STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition V22 Update 10

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©
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.

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