Version 13.0 (November 2024)
Watch the Upgrade Guide Video below to see the new features of VisualFoundation 13.0 in action.
Punching Shear Design Overhaul
- Enhanced punching groups
- Option added to check punching subgroups
- Walls can now be included in punching shear groups
- Smarter punching shear group generation
- Smarter punching group/grade beam interaction
- More accurate critical sections for punching shear
- Improved how "d" is calculated
- Accounts for the direction of punching
- Accounts rebar sizes and orientations
- Use correct value based on the specified or optimized design approach
- Critical section now minimizes the punching perimeter (bo)
- More accurate punching shear demand calculation
- All components of the punching free body diagram can now be reported
- Punching Shear design moved to background thread (UI stays responsive while design works)
- Improved graphics performance for punching boundaries
- More accurate beta calculation
Bearing Pressure Overhaul
- Improved design check performance
- Improved design graphics performance
- Added Wind & Seismic Soil Bearing Increase Factor
- Added Bearing Pressure Summary result table:
- Report max, min, and average bearing pressures
- Show pressures for each result case or filter by extremes
- Added Soil Bearing Capacity By Slab design table:
- Report controlling demand & capacity per slab
- Report maximum unity value per slab
- Report results for each result case per slab
- Improved existing Soil Bearing Capacity design table:
- Added plate column to table
- Added capacity column to table
- Added filter by selected plate
- Added filter by name prefix
New Design Specifications
- ACI 350-20 & ACI 350-06
- AISC 360-22 LFRD & ASD for piles
- Added option to neglect the size effect factor (i.e. λs=1) for ACI 318-19
- Reduced minimum longitudinal reinforcement for Piers:
- Implement ACI 318 Section 10.3.1.2 by adding an Area Reduction Factor
- Implement CSA Clause 10.10.5
New Load Combinations
- IBC 2024 Load Combinations
- NBC 2020 Load Combinations
New Scripting Commands
- Set project criteria (title, billing, notes, etc.)
- Delete loads
- Generate custom load combinations
- Extract results on a per slab basis
- Define pile geotechnical capacity
- Specify pier & pile reinforcement (rectangular or round pattern)
- Set visible result case
- Add graphics to report
- Obtain lists of the service and strength result cases
Fixes & Minor Changes
- Fixed Poles & Piles Material Override bug
Upgrade Guide Video
A variety of new features have been added to VisualFoundation 13.0 as discussed in this video.
Additional training videos can be found on the Training Videos page.