Version 20.0 Changes
Top Features
- Created ASCE Seismic Load Helper
- Area Side Load overhaul and improvements
- Concrete column combined flexure and tension design
- Aluminum Design Specification ADM 2020 ASD & LRFD update
- Aluminum shape database ADM 2020 update
- Added Wood member bearing & shear at "d" checks
- Export Bolted Flange Plate and Bolted End Plate moment connections to VAConnect 5.0+
- Steel Tube Institute shape database added
Model
- Aluminum shape database ADM 2020 update
- Added Steel Tube Institute HSS Design Manual Volume One shape database
- Set default materials for timber shapes
- Redefined reverse taper for tapered members
- Default Grid Preference created to set the X, Y, and Z spacings and divisions
- Decoupled member axial (A) and torsional (J) stiffness factors
- Rename feature updated to includes area sides and vertices
- An area’s defining vertices can now be modified
- Shape database can be sorted based on shape area
Load
- Created ASCE Seismic Load Helper
- Nodal loads generated from area side loads are visible in the Results tab
- Default Building Codes preference for Load Combinations
Analyze
- Area side loads now generate energy equivalent loads, where applicable, drastically improving in-plane results
- Member displacements in global coordinate system
- Member result graphics improved
- Error reporting for unstable structures improved
- The model check and result check are now more prominent in the result status pane with direct links to the report
Design
- Aluminum Design Specification ADM 2020 ASD & LRFD update
Note: ADM 2015 was removed (use VA19.0 for this version of the specification)
- Added cold-formed design braced flange, moment reduction factor (R), and flange rotation stiffness (K-Phi) parameters
- Connection design can now be enabled/disabled and preference setting created
- Concrete column combined flexure and tension design
- Wood members: Option to include a bearing length check (Fcp)
- Wood member: Option to take shear design at “d” from the face of the support
- Option to disable design checks for design meshes
Report
- Member global displacements added to the Member Displacement report table
- Preferences created for justification of text and data in reports
- Individual column justification added in reports (right click on column)
Succeed! (Interface, Performance, Reliability)
- Export Bolted Flange Plate and Bolted End Plate moment connections to VAConnect 5.0+
- Documentation updates and improvements
