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    Build Your Design Process Once: NSBA Splice Design with M‑Connector

    M-Connector lets the spreadsheets your firm already uses pull results straight from your MIDAS model. Set it up once, use it on any project, and keep working without reopening the model. We'll build it live on the NSBA splice design sheet.

    Date
    Oct 14, 2026Wednesday
    Time
    1:00 – 2:00 PM EST10:00 – 11:00 AM PST
    Credit
    1 PDHLive attendance required
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    Session Overview

    Every design firm has spreadsheets it trusts and a process built around them. The trouble starts at the model. Each new project means setting up the transfer again, and each revision sends the designer back to whoever has the model open.

    M-Connector changes that. It lets your firm set up once how results from the model get into a spreadsheet, so the same setup works on any project. The sheet gets its results without an open analysis session, so MIDAS doesn't need to be running for the designer to keep going.

    We'll demonstrate it with the NSBA splice design sheet: what each check represents, how it connects to the model, and how the same setup carries over to a different bridge. The approach applies to any calculation your team currently handles in a spreadsheet.

    One setup your whole team can use. Splice design is the worked example. The same approach works for any calculation your firm already does in a spreadsheet. Set it up once, and every project and every engineer starts from the same connected sheet.

    From model to design sheet, in three steps

    Shown on NSBA splice design. The same steps apply to any spreadsheet your team uses.

    Workflow from the MIDAS Civil NX model through M-Connector into the NSBA splice design sheet Step 1

    Set it up once

    Decide which results the sheet needs from the model and connect them to the sheet inputs one time.

    Beam force results in MIDAS Civil NX extracted into Excel through the M-Connector panel Step 2

    Reuse it on any project

    Set the result parameters once. The same information is needed at each location on every bridge, so the setup carries over.

    M-Connector Import All refreshing model data in Excel, feeding the NSBA Bolted Splice Designer design result summary Step 3

    Work without opening MIDAS

    The sheet stays connected to the model, so designers run checks and revisions without waiting for someone to reopen it.

    Learning Objectives

    Working through the NSBA splice design sheet, you'll be able to:

    • Identify what a splice design needs as inputGirder section properties, the unfactored loads at the splice location, deck properties, and the bolt and plate properties.
    • Explain how the design forces are built upHow dead, superimposed dead, future wearing surface, and live load effects at the splice combine into the moment and shear the splice must resist.
    • Describe how flange and web splices share the loadWhy the flange plates and the web plates are designed and checked separately, and how the forces are divided between them.
    • Determine the bolt arrangementHow the bolt count, rows, gage, pitch, and edge distance are set for each flange and the web, and when a bolt count override applies.
    • Interpret the design checksWhat the bolt and splice plate checks mean, what controls each one, and what a failed check tells you to change.
    • Read the design result summaryReading the bolt arrangement, splice plate dimensions, and filler plate dimensions, and judging whether the splice is acceptable.

    Key Features

    M-Connector links MIDAS models to the spreadsheets your firm already trusts, so you set it up once and reuse it instead of starting over on every project.

    Your own spreadsheets

    Connect the sheets your firm already trusts instead of replacing them. NSBA splice design is the example; the method applies to any spreadsheet.

    Set up once, reuse everywhere

    The same information is needed at different locations on every bridge, so the setup carries over. No rebuilding the connection when a new project starts.

    Connected to the model

    Results come straight from the model into the sheet, so the sheet keeps working with MIDAS closed.

    No waiting on the model

    Analysts and designers can work at the same time. Revisions don't wait for someone to reopen the model.

    Presented By

    Adrija Dhananjayan

    Adrija Dhananjayan

    Technical Engineer, MIDAS

    Adrija is a structural engineer with around 8 years of experience in bridge engineering. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut and a Master’s degree in Structural Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. Her work covers the analysis, design, and evaluation of bridges, with a focus on steel composite and prestressed concrete (PSC) bridge systems. At MIDASoft, she works closely with users worldwide, providing technical guidance and sharing her practical experience in bridge engineering.

    Event Agenda

    50 minutes of presentation and live demo, then 10 minutes of open Q&A. Times are in EST.

    1. 1:00 – 1:05 PM 5 min Why every project rebuilds the same model-to-spreadsheet processThe setup repeated on each bridge, and the wait on the model for every revision.
    2. 1:05 – 1:30 PM 25 min The NSBA splice design sheetA walkthrough of the inputs, design checks, and calculations, and how each result is reached.
    3. 1:30 – 1:50 PM 20 min Connecting the sheet to the model, then reusing itSet up the connection once, then use it on a different bridge and a second type of spreadsheet, to show the process isn't specific to splice design.
    4. 1:50 – 2:00 PM 10 min Live Q&ABring your questions, including whether it can work with your own sheets. Questions submitted during registration go first.

    Save Your Seat

    Learn how to set up your MIDAS models and your firm's spreadsheets to work together on every project, starting with NSBA splice design.