Oct 11, 2006 #1 CROWN06 Structural Apr 19, 2006 32 I am looking for some feedback as to which software is good for bridge analysis and design while working in CANADA
I am looking for some feedback as to which software is good for bridge analysis and design while working in CANADA
Oct 12, 2006 #2 Bagman2524 Structural Jul 14, 2005 706 STAAD Pro by Bentley has a pretty comprehensive set of engineering software. Upvote 0 Downvote
Oct 12, 2006 #3 cooperDBM Structural Aug 29, 2005 229 I've used CANBAS (formerly OMBAS) published by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. It supports the CHBDC, S6-00. See http://www.itegroup.ca/OMBAS.htm. It's expensive and can have a long learning curve if you try to diverge from the standard bridge models supported by the GUI. It's not very polished though with practice the standard models can be analysed very quickly. You can also look at Safi (http://www.safi.com) and VisualDesign (http://www.civild.com). I don't have any experience with them but they do support the CHBDC. Upvote 0 Downvote
I've used CANBAS (formerly OMBAS) published by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. It supports the CHBDC, S6-00. See http://www.itegroup.ca/OMBAS.htm. It's expensive and can have a long learning curve if you try to diverge from the standard bridge models supported by the GUI. It's not very polished though with practice the standard models can be analysed very quickly. You can also look at Safi (http://www.safi.com) and VisualDesign (http://www.civild.com). I don't have any experience with them but they do support the CHBDC.
