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General

1. Properties of the Eurocode Glue Laminated Timber classes have been adjusted according to the EN 14080:2013 code.
2. Generation of the calculation notes and the improper application of the stiffness reduction coefficient (tau_b) for the Direct Analysis Method have been fixed.
3. Issues concerning the Revit2Robot link such as the transfer of levels, loads, rigid links and code combinations have been fixed.
4. The API method for the steel design label definition has been supplemented with the possibility to activate lateral buckling.
5. The API method for the definition of parabolic concrete stress model has been supplemented with the protection for invalid data.
6. The API method for setting the relative tolerance in the RC calculations has been added.
7. The API method for the recognition of symmetry in the concrete cross section has been corrected.
8. The New Norwegian material database ‘Norwegian (NS-EN 1992-1-1)’ with the modulus of elasticity of concrete matching the Eurocode definition has been added. This requires reselecting the Norwegian regional settings in the ‘Preferences’ dialog. The previous database is available as ‘Norwegian (NS 3473)’.
9. The Copy & Paste function for the Section Database module has been activated.
10. The fatal error observed after double-clicking on the 'Mesh freeze' column header in the ‘Solids’ table has been fixed.
11. ‘Revit to Robot’ link: the error of non-generating the Robot supports while transferring the footings without Analytical Model has been corrected.
12. ‘Revit to Robot’ link: the run-time error while updating model to Revit have been fixed.
13. Improper link to the ‘Documentation’ page (Help > WWW Pages > Documentation) has been corrected.
14. The links to the help for ‘Calculation Manager’ and ‘Deletion of prepared results’ have been fixed.

Model Definition

1. The unjustified warning about isolated nodes for the nodes generated with the ‘Division’ option has been removed.
2. The partial loss of cladding loads for bars divided internally (with a first segment shorter than 1/20 length of the bar) has been fixed.
3. Faults occurring in the loads table for the existing loads while defining the new ones when the table is sorted according to the load cases, and also faults of unintended deletion of the loads to mass conversion while deleting empty load records have been fixed.
4. Incorrect values of external pressure coefficients ‘Cpe’ while generating the wind loads according to the French Eurocode (NF-EN 1991-1-3/4) have been corrected. Also, the description of the procedure in the help has been updated.
5. The misleading description of the wind profile factor as a pressure factor for wind defined as pressure has been corrected.
6. The repetition of the load case labels for the wind load simulation has been fixed.
7. The incorrect assignment of wind load simulation load cases nature after changing the code combination regulation file has been fixed.
8. The incorrect assignment of wind load simulation load cases to the dead load group has been fixed.
9. The crash observed while closing the wind simulation dialog after opening an example in which this dialog was already opened has been fixed.
10. The crash observed after adding the wind simulation screen capture to the printout composition has been fixed.
11. The blocked generation of the manual combinations in the load case code combinations dialog for the Russian code SP 20.13330.2011 has been fixed.
12. The change of local load direction for loads applied to the ACIS panels when changing panel Z direction has been fixed.

Analysis and Results

1. Unjustified oscillations and too small accelerations for smaller time steps defined in the time history analysis solved using the Newmark method with the Alpha and Beta coefficients have been corrected.
2. Incorrect values of the correction factor lambda and regression coefficient ‘Ct’ for other structures while performing seismic analysis through the equivalent lateral force method according to the Eurocode EN 1998-1:2004 have been fixed.

Steel Connections Design

1. Definition and verification of the Steel Splice Connection have been fixed.
2. Beam to column flange connection according to EC3: the presentation of the upper bracket material strength instead of the lower bracket data in the calculation note has been fixed.
3. Beam to beam with end plate connection: the definition of horizontal spacing between bolts has been unblocked.
4. Splice connection: several fixes (implementation of additional condition for the acting load Vz, wrongly displayed final ratio in the calculation note, wrongly displayed distribution and internal forces for internal plates in the calculation notes, false verification of internal plates weakened by openings, lack of plate verification for welded connection, wrong value of the weld resistance coefficient ‘alpha’) have been fixed.

Steel and Timber Members Design

1. Incorrect display of the Steel Design Calculations dialog has been fixed.
2. The incorrect definition of the internal bracing for the steel members according to SNiP and SP codes, and for the timber members according to PN and EC codes has been fixed.
3. The crash observed during an automatic detection of bracings for members without adjoining element defined has been fixed.
4. Checking of timber member deflection according to the French Eurocode (NF-EN-1995-1-1) has been fixed.
5. Taking the incorrect relative value of camber (L/600) instead of value defined by user has been fixed.
6. Very slow timber design calculations (compared to steel design) have been adjusted.
7. The reduction of timber cross sections for the fire combinations according to the PN-EN 1995-1:2005/A1:2008 has been adjusted.

RC Members Design

1. The invalid value of the partial factor for steel in accidental situations according to the Singapore code SS EN 1992-1-1 has been fixed.
2. The ‘Parameters’ button from the ‘Story Parameters’ dialog has been unblocked.
3. Required reinforcement of RC columns: the stirrup spacing according to the ENV1992-1-1 code has been fixed.
4. Provided reinforcement of RC beams: the incorrect generation of reinforcement for crossed anchorage type (over intermediate supports) and for the cage method has been adjusted.
5. Provided reinforcement of RC beams: the incorrect generation of reinforcement for seismic provisions according to Eurocode has been fixed.
6. Provided reinforcement of RC columns: the stirrups spacing has been adjusted.
7. Provided reinforcement of RC columns: the text in the ‘Reinforcement pattern’ dialog (Transversal Bars tab) has been fixed.

General

1. The API methods for running the RC member design and for reporting position of the extreme values on bars divided internally have been corrected.
2. Unwanted removal of the Structural Toolkit elements while uninstalling the Service Pack 1 has been fixed.
3. Persistent asking for the file name when the Autosave function is active has been fixed.
4. The English printout for the Greek language selection has been replaced by the original one.
5. Slow opening of the examples with a large number of load cases defined has been improved.
6. Painting area section property calculation for the BOX2 section has been fixed.
7. Incorrect weight of the steel sections RRHS in the SUOMI database has been fixed.
8. Crash while exporting the table content to already opened in MS Excel CSV files has been fixed.
9. Crash of the software and lack of profiles from the user database export has been fixed for the Robot to Revit link.
10. Grid line duplication in Revit during sequential data file exchange using the Revit to Robot link has been fixed.
11. Incorrect transfer of the contour loads using the Revit to Robot link has been fixed.
12. Different models recognition when returning Revit models with changed panel materials in Robot has been fixed for the Robot to Revit link.

Model Definition

1. Meshing algorithm has been modified to avoid memory errors and incorrect mesh generation.
2. Wind Simulation convergence check has been improved to avoid partially incorrect results or different results in the successive runs.
3. Crash of the software for the Wind Simulation run for bars without defined profiles has been removed.
4. The partial loss of cladding loads while transmitting to bar elements has been fixed.
5. Wrong distribution of the self-weight and local loads to cladding corner nodes has been corrected.
6. Incorrect Cpe value calculation for the French wind load code NF-EN 1991-1-3/4 when the 'Use only Cpe10' option is checked has been fixed.
7. Enormous amount of memory usage for graphical deletions has been fixed.

Analysis and Results

1. Calculation note generation for models containing nonlinear releases has been reestablished.
2. Error in the use of the nonlinear analysis during FRF when a modal analysis with static forces taken into account is defined has been fixed.
3. Running the modal analysis for plain deformation structure type has been unblocked.
4. Wrong results due to hidden kinematic links circular references have been fixed.
5. Incorrect implementation of the behavior factor mkr for seismic analysis according to the Russian codes SNIP II-7-81* and SP 31-114-2004 has been fixed.
6. Copy & paste of the map scale using the map dialogs context menu has been corrected.
7. Results for stories without horizontal elements and for the 'linear buckling' or 'Combination of buckling cases' load cases are now available.

Steel Connections Design

1. Edition of the connection defined for bars that are in area of a meshed panel has been enabled.

Pinned column base connection:
2. incorrect verification of the anchor bolts vertical spacing (according to CM66) resulting in a lack of tension verification in the plate has been corrected.

Splice connection:
3. several issues in the verification (lack of welds verification for beam bottom flange, incorrect verification of splice plates) and in the dialog appearance (truncated dialog texts, false state of the bolts shear portion controls) have been corrected.

Beam to beam connection:
4. CM66 connection definition for co-linear beams selected in a model has been unblocked.
5. Copying of the connections with end plates has been enabled.

Truss node connection:
6. Verification of the gap between diagonals according to EN 1993-1-8 Section 5.1.5 has been fixed.
7. Calculation of the diagonal bending resistance MRd has been fixed.

Steel and Timber Members Design

1. Calculations of bending moment resistance Mry for I sections according to CAN/CSA S16-09 code has been fixed.
2. Unneeded exchange of buckling curves (a instead of c) for solid flat bars and rods verification has been fixed.
3. Wrong reduction factor values during a fire analysis of thin-walled sections of class 4 (EN 1993-1-2 Annex E) has been improved.
4. Display of the larger of two deflection ratios checked during the BS-EN 1993-1-1 SLS verification has been fixed.

RC Members Design

Drawings
1. Drawing generation for reinforced concrete elements imported from Autodesk^® Concrete Building Structures has been fixed.
2. Drawing generation for the Belgium regional settings selected has been unblocked.

Beams
3. Minimum reinforcement value for the ACI beams has been fixed.
4. Reversed reinforcement bar end positions (right vs. left) in beams has been fixed.
5. Excessive bottom reinforcement in second layer in beams has been fixed.
6. Verification of stirrups and their spacing according to the seismic requirements of the IS 13920:1993 code has been fixed.

Columns
7. Incorrect shape of shackles has been fixed.

Footings
8. The missing soil diagrams, rotated footing display and the misleading error warning displayed when changing the continuous footings names have been fixed.
9. Incoherent display of results has been fixed.

Walls/Slabs
10. Missing scale for the required reinforcement map has been fixed.
11. Invalid critical circumferences for zones located close to openings have been fixed.
12. Incorrect recognition of the slab thickness has been fixed.
13. Duplicated tabs in the Reinforcement dialog for phase structures have been fixed.
14. Incoherence between the coordinate systems for the ACI wall geometry and reinforcement has been fixed.