Tendon Quick Start Form

Use the Tendon Quick Start form to specify the vertical or horizontal tendon layout using template alignments.

Select an option by clicking on it.
Click the OK button.
- If a "Straight Tendon" option has been selected, the Bridge Tendon Data form will redisplay with the selected option transferred automatically to it.
- If a "Parabolic Tendon" option has been selected, the Define Parabolic Tendon {Horizontal, Vertical} Layout By Points form will display with the data for the selected option transferred automatically to the spreadsheet area of the form. Click the Quick Start button on the form to view the alignment in the display area on the form.
Choose a Span Definition for Quick Start option:
- Spans Start and End at Abutments and Bents Only option. The selected tendon layout spans between the abutments and any bents only, disregarding any bridge segments that may have been defined using stations on the Bridge Object Data form.
- Spans Are as Defined for Bridge Object option. The selected tendon layout spans each segment that has been defined using the Bridge Object Data form.

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Access the Tendon Quick Start form as follows:

Click the Bridge > Bridge Objects > Prestress Tendons command or on the Bridge Wizard select the Prestress Tendons item in the Bridge Object Assignments area and click the Assign/Show Tendons button.
When the Assign Prestress Tendons form displays, click the Add New Tendon button, or highlight a previously defined tendon in the Tendon display area and click the Add Copy of Tendon or Modify/Show Tendon button, to display the Bridge Tendon Data form.
Click the Quick Start button in the Vertical Layout or Horizontal Layout areas of the form.

Alternatively, the following approach can be used if the form is being used when the Bridge Object is being defined or reviewed.

Click the Bridge > Bridge Objects > Expand arrow command or select the Bridge Object Definition item and click the Define/Show Bridge Objects button on the Bridge Wizard to display the Define Bridge Objects form. At least a layout line and a bridge deck section must be defined for this command to be available.
- Alternatively, bypass the Define Bridge Objects form by clicking the Bridge > Bridge Objects> New command and go directly to the Bridge Object Data form identified in the next step.
Click the Add New Bridge Object button, or highlight an existing definition and click the Add Copy of Bridge Object or Modify/Show Bridge Object buttons to display the Bridge Object Data form.
In the Modify/Show Assignments display list, highlight the Prestress Tendon item and click the Modify/Show button to display the Assign Prestress Tendon form.
- Alternatively, on the Bridge Wizard select the Prestress Tendons item in the Bridge Object Assignments area and click the Assign/Show Tendons button to access the Assign Prestress Tendons form.
Click the Add New Tendon button or highlight an existing tendon definition and click the Add Copy of Tendon or Modify/Show Tendon button to display the Bridge Tendon Data form.
Click the Quick Start button in the Vertical Layout or Horizontal Layout areas of the form to display the Tendon Quick Start form for specifying the vertical or horizontal tendon layout, respectively.