> The Bridge Designer is a free educational software package designed
> to provide middle-school and high-school students with a realistic
> introduction to engineering through the design of a highway truss
> bridge. The winner of two major national awards for educational
> software development, the Bridge Designer has the ?look and feel? of
> the computer-aided design (CAD) packages used by practicing
> engineers but is much easier to use.
>
> ? [From Bridge Designer's website][1]
1st download \- West Point Bridge Designer 2011
2nd download \- West Point Bridge Designer 2012
3rd download \- West Point Bridge Designer 2013
4th download \- West Point Bridge Designer 2014
Bridge Designer versions 2015 and 2016 (both require 10.7.3 or newer)
can be downloaded from the program's own [SourceForge page.][2] These
versions will be uploaded in 2025 and 2026, respectively.
Compatibility
Architecture: x86 (Intel:Mac) x64 (Intel:Mac)
Intel only (also runs on ARM Macs)
WPBD 2011-2014 requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or higher (works on 10.15 and
later, but it has glitches)
[1]:
https://bridgedesigner.org/
[2]:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/wpbdc/files/Current%20Release/jre/