Introduction
Our primary focus with this upgrade is to keep you current with updated design specifications and building codes. Our secondary concern is to smooth out some rough edges and refine the product so that it works smoothly. While we have added a few new features designed to improve productivity, there is a major ongoing effort behind-the-scenes at IES to create the "next" big platform for VisualAnalysis.
Major Added Features
- IBC 2012 Load Combinations
- Steel Design per AISC 360-10 (14th Ed.)
- Wood Design per NDS 2012
- Concrete Design per ACI 318-11
- Cold-formed steel design per NAS 2012 (CFS 8.0)
- Rotate Views about a selected node or member
- Easier Node-Dragging/Member Extension in "Draw Nothing" mode
- Auto-Mesh by Area for more fine-grained control of plate meshing
Other Added Features
- Improved Help File layout, search
- Area color added to preferences
- Updated Shape & Material Databases
- Design Results report lists all members in a group (and those unchecked)
- Generate Copies is 10,000 times faster
- Project Summary Report shows Building Code Load Combinations used
- Works with VisualFoundation 5.0
- Works with VAConnect 2.0
- Importing Load Cases through Clipboard Exchange is infinitely faster
- Member Graphs with Moving Loads are vastly improved
- Design material is displayed alongside Design parameters
- Concrete Beam design adds a deep-beam check
- Steel Single Angle design is more accurate
Miscellaneous Fixes
- Toolbar-layout is no longer customizable (because restoring them failed too often)
- Rotating a model, Area span directions are now correct
- Wire-frame overlay no longer obscures results in a Result View (Picture View mode)
- Fixed memory-leak when switching among Result Cases (in Picture View mode)
- Semi-rigid end connections are now displayed graphically (with Filter option)
- Mirror-copy would fail to copy triangular plates properly
- Improved display of reaction labels near plate elements
- OpenGL graphics improvements n Model View
- Corrected issue with 'Shear Tab' design groups getting renamed after opening a project file
