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LARS Engine for Virtis Update VOBUG 2010 Nashville, TN Ronald A. Love, PE. 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
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LARS Engine for Virtis UpdateVOBUG 2010 Nashville, TNRonald A. Love, PE
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
What’s new? • BridgeKey and BridgeModeler/LARS name change…
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
LARS – Virtis Interfaces BRIDGEWare AASHTOWare Virtis AASHTO & BRASS engines LARS Connector LARS Bridge Models LARS Manager and RouteRunner LARS Bridge
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.
LARS Workflow with Virtis BRIDGEWare AASHTOWare Virtis AASHTO & BRASS engines LARS-Virtis Engine LARS Connector LARS Customization Settings LARS Bridge
LARS Workflow – LARS-Virtis Engine BRIDGEWare AASHTOWare Virtis LARS-Virtis engine registered with Virtis via SQL script AASHTO & BRASS engines LARS-Virtis Engine LARS-Ctl LARS-Anal LARSAnalysis.ocx LARSNew.ocx LARS Connector LARS Customization Settings LARS Bridge Bkproc.dll These are standard install components These are new install components
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
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
LARS – Virtis Interfaces BRIDGEWare AASHTOWare Virtis AASHTO & BRASS engines LARS Manager and RouteRunner LARS Connector LARS Bridge Models LARS Bridge
LARS Bridge Workflow BRIDGEWare AASHTOWare Virtis AASHTO & BRASS engines Connector LARS Bridge Engine LARS Bridge LARS Customization Settings
LARS Bridge Workflow – Virtis engine BRIDGEWare AASHTOWare Virtis LARS-Virtis engine registered with Virtis via SQL script AASHTO & BRASS engines LARS Bridge Engine LARS Connector LARS-Ctl LARS-Anal LARSAnalysis.ocx LARSNew.ocx LARS Bridge LARS Customization Settings Bkproc.dll These are standard install components These are new install components