Design Quicker, Safer and more Economically
Our products provide interactive tools that help engineers to be more creative, save time and ultimately create more economical and safer structures. Our products are offered in a combination of software licenses and web-supported services, to allow smaller firms access to this sophisticated technology at a fraction of the cost of other methods.

IDS Software Salient Features
IDS software enables engineers to be more creative, in a shorter amount of time than traditional methods. Interactive design software provides an environment that promotes creativity and engineering productivity in the following ways:

These features are implemented in IDS software applications through the following technologies:

The bottom line is a judicious balance of time saving, design refinement and design/cost optimization. Using IDS software, a team of experienced and junior engineers will rapidly converge on an optimal design in a fraction of time needed with existing tools.

Technical Features
2D and 3D Models
2D and 3D Analysis
Time-Dependent Analysis
No size limitations

Products Architecture
Windows native
Client Server implementation
Component based
Internet ready

User Interface
Windows look and feel
Graphical display of analysis and design parameters
Follows Microsoft guidelines – Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP Logo
Interactive context sensitive Help
Component based client
Server based database – Integration with MS-BackOffice (MSDE)

If you design:
Pre-Cast - Cast-In place Concrete Box Girder Bridges
Spliced-Girder Bridges – Bulb-Tees made continuous
Steel-Concrete Composite Cable-Stayed Bridges

Designing these types of structures requires:

But to create an optimized structure, you also need this:

     
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And you can have it too, by using the best Bridge Design & Analysis software for Concrete and Steel Bridge Structures:

Need to check Bridge behavior, stability and serviceability under AASHTO - LRFD as well as other codes?
Use Bridge Designer II (BD2) Service 2000 Module (or BS5400 Module for British Standards). It will enable you to design very complex structures under the most demanding codes – and still enjoy your weekends.

    
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Interactive Design Systems has developed software for concrete bridge design and analysis for many years.
Our mission is to provide solution tools for Bridge Engineers and Designers who need sophisticated analysis for complex concrete structures. The company's philosophy is to develop products that provide an outstanding combination of functionality and ease-of-use at affordable prices.

BRIDGE DESIGNER II – TIME DEPENDENT ANALYSIS
BD2 uses a basic 2D Matrix Structural Analysis methodology combined with material time-dependent properties to carry out a simulation of the construction process. During this user-driven simulation, all stresses and displacements are checked for all construction phases and over time. Our users have powerful tools to investigate multiple design alternatives – a key component to a creative engineering design process.

Our Service 2000 Module was developed to check bridge structures under different service codes. It provides a flexible user defined live load generator, as well as a service code definition language (macro instructions). This user-driven environment lets you use the US AASHTO code as well as redefine service codes as complex as the British Standards 5400 or the up and coming LRFD code for the United States.

WINDOWS BASED USER INTERFACE
Using analysis software should not be a difficult task. Our software engineering guidelines dictate that the program interface be user centric. Microsoft guidelines demand that new Windows based applications be document centric. At IDS we strive to engineer state-of-the-art software that meets users’ expectations as well as provide a standard operating environment

BD2GUI – BRIDGE DESIGNER’S NEW GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
Bridge Designer lets you design and analyze a complete Bridge Model under construction and Service. Once this model is created in the Database (RDMS), it becomes accessible for display in the Bridge Designer II Graphical User Interface (BD2GUI). The Designer may display graphical representations of the structural components, as well as construction results, live-load envelopes and Service stress check.

BD3 – A NEW PARADIGM
When the geometric complexity of the project dictates a three-dimensional approach, IDS provides the BD3 Environment for Bridge Design. The Windows based modules allow creation and analysis of three-dimensional models that include graphical definition of 3D Post-Tensioning Layout as well as full 3D Analysis of a structure under construction and in Service.

BD3/BD3GUI – 3D MODELING with 3D POST-TENSIONING LAYOUT
BD3 is a three-dimensional environment that stimulates engineering judgment and creativity – From the Cross Section properties to the 3-Dimensional Bridge Model, Post-Tensioning Layout an Construction Simulation – the modules provide and interactive graphic user interface based on the Windows GDI and OpenGL 3D Graphics.

MC3D GEOMETRY CONTROL
MC3D - Match-Cast 3D - Version 1.0 is a geometry control program that automates and improves control of casting concrete segments with the short-cell casting methodology. In the short cell method, each segment is cast, and subsequently moved into “match-cast” position before pouring the next segment. Placement of the match-cast segment is of primary concern to accommodate the geometry. In this process a 3-D curve along the box centerline must be followed accurately to accommodate both horizontal and vertical alignments.