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This dialog is available from the Model > Bridge modelling > Optimise path loading menu command. This allows the user to generate a series of static bridge loads, based on the results of an influence analysis and the data in the path loading module. For each node influence effect, beam influence effect and each entry in the Path loading table, two groups of Static bridge loads are generated, to give the most positive and most negative effect (force/displacement/reaction). Each of these groups can then be used to generate a load case comprising grid point loads using the Expand bridge loading tool.

Paths define traffic lines along a bridge related to the alignments. These can be for trains, road vehicle or pedestrians. Different path types are used for the different ways of using the tools available for bridge loading described in Step-by-Step guide to Bridge Loading.