New Features / Improvements

• More thermal analysis improvements. You can now selected which restraints are applied for the thermal analysis (which can be used to model an unrestrained system). The thermal results are now run separately from the applied loads and treated as initial results.

• Added option to add rows to the result tables if a design deficiency exists. This option can be found under File → Result Points.

• Removed the use average section properties feature from buckling. This could potentially lead to errors with moment magnification.

• The user can now select which reactions will restrain the gravity loads.

Bug Fixes

• Multiple printing fixes

• Stability improvements.

• Labels now correctly shown on load summary.

• Corrected units error on detailed flexure summary

• Fixes for Mcr check near ends of beam being incorrectly flagged as an error.

• Fix for files that would get stuck on opening.

• Multiple issues fixed with saving and opening files.

Elevation based input

• Can now define the top and bottom elevation of the panel. Inputs such as loadings and supports now take in the elevation. Leaving the bottom elevation of the panel as 0 leaves the program as it was previously.

Thermal analysis

• Thermal loads are now applied as temperature gradients in the FEM model. Results in similar analysis results as doing the hand method previously used.

Panel stack removed

• Panel stacks should now be done using a single member with a hinge. This results in a more accurate second order analysis

Load summary added to analysis report. This section summarizes all applied loads and all load patterns checked.

Combine summary and combination tabs

• Both the service and strength section of the report now contain a single tab instead of two. On this tab the user can now select as many combinations as they want to be summarized.

Beam spring model added to the program for sandwich panels.

Horizontal shear changed to provide a more detailed output table.

Can now print the current view only and not the entire report.

New Print window.

Updated all tables in the program to be on par with the rest of the commercial suite.

Updated online documentation

Updated floor tie calculation to allow the user to specify what loads are applied prior to the floor tie.

Multiple bug fixes.

New Quality Control document.