The AASHTOWare Bridge Design and Rating 7.6.0 Release distribution has been completed. The distribution was processed based on the information the organization provides when the software is licensed. The 7.6.0 release download package, with Bridge Design (BrD), Bridge Rating (BrR), or the combined Bridge Design and Rating (BrDR), was distributed to the organization’s shipping and end-user designee.
The 7.6.0 release adds the following capabilities and features:
Click on the links below to directly access the learning resources and tutorials posted on the AASHTOWare BrDR Technical Support website’s Training page at https://aashtowarebrdr.org/bridge-rating-and-design/training/.
- AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications updates (10th Edition)
(Open 3D FEM Analysis Tutorial | Axial Rigidity Coefficient Example PDF file)
(Open Steel Tutorial | STL16 – LRFD 10th Edition Spec Update – Lateral Torsional | Buckling Example PDF file) - AASHTO Manual for Bridge Evaluation updates (3rd Edition, 2024 Interim Revisions)
(Open Feature Tutorial | MBE 2024 Spec Interim Update – Permit Rating Example PDF file)
(Open Truss Tutorial | Truss Gusset Plate Example PDF file) - New LRFR control option for compact web section Cb calculation using AISC Article F1 commentary
- New Bridge Workspace windows for entering points of interest along the webs of standard and advanced concrete multi-cell box superstructures
- Analysis Results Comparison (ARC) Tool Usability Improvements
(Open Feature Tutorial | Analysis Results Comparison (ARC) Tool 2.0 Tutorial PDF file) - Top voted RADBUG enhancements
- BSSD-1852 Automatically Calculate Flange Effective Width
- BSSD-2782 Saved Print Settings in BrDR
- BSSD-2828 Bottom Flange Lateral Support Location
- BSSD-3289 Bent Reinforcement Bar for RC Culvert Slabs and Walls (Open Culvert Tutorial | CVT1 – Two RC Box Culvert Example (and Culvert Design Tool) PDF file)
- BSSD-3454 Enhance Rating Tool API Scenarios Functionality (Open Load Rating Tool Tutorial | LRT1 – Load Rating Tool Example PDF file)
- BSSD-3707 Steel Cover Plate Development Length
- BrDR development migration to the .NET 8 software development platform
- 182 resolved BSSD issues
Special Notes:
- 7.6.0 comes with SQL Server 2022 Express. You do not need to uninstall SQL Server 2019 prior to installing 7.6.0
- Technical Note 82: Negative Zero Reported in Certain Scenarios – With the upgrade to .NET 8.0, floating point values may display as -0.0 instead of 0.0 in version 7.6 and onwards due to changes in the IEEE standard. This affects BrDR, BrD, BrR, PSDT, SDT and ARC Tool (included with BrDR/BrD/BrR). Future releases will update these applications to display negative zero values as 0.0. See Technical Note 82 (Negative Zero Reported in Certain Scenarios) for more information.
Please direct any questions to AASHTOWare Bridge Design and Rating Technical Support at BrDR@promiles.com.