities for results- RMSET: New sorting of elements needed because of assemblies, but useful

for all element definitions; given direction +X, -X, +Y, -Y, +Z, -Z- 3D-View: New option “Draw element directions” - Element-Info dialogue improved (graphic presentation of the element)- Cantilever Tool: New menu structure- RESVIEW: Navigation tool for view directions added- 3D-Results: New color distribution method

- Extended view options with the possibility to select multiple assemblies to be displayed.

- AASHTO Steel: Change of concept for condition for stiffened or not stiff-ened in shear

- Creep and shrinkage plots will use magenta instead of yellow color to im- prove the visibility on white background & paper print outs

RM Modeler- Auto-meshing (including documentation and training) available- Steel profile import with wizard style- Changed Modeler option "Include wizard-originating objects" to "Omit wiz-

ard-originating objects" and changed the default status to include wizardgenerated objects. Moved option for ResView data to the files section in themain dialog (removed in extended dialog)

RM Wizards- Russian composite wizard available- Reports in Russian

RM2Rebar- New Version of XML(v.1.4) provides much faster export.

Please note that this RM release 08.10.18.01 is compatible with Bentley Re- bar v08.11.09.74 and Power Rebar 08.11.09.74 or higher.If that release is not available on SELECT please contact JeanPierre Chanard

or Nabil Sleiman. - Added option to allow creation of XML along with DGRM file in exportdialogue.

- Added export of material name and type for beam elements.- Added export of cable elements (geometry) and their material name and type

RM General- Licensing: Improved SELECT licensing configuration. Activated the new v9

SELECT Licensing client 9.0.0.38- DGN Navigator 2.1.0.252 will be used. It's more stable as the previous one.

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- Training examples available within RM session- Added user guide GUI commands in TCL Guide

- Added TCL commands for Multibyte UTF8 conversion. Also the documen-tation was updated accordingly.

- Added TCL demo examples in area of Demo examples- Export of PDF (3D) is now available again in the context menu of the RM

graphic window. You need the free Bentley Viewer or Microstation to use it.First a DGN file will be created and opened in the Viewer. There it can be

printed as PDF file.- Excel TCL export: Creates binary xls files accepted without notification also

by newer Excel versions.- RM is now faster while starting with network paths, which don't exist any-

more and are registered in the project history. Working directories longer

than 169 characters will use the short 8.3 name convention.

Fixes:

RM/Analysis- Aero class calculation corrected (Calculation of derivatives of steady state

coefficients corrected. Wind direction -Z were wrong (no symmetry to +Z). Numerical differentiation difficult at kinks. Now, approximation at kinks byaveraging. NOTE: THIS MODIFICATION INFLUENCES OLD PRO-JECTS. THE NEW RESULTS SHOULD BE BETTER (SMOOTHER DE-RIVATIVES).)

- Creep/Shrinkage: AASHTO LRFD adapted maturity factor- TCL import of CSCORB/CSCORE: Sum load case were not imported- TCL import of Chinese file names now possible- TCL import/export: New TCL option "NO_CREEPSHRINK" by exporting

schedules. This option is not known in older versions. That’s why a warningwill appear during import in the older versions. This is OK, but, another veryold bug causes an empty error list (to be ignored).

- LIVESET did not take Q-load if it was defined on other item than the 1st one- Swedish Classification trains: Tolerance of inner optimization modified to

speed up calculation

- TINT: Wrong output of force components in XLS. Note, that local elementdisplacements are output.- Stress results: If stress points flagged for storing stresses independently from

the strain plane, stresses in envelopes of composite structures might be still become 0 (composite-split-situation with SUPAND/SUPOR). New option toforce recalculation of sigma = E * eps, even the point is flagged (SP+), in-troduced for GUI-list and RMSET. By the way, keeping the chosen stress

point and easier selection of superposition row implemented for GUI list.- PreTens: Assembly as alternative input to RMSET.






- Binary Xls export for Ansi characters with code page (Ü, ä, etc) are now exported correctly.

- If Windows Open File / Save File dialogs were applied by double-clicking afile, the second button up event could have invoked a click to some button inthe below window which might have caused accidental execution of the re-spective action (e.g. Import TCL --> Add to project). Fixed to catch all situa-tions.

- Fixed the problem that the path of the last used TCL file has not been usedon opening the file selection dialog.

- Stage simulation: External Tendons elements are now shown as "active" af-ter STRESS action.

- RM Loads: Adding a load item of type “load set” is now returning the list ofloads correctly.

- TCL Import: Added safety query in TCL import dialog before initializing theRM database.

RM/Modeler RM/Wizards

- Geometry for curved alignment with skewed piers at begin and end corrected

Fixes which are also available in patch release v08.10.12.02:

RM/Modeler Cross sections: After TCL import using a length unit other than Meterexpressions of CS variables were not evaluated correctly to DB units. RM/Modeler Cross sections: After importing a CS from catalogue to a project using

a length unit other than Meter the expression column of CS variables list did notshow the correct value in user units.

RM GUI/Element Cross section: For units other than DB the values changed byediting element type in modify dialog.

RM Cross section: Variables for non linear springs didn’t work. RM GUI & Plot file viewer: Dotted/dashed lines were solid in interactive graphics.

That happened only for Unicode/Russian language support with new Unicodegraphic fonts

RM Rolling stock: Data storage did not work properly due to missing texts RM Loads: Copying schedules did not transfer correctly load set items containing

assemblies. RM/Modeler Segments: Editing a segment did not allow to input names containing

one of the 3 hot-keys used by this dialog (in English: o, c, and a) RM Export: Fixed wrong keyword (correctly DAMPV instead of DAMPT) for

structural data of aero classes.







New features and functions:

Windows 8 (32 and 64 bit) operating system is now supported RMRESVIEW: (Result Viewer) New concept for result presentation with using

DGN file format and advanced graphics functionality. Assemblies: New database object collecting elements, nodes and further entities.

These objects may be addressed throughout the program for data specification (e.g.load definition) or result presentation.

Tendon definition: Optimization of the tendon stressing sequence such that tendonforces have the maximum value within the limits prescribed by the code for differ-ent situations. The three limiting values are defined as tendon parameters.

Russian localization:- Manuals translated to Russian- Support for Russian (Cyrillic) texts in plot files- Response spectrum for Russia- Material for concrete, steel and pre-stressing steel- Time dependent functions for creep, shrinkage, relaxation- Russian standard steel profiles according to GOST- Steel and composite checks in accordance with SNiP implemented- Design Checks according to SNiP for concrete implemented: Fibre Stress

Check and Ultimate Load Capacity Check (including reinforcement design). Brazilian materials implemented Shear Check : Shear check for reinforced/post-tensioned concrete EN 1992 incl. NA

Norway available. Precast Wizard: Adding Australian super-T beams open and closed top Precast Wizard: Girder parameter variation; Haunch definition for precast (except

JTG girders); Deck reinforcement for precast; Updates for pre-tensioning dialog Wizards: Composite and Precast: Report generation in PDF format Wizards: Cross frame and lateral bracings definition was added to precast wizard

(previously only in composite wizard); Steel Checks: Consideration of locked-in stresses based on load case defined pri-

mary state New load type Node velocity for Time Integration Analysis (Ship Impact) has

been implemented. TDF viewer: Added TDF option for PDF export

Fixes and improvements:

RM load train: GUI for "Load Train - Brazilian NBR 7188:1984 Classe 45" added RM Tcl: Clusters can be optionally exported






Wizards: Update combination table for EC by adding a 14th combination Wizards: A wizard with more than 20 spans could not re-read all span lengths when

opening the wizard again. Pier type “Columns” in Wizards: Pier type activated for precast, composite and steel

wizard XLS export improved GUI: Fixed problem with Windows Vista, Windows7/8 desktop composition. Now

freehand symbols work fast and smooth GUI: User Theta for shear check was not properly presented in GUI pad - fixed RM Materials: SIGP = 0.74*fpu RM Load Cases: Database problem with directly defined load items fixed. RM Buckle: Crash if "Acc. Stiffness" due to invalid close of external load case –

problem fixed. DGN Import: Support for arcs added.

RM ULTREIN: Consideration of sleeve length produced division by 0. Now, ten-dons at such element positions ignored.

RM Load-Sets: Copying load sets / load cases did not copy the assembly infor-mation of contained load items.

Modeler Recalc: Wrong management of attribute sets at segment points could pro-duce corrupt database. Corrected.

RM: Fixed wrong conversion of inverse temperature values, esp. alpha-T of ele-ment/material and temperature.

Modeler: Axis redraw showed small arcs with big radius as full circle when beginand end point collapsed into the same pixel. Corrected.

GUI: The layout has changed: the navigation square in the bottom right corner isgone and the size of the log area is now adjustable with a slider. Some pads (sub-windows) which do not produce messages are enlarged to cover the log area.

RM Load-Sets: Selecting an assembly was possible even if series input was activat-ed in load input pads – fixed.

Wizards: Crash calculating distance between girders - fixed Wizards: Function that calculates distance to axis failed in some cases. Corrected.

This bug was the reason that load calculation failed and all further writing of sched-ule was skipped. The concept is changed now: Even if any load could not be written,

the transfer is not completely stopped now. RM Load-Sets: Checking for correct series input correctly showed an error message

but continued with applying the false input. RM Load-Sets: QVAR** load input dialogs did "convert" the direction vector using

a factor of 0 (--> division by zero). Corrected. RM cross sections: Values of the flexibility matrix were not shown and/or stored

properly in the modification dialog – fixed DGN Export: Solids were wrongly exported – fixed RM Stage simulation: temperature load values were always converted to Fahrenheit,

also for default units, conversion was wrong – fixed






Fixed wrong output of superposition results in RMSets when using non-DB (imperi-al) units.

Fixed a crash which could have occurred after exporting the 3D structure to DGN Fixed wrong TCL import of separated summation load cases for ILM Fixed “Undo” function in Modeler CS construction window Enhancement: Output of moments about global axes in load case list Enhancement: Shear capacity check: EN 1992 Shear check improved Steel design check: Fixed problem if Euler length is zero. RM Cross Sections: Geometrical analysis of cross sections for perimeters failed in

seldom cases. Analysis corrected and check procedure implemented that such casesare recognized earlier. Warnings after cross section calculations will occur.

RM: GUI Input of PT-force for tendon series failed if imperial units was chosen

RM Creep: The time functions are modified for Hong Kong standard inrm9_HK.tcl. Now the corresponding internal implementation is adjusted. RM Creep: Missing time functions (internal formulas) for AS3600-2009 added; re-

laxation for AS5100-1 adjusted acc. to external formulas (rm9_AU.tcl) RM TINT: Output format for displacements: Deformation factor applied RM Material: Change of Relaxation Class in material table for British Standard

from value 1 to value 2. Wizards: Allow arbitrary number of spans instead of not more than 20.


ULTCHK: Reinforcement defined at composite was not considered – fixed ULTSUP: Tendon results were not treated correctly – fixed CANTILEVER : Module did not work properly - fixed Element-CS: Editing an element of type Viscous Damper cleared the angle value -

fixed SELECT Node lock license activation doesn’t create an entry for the used country.

Therefore you could only start RM with this license, when clicking on <Auto-

Module> in license configuration.

Now we will use instead the location definition on Windows operating system:

-> Windows XP : Control panel->Regional and language Options->Location -> Windows Vista/7: Control Panel->(Clock, Language and Region)->Region

and Language->Tab location

Database: A warning is output if the addressed node could not be assigned to theelement. Note that the number of elements connected to a node is limited to 64.



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New features and functions:

RM2REBAR: New function (main menu-> Extras->Rebar ) for exporting RMBridge data (concrete geometry, tendons, location and amount of the required rein-forcement) for Bentley Rebar products.

For processing the exported Rebar reference file either the products Power Rebar

(v08.11.07.70) or Microstation V8i(SELECTseries1 & 2 ) and Bentley Re-

bar(v08.11.07.70) are required

Composite Wizard: New function for automatic protocol generation Tendon geometry: New option added to de-activate constraints on ey, ez The number of items in the project history has been limited and made configurable

(default is 100 entries).

Fixes and improvements:

Due to the unlimited number of project history items setting up the history list couldhave caused long delays on program startup. Fixed by limiting the number of items.

TCL-import: Import of Modeler files extremely speeded up Added license and default code for Thailand Added license entry for Chinese response spectrum macro Modeler: segmentation type was not stored anymore. Corrected. Tendon calculation revised (smoother alignment). Since structure is changed, all

results may slightly differ. Tendons used in a PreTens action were not shown active in stage simulation win-

dow. Fixed. Response spectrum analysis: Full implementation of CQCX using TDV-

Superposition method (+ extremely speeded up) Response spectrum analysis: Stabilization of de-composition of correlation matrix

for CQC and CQCX using TDV-Superposition method Response spectrum: New input macro for AASHTO LRFD 2012 ULTSUP, ULTLC (REIN): Extended list file for JTG Modeler: table graph was not exported to plot file correctly - fixed Load case list: Output of moments about global axes DGN: Switch to new platform libraries License: Fixed a problem that for node-locked licenses a proper country was not

found for non-international standards mode






2 RM Bridge V8i (SELECTseries 2) Release Archive


Maintenance Release (based on 08.10.03.01) Bug fix for viewing manuals inside main menu Help->Manuals RMRESPS: CQCX with so-called TDV method fully implemented Cable load FSY available Desktop composition slows down RM GUI (graphics). RM turns off several options

using DWM (Desktop Window Manager for Windows7 and Vista) to avoid such problems.

2.2 RM Bridge V8i (SELECTseries 2) 08.10.03.01 Russian and French GUI available Automatic generation of response spectra (Eurocode, JTG) New load train and combination macros (e.g. Russia) Steel-wizard comprehensive new functionality Utilization levels in steel design checks Enhanced calculation of pre-tensioned girders Join/Split functionality for shear terms (composite girders) Pier dimensioning in accordance with Chinese code (JTG) New embedded Text Editor (PSPad) Bentley Licensing client updated to 08.11.07.55.

3 RM Bridge V8i (SELECTseries1) Release history archive


Updated User guide and release notes AutoCad 2008/2009 support RM Bridge Analyser fixes:

- Application could not calculate, if no RM Bridge International license was enabled - fixed.

- Fixed crash with long path names (>200) in working directory history RM Bridge Analyser enhancements:

- Added input macros/templates for: Response spectrum EC8 elastic/design Response spectrum Spain NCSE-07 Load train definition according to AREMA Cooper

- Utilization factors from steel design check are stored to RM Database and can be plotted with RMSET

- Improved readability of extended report for steel checks according to EC- Bug fixes/modifications:



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Program crashed in stage simulation of tendon numbers higher than 16384were used

Input Macro4 for load lane definition didn’t work for element number high-er than 32768

Program crashed in module “LiveL” for composite structures with act ivestress point results

For module “TInt” correction of variable “t” with “tstart” is no longer ne c-essary.

Improved stability of non-linear calculation with option “no compression for

non-linear cables” RM Bridge Modeler:

- Show filtered list of attribute sets for current cross section- Input default diameter and area for reinforcement attribute sets

- Stronger type-checking when assigning reference set to attribute set. RM Bridge Wizards:

- Added option to place vertical stiffener on steel girders without cross frame.


RM Bridge Analyser:- Added input macros/templates for SNiP Russia:

Load manager Load trains

Combination table- Extended template for load combination according JTG for deformation checks.- Extended module “TempVar” to fully support composite cross sections (temper-

ature curve defined on composite section).- Improved accuracy of module “PreTens” for non-zero sleeve length.- Bug fixes:

Longitudinal friction for load type “WINDM” was not properly considered. Load type “T” for composite sections now considers temperature coefficient

of ingle parts. Fixed calculation problems for module “PreTens” with arbitrarily oriented

girders. Erroneous calculation results for sub-divided elements with tendons start-ing/ending inside of the element. Module “PlShear” crashed if called for non-existent cross sections. Program crashed if TDV superposition method was enabled for pre-stressed

structures. Inconsistent result data was possible if C&S was calculated with several

steps, when one of the intermediate target load-cases already exists. Module “Infl” failed sometimes to created result file on network drives. Element-wise definition of Rayleigh coefficients was not considered for

module “Tint”






Load types “CSCORB” and “CSCORB” were not activated for elements. Module “UltSup” for reinforcement design (with option “Rein” active), did

not properly consider pre-stressing forces if they were specified with option“*” for the initial strain load-case.

RMBridge Modeler:- Improved auto-enumeration of segment points.- Bug fixes:

If auto-numbering exceeded available pool of numbers, user was not noti-fied.

Serial input of springs didn’t take correct connection point into account. RMBridge Wizards:

- Added option for calculation of pre-stressing losses to wizard “Precast Girder”. - Added input of initial longitudinal reinforcement for wizard “Steel (Concrete

Deck)”. - Bug fixes:

Temporary support conditions in wizard “Precast Girder” inappropriate.


Fixed bug for pier placement in modeller GUI.


Increased result database size for each schedule to approximately 320 GB. Stress point results can be stored directly to result database. Up to now stress was

calculated from beam element strain plane. Module “TempVar”:

- Primary TempVar effect can now be considered at arbitrary stress points byusing the new stress point result feature.

- Only gradient component of equivalent linear temperature can be applied.- Improved GUI preview of non-linear temperature curve in Modeler/Analyzer- Non-linear temperature did not work properly on composite sections.

Improved GUI input of reference points in Modeler New reference point type “Slender part” for input of steel plates for steel design

check. Added input macro for IRC load combination tables Improved preview of drawings in RM Draw Manager Fixed a bug for wizard calculation with curved girders and variable pier offset. New PDF list/plot file conversion: It's now possible to convert plot and list files into

PDF when starting the plot file viewer and printing option.See more details inside of the TDVCRT documentation.






3.5 RM Bridge V8i (SELECTseries 1) 08.09.91.01 – TNDOT release

TNDOT release Increased number of combinations in combination table from 24 to 48. Bug fixes:

- Module “DoCamber” produced zero displacement in camber loadcases. - Program crashed in module “DoPlot” if Plot-Set name was longer than 16

characters.- TNDOT drawings:

Misplaced dimension lines for skewed piers Incorrect shaft footing eccentre Diaphragms were not shown Projecting bars were not drawn correctly in cross section view


New module “PreTens” to calculate pre-tensioning losses (Beta-State) Bug fixes:

- Element damping values were not exported to TCL- Option "omit wizard-originating objects" is now grayed out if an such an ob-

ject (axis) is referenced by a wizard-external object- A wizard object cannot be deleted now, if an object originating from it is

referenced by an external object- Envelope results were not considered for load type “Demo - Program crash with action “Store” - Older program versions could not read results calculated with versions

v08.09.86.02 – v08.09.89.01 Solved several issues for TNDOT drawings Improved accuracy for tendon geometry calculation Requires the new RM Bridge V8i Prerequisite Pack v08.09.89.01

It will add following new functions :- TDVCRT feature: Export to PDF files for plot files added. Documentation

updated. Integration into Explorer available.- TDF viewer: Printing system improved. Saves now printing options for next

print in same session

- RM/TdvConfig : Textpad recognition of Textpad 5.x available- Installation speed improved for installations with one or several preexistingRM applications.

- Start menu entries are only created in Start->All Programs->Bentley->RMBridge folder anymore. Only if older TDV2000 software is found in the startmenu TDV2000, the basic installation entries will be created in TDV2000start menu folder in addition.

- Find more details in the RM Bridge V8i Prerequisite Pack release notes inthe start menu:






Start->All Programs->Bentley->RM Bridge-> RM Bridge PrerequisitesPack(BaseWin) Release Notes

Design codes and checks:- Beta version of Canadian shear and crack check available- Beta version of shear check according to OEN B 1992 accessible via “EC

OENORM” Bug fixes:

- Auto-numbering of elements and nodes failed in Modeller if several compo-site definitions were present in one cross section

- Project initialization from an empty project directory did not automaticallyselect the according default standard for the available national license

- Modeller failed to open if material group HS_HONG_KONG was active- Program crash if two or more points of an ISP definition for external tendons

were at same 3D point- Schedule action “TStop” was not accumulative, now up to four distinct time

stop periods are supported.- If FEM model was exported to analyser with option "Keep model data", in-

tegral results were not fully exported- Newly created external tendon element became statically active only after

second structure check calculation- If two different factors for SupAnd(X)Lc or SupOr(X)Lc were given in TCL

for combination table, a warning was issued, but the wrong factor (favoura- ble) was used for calculation. Now the unfavourable factor is used and thefactor to be used is included in the warning message.

- Buckling calculation reported wrong results if fixed and variable loadsetswere mixed in loadcase. Now also the forces are reported as in RM2006.

- Material selection in modeller hid the default group in some cases. Now thedefault group is shown as a separate menu, right after the current group.

- In modeller cross section GUI, dependency of element edge was not showncorrectly in Modify Reference Point dialog. Hambly calculation didn't worksince version 08.09.84.02

- Element -type "Damper-Spring" was not properly implemented- FEM Integral results not updated for Eigenvalue calculation- FEM Integral results not considered in superposition for modules “RespS”

and “Wind” - Modeller TCL export of FEM integral result definition, construction line pa-rameters

- Spurious oscillations in tendon geometry if one angle was fixed and the oth-er one free

- Problem with correlation matrix for superposition rule CQC (reported nega-tive pivot in correlation matrix)

- Variable factor for load-type DEMO was not considered- Changing units for project settings also changed time dependent variables- Creating 0-Springs without connection point






- Minor issues for editing cross sections and segment in Modeller


SELECT licensing activation as administrator under Windows Vista/7 improved. Template for IRC Load Trains available under “Extras > Loading and Stages” Templates for Canadian Load Combination Table and Load Trains available under

“Extras > Loading and Stages”, Live Load Macro under “Extras > Traffic Load

Macros”. Canadian materials in default database. Activated FEM time history calculation and modal damping factors. Improved TCL import/export:

- Modeler data can be exported without objects which were created from Wiz-ard Data, and stand-alone Wizard data can be exported.

- Informational texts can contain double quotes- Improved checking of allowed names for variables

Additional warnings if time history is performed without proper definition of Ray-leigh coefficients.

New cross frame layout options for composite wizards with concrete and steel deck. Added Australian C&S variables to selection list of time dependent functions Input of Poisson’s ratio 0 for material properties is now allowed Improvements for FEM result access:

- Integral results in envelope can be accessed via Bodies > Integral loadcase re-sults. Then envelope can be selected in input pad below navigation tree.

- Envelope FEM results for major integral results (i.e. corresponding to element begin/end results) can be shown in 3D view

Relaxation also for external tendons Design code CAN/CSA-S6-06

- Creep and shrinkage variables- Material GUI

Improved deleting several parts in Modeller Cross sections Wizard for Precast girder – tendon group adding and assigning improved Improved GUI for module “DoPlot” Bug-Fixes:

- If tendon is defined in negative element direction, spurious oscillations wereshown in plot created by “PlTndGm” - If a cross section contains too much Reference Sets, the TCL command

“RMCPART part REFSET GETALL” resulted in a program crash. This af-fected also Shear Check calculation.

- LoadSet factors and Loadcase/Envelope name for load type “DEMO” were

not properly copied in GUI.- GUI was not properly updated if lines in a variable table were added/deleted.- Overflow of results was reported when Tendon area was 0.






- Influence line results for integral results of type line in FEM model con-tained wrong results for forces.

- Module “DoRep” reported meaningless error messages if “CALC” actionsfor non-defined loadcases were present in schedule.

- For pier dimensioning moments were increased sometimes, even if no ac-cording PIERDIMY/Z keyword was present in the RMSet

- TDF reports contained wrong formatted data for load ty pe “T” - Conversion of acceleration into displacement time histories with option “cal-

ibrate” failed in some cases. - Program crashed if variables of type table with more than approx. 4000 lines

were plotted.- Sometimes the macro “Cable Length Under Loading” did not produce any

output.

- Cantilever tool crashed for very large projects.

Bug-Fixes:- If tendon is defined in negative element direction, spurious oscillations were

shown in plot created by “PlTndGm” - If a cross section contains too much Reference Sets, the TCL command

“RMCPART part REFSET GETALL” resulted in a program crash. This af-fected also Shear Check calculation.

- LoadSet factors and Loadcase/Envelope name for load type “DEMO” were

not properly copied in GUI.- GUI was not properly updated if lines in a variable table were added/deleted.- Overflow of results was reported when Tendon area was 0.- Influence line results for integral results of type line in FEM model con-

tained wrong results for forces.- Module “DoRep” reported meaningless error messages if “CALC” actions

for non-defined loadcases were present in schedule.- For pier dimensioning moments were increased sometimes, even if no ac-

cording PIERDIMY/Z keyword was present in the RMSet- TDF reports contained wrong formatted data for load type “T” - Conversion of acceleration into displacement time histories with option “cal-

ibrate” failed in some cases.

- Program crashed if variables of type table with more than approx. 4000 lineswere plotted.- Sometimes the macro “Cable Length Under Loading” did not produce any

output.- Cantilever tool crashed for very large projects.







Displaying the version number in SELECT license configuration dialogue. Readonly mode visualisation for select.ini added. Bentley Licensing client updated to 08.11.07.40 Added dependency on normal force for non-linear springs (internal variable

_spr_Nx) New internal variables for plot container: _OMEGA, _FREQU, _SUMX, _SUMY,

_SUMZ, _MASSX, _MASSY, _MASSZ, _INFO to obtain Loadcase data for circu-lar frequency, frequency, load sums, mass participation and description. The varia-

ble name must be followed by the name of the Loadcase to query (within the ine-quality signs). The Loadcase name can also refer to a variable.

Examples:<_FREQU eigen#2> … get frequency of Loadcase eigen#2<_MASSX <LC>> with <LC> = eigen#4 ... get mass participation in x direction ofload case stored in <LC> (in this case eigen#4)

Variables for module “DoPlot” can now also be assigned to integer series with curly braces: variable={from to} or variable={from to step}. The effect is the same as ifDoPlot would be called for each of the elements in the series.ATTENTION: To obtain different result files, the output must always be "*" in thiscase

Tendons were not properly exported to dwg. Replaced poly line with single lineelements to fix accuracy issue

Cross sections could not be imported from DGN because tolerance was too high.Added input field for tolerance in GUI.

AS 5100 shear check: In prestressed, cracked section only vuc(a) is considered -vuc(b) is ignored.

Macro "WINDM" reported "Wind not found" Program crashed if C&S was calculated for composite with 8 children


The new product for Precast Segmental Bridges “RM Bridge Cast” was added to theinstallation set. It is a standalone application and is started in the start menu :

-> All Programs->Bentley\RmBridge\RM Bridge V8i (SELECTseries 1) V08.09.xx.xx ->RMCast V08.09.xx.xx

It requires the new SELECT license product “RM Bridge Cast”. The detailed de-scription can be found in the RMCast main menu ->Help->User Guide.







When performing time integration with module “TInt” a video of the time historycan now be created. End user license stored in RMV8i installation directory Minimum required version for correct counting of RM Bridge SELECT license.


Solved problems with wind loads in Wizard for AASHTO. Updated Training examples. Solved problem with ultimate capacity check in Wizards. Improved pre-processor for Cable Stay Bridges. Solved problem with module “CabSag”. Solved problem with automatic schedule generation via “Fill Form” in schedule

module of pre-processor for cantilever bridges. Training documentation updated AASHTO training examples added FEM Application documentation added


Gust factor according to EC available for wind load calculation.

Steel resistance calculation for AASHTO composite wizard. Fixed problem with application of line loads to composite FEM. Fixed problem with report generation for Rolling Stock tool: damping constant was

not printed properly. Improved wind profile for Swedish Wind and Kaimal Messina spectrum. Training example for FEM for 2 Span pre-stressed plate bridge(EC material) added License problem fixed: When on the SELECT server side a check out restriction

was defined and RM products were not marked with check out availability.The application reported : “Error 21: Nodes out of range from 101....xx”.


Module ElemK now supports modification of Ay, Az and Ix for beams. Improved geometry calculation for LoadLane Macro 4. Adapted Swedish Classification Loadtrain Macro. Steel resistance calculation for Euro code composite wizard Superposition files contained wrong results if more than 80 tendons pass through an

element. Activated load type PDFLC. Improved LiveLoad calculation for load trains with two constant Q loads.






Solved problem for module Restart and destination load case with direct load input. Updated automatic conversion of plot files into DGN/DWG. With the previous release the license client was incorrectly displaying the discon-

nected notification dialog on the first launch of the application.Fixed : Bentley Licensing client updated to v8.11.07.39.

Spanish shear capacity check revised according to EHE 2008.


Minor adaptation in Chinese Crack Check implementation. Norwegian shear capacity check is now also available for concrete-concrete compo-

site sections.

Improved consideration of external tendon contribution in deviator blocks for shearcheck. Improved input and diagram output of FEM integral results. Improved input for springs in modeller. Minor bug fixes for cross section editing in modeller. Corrected problems for shear stud offset other than 10000. Corrected problem of DGN import for poly lines in modeller. Bentley Licensing client updated to 08.11.07.38 Problems with offline SELECT licenses solved Select configuration option added in start menu RM Bridge news over RSS feeds are available on default.

Administrate it or check manually by main menu : Help->RSS Feeds for RM Bridge


Corrected calculation problem for local hinges Solved several issues for TDOT drawings. SELECT Licensing updated to version v8.11.07.38


Removed error message if calculating plastic cross section values for composite partwith only material values.

Solved several issues for TDOT drawings.


Solved problem with action “FibIILc” where results were not stored properly into

target envelope. Solved problem where AddCon reported violation of maximum recursion depth.






Solved problem in action”PlTndGm” where projection into plan failed if Tendon

direction against Beam direction. Improved evaluation of aero class tables. Improved pre-processor for Moving Load available. Extended precast wizard with new column types for rectangular-chamfered, rectan-

gular-filleted, hexagonal, and octagonal shape (requ. for TDOT) Improved issues for TDOT drawings


Solved issues for TNDOT drawings Improved Live Load macro for AASHTO

Improved weight calculation for load type FSY Fixed numbering of segments in Modeler


Improvements for wizard geometry calculation for precast girders and ChineseHighway code.

Improved geometry calculation for ILM pre-processor for composite bridges. New master types for substructure in RM Draw Manager (TNDOT project)

3.20 RM Bridge V8i (SELECTseries 1) 08.09.76.05 Minor changes


Fixed issues for TNDOT drawing generation for superstructure. Getting started documentation renamed – is now available


If multiply with width/height is selected as load option for load types QL/QG withFEM elements, load is applied as distributed load, else as concentrated line load. More accurate calculation of geometric load position for influence line calculation

with FEM Improved C&S calculation with FEM Improved tendon stressing calculation with FEM Improved slave part input in Modeler cross section Rigid connections can be created in series of parts on both sides Added JTG loading in wizards






Plot file viewer description for German localisation available in the main menuHelp/Hilfe.


License type for “Academic” usage is supported. The output files will be water

marked as “BENTLEY ACADEMIC LICENSE” with this type of license. The “Commercial” license type is working without restrictions.

RM/3D Graphics: The constraint DOF of springs will be drawn, if element labellinghas been set off (3D view dialogue). Meaning: Red-Green-Blue = Loc. X-Y-Z direc-tion of spring.

RM/Live Load: Train with 2 constant Q-loads and constant distance between themimplemented. TCL Example of input sequence:

LTRAIN 200

FMINMAX 1 1 INFO "2 x Q with constant length"

EPS 1e-12 1e-12 1e-12 1e-12 1e-12 1e-12 1e-7 1e-7 1e-7 1e-7 1e-7 1e-7

FACT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

ITEM -50 0 20 0 0 FFIX

ITEM 0 0 2 0 0 FFIX

ITEM -80 0 10 0 0 FFIX ITEM 0 0 0 FREELENGTH FFIX

LTRAIN END

RM/Load types: Primary results were not considered for "DEMO" of springs. RM/Shear Check LRFD2007 implemented RM/Standards: Change EHE default time function from CEB90 to EN1992 Module “Eigen” stored incorrect results to mode-shape load cases if calculation op-

tion “Large displacements” is selected.


Improvement for TNDOT project. Select License “address” field is now available in plot files. Rolling stock: Company and address licensing print out corrected.


Extensions for RM Draw Manager (TNDOT project). For project data issue see also Error! Reference source not found.


SELECT licensing improved for checked out licenses.







Windows 7 operating system support added Project Wise V8i( SELECTseries 1) support added The SELECT License configuration recognizes the also checked out licenses, when

using the <AutoModule> option button in the configuration dialogue.



RM Bridge RM Br idge V8i Release history archive



4 RM Bridge V8i Release history archive

That’s the history archive of the release notes for RM Bridge V8i up to the end of De-cember 2009.

For newer changes after December 2009 for the RM Bridge V8i (SELECTseries 1) seethe release notes of the main release.

4.1 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.72.02

Minor changes.

4.2 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.72.01

RM/Analysis: 2D trains can be calculated on 1D lanes. A warning is output. RM/Analysis: Creep&Shrinkage calculation revised. RM/Analysis: New load types DGB, DGE, DLB, DLE have been introduced to re-

place the erroneous VGA, VGE, VLA, VLE in rare situations. The existing (nowobsolete) keys are still supported for compatibility.

4.3 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.71.01

Minor changes

4.4 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.70.02

RM/Wizards Improvements Select License access improved

4.5 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.69.02

RM/Wizards Improvements

4.6 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.69.01

SELECT license configuration and activation improvedo Enhanced support for the SELECT Activation for Windows Vista and 2008o Configuration dialogue resizing updated for small resolutiono Automatically restart of application is now supported.

RM/Wizards: A comfortable tool for standardized bridge types is available. Pleasesee chapter Error! Reference source not found. for details.

http://tdvserver/document/ProgDoc/RMV8i.dev/Doc/relnotes.pdf









4.7 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.68.01

RM/Analysis: Displacements of previous stages are considered if calculation op-tions "Accumulate stiffness" and "Large displacements are combined. RM/Drawing Manager: Master to insert bitmaps in output files added. Navigator

might not display them correctly, depending on version, MicroStation V8i works Project Wise client access improved and manual added. SELECT licensing activation and configuration improved Detailed documentation for important installation, Licensing and Product support

questions ( FAQ’s) added.

4.8 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.67.03

RM/Analysis: Module “ElemK” can be applied to beams with cross section values,cables, static springs, compression only and tension only springs.

4.9 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.67.02

RM/Modeler: In the cross section graphic at segment points a status row is displayed at the top for additional information (number of boundaries, error messages).

RM/Analysis, Cables: In RM2006 the recalculation option "Large displacements"also activates large displacement calculation for cable elements. In RMV8i, largedisplacement calculation for cable elements depends on the recalculation option

"Stay cable nonlinear". RM/Analysis, Structure check: Attribute sets used for reinforcement are checked for

valid materials.

4.10 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.67.01

RM/Analysis: P-Delta effect can be switched off for an element in Structure > Ele-ments > Checks, even if P-Delta is switched on as global recalculation option

4.11 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.66.03

RM/Modeler: Segmentation calculation revised. RM/Analysis: Calculation for non-linear material revised. RM/RMCAST: Improved and extended input facilities for survey

4.12 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.66.01

RM/Modeler: Material selection revised.






4.13 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.65.02

RM/Analysis: Revised Swedish materials.

4.14 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.65.01

RM/Modeller: Parts may be input with gaps in numbering; automatic re-numberingwill not be done.

RM/Modeller: If any node number used at different position (warning will be outputas before), the related element positions are untouched because additional eccentriclengths will be set).

RM/Modeller: The log list may be saved to ASCII file. RM/Analysis: New load types partial, trapezoidal and triangular and tendon pre-

stressing implemented for FEM.

4.15 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.63.01

RM/Modeller: Plan and elevation view improved. RM/Drawing Manager: Frame files that have multiple drawing areas (views), and

draw the content of multiple masters in these areas. RM/Analysis: Up to 64 slave parts/units in cross sections (FEM).

4.16 RM Bridge V8i 08.09.60.04 – first release

Both we have integrated the RM Software in the Bentley Software and we have mademany improvements in RM itself. Our intension was to extend the functionality and toimprove the comfort. The connection to Bentley Microstation, Projectwise and otherBentley products increases the power of RM a lot.

Please see also in RM Bridge V8i news for a detailed description of the news in the V8i version.

Find a short description for the main changes and updates:

RM/Modeller: GP is now part of RM and has to be used from RM. The GP databaseis positioned in the same directory as the RM database.

RM/Cross: New Administration of cross section catalogue RM/Cross: Preview for catalogue cross sections RM/Modeller: The calculation and export of the GP model has been re-organised in

a analogous way to RM calculation (“Recalc” button) RM/RSTOCK: The fast rolling stock program is part of RM and can be chosen in

the RM menu “Extras”.

http://tdvserver/document/ProgDoc/RMV8i.dev/Doc/RMBridgeE_V8i_NEWS.pdf









RM/Cantilever: The program is part of RM and can be chosen in the RM menu“Bridge Modeller”

RM/LandXML: Road planning data and DTM can be imported RM/Graphics: Additional output formats (DGN, DWG, 3D-PDF) RM/Draw manager: Powerful generation of DGN/DWG drawings with direct con-

nection for Bentley Projectwise Navigator RM/Data Exchange: Access to Bentley Projectwise Server

RM/LiveLoad: Option “Improved Live Load Calculation” is always on. RM/LiveLoad: 2D influence line calculation RM/Cross section: Higher precision on calculation of shear stresses for composite RM/Tendon points: The constraints for the 2 angles are treated separately.

RM/Tendon stressing/grouting: Extended system checks for activation

4.17 RM2006 Versions < 9.59

We’d like to reference to the release notes of the latest RM2006 version 9.59.xx.

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