Version History
v4.0.0.0
05 Oct 2020
- Concrete Extents
- Added Bulb T Beam as Section Type
- Added in bay width for effective topping width computation
- Structural Model
- Can now label loads
- Reinforcement
- Can now insert transverse Reinforcement
- Can be inserted as bars or use mesh sheets
- Supports multiple bar shapes and end conditions
- Design Criteria
- Added input for transverse bar strength
- Reorganized inputs for material properties
- Simplified deflection options
- Option on how to treat composite members for shear
- Release now always includes self weight
- Analysis Report
- Added load summary to summarize all loading on the members
- Redesigned all tables to support future options
- Recreated shear and torsion tables to clarify output and to better facilitate inputting transverse reinforcement
- New online documentation
- Now accessing the help document will take you to our website
- This will be updated based on all user questions and will continue to evolve over time
- Deflection Changes
- No longer use the effective moment of inertia method but the bilinear deflection method
- Replaced effective section properties from service tables with cracked section properties
- New method is described, with a hand calculation, in the help page
- Shortening Calculation
- Now compute shortening of the member due to prestress and flexure for erection
- Can be seen in the deflection output
- New method is described, with a hand calculation, in the help page
- One-Way Shear Changes
- Cleared up some labels on options
- Can now include the topping in the concrete shear strength
- Automatically adds the critical shear to the shear tables
v3.6.2.0
09 Sep 2020
Torsion Bug Fixes
- Program now appropriately includes the topping when calculating the horizontal shear area using the ACI method
- Fixed labels on coordinate system in 3D model
v3.6.1.0
12 Aug 2020
Torsion Bug Fixes
- Slender Spandrel method is now accounting for bearing length
- Previously the end region was measured from centerline of bearing, this was causing the transition region to start too soon
- Zia Hsu Method now properly checks for plate bending near the ends and had a bug fixed in the Vc calculation
v3.6.0.0
11 Aug 2020
- Fixed bug introduced in v3.5 where the end of the strand was starting fully developed
- Added flexure point moments
v3.5.0.0
10 Aug 2020
- Fse for transfer length now uses the lose computed at the center of the strand
- 'd' is now computed for sections where the reinforcement has no effective area (fully undeveloped)
- Added options to ignore loading on cantilevers to assist in modeling simply supported members
- Updated deflection calculations to properly use Eci for selfweight and prestress deflections per the PCI Design Handbook
- Added fixity conditions to model fixed ends
- Selected on the structural model tab
- Can chose at what stage the member becomes fixed
v3.4.0.0
06 Jul 2020
- Transfer stress limits are now available for use for handling stages when member is not prestressed
- Fixed issue where 'Show Additional Checks' was not available for printing options
- At will not longer be reported being negative
- Can now position reinforcement in topping
- Fixed issue where shear and torsion table were not correctly reporting controlling values
- All tables now in feet for position on the member
- Remove custom strand size
v3.3.0.0
08 May 2020
- Hollow Core Slab Load Distribution
- Added input on Structural model tab for load distribution of non-area loads for hollow core slabs
- New Shear Tables
- Added Av Required for Vcw and Vci for Double Ts
- Redesigned layout of tables
- User can now edit locations where analysis is performed
- Interface can be accessed from File → Analysis Points
- User can now edit locations where results are displayed
- Interface can be accessed from File
- Added option to ignore stresses in topping
- Can now ignore topping stresses. Their values in in tables will be replace with a '-'
- Fix pasting error in polygonal editor
- Will no longer put 'NaN' in Y column when pasting data
v3.2.0.0
15 Apr 2020
- Added reactions to strength combination results
- Fix error in sync data
- Fix printing error causing ledge input to be shown
- Fix for HCS not converging on flexure capacity
- Fix bug in automatic topping thickness computation resulting in non-symmetric sections
v3.1.0.0
13 Feb 2020
- Add option to ignore certain distance of the ends of the beam when looking for controlling flexure section
- Fix error in the 3D model
- Fix some display issues
- Fix bug which was causing the bottom stresses in the topping to be set equal to the top section of the precast