New Viewer

For mat foundations, in the event that the analysis of the finite element model of the mat fails, a file containing the potential cause of the failure will be displayed in a Viewer.

Progress Report

The information displayed in the design progress report window can now be saved to a plain text file. Right-click anywhere on the Design Progress Report tab and select Save Output to File from the pop-up menu.

In the event that a large number of footings are designed for a large number of load cases, this will enable you to search through and locate any design failures quickly.

PROCESSING NODE NUMBER 1
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STARTING SERVICEABILITY CHECK
PROCESSING LOAD CASE 110
PROCESSING LOAD CASE 110 FOR SLIDING/OVERTURNING 
PROCESSING LOAD CASE 110 FOR CORNER PRESSURE
STARTING DESIGN PHASE
PROCESSING LOAD CASE 110 FOR ULTIMATE DESIGN
PROCESSING NODE NUMBER 4
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STARTING SERVICEABILITY CHECK
PROCESSING LOAD CASE 110
PROCESSING LOAD CASE 110 FOR SLIDING/OVERTURNING 
PROCESSING LOAD CASE 110 FOR CORNER PRESSURE
STARTING DESIGN PHASE
PROCESSING LOAD CASE 110 FOR ULTIMATE DESIGN

Miscellaneous Enhancements

A number of improvements have been made in the program in areas such as handling of input, removal of defects in calculations for some of the foundation modules, display of output, printing, drawing generation, stability related aspects that resulted in crashes or caused the program to freeze, extensive time taken for analysis of certain modules, etc. For details, see the Revision History page.

Updated Examples

New examples have been added for modules such as isolated footings, vessel foundations, etc. These can be accessed from the program Start Page.

They can also be found in the folder C:\Users\Public\Documents\STAAD Foundation Advanced\Examples.

A duplicate copy of all examples is also available in examples_package.zip which can be found in the program's installation folder.