487604 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The contents
panel in the Editor has been updated to display load cases which do include any
loading. |
487617 |
Documentation and Printing - The guidance notes in
the Help Home>Design>D. Concrete Design> D. Advanced Concrete Design> D. To
create a slab definition, has been updated to clarify the limit of 10 openings
per slab are supported. |
487622 |
Analytical Workflow - The method used to import data
from a DXF file has been updated to improve handling models which have origins
at a significant distance from that of the model. Now the DXF data will be
located such that the first point in the datafile will be located at the STAAD
model origin. |
487626 |
Generic GUI Updates - The display of custom defined
supports has been updated to display better when the SET Z UP option has been
specified. |
487641 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The steel design routine
used with the Norwegian N-004 member design has been updated to allow the use
of either specifying an effective length and/or factor for either local axis.
Previously, if the length LY or LZ was specified, then that was taken to be the
effective length and the factor(s) KY and/or KZ would be ignored. Now, if both
are specified, the effective length is the combined value of one multiplied by
the other, e.g. KY*LY and KZ*LZ |
487647 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The method
used in the Section Wizard - Free Sketch module to report the location of the
centroid and shear centre has been updated . |
487650 |
Analytical Workflow - The GUI has been updated to
ensure that where a response spectrum has been defined with an older IBC 2012
spectrum definition, this was being saved in the STD file as a 2018 version of
the code. This has been rectified and is saved as 2012 if specified. |
487662 |
Documentation and Printing - The details of
supported profiles used in the Russian steel design codes, SP16.13330.2011 and
SP16.13330.2017 have been updated to include details of the pipes and tubes
from the GOST publications 10705, 10706, 8639 and 8645 |
487664 |
Documentation and Printing - The user documentation
section TR.20.1 Assigning Properties form Steel Tables has been updated to
include the details of the US Steel Joist Section specifications. Note that
these are non-structural members, i.e. do not provide stiffness in the
analysis, but used for distributing load to their end nodes. |
487667 |
Documentation and Printing - The user documentation
topic Report Setup dialog in the Ribbon Control Reference>File Tab> Report Tab,
has been updated to include details of the option 'Report Details' which is
available in the Items sheet of the Report Setup dialog |
487670 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The routine that processes
the static seismic loading to IBC 2018 has been updated to address a previous
issue with structures on site class D as defined in clause 11.4.8 which was
being applied more generally. (This was previously published as a Known
Issue)
|
487684 |
Analytical Workflow - The generic timber material
definition has been updated to have the value of alpha to be set as 3.0e-6 per
degree centigrade. |
487695 |
Generic GUI Updates - The method that is used in the
GUI to display the list of profile databases in the 'Specifications' ribbon has
been updated to ensure that if a country is selected to display the list of
databases available, the list of countries does not get refreshed which
potentially could hide the selected country in the control. |
487702 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The IS800-2007 steel design
routine used for LSD and WSD designs on models defined with the SET Z-UP option
in that the designs were based on the forces being applied in the opposite
axes. Additionally, note that the section properties were also being inverted.
|
487734 |
Documentation and Printing - The User Report that is
produced for a steel design to the AISC 360-05 or AISC 360-10 codes has been
updated to address an issue which could cause the report to include multiple
copies of the output. |
487776 |
Generic GUI Updates - The AutoSave routine has been
updated to improve the user experience. Now the timer specified in the
Application Configuration settings to save the model is initiated after the
first change is detected. This means that a model that is opened and not
modified is not saved simply having it open and say just reviewing the results
of analysis. |
487780 |
Post Processing Workflow - The Member Query dialog
has been updated when displaying the results of members designed to the AISC
360-16 code. The Steel Design sheet has removed entries for CMY and CMZ which
are not appropriate for this code. |
487789 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that provides a way
to specify the equivalent static seismic load has been updated to ensure that
the values entered for the Turkish Seismic Code, match those that were entered.
The values of CT, PX and PZ were being incorrectly assigned. |
487803 |
Documentation and Printing - The user
documentation for the command SET , TR.5 Set Command Specification, has been
updated to provide more clarity on the various options and default values where
required. |
487820 |
Generic GUI Updates - The routine used to display
wide flange sections defined in a User Provided Table (UPT) in the main
structure window with the Structure Diagrams option set to 'Full Sections' or
'Section Outline' has been updated to ensure that the profile is displayed
centred on the member neutral axis. Additionally the 'Full Section' option has
improved the overall display of the section. |
487828 |
Generic GUI Updates - The method used by the GUI to
process an external UPT has been updated to handle files that have been defined
with non-ANSI encoding which is currently not supported. Previously attempting
to use such files would cause the application to crash. |
487863 |
Analytical Workflow - Rigid Floor Diaphragm
definitions include the option for setting the level (ordinate) of the base of
the structure. This previously had a limit such that this would need to be
either at 0.0 or above. Now the program supports a base defined with a negative
vertical ordinate. |
487866 |
Documentation and Printing - The user documentation
section TR.42 Print Specifications has been updated to include confirmation of
the option Print Physical Member Forces, i.e. the command PRINT PMEMBER
FORCES. |
487867 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The routine the is used to
generate output in the ANL file for PMEMEBRS, e.g. PRINT PMEMBER FORCE, has
been updated such that the list of analytical members that relate to each
PMEMBER is more easily identified. |
487887 |
Generic GUI Updates - The routine that processes the
profile points of a User Provided Table (UPT) of type General to display in a
3D view, has been updated to better handle models where multiple profiles have
been defined and assigned to the model. |
487890 |
Analytical Workflow - The User Table Manager dialog
has been updated to ensure that if a table has been defined from an external
file, then the shape type is reported against the table number. Previously, all
external tables were reported as type 'Wide Flange', although they would be
used as the shape type that they had been defined in the file. |
487898 |
Generic GUI Updates - The method used to assist in
selecting objects in the GUI has been updated to improve handling members which
are not exactly aligned with a global vertical axis. |
487919 |
Generic GUI Updates - The display of load
intensities from wind loading on double channels in open structures has been
updated to be consistent with the values utilised by the analysis engine.
|
487920 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The method
used to display the File menu for the Editor, Output Viewer and Macro Editor
has been updated so that it is located directly below the module rather than
spilling out to the left. |
487929 |
Generic GUI Updates - One of the restrictions that
is put on a model when the Editor is opened is that changes in the GUI are
prevented whilst any updates are first completed in the Editor. However, there
was a bypass to this action if the Editor was minimised. To prevent this
conflict, the action to prevent updating the model with the Editor open has
been extended to include when the Editor is minimised. |
487936 |
Post Processing Workflow - The 3D view of the
selected beam in the 3D Beam Stress Contour dialog displayed in the Beam Stress
layout has been updated to improve the rendering of a castellated beam. |
487939 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog sheet that is used
for defining a cable specification has been updated to ensure that if the
choice of 'Initial Tension' is set, then this is defined as one of the three
options of average, start or end. Previously, these were not exclusive options.
|
487943 |
Post Processing Workflow - The 2D section view of
the selected beam in the 3D Beam Stress Contour dialog has been updated to
account for the flange offsets when displaying the corner stresses. |
487952 |
Documentation and Printing - The IS 800:2007 steel
design user documentation section D8.A.2.3 Tension has been updated to remove
reference to an obsolete parameter DBS |
487968 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that is used to
define a equivalent static seismic load to the Indian IS 1893-2002/2005
includes an option to generate the data from a specified city or zone. However,
when feeding the data back to the application, this generator would mis-align
the optional values of Founding Depth (DT), Period in X (PX and Period in Z
(PZ) if specified. |
487979 |
Analytical Workflow - The analytical GUI has been
updated to support the option to use objects selected with the Physical Member
cursor, to be displayed when the function to 'View Selected Objects' is
used. |
487994 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine that is used to
display the loads on solid objects has been updated to align the arrow heads
used to indicate pressure loads on a surface of the solid such that it is
perpendicular to the surface. |
487996 |
Post Processing Workflow - The method used to
highlight nodes from the Summary sheet of the Node Displacements table has been
updated to ensure that only those listed in the table are highlighted on the
Structure view if the entire table is selected by clicking in its upper left
corner cell. |
488002 |
Generic GUI Updates - The actions performed by the
View icons, 'View Rotation Mode' and 'Fit in Current Window' have been updated
to perform more consistently. |
488026 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that can generate
the equivalent static seismic loading for the IS 1893-2016 code has been
updated to provide better display the Response Reduction Factor options which
previously were being truncated. |
488030 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine that processes the
parameters for the AISC ASD design code has been updated to ensure that the
WMAX parameter (used with the weld design option) is read from a file, that the
value is properly processed according to the current base unit. |
488031 |
Analytical Workflow - The tool used to create a
physical member from selected analytical beams, 'Form Member' has been updated
to address a tolerance issue and improve its ability to create members from
inclined parts. |
488041 |
Post Processing Workflow - The Design Results table
has been updated to ensure that when displaying the results for the New Zealand
NZS 3404 designs, the the critical load case is the id of the case specified as
the load case number, not the internal index. |
488044 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The
Intelisense provided in the Editor when entering unit commands has been updated
such that the term used for defining a length unit in feet is 'FE', and not
'FO' which was used previously. |
488050 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine that allows the
generation of structural objects, Translational Repeat', has been updated to
address an issue which would still create node loads if either option 'Geometry
Only' or 'Geometry and Property Only' was selected. |
488056 |
Analytical Workflow - The text used in the dialog
for regions and openings has been updated to only state 'Polygonal and
Circular', the text 'Openings' has been removed. Additionally the help topic
TR.14.1 Parametric Mesh Models has been updated to include the specific
requirements for regions and openings |
488076 |
Documentation and Printing - The user documentation
section in t the Design>D.Steel Design>D. Steel Connection Design >... D.Steel
Connection Design Codes and Connection Types has been updated to clarify that
for Wide flange sections that have been assigned a cover plate (top, bottom or
both, with the options: TC, BC, or TB), as a composite beam with the CM option,
or a double profile with the D option, they will be designed using the base
profile only. |
488084 |
Analytical Workflow - The User Table Manager dialog
has been updated to handle situations where tables are defined, but no profile
added. Now these tables will be removed when the dialog is closed. Empty user
tables will be reported as an error during analysis. |
488098 |
Post Processing Workflow - The method provided to
allow structural tooltips to be specified in the View Ribbon, has been updated
to ensure that the options selected in the Node>Displacements sets are retained
and used as per the selection. |
488099 |
Documentation and Printing - The routine used to
produce a User Report for models that include wind load cases has been updated
to ensure that the definition type is correctly referenced (previously the type
was always reported as 1). Additionally where the load was applied in the
negative direction, this is now properly labelled. |
488105 |
OpenSTAAD - The button to display details of the
OpenSTAAD documentation provided in the application backstage File>Help has
been updated to correct the link. |
488112 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine used to allow a
value to be entered with a specified unit in a profile definition in a User
Table, which is then converted to the unit of the user table, has been updated
to improve the conversions. Additionally better support for the use of exponent
values has been introduced. |
488115 |
Analytical Workflow - Groups that are created in the
GUI were sometimes being inserted into the STD data file incorrectly and not,
as outlined in the help section 'TR.16.1 Listing of Entitles by Specifying
Groups' such that they followed the geometry definitions, but before load
commands. This has been rectified. |
488149 |
Analytical Workflow - The GUI has been updated to
allow a time history load definition to be edited and saved with just a change
to either the 'Integration Time Step' or option to 'Consider Missing Mass
Mode'. |
488150 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The steel design routine
for ASCE 1997 has been updated to ensure that the output includes confirmation
as to the critical load case and the distance from the start of the member,
which previously was reported as a proportion of the length. Additionally,
members designed with this code, will now have the steel design summary sheet
in the Member Query dialog. |
488159 |
Documentation and Printing - The user documentation
topic TR.7.2 Page Length has been updated to confirm that the default page
length is 58 lines. |
488182 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The IS800:1984 design for
profiles defined as prismatic sections which use the dimensions of YB and ZB as
the values of the flange and web thickness, however, if YB is not defined, the
value of T (compression flange thickness) is taken as the depth of the section
(YD). |
488199 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The routine
that is used to manage data whilst the Editor is open has been updated to
prevent an issue which would cause the Structlink module or Connection Tag
module from causing the program to terminate if they were operated whilst the
Editor was open. |
488207 |
Generic GUI Updates - The display of variable
distributed loads has been updated to ensure that the arrow head is drawn even
when the value of the load reduces to zero at the end of the
definition. |
488210 |
Analysis/Design Engine - An issue has been addressed
in the design of a member to Eurocode if it has been included in a model but
follows a design to either the British BS5950-part 1 2000 or one of the
Japanese AIJ codes. If the design is of a wide flange member to BS5950-1, then
some data was not being fully reinitialised for the Eurocode design and could
result in an incorrect design. If the Eurocode design was for a deflection
check and preceded by an AIJ design for strength, then again, the Eurocode was
not fully reinitialised and would report that there was an issue with the
design. In both cases, if the designs were performed on separate runs, then the
issue would not arise. |
488221 |
OpenSTAAD - The user docuemtnation on the functions
View.SelectEntitiesConnectedToNode, View.SelectEntitiesConnectedToMember,
View.SelectEntitiesConnectedToPlate and View.SelectEntitiesConnectedToSolid
have been updated to clarify the value to be used for the entity type of the
reference object. |
488226 |
Post Processing Workflow - The 2D section view of
the selected beam in the 3D Beam Stress Contour dialog has been updated to
improve the location of the corner points at which the corner stresses are
reported on rectangular prismatic sections. |
488230 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The method
used in the Section Wizard - Free Sketch module to import a profile defined in
a DXF file has been updated to provide better support the different unit
systems available. |
488237 |
Generic GUI Updates - The display of web tapered
sections when the Structure Diagrams>3D Sections is set to Sections Outline,
has been updated to ensure that it is drawn in the correct location. |
488242 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The IS800:1984 design
routine has been updated to provide an option to set the values of cmy an/or
cmz when restraint to sidesway has been provided. This is indicated with the
parameters SSY and SSZ being set to 1. When these have been set, the value of
cmy and/or cmz previously would have always have been calculated even if the
parameters CMY or CMZ were specified. Now if these values are specified, they
will be used in the design whether or not sidesway restraint has been provided,
thus allowing for the provision outlined in clause 7.1.3(c) |
488245 |
Analytical Workflow - The static seismic loading
dialog has been updated to display the correct year for the Colombian generator
as NSR-98, and not NSR-95 as displayed previously. |
488246 |
Analytical Workflow - The Member Query dialog has
been updated to ensure that if a User Provided Table (UPT) section of type Wide
Flange is defined with different thickness upper and lower flanges, then this
information is displayed in the dialog box. |
488256 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The concrete design to
SP63.13330.2012 has been updated to ensure that the load case number is
reported instead of an internal reference which could lead to the load case -1
being reported. |
488274 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The IS800-1984 design
routine has been updated to correctly report when angle profiles defined in a
star arrangement are designed, that these are outside the scope of the design
and are not designed. |
488279 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The output of an angle
member designed to AISC 360-16 using a TRACK 2 setting to provide maximum
details includes a header section with the axis conversion. This has been
updated to clarify that the axes from the AISC publication for angle profiles
is U and V. (This was previously documented as a Known Issue)
|
488293 |
Documentation and Printing - Additional details have
been added to the user documentation on the time history graphs "Postprocessing
and Reports > P. Postprocessing Workflow > P. Dynamic Results > P. To display
time history graphs" to help explain the transform set to view in the frequency
domain. |
488300 |
Generic GUI Updates - The view function 'Fit in
Current Window' has been updated to perform more consistently as
expected. |
488315 |
Generic GUI Updates - Load values displayed in a
structure diagram which are derived from a repeat load command that is factored
have been updated to include the effect of the assigned repeat load
factor. |
488332 |
OpenSTAAD - The function used to obtain details of
uniform distributed load defined on a given member, i.e. Load.GetUDLLoads
BeamNo, DirectionArray, ForceArray, D1Array, D2Array, D3Array, has been updated
to correct the variables that were used to return the values of D1 and D3 were
inverted. |
488383 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine used to save a
model has been updated such that if the file includes a PRINT command which
does not include a member list or ALL command, then performing a save or save
as after a member has been deleted, would have previously removed that print
command. |
488389 |
Analytical Workflow - The Member Query dialog has
been updated to improve the display of section property values, of cold formed
Z section profiles, not obtained directly from the database such as IX, IY and
IZ. Note that these values are provided purely for information only and not
used in the analysis. |
488393 |
Analytical Workflow - The Specifications
dialog>Plate >Releases has been updated to allow a definition to be edited to
change the specification of the release. Previously this would display a
message saying:- 'This Specification does not take any value, so cannot be
edited'. |
488414 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The CONCRETE TAKE OFF
command associated with the Japanese concrete design AIJ code, has been updated
to correct a unit conversion such that it was previously grossly under
reporting the volume of concrete and rebar materials. |
488476 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The output produced from a
steel design which includes SELECT OPTIMIZED has been modified. When viewed in
the Output Viewer, codes that produce separate STEEL DESIGN blocks as indicated
in the Contents panel, then each occurrence provides a link to separate design
instances. However, previously, in some cases, each would provide a link to the
same design results. This has been rectified. Note that this update did not
make any change to the design results themselves. |
488481 |
Documentation and Printing - The user documentation
section for the Diagrams Dialog in the Ribbon Control Reference >View Tab, has
been updated to provide additional clarification on the option to 'Always Use
Current Label Settings' |
488510 |
Documentation and Printing - Minor updates on the
weld design information made to the topics:
- Design > D. Design Codes > D1. American Codes > D1.B. American Codes -
Steel Design per AISC 9th Edition > D1.B.1 Working Stress Design >
D1.B.1.2 Design Parameters
- Design > D. Design Codes > D1. American Codes > D1.B. American Codes -
Steel Design per AISC 9th Edition > D1.B.1 Working Stress Design >
D1.B.1.10 Weld Design
|
493099 |
Documentation and Printing - The help documentation
topic TR.5 Set Command Specification has been updated with the inclusion of the
SET MASS option which when set to 1, includes moments as rotational masses.
Note that this includes the effect of moments induced from forces applied along
members which are converted to end forces, as well as moments applied to the
nodes. Additionally the default is 0 and any value other than 1 is taken to be
0. Also, this effect does not have any impact in the file reported as
*_MASS.TXT which is generated in the model folder unless additionally use the
command SET PRINT 17. |
502956 |
Documentation and Printing - The help documentation
topic D13.E.4 Design Parameters for the Russian steel design code SP
16.13300-2017 has been updated to remove the RATIO parameter which is not used
with this code. |
525153 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The steel design to the
Norwegian N-004 code has been updated to provide a warning message if any joint
designs are requested and have failed to meet the scope of the angles beta and
gamma as outlined in the help. |
532168 |
Post Processing Workflow - The Annotation dialog has
been updated to improve the handling of the range of objects defined by
group. |
532171 |
Post Processing Workflow - The display of results
for a GNL analysis in the 'Load Level v Displacement' graph has been updated to
correctly account for the current base unit. Previously when set to Metric the
values would be over reported by a factor of over 1550. |
532176 |
Post Processing Workflow - The output details in the
Geometric Nonlinear , Node Displacement layout has been updated to better
handle the data in the Select Load Step control which uses a comma as a
thousands separator. A similar update has been applied to the control in the
Pushover layouts. |
532656 |
Generic GUI Updates - The 3D rendering and 3D
structure view of profiles defined from a standard database have been updated
to display correctly. |
541201 |
Post Processing Workflow - The Design Results table
has been updated to ensure that if any member designed to the South African
steel design code SANS 10162-2011 or 1993 is identified as Class 4, i.e.
slender, then this is outside the scope of the design routine and is indicated
as 'n/a'. Note however, that the Member Query dialog will show the design
result based on the slenderness ratio. |
541772 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that displays the
data of a user defined vehicle to use with the moving load generator, has been
updated to better handle the data when defined in metric units. |
542351 |
Generic GUI Updates - The backstage page File>Info
has been updated such that the section Commands In File has removed 'Earthquake
Design' which was not used. |
573470 |
Documentation and Printing - The help documentation
topic D1.E.3 Design Procedure has been updated for the AISI Cold Formed Steel
design code to clarify that torsional and flexural torsional buckling are not
considered for angles sections. |
591505 |
Other Workflows - The procedure used to refresh a
model view after operating in the Building Planner module has been updated to
refresh the application in the Geometry layout. |
606351 |
Post Processing Workflow - The Structure Diagrams
dialog sheet for displaying the Design Results has been updated to improve the
identification of members that have not been designed when the code used is
AISC 360-16. |
621771 |
Post Processing Workflow - The 2D section view of
the selected beam in the 3D Beam Stress Contour dialog has been updated to
better account for members that have been defined as a tapered tube when
displaying the corner stresses. |
627946 |
Analytical Workflow - The Beta Angle sheet in the
Properties dialog has been updated to retain details of any defined beta angles
that have not been assigned to any member. Previously this data would be
disposed of if the dialog was refreshed or closed and then reopened again. Note
that this only applied to beta angles that were not assigned. |
635489 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that displays the
options for setting the slenderness ratio for members designed to IS 802 has
been updated to confirm that option 4, which represents members with normal
framing eccentricities at both ends of the unsupported panel for values of L/r
up to and including 120, is taken as 60 + 0.5L/r |
635504 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that displays the
options for setting the slenderness ratio for members designed to IS 802, ie.
ELA, has been updated to ensure that when a value is being edited, the current
selection is set as defined in the file. Previously the value displayed would
be incremented by 1. |
635536 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The File>Open
and File >Save options have been updated with the supported file type *.VBS.
Other types are not supported and have been removed as options. |
646148 |
Physical Model Workflow - A new section has been
added that allows physical members to be designed as composite members using
RAM S-Beam (note that this requires a separate license from STAAD.Pro or
Structural Worksuite) |
646494 |
Generic GUI Updates - The display of rectangular
prismatic members (i.e. defined with the dimensions YD and ZD) have been
updated to display in their correct orientation when the model has been defined
with the SET Z UP option, i.e. global Z being the vertical axis. |
654532 |
Post Processing Workflow - The routine used in the
Results along a line has been updated so that it can be used to define cutlines
that include any number of plates. Previously the cutline needed to cross a
minimum of three plates. |
661772 |
Generic GUI Updates - The management of the separate
windows within the application has been updated to improve the handling during
a move or resize of the main window when not set to full screen. |
666054 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that allows for a
response spectrum load to be defined has been updated such that if a spectrum
is defined using a code that displays the curve data in a table, then clicking
the delete key does not delete this data. |
666056 |
Analytical Workflow - The response spectrum loading
dialog has been updated to provide a catch to prevent negative values to be
entered in the Signed Response Spectrum Results if the Dominant option is
selected as well as preventing negative values being entered in the Missing
Mass or ZPA options if selected. |
666065 |
Documentation and Printing - The help documentation
topic Ribbon Control Reference>Specification Tab>User Table Manager
dialog>General Dialog has been updated to clarify that the Compute Section
Properties, but not TD and TB as these are discernible from the diagram and if
required, would need to be entered by the engineer. |
673875 |
Documentation and Printing - The help documentation
for IS800:2007 has been updated with details of the scope of provision of the
seismic details in topic D8.A.7 for Seismic Detailing per Section 12 of
IS800:2007. |
675277 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine that was used to
identify wind panels has been refactored to improve the ability to identify
zones within the the model to that would be subjected to a wind pressure load.
|
675294 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The Section
Wizard - Free Sketch module option to export the profile to a User Provided
Table (UPT) has been updated to allow the option to save the data in the native
Section Wizard format after the export. Previously this would have caused the
application to crash. |
675401 |
Post Processing Workflow - The 2D section view of
the selected beam in the 3D Beam Stress Contour dialog has been updated to
better account for members that have been defined as a tapered I section to
better account for the distance that the section is along the member and to
also better account for the location of the centroid for members which have
different flange dimensions. |
680974 |
Analytical Workflow - The method used by the
Analysis/Print Commands dialog that allowed the insertion of the Analysis
command after the command selected in the command list of the Analysis dialog
box, has been updated to allow for this functionality. Note that the location
in the command structure needs to be selected before clicking on the Define
Commands button. This follows similar functionality provided in the design
dialogs such as Steel and Concrete. |
685056 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The IS801-1975 cold formed
steel design routine has been updated to improve the determination of allowable
stress of channel sections, both with and without lips, such that the dimension
of the 'flat width' is taken to be the clear length of flange when moment is
about the minor axis. |
689995 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The routine that concrete
design to SP63.13330.2012 has been updated to ensure that the internal data is
fully reset and loaded when it is following a design from a different concrete
code in the same run. |
692716 |
Physical Model Workflow - The definition of surfaces
in the Physical Model workflow has been extended through the option to allow
the thickness to be specified with a a variable thickness. |
704445 |
Physical Model Workflow - To allow more
configuration between physical and analytical models, , additional options have
been added in the Physical Model to choose whether or not to use the alignments
on members and surfaces to be defined as offsets on the analytical
model. |
704739 |
Analytical Workflow - The message reported in the
Section Properties Database dialog has been slightly modified for any table
that does not contain any content. |
705964 |
Analytical Workflow - The Member Query dialog
includes the value of the assigned beta angle with an option to modify it on
the selected member. This function has been re-activated. |
707878 |
Generic GUI Updates - The method provided in the
View ribbon to allow the display of various tables from the input and results
has been updated to catch an issue which caused the application to crash if the
GB50017 Design Results table was selected. |
710641 |
Analytical Workflow - The Member Query dialog has
been updated in the method used to report the depth of the web of a tee section
that has been cut from a wide flange. This is reported in the Geometry sheet
and the value given was based on the section having two flanges. Note that this
is only provided for information and did not affect the analysis. |
711075 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine that is used to
display the wind load panels in the GUI has been updated to improve the
identification of the contributory areas with the IS1875 wind loading. |
714551 |
Analytical Workflow - The format of the GB50009-2019
Chinese wind load definition has been updated and a warning provided when
opening files using the older format is detected confirming that this older
format data will be removed when the file is saved and the definition using the
newer format should be added. |
716992 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The routine that processes
the serviceability design for members using the AISC 360-16 steel design code,
has been updated to address an issue which would cause the final step to fail
and thus not produce results that could be displayed in the post-processing
workflow, although the output file would report correctly. |
730823 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The New Zealand NZS 3404
steel design routine used on models defined with the SET Z-UP option, has been
updated to ensure that the section properties used are assigned to the
appropriate axes |
741960 |
Analytical Workflow - The Member Query dialog has
been updated in the method used to report the thickness of the web of channel
sections. This is reported in the Property sheet and the value given was the
thickness of the flanges. Note that this is only provided for information and
did not affect the analysis. |
744101 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The AISI S100 2016 design
routine has been updated for the design of zee profiles with lips to ensure
that the effective length of the member accounts for the factors Ky and kz,
both for design about geometric and principal axes. |
749728 |
Generic GUI Updates - The routine that is used to
display section property names when the option has been selected from
Diagrams>Labels, has been updated such that where a wide flange is defined as a
double profile, it is labelled with a ' D' and a front-front channel is
labelled with ' FR' |
749756 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The steel design routine
used with the Japanese AIJ 2002 and 2005 steel codes has been updated to catch
any member that is defined with a curve member attribute. The design on this
member is terminated and the next member design is started as curved members
are outside the scope of the AIJ design. |
749767 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The steel design routine
for the Eurocode EN1993-1-1 has been updated for designing general sections by
using the GST parameter. It was found that when used on multiple members, the
profile information was not being re-initialised. That meant that if a profile
did not define all the section dimensions, then rather than terminating that
design, it would continue with the missing profile information from the
previous member. |
758030 |
Generic GUI Updates - The 'List Object GUIDs tool'
that is evoked in the Ribbon Utilities> User Tools has been updated to better
handle the path where the STD file is located. |
758062 |
Analytical Workflow - The load definition dialog for
specifying wind loading to the Indian IS 1875 (part 3) 2015 has been improved
to accommodate changes in structure geometry after the definition is first
created. In other words if the model is changed and the generator is
re-initiated, then the value of the Maximum Height will be re-determined from
the current geometry. |
758063 |
Analytical Workflow - The load definition dialog for
specifying a wind load to the Indian IS 1875 (part 3) 2015 has been updated to
ensure that when the structure type is set to 'Rectangular Clad Structures'
then any included user data is correctly stored and reloaded if the dialog is
re-opened. |
758767 |
Post Processing Workflow - The routine that displays
the design of steel members to the Canadian S16-19 design code in the Member
Query dialog has been updated to ensure that the display of slenderness for the
current load case rather than the maximum slenderness which may be associated
with a different load condition. Note that the output reported the
appropriate slenderness, this issue only affected the Member Query
dialog.
|
761572 |
Analytical Workflow - The assignment of a new
material to an object that already has a material defined has been updated to
ensure that the assignment of the new material overwrites the previously
assigned material. |
761591 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that allows a cable
analysis command to be edited has been updated to ensure that it loads all
defined values. |
764062 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The routine that processes
the data files during an analysis has been updated to handle external defined
user defined tables (UPTs) when the Configuration option Use Temporary Location
has been set. This now ensures that the UPTs are also copied across along with
the other relevant files to this specified folder. |
764645 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The routine that generated
the output for a physical member designed to the Australian code AS4100 has
been updated to ensure that if TRACK 1 is specified, the intermediate level
output is reported. Previously only the summary output was being
produced. |
765342 |
Interoperability - Hollow steel HSS profiles defined
from A1085 steel are now supported in the interop provided to create iTwin
models from the physical model. |
766091 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine that is used by
the wind loading definition to the Chinese GB 50009-20112 code has been updated
such that it now ensures that if the generated data of height and intensity
values is in excess of the line length, then it is split over multiple lines in
when save in the STD file. |
766094 |
Analytical Workflow - The display of wind panels
resulting from Russian definitions of type SNiP or SP 20 has been updated to
account for a comment block within the definition. |
766180 |
Other Workflows - The Chinese steel design workflow
has been improved the design to GB50017 which has been updated to support the
design of profiles defined as generic prismatic section, i.e. type PRIMSMATIC
(with YD and ZD specified, but not YB and ZB). Additionally the optimised steel
weight can be added to the steel design results to compliment an improved
optimisation method using the profile weight. The design routine has been
enhanced to support the categorisation of load cases as seismic-v (i.e.
vertical) as well as seismic-h, (i.e. horizontal seismic) cases. The rules in
the automatic combination generator tool for the GB 50009-2012 has been updated
to also account for the load cases categorised as 'seismic-v'. Finally, there
have been a number of small updates in the design routines to address various
reported issues. |
771074 |
Documentation and Printing - Additional verification
examples documented for the Canadian CSA S16-19 for axial compression and
bending interaction and shear capacity checks along with AISI 2016 cold formed
steel design, for compressive and tensile strength checks. |
772948 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The contents
panel of the Editor has been updated to include any instance of an IBC 2006 or
2018 static seismic definition. |
774081 |
Other Workflows - The Steel Connection Design
workflow has been updated to correct the orientation of a tee profile that has
been used as a brace member so that the flange of the tee aligns with the
gusset plate. |
774710 |
Other Workflows - The Steel Connection Design
Workflow has been updated to ensure that members that have been defined as
having the Rafter attribute can be used in creating connections of type Apex or
Knee Joint, such as AISC MEP BCF or AISC MEP BS Apex. |
774908 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The AISC 360-16 steel
design of single angle profiles has been updated to allow for eccentricity
effects to be neglected following the provisions of clause E5. Note that this
was previously reported as Known Issue: Designing angle profiles that are
subject to axial compression and checked to cause E5 currently include a larger
slenderness effect than outlined in the code and result in a conservative
design. |
775183 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The routine used to save a
model which includes steel design of physical members to either the AS4100 or
NSZ3404 design codes, has been updated to ensure that if a CHECK CODE command
has been defined with a list of members, this does not get saved as CHECK CODE
ALL. |
775325 |
Post Processing Workflow - The routine that is used
to display the post processing Plate Result layout has been updated to ensure
that the windows are completed before displaying the dialog to select the Plate
Stress Contour to display on the structure view. |
775330 |
Analytical Workflow - The Parametric Models dialog
box has been updated to ensure that the controls displayed inside the dialog
are refreshed and redrawn in the correct location when the dialog box is
repositioned on the screen. |
775514 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine that allows new
load combinations to be created now checks that the specified load combination
number is not already in use. |
775628 |
Analytical Workflow - The Member Query dialog has
been updated with a modification in the method used to calculate the torsional
property IX for channel sections from the British and Chinese databases. This
issue only affected the data used in the display and did not affect the
analysis. |
775656 |
Physical Model Workflow - A new tool has been added
to allow physical models to be re-set removing additional analytical data.
After running this tool, when returning to the analytical workflow, the
analytical data will be derived solely from the physical model. |
778981 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that allows a wind
load definition defined to the Russian SNiP code has been updated to ensure
that it is correctly initialised. Previously attempting to edit a SNiP wind
load definition could have resulted in the application crashing. |
780089 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The method
provided in the Editor to allow the current file to be sent in an email as an
attachment has been updated to verify that a suitable service and account is
available before attempting to perform this action. |
780224 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The Indian concrete design
to IS456-2000 has been updated to ensure that the output of the equivalent
moment, Me, is formatted with the correct data type. This was resulting in the
values being reported incorrectly, although the deign was correct. |
781975 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The IS800-2007, AISC
360-05, AISC 360-16 and NZS 3404 steel design routines have been updated to
allow for the design of wide flange sections defined in a user table in which
the dimensions of the lower flange (i.e. BFF1 and TFF1) have not been
explicitly specified. These will be taken as the same as the upper flange (i.e.
BFF and TFF). Previously, any design of this section with these codes would
have caused the design to crash. |
782815 |
Other Workflows - The Chinese steel design has been
updated to improve the design of members that have a slenderness grade over s4.
In this situation, reduced section properties are used. |
784117 |
Other Workflows - The Chinese Steel Design Workflow
has been updated to allow deflection parameters to be edited in the Design
Parameters dialog. |
786582 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine used by the
Automatic Load Combination Generator has been updated to ensure that if the
Repeat Load Method is specified and a starting load case number has also been
specified, then the generated load cases will use the specified starting load
case number. |
786586 |
Analytical Workflow - The Automatic Load Combination
Generator has been updated with an additional configuration option to allow
user to define whether to include the reference load cases in a generated
combination using the Repeat Load method. |
786594 |
Other Workflows - The routine used in the Steel
Connection Design Workflow to assign a Standard Tee BCW connection has been
updated to ensure that the Tee cleat is correctly aligned with the flange
attached to the web of the column. |
787050 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The routine the processes
deflection checks has been updated such that if a load case has resulted in no
local member deflection, it is now reported with the ratio of span over
deflection, i.e. dff as infinite rather than nan and provided the strength and
slenderness do not fail, then it will report as a pass. This applies to all
codes using this methodology including AISC ASD/LRFD, AISC N690 1984/94, AISC
360-05/10/16, AIJ 2005, BS5950, Canadian 2001/09/14/19, EN 1993-1-1:2005, IS800
1984, IS800 2007 WSD/LSD, NF3000 1974/77/89/98, NF3000 2001/04, NZS3404 1997.
Additionally there are minor changes for Canadian S16-09/14 and S16-19, NZS3404
1997and IS 800 LSD/WSD. |
787425 |
Documentation and Printing - The help documentation
in Ribbon Control Reference>Chinese Steel Design Tab>User Table Manager
dialog>General Dialog has been updated to better clarify the options that are
provided. |
788521 |
Interoperability - The routine used to create the
iTwin model (using ISM) in the Physical Model workflow has been updated to
ensure that when a member has been specified with double angles back to back,
with the short leg back to back, then this is the arrangement that is created
in the iTwin model. Previously a long leg arrangement would be generated for
both long leg and short leg arrangements. |
788528 |
Physical Model Workflow- The routine used to create
the analytical model from the physical has been updated to ensure that is a
member is defined with a double angle in a star arrangement, or a single angle
with the axes reversed (i..e with the RA specification), then this is correctly
aligned with the addition of a suitable beta angle. |
788788 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The display
of the file name in the Editor header and Contents panel has been updated to
take account of filenames which have used one or more underscores in the file
name. |
789385 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine that allows a
Notional Load factor to be edited by double clicking in the Loads and
Definitions dialog has been updated to allow this action to take place as
previously doing so would cause the program to crash. |
789977 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The AISC 360-16 steel
design routine has been updated to provide an improved method for designing
angle members used as brace members with the introduction of two new
parameters, E5P and IMM. Refer to the help documentation for more
details. |
790852 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The deflection checking
routine used with steel design codes such as AISC ASD and LRFD, N690 1984 and
1994 as well as ASME NF design codes, has been updated such that when the
governing criteria is deflection, then the details of the corresponding forces
and strengths will be reported at the location of the maximum
deflection. |
792846 |
Analytical Workflow - The definition for the
material Q235 has been updated with the yield strength set to 235 N/mm2
|
792900 |
Other Workflows - The Chinese Steel Design workflow
Summary Results table has been updated to remove the Solution column as a fixed
column. Additionally, the Member Detail Result table for the first of the
selected members has been updated so that sorting the rows is no
provided. |
793386 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The definition of response
spectra to the Chinese code GB50011 has been extended to support the inclusion
of torsional forces using the DEC and ECC parameters and using the same
methodology as provided for the IBC and NRC codes. Note that for this release
the IMR functionality is limited to only producing data in the output file and
not in the post-processing. To be activated, this should be set in the Editor
as the GUI does not support adding the parameter. |
794649 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The routine the that is
used to process multi-linear spring supports has been updated to increase the
size of model that would previously terminate with an error message *** ERRORS
IN SOLVER ***. The engine now has capacity for structures with over 150,000
nodes. |
796441 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The steel design routine
used to design members to the Eurocode EN 1993-1-1 code has been updated to
provide additional support for the deign of web tapered members. |
798008 |
OpenSTAAD - The documentation for the function
Output.GetMemberSteelDesignRatio() has been updated to clarify the meaning in
the return values of -1 and -999 |
798016 |
OpenSTAAD - Details of a function to provide the
section property reference number has been added, i.e.
Property.GetBeamSectionPropertyRefNo(BeamNo) |
798057 |
OpenSTAAD - Additional clarification has been added
in the OpenSTAAD documentation to clarify that the data is determined by the
Base Unit. When the Base Unit is 'English', then length units are 'inch' and
force units 'kips'. When the Base Unit is 'Metric', then length units are
'metre' and force units are 'KNs', unless stated otherwise. |
798068 |
Post Processing Workflow - The Results Setup dialog
allows for a range of results to be defined using a defined group definition.
If this option is selected, a list of groups is displayed which is now is
numerical order rather than the previous alphabetical order. Note that the same
modification has been applied to the User Reports setup dialog. |
798077 |
Analytical Workflow - The method used to
determine the location of the centroid for displaying UPT profiles defined as
type GENERAL with profile points, has been updated to better display the
profile on the centroid. |
798106 |
OpenSTAAD - The sample code provided in the
documentation for the function Geometry.SpliBeam has been updated to better
represent how the function could be used. |
798353 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The analysis engine has
been updated to address models defined with SET ZUP and include channel
profiles and have included an print member stress for these members. Previously
these members would report the stress based on inverted moments of
inertia. |
800853 |
OpenSTAAD - The user documentation provided to
assist in setting up a C# project to use the OpenSTAAD API, Home > OpenSTAAD >
OS. Writing OpenSTAAD in Other Programming Languages > OS. Getting Started with
C# > OS. Start Your C# Project, has been updated with clarification regarding
the addition of the manifest to the build. |
805151 |
Documentation and Printing - The help documentation
section of TR.28.2 Floor Diaphragm has been updated to clarify that currently
only a single diaphragm can be defined at any given level. |
805657 |
Generic GUI Updates - The method used by the GUI to
create a new file has been updated to catch if an attempt is made to overwrite
an existing file that is currently open. Previously doing so would have
resulted in the application crashing. |
807601 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The method that is used to
design non standard profiles, i.e. GENERAL, using the dimensions of the flange
and web defined in the values of D, TD, B and TB, has been updated to catch
situations where such members have been defined but without valid values for
these dimensions. This applies to the following codes:- AISC 2005/2010, CSA
01/09/14/19, AIJ 2002/2005, IS 800 LSD/WSD, IS 800 1984, AS 4100, AASHTO ASD,
AISC ASD, NF 3000 74/77/89/98/01/04, ASCE 1997, BS5400, API, N690 1984, N690,
FRENCH, DIN18800, NPD, NS3472, SANS10162-1 1993/2011 and NZS3404 . |
807750 |
Other Workflows - The Chinese Steel Design Workflow
has been updated to obtain the rolling radius of wide flange sections defined
in the AISC database from the value of K which is the distance of the top of
the flange to the base of the radius where it joins the web. |
808467 |
Documentation and Printing - The export of the User
Report to MS Word has been updated which was preventing the feature to be
used. |
809330 |
The Editor, Viewer and Other Modules - The routine
that is used to allow the margins around a document when printing has been
updated to better account for regional settings, in particular the use of a
comma instead of period as the decimal separator. |
809367 |
OpenSTAAD - The root OpenSTAAD function that is used
to initiate an analysis, i.e. AnalyzeEx() has an option to perform in hidden
mode. The routine that this uses to allow a check on the status using the
function GetAnalysisStatus() has been updated to ensure that the result is
consistent no matter which method, hidden or not, is used. |
809769 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that displays the
options for defining the specifications of Angles and Angles with Lips in the
US Cold Formed Steel database has been updated to disable the SA option (i.e.
star angle) which the program does not support) |
809778 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that displays the
options for defining the specifications of Wide Flange sections in the Butler
Cold Formed Steel database has been updated to disable the various options
which the program does not support. |
809780 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that displays the
options for defining the specifications of Angle sections in the Indian Cold
Formed Steel database has been updated to disable the various options which the
program does not support. |
809792 |
Analytical Workflow - The database of cold formed
profiles from Robertson Ceco has been deprecated and no longer
supported. |
811634 |
Documentation and Printing - The User Report Setup
dialog has been updated such that it retains the collection of load cases that
have been selected each time the dialog is opened. |
812524 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that process
Materials has been updated to handle editing user defined materials where the
type is 'Not Specified', i.e. not steel, concrete, aluminium or timber.
Previously attempting to do so would cause the application to crash. |
812994 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The steel design routine to
the Australian AS 4100 code has been updated to clarify in the output, the
steel grade used when neither the SGR, nor FYLD parameters have been
assigned. |
813693 |
Physical Model Workflow - Ribbon icons that were
missing shortcut keys have been added. |
813848 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The effective length for
lateral torsional buckling checks used in EN 1993-1-1:2005, BS5950:2000,
IS800:1984, AIJ 2002, AIJ 2005, DIN 18800, API, AASHTO and CM66-1977. has been
updated. These codes use both UNL to define the unsupported length and UNF as
the unsupported length factor. However, if both were specified, only the last
would be used. Now, the effective length will be taken as the product of
UNF*UNL in these codes. |
815019 |
Generic GUI Updates - The routine that is used when
generating AutoRecovery files has been updated to better provide support for
situations when a recovery of the model is required. The *.SBK (Backup of the
input file) automatically created when the model is opened. This file is
included in the *._autorecovery.zip. This is also created immediately when the
file is opened and an additional copy of the backup is retained in the local
app data folder |
816351 |
Other Workflows - The warning message reported in
the Chinese Steel Design Workflow when there has been a change in section
profile and a re-analysis is recommended has ben modified to make the
instruction clearer. |
816850 |
Analytical Workflow - The routine that processes
wind loading definitions has been enhanced with a number of changes. The main
change is that it now supports the use of negative heights in the definition of
the wind profile. This means that structures defined with an origin above the
base can now define wind loads from the foundation or lower ground levels. The
Chinese wind load definitions has been updated to include wind direction
influencing factors for each wind direction to support the requirement from
GB5001-2021. This new format of the Chinese wind definition means the previous
format is no longer supported. |
817183 |
Physical Model Workflow - The 3D rendered view of
models has been updated to display surfaces that have materials defined as
generic which previously would only display as a plane surface without
thickness. |
821943 |
Analytical Workflow - The IS 1875 (part 3) 2015 wind
load generation dialog has been updated to ensure that when the application
base unit is set to English and the model set to use metric units, then values
of intensity are generated with the correct unit conversion for kN/m2.
Previously the values were generated as N/m2 thus resulted in the values being
too big by a factor of 1000. |
822016 |
Analytical Workflow - The ASCE 7 wind load
generation dialogs have been updated to better account for wind intensities
which produce small values when using units such as ksi. Previously the values
were truncated to 3 decimal places and thus could report as intensities of 0.00
ksi. |
824711 |
Physical Model Workflow - The schema used with the
Physical Model Structure Wizard has been updated to support the definition of
members which have sections without a name, e.g. Section="" |
830188 |
Other Workflows - The routine used in the Steel
Connection Design Workflow to assign the brace angle to a HBBB connection has
been updated to correct the measured angle as the value from the perpendicular
to the girder rather than directly off the girder. |
844961 |
Analytical Workflow - The dialog that displays the
User Provided Table (UPT) for a general profile with profile points has been
updated to better handle the coordinates of the profile points when not defined
using the base units. Note that this issue was purely on the geometry and did
not affect the properties unless they were re-calculated using the modified
profile point coordinates. |
847677 |
Other Workflows - The design of columns in the
Chinese Steel Design Workflow has been updated such that in the out-of-plane
stability checks, clause 8.2.1-3 has been added for channel sections and in the
in-plane stability checks, checks for clauses 8.2.1-1 and 8.2.1-4 have also
been added. |
850102 |
Interoperability - The iTwin Services component that
is included in the Physical Model workflow has been updated to address a
potential security concern and provide a method to sign out from the iTwin
Services. Additionally when creating a new iModel, the named model is created
automatically with the first push. |
863179 |
Analysis/Design Engine - The output header for a
steel design to the Canadian CSA S16-09 design has been updated to display the
correct version of the implementation. |