Form: Show Lane, Lane Loading Point Connection
Use the Home > Display > Show Lanes command to display the Show Lane form and view the lane centerline or the lane width. In addition, the Show Lane form may be used to display the lane loading points used by the program in a moving load load case and the connections of the lane loading points to the joints in the analysis model.
Define a lane.
Click the Home > Display > Show Lanes command to display the Show Lane form.
Click on the lane name in the Select Lanes to Show display area to select the lane for which the lane centerline or width and the loading along the centerline or width are to be shown.
Choose a Lane Display Option.
Show Centerline Only option. CSiBridge will display the loading points along the centerline of the bridge span only.
Show Lane Width option. CSiBridge will display the loading points for the bridge span along the width of the lane.
Choose a Lane Loading Points option.
Do Not Show option. This is the default. When this option is chosen, no lane loading points will be shown. Only the lane center line or lane width will be shown, depending on the selection made for the Lane Display Option.
Show Points Only option. When this option is chosen, the Lane Loading Point Connection form displays. That form has various control options that can be used to select a particular location along the lane (Station Number and Station Distance drop-down lists) and across the lane (Ordinate Number and Ordinate Distance drop-down lists). Click the Next Point or Previous Point buttons to step across the bridge span. Use the Show Structural Connection for Selected Point button to show the connection of the considered lane loading point to the joints in the analysis model. Click the Clear Conn. Display button to remove the display of the connections of the loading points to the joints.
Show Points and All Connections option. When this option is chosen, CSiBridge will display the lane and the connection of each lane loading point to the joints in the analysis model.
When the Show Lane in All Windows check box is checked, the selected view will be shown in all available windows.