Version 6.0 (April 2022)

Watch the Upgrade Guide Video to see the new features of VisualPlate 6.0 in action.

New Features

• Boundary's mesh can be refined at load point and point support locations
• Improved handling of models with misaligned geometry
• Improved drawing grids
• Improved the performance of generated loads
• Program ensures area loads are properly modeled before starting the analysis
• Line stiffener loads remain constant when switching between resultant and distributed
• Load Case Manager columns now retain their size and order
• Plate result diagram overhaul
• Improved filtering of table extremes
• Preferences created for justification of text and data in reports
• Individual column justification added in reports (right click on column)

Fixes & Minor Changes

• Improved Help File documentation
• Load Area information added to Area Uniform Loads tab in the Find Tool
• Added Sigma Top columns to the Plate Stresses table
• Crash recovery file improvements
• Updated the c++ runtimes to the current standards