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VOBUG 2010 Nashville, TN

Ronald A. Love, PE

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Topics

• Introductions

• What’s new with LARS Bridge (formerly BridgeModeler/LARS)

• Brief history of Virtis enabled products

• LARS Bridge engine for Virtis overview (LARS-Virtis Engine)

• LARS-Virtis Engine demo

• LARS-Virtis Engine status

• Summary

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What’s new?

• BridgeKey and BridgeModeler/LARS name change…

Old Name New Name

BridgeModeler/LARS LARS Bridge

BridgeKey Data Connector LARS Connector

BridgeKey Data Manager LARS Manager

BridgeKey RouteRunner LARS RouteRunner

BridgeKey Complex Truss LARS Complex Truss

BridgeKey DataChecker LARS Checker

LARS-Virtis Engine (TBD)

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Brief History of Virtis Development

• LARS Connector– Began in 2002– Extracts bridge models from

Virtis including SDL– Provides ability to process

bridges external to Virtis• LARS Bridge• LARS RouteRunner• SUPERLOAD

• LARS Manager– Verify time stamp– Keep extracted data

synchronized with Virtis

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LARS – Virtis Interfaces

AASHTOWareVirtis

BRIDGEWareAASHTO & BRASS

engines

LARS Bridge Models

LARS Connector

LARSManager

andRouteRunner

LARS Bridge

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LARS-Virtis Engine

• Allows the LARS general purpose engine to be used inside Virtis.

• Provides rating results directly to the Virtis GUI

• Provides all standard LARS reports via Virtis GUI

• Provides value as another engine that works with Virtis (result comparison)

• Provides result consistency for SUPERLOAD users.

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LARS Workflow with Virtis

AASHTOWareVirtis

BRIDGEWare

LARS-Virtis Engine

AASHTO & BRASS engines

LARS Customization

Settings

LARS Connector

LARS Bridge

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LARS Workflow – LARS-Virtis Engine

AASHTOWareVirtis BRIDGEWare

LARS-Anal

AASHTO & BRASS engines

Bkproc.dll

LARS-Virtis engine registered with Virtis via SQL script

LARS-Ctl

LARS Customization

Settings These are standard install components

These are new install components

LARS-Virtis Engine

LARSAnalysis.ocx

LARSNew.ocx

LARS Connector

LARS Bridge

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LARS-Virtis Engine Install

• Virtis DB registration SQL – install and run against Virtis DB. Need to decide how

to do this…

• LARS Analysis OCX

• LARS Customization OCX

• LARS Bridge/Connector wrapper process (bkproc.dll)

• Register both OCX’s on the user’s machine

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Demonstration

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LARS-Virtis Engine Summary

• Complete basic export module implementation

• Complete engine settings implementation

• Complete LRFR export engine implementation

• Complete additional reporting needs (Virtis Analysis Results window)

• Finalize warning/error reporting

• Internal testing

• Prepare beta test release (Sept.-Oct.)

• Actual release scheduled for Q4-2010

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Thank You!

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Old slides follow – disregard…

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LARS – Virtis Interfaces

AASHTOWareVirtis

BRIDGEWare

LARSBridge

LARSManager

andRouteRunner

LARS Connector

AASHTO & BRASS engines

LARS Bridge Models

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LARS Bridge Workflow

AASHTOWareVirtis

BRIDGEWare

LARS Bridge

ConnectorLARS Bridge Engine

AASHTO & BRASS engines

LARS Customization

Settings

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LARS Bridge Workflow – Virtis engine

AASHTOWareVirtis BRIDGEWare

LARS Bridge

LARS Connector

LARS-Anal

AASHTO & BRASS engines

Bkproc.dll

LARS-Virtis engine registered with Virtis via SQL script

LARS-Ctl

LARS Customization

Settings These are standard install components

These are new install components

LARS Bridge Engine

LARSAnalysis.ocx

LARSNew.ocx