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Release Notes for RISA-3D Version 11.0.2 Enhancements/Corrections Enhancements/Corrections Enhanced modeling with wood materials: Revised dialogs for selecting and adding wood materials to be more user‐friendly. Easier access to the Custom Wood Materials spreadsheet. New dialogs allow the user to view/confirm the material design properties. Updated the structural composite lumber design lists so that shape selections match proprietary products. Added the U.K. National Annex provisions to the 2005 EuroCode Hot‐Rolled steel design (NA to BS EN 1993‐1‐ 1:2005). Custom moving loads are now save with the input file. Improved animation window controls. Added automatic save of RISAFloor results when transferring a model from RISAFloor to RISA‐3D. Improved the accuracy of CSA S16‐09 member capacity calculations for Class 3 and Class 4 members. Updated the display of the units for Mass. Corrected a bug in Cold‐Formed Cb calculations where Cb could change (conservatively) in a non‐AISC Hot‐ Rolled steel code was selected. Corrected an error in the CF factor calculation for 12" wide members. Corrected a problem with deleting distributed loads using a spreadsheet. Updated the masonry P‐Little Delta procedure to properly account for all support conditions. Corrected an issue where 64‐bit network clients were not displaying the Key ID in the Help‐About dialog. Fixed values for H and HN sections in the Chilean Steel shapes database. Corrected a member optimization issue in RISA‐3D under RISAFloor where RISA‐3D would not recommend smaller shapes for members which were now well below failing due to a decrease in loads. Corrected an issue with the Australian steel code where members with axial force greater than Euler buckling capacity would calculate a negative moment capacity. Fixed a refreshing issue with General shapes where they would not show up within the "Assign Shape Directly" dialog. Corrected a bug in which sorting the member force results for a concrete member would cause the detail report force diagram to change. Fixed an issue with concrete and masonry walls where the code check would incorrectly produce "INF" or some design forces could be reported as zero. Fixed an issue that didn't remember user entered seismic Ta for Canadian codes. Corrected DXF grids import to include arcs. Corrected errors in the Chinese shape database for the following shapes: TM170X250 and TW150X300A. Corrected a problem with reading CIS/2 files containing quotation marks. Fixed an issue with the Cm calculation for out of plane concrete wall design. The program was previously using a value of 0.6 when it should have been using 1.0. Fixed an issue that caused a major error while using the Out‐of‐Plane‐Flip tool on a wall panel. Fixed a tolerance issue which could cause the seismic self‐weight calculation to be incorrect when member area loads are used as part of the self‐weight. Corrected an issue where h/w ratios for wood walls with multiple openings could be calculated incorrectly for the FTAO design method. Corrected a problem with exporting models using Rigid Links to DXF. Removed "Trimmer" from wood wall opening detail reports, as it had no impact on the design. Fixed a units issue with the Deflection Ratio value on the detail report for out of plane concrete wall design. Previously this ratio was conservatively off by a factor of 12.
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Release Notes for RISA-3D
Version 11.0.2 Enhancements/Corrections
Enhancements/Corrections
Enhancedmodelingwithwoodmaterials: Reviseddialogsforselectingandaddingwoodmaterialstobemoreuser‐friendly. EasieraccesstotheCustomWoodMaterialsspreadsheet. Newdialogsallowtheusertoview/confirmthematerialdesignproperties. Updatedthestructuralcompositelumberdesignlistssothatshapeselectionsmatchproprietary
products. AddedtheU.K.NationalAnnexprovisionstothe2005EuroCodeHot‐Rolledsteeldesign(NAtoBSEN1993‐1‐
1:2005). Custommovingloadsarenowsavewiththeinputfile. Improvedanimationwindowcontrols. AddedautomaticsaveofRISAFloorresultswhentransferringamodelfromRISAFloortoRISA‐3D. ImprovedtheaccuracyofCSAS16‐09membercapacitycalculationsforClass3andClass4members. UpdatedthedisplayoftheunitsforMass. CorrectedabuginCold‐FormedCbcalculationswhereCbcouldchange(conservatively)inanon‐AISCHot‐
Rolledsteelcodewasselected. CorrectedanerrorintheCFfactorcalculationfor12"widemembers. Correctedaproblemwithdeletingdistributedloadsusingaspreadsheet. UpdatedthemasonryP‐LittleDeltaproceduretoproperlyaccountforallsupportconditions. Correctedanissuewhere64‐bitnetworkclientswerenotdisplayingtheKeyIDintheHelp‐Aboutdialog. FixedvaluesforHandHNsectionsintheChileanSteelshapesdatabase. CorrectedamemberoptimizationissueinRISA‐3DunderRISAFloorwhereRISA‐3Dwouldnotrecommend
smallershapesformemberswhichwerenowwellbelowfailingduetoadecreaseinloads. CorrectedanissuewiththeAustraliansteelcodewherememberswithaxialforcegreaterthanEulerbuckling
capacitywouldcalculateanegativemomentcapacity. FixedarefreshingissuewithGeneralshapeswheretheywouldnotshowupwithinthe"AssignShapeDirectly"
dialog. Correctedabuginwhichsortingthememberforceresultsforaconcretememberwouldcausethedetail
reportforcediagramtochange. Fixedanissuewithconcreteandmasonrywallswherethecodecheckwouldincorrectlyproduce"INF"or
somedesignforcescouldbereportedaszero. Fixedanissuethatdidn'trememberuserenteredseismicTaforCanadiancodes. CorrectedDXFgridsimporttoincludearcs. CorrectederrorsintheChineseshapedatabaseforthefollowingshapes:TM170X250andTW150X300A. CorrectedaproblemwithreadingCIS/2filescontainingquotationmarks. FixedanissuewiththeCmcalculationforoutofplaneconcretewalldesign.Theprogramwaspreviouslyusing
avalueof0.6whenitshouldhavebeenusing1.0. FixedanissuethatcausedamajorerrorwhileusingtheOut‐of‐Plane‐Fliptoolonawallpanel. Fixedatoleranceissuewhichcouldcausetheseismicself‐weightcalculationtobeincorrectwhenmember
arealoadsareusedaspartoftheself‐weight. Correctedanissuewhereh/wratiosforwoodwallswithmultipleopeningscouldbecalculatedincorrectlyfor
theFTAOdesignmethod. CorrectedaproblemwithexportingmodelsusingRigidLinkstoDXF. Removed"Trimmer"fromwoodwallopeningdetailreports,asithadnoimpactonthedesign. FixedaunitsissuewiththeDeflectionRatiovalueonthedetailreportforoutofplaneconcretewalldesign.
Previouslythisratiowasconservativelyoffbyafactorof12.
ReleaseNotes
Fixedanissuewithoutofplanedesignofconcretewallswheretheinplaneaxialforce(entirewall)wasbeingusedinsteadoftheperfootaxialforce.
Correctedanissuewithlintelforcesformasonrywallswherethedesignignoresanyappliedforcesifthelinteldepthwenttothetopofthewall.
Fixedanissuethatdidn'tsavethedynamicsolutioninsideRISA‐3DfromunderRISAFloor. Fixedanissuewithoutofplaneconcretewallswheretheminimummomentwasnotbeingusedinallcases. Fixedanissuewheresomefootingswouldnotbedesignediftheallowablesoilbearingwassetto"Gross." CorrectedanerrorwhereaRISA‐3DmodelunderRISAFloorwouldnotsolveadynamicsolutionunlessthe
userhadpreviouslyusedtheSeismicLoadGenerationtogeneratenodesonthediaphragm. Correctedanerrorwhereuser‐inputseismicparameterswerebeingincorrectlyreportedontheprinted
output. CorrectedadisplaybuginwhichthegraphicaldisplaydimensionsforaGeneralArbitraryshapedidnotupdate
whentheshapepropertieswereedited. Correctedanissuewithshearanddeflectiondiagramsofsingleangleswithnodesalongthelengthofthe
physicalmember. Fixedanissuewiththeaxial,shearandmomentenvelopeddiagramsforconcretewallsintheout‐of‐plane
direction. CorrectedanerrorinwhicharealoadswerenotbeingproperlycopiedwhenusingtheMirrorCopycommand. ChangedLe/dcalculationforSCLwoodmemberstouseactualratherthannominaldimensions. CorrectedanissuewithACIthresholdtorsioncalculationswhichcausedthemnottobereportedforenvelope
solutions. UpdatedAppendbehaviortocomparetheSectionSetinformationbetweentwomodelsbeforeappending.
PreviouslyamemberdefinedasSectionSet1inonemodelwouldbecomeSectionSet1inthe2ndmodelevenifthetwoshapeswerenotthesame.
CorrectedaminorissuewithAISC13thand14theditionswhereincorporatingtorsionalshearstressesintothecodecheckwasoverlyconservative.
CorrectedanissuewhereoutdatedinformationwassenttoRISAConnectionfromRISA‐3Dand/orRISAFloorduetoinconsistencies.
Version 11.0.1 Enhancements/Corrections
RISA‐RevitLinkUpdates CompatiblewithRISA‐RevitLink2013version2 AddedBIMID'sforRISAFloorslabopenings. Fixedawallpanelissuewherechangesmadetowallswouldaffectallwallsexceptone.
RISAConnectionIntegration CorrectedcolumnconnectionorientationwhenusingtheRISAFloor/RISA‐3DtoRISAConnection
integration.Previouslytheintegrationwasalwaysproducingaconnectionframedtotheflange. RISAConnection/TeklaStructuresLinkUpdates
AddedcompatibilitytosupporttheupcomingreleaseoftheRISAConnection/TeklaStructuresLink Cold‐FormedSteelUpdates
AddedAISIprovisionB4tothecheckoftheflangesforweak‐axisbending. Addedthefullelasticcomputationforthe"Is"valuesintheAISIB4provision. FixedanerrorinthecalculationofSeyforZSshapes.
Version 11.0 Enhancements/Corrections
Enhancements
Added64‐bitversioncapability. Theprogramwillrunin64‐bitaddressingspace,expandingWindowsmemorylimits. Allowsforincreasedprogramlimitswhenrunningona64‐bitoperatingsystem.
ReleaseNotes
AddedtheabilitytoimportaDXFunderlay;Allowsuserstosnaptotheunderlaywhendrawingmembersandwalls.
AddedtheAF&PANDS‐12(ASD)woodcode. AddedtheACI530‐11(ASD&Strength)masonrycode.
Addedmanysupplementalvaluesandextramessagingtomasonrywalldetailreports. Addedoptionformasonrywallstodefinethewallarea(RMEHorNCMA).Priorversionsusedonlythe
ReinforcedMasonryEngineerHandbook. AddedtheAISIS100‐10(ASD&LRFD)/CSAS136‐10:LSD/CANACERO2010(ASD&LRFD)cold‐formedsteel
code. AddedtheAAADM1‐10(ASD&LRFD)aluminumcode. AddeddesignfortaperedmembersperAISCDesignGuide25. AddedtheAISC341/358‐10seismicdesignprovisions. AddedtheCSAS16‐09Canadiansteelcode.
Addedcodechecksforclass4sections. Addedcodechecksforsingleanglesforbothbendingandtension/compression. UpdatedtheCanadiansteeldatabaseperthe10theditionmanual.
AddedtheNBC2010Canadianbuildingcodeprovisions. Addedwindandseismicloadgeneration. Addedthedesignresponsespectra. Addedtheloadcombinations(serviceandstrength)totheLoadCombinationGenerator.
Reducedstart‐uptimesbyusingafastershape‐to‐databasecomparison. Updatedhold‐downdatabasesfornewerSimpsoncatalogs(perIBC2006/2009). AddedaVirtualJoistGirderdatabaseanddesignlistperSJIrecommendations. Addedtheabilitytoperformconcretememberdesignforoverstrengthloadcombinations. AddedanupperlimitondesignmomentforordinarymomentframesperAISC341commentarySection11.2a. Increasedthemaximumnumberofmodesallowedinadynamicsolutionfrom500to2,000. AddednewconnectionfeaturesforintegrationwithRISAConnection3.0.
AddedtheAISC360‐10(ASD&LRFD)codeforRISAConnectionintegration. Addedsupportforslightlynon‐concentricbraces. AddednewConnectionTypestotheConnectionRulesspreadsheet.
Corrections
Correctedanissuewhichwouldcausecolor‐codedcodecheckstodisplayallblackforconcretemembers. Correctedanissuewhichwouldcausetheprogramtoshutdownifviewingcolor‐codedcodechecks. Correctedanissuewhereseismicfactors(Rho,Omega,Sds)werenotproperlyapplyingtostructureself
weight.Thesevalueswereusingavalueof1.0tofactortheself‐weightportionoftheload. Correctedthecalculationoftheweakaxisbendingcapacityofnon‐compactandslenderchannelsdesignedto
AISC13thor14theditionsteelcodes. Correctedanissuewiththeseismicdetailingcalculationswherethehorizontalcomponentoftheunbalanced
braceforce(forChevronbraceframes)wasreportedincorrectly. Correctedanissuewherewoodwalldesignresultswerenotgivenforawallwithtworegionsstackedontopof
eachotherwithnodiaphragmpresent. Correctedanissuewherethe2b/hcalculationforslenderpiersonsegmentedwoodwallscouldbeincorrect
forversion10. Correctedanissuewheretheprogramwasincorrectlycalculatingsomecrosssectionpropertiesforthe
principalaxesofsingleangles. Correctedanissuewitharealoadattributionwhichcausedoddtransientarealoads. Correctedacalculationerrorrelatingtominimumverticalreinforcementinconcreteshearwalls. Correctedanissuewhereseismicwebcompactnesscheckcoulderroneouslyfailforbracemembers. Correctedsomeissueswithconcretecolumnoptimizationwhichcouldcauseoverlyconservativecodechecks.
ReleaseNotes
Correctedanissuewhereaninstallpathwithlongfile/directorynamescouldcausetheprogramtofailtolaunchwhenusingfileassociation.
Correctedissuesrelatedtomasonrywalldesignregardingunreinforcedwalls. CorrectedaproblemwithRISA‐3DclearingresultswhenusingtheDirectortooltoswitchbetweenRISAFloor
andRISA‐3D.
Version 10.0.1 Enhancements/Corrections
Enhancements
Enhancedperformanceon64‐bitoperatingsystemstoallowuseofupto4GBofmemory. Addedspacingandminimumsteelreinforcementareachecksforconcretewalls. AddedSeismicDesignRuleselectiontothememberdoubleclickdialog. Addedabilitytodoconcretememberdesignforoverstrengthloadcombinations. AddedautomaticflippingofgravityloadsanddiaphragmstotheSwitchVerticalAxistoolintheToolsmenu. AddedthecalculationofCvforshearcapacityofsingleanglesfortheAISC14thEdition. Principalaxisnotationwasaddedtothedetailreportforaluminumsingleangles. Addeddetailreportwarningsformembersandwallpanelswhentheseelementsarenotconsideredfor
overstrengthloadcombinations. Enhancedspreadsheetbehaviorsothatcolumnwidthswillberememberedwhentheyareupdated. Simplifieddatabaseshapecomparisonstoreduceprogramstart‐uptime. UpdatedtheDrawWallPanelsdialogtorememberapreviousaction. UpdatedtheprogramtoaccountforstoryshearintheSeismicDetailingPanelZonesheardemandcalculations. UpdatedsavingresultsbehaviorwhenworkinginlinkedprogramssothatclickingtheSaveResultsbutton
oncewillsavetheresultsforalllinkedprograms. UpdatedtheCopyRotatetooldefaultsettingsandupdatedtheStatusBartobetterprompttheuser. AddedvalidationtoconfirmthatallDesignRulesarevaliduponopeningamodel. ChangedmemberdetailreportstoshowAISC‐stylereportwhenAISCdesignisused.Thishappenswhen
foreigncodesareunclearonprovisions. Updatedthemodeldeflectedshapetonowincludesolidelements.Previouslywhenviewingthedeflected
shapethesolidswerenotvisible. Updatedwoodwallheaderoutputtostatewhethertheheaderiscontrolledbybendingorshear. Addedarestrictiononsingleanglessuchthat"depth"legcannotbeshorterthan"width"leg. RenamedAISINAS‐07toS100‐07basedoncodenamingconventions. Removedtheupperlimitof3.0onCbforbendingcapacityfortheAISC14thEdition. RemovedmomentmagnificationfortheACI318‐08code,asaP‐Deltaanalysisisrequired. RemovedalimitationonrebarFyontheConcretetaboftheMaterialsspreadsheetandaddedawarningfor
ACIcodeswhenrebarFyexceedsallowable. User‐definedwallpanelboundaryconditionsarenowconsistentacrossmasonry,concrete,andgeneralwall
types. MadethecalculationofthetotalseismicweightconsistentbetweentheSpectraScalingDialogandtheInsert
SeismicLoadsdialog.Bothnowcomputeanyloadbetweenthediaphragms(orbaseand1stfloordiaphragm)basedonthedistanceoftheloadtothefloororbase.
RemovedLtorquefromthebendingcapacitycalculationsforAISC13thand14theditions.Ltorquenowonlyaffectsaxialcapacitycalculations.
ChangedcolumnEulerbucklingslendernessviolationsofAISC341SeismicDetailingfromafailuretoawarning.
Updatedshearpaneloptimizationandhold‐downselectioninwoodwallstobebasedonwalldesignrule'sMaxShearCheckandMaxBendingCheckrespectively.Previouslythisvaluewasalwaystakenas1.0.
UpdatedmasonrydesignforbothASDandStrengthsothattheWallDesignRules‐MaxShearCheckcolumnworksproperly.Previouslyitwasassumedthatthemaximumshearcheckwasalways1.0.
ReleaseNotes
UpdatedtheM2calculationforoutofplanedesignofconcretewallssothatthereisaninteriorandexteriorvalue.Previouslythemaximumvaluewasbeingusedinbothinstances.
UpdatedthecalculationoftheM2momentforconcretewallpanelsateachsectionalongtheheightofthewall.PreviouslyitwastakingmaximumM2momentatanyplacealongtheheightofthewallandusingitforeverysection.
UpdatedChileanSteeldatabaseperAceroDiseñoEstructuralManual–SegundaEdicion
Corrections
Correctedanissuewithnetworklicensevalidationthatcouldcauseaslowdownwiththeuserinterface. Correctedanissuewherenetworkclientcomputerscouldnotfinddatabaseswhenlaunchingtheprogramin
demonstrationmode. CorrectedthebendingcapacityofdoubleanglesintheAISC14thEdition. FixedanissueintheASCE7‐10SeismicGlobalParameterswhereOmegaandRhocouldnotbeanythingother
than1.0. FixedaunitconversionissuewiththeMaterialTakeOffoutputsothatthevolumeofconcreteisonlybasedon
thedensityunit. Correctedaproblemwherewallpanelstiffnesswasincorrectlyoverestimatedwhenusingmetricunitsdueto
aunitconversionerror. Fixedaproblemwiththeloadmeshingforflexiblediaphragmsthatwouldproduceerrorcode2136. FixedtheLoadCombinationGeneratorsothatthenotionalloaddirectionwillalwaysbethesameaswindload
directionforanindividualcombination. Fixedametricunitsproblemwithmasonrylintelswherechecktomakesurethatthereinforcementfitswithin
themembergeometrywasnotworkingcorrectly. FixedtheflexiblearealoadattributioninaRISA‐3DunderRISAFloormodelsothatinactivatedmembersdo
nothaveloadattributedtothem. FixedanissuewiththecalculationofthetributaryareaofdoubleanglemembersforOpenStructurearea
loads. Correctedaloadattributionissuewitharealoadsandmetricunitsnotmatchingthesameattributionas
imperialunits,althoughtotalloadwasstillcorrect. Correctedanissuewhereconcretecolumnsintensionwouldnotdesignshearreinforcementspacinginthe
centerspanregion. Fixedthedisplayofincorrectgoverningequationnumbersforbendingcapacitiesonflataluminumplatesin
thedetailreports. CorrectedanissuewheretheWebYieldinglimitstatecouldbeoverestimatedinthecontinuityplatechecksof
theSeismicDesignresults. CorrectedanissuewherethephifactorwasnotbeingappliedforWebBucklingcalculationswithintheSeismic
Designresults. Updatedanissuewithwoodwallpaneloptimizationwherehavingmultipledesignrulescouldcausean
individualwalltobedesignedtoadifferentwalldesignrule. FixedanissuewithmasonrywallswherethestiffnesswasnotbeingresetwhenyoumakeachangeintheWall
DesignRulesspreadsheet. Fixedmulti‐storywoodwallsinRISA‐3Donlymodelssothatyouwouldgetresultsforallregions.
Version 10.0 Enhancements/Corrections
Enhancements
AddedAISC360‐10(14thEdition)ASDandLRFDcodechecksforhotrolledsteelmembers. TheAISCDatabasehasbeenupdatedtoincludenewshapesinthe14thEditionAISCManual. AddedASCE7‐10totheWind/SeismicLoadGenerationandtotheLoadCombinationGenerator. AddedACI318‐11codechecksforconcretemembers.
ReleaseNotes
Addeda"ThresholdTorsion"checkforconcretebeams. Addedabilitytoassignopeningsinconcretewallpanels. AddedauserdefinedtorquelengthtothedesignpropertiesforAISC360‐05(13thEdition)andtheAISC360‐
10(14thEdition). AddedCanadianParametricDesignSpectraperNBC2005totheResponseSpectraLibrary. AddedCSAS136‐04codechecksforcoldformedsteelmembers. AddedCSAS136‐07codechecksforcoldformedsteelmembers. Addedthelocationofdemandandcapacitypointsoninteractiondiagramsforconcretewalls. AddedaTools‐PreferencesoptiontoaddtheindividualLoadbuttonoptionsbacktotheDataEntryToolbar. AddedaCopyOffsettool. AddedLoadCombinationGenerationfilesfortheSaudiSBC301‐2007code. AddedtheabilitytoprintResponseSpectraandMovingLoadinputdata. AddedtensioncodechecksforAluminumsingleangles. Addedhydrostaticloadstothecirculartankgenerationutility. Addedtheabilitytoclickajointtodefinetheoriginofthecopy‐rotateormove‐rotatecommands. AddedtheabilitytofliplocalaxesofWallPanelswithoutflippingtheopeninglocations. AddedtheabilitytoprintsectionpropertiesfromtheShapeDatabasedialogs. Addedoptionalabilitytocopyheaderswithspreadsheetdata.(OptionalbasedonaTools‐Preferencesetting.) ExpandedtheTorsionalBuckling/FlexuralTorsionalBucklingcodechecksforAISC360‐05(13thEdition)and
AISC360‐10(14thEdition)toapplytoshapesotherthanWT'sandLL's. ModifiedthetreatmentofmasonryandwoodWallPanelstoautomatestiffnessupdateswithinthe
optimization/SuggestedShapesresults. ImprovedthegraphicalCopytools. ImprovedmasonryWallPaneldefinitionstobebasedonWallDesignRulessothatitwillbeeasiertochange
multiplewallsatthesametime. ImprovedreportingofOverturningMomentSafetyFactorswhenRISAFootrunsfromwithinRISA‐3D.(This
affectsLoadCombinationsbuiltwithBasicLoadCasenumbersratherthanloadCategories). Improved/reorganizedtheSolutiontabofGlobalParameterstobemoreuser‐friendlyandeasiertoread. UpdatedpropertiesintheColdFormedSteelDatabase(basedonbendradiuschanges). Improvedthecodechecksforconcretecolumnsforcaseswherethecolumnissubjectedtonettensionplus
bending. RemovedtheobsoleteTradeArbeddatabasefromtheinstallationroutines.
Corrections
CorrectedanerrorwithCanadianNBC2005SeismicLoadGenerationwheretheprogramwasusingtheSa(0.2)valueinsteadoftheS(0.2)value.
CorrectedanissuewhereshapesfromolderRISASectionfiles(version1.1andearlier)hadissueswithsheardeformation.
Correctedabugthatcausedtheweak‐axisbendingstrengthofwideflangesmemberswithslenderflangestobeoverestimatedintheAISC360‐05(13thEdition)code.
CorrectedanissuewithdistributedloadsontaperedWideFlangesteelmemberswhereaportionofthedistributedloadcouldgetignored.
CorrectedanissuewithCanadiandesignofsingleangleswherecompressioncodecheckswerereportingavalueof0.0ratherthan'NoCalc'.
Correctedanissuerelatedtoaluminumdatabasesandsingleangleflexural‐torsionalbucklingcodechecks. Correctedanissuewiththealuminumcoderelatedtotheallowablebendingstressesforrectangulartubes
subjectedtoaminoraxialforce. Correctedandissuewhereseismicdetailingslendernesslimitfailureswerereportedinthewrongcolumnof
theSeismicDesignResultsspreadsheet. CorrectedaseismicdesignresultsissuewheretheconnectiondesignmomentsforSMFframeswerebeing
conservativelyreportedatthecenterline(ratherthantheface)ofthecolumn. Correctedsomeissuesrelatedtohowoverstrengthloadcombinationswereincludedinanenvelopesolution.
ReleaseNotes
CorrectedanissuewhereNotionalLoadGenerationwasnotproperlyaccountingforeffectsofopeningsinwallpanels.
CorrectedanissuewiththeLoadCombinationGeneratorwheretheprogramwasproducingextra(andunnecessary)loadcombinations.
Correctedaunitsconversionissuerelatedtorebarstrengthforcustomrebarlayouts. Correctedaunitsconversionissuerelatedtothermalloadingonplateelements. CorrectedanissuewhereseveralGlobalParametersvalueswereomittedfromprintedoutputorwereprinted
incorrectly. Eliminatedlateral‐torsionalbucklingcodechecksforColdFormedHUsectionsbentabouttheiry‐yaxis. FixedaunitsconversionproblemwithRISASectionshapepropertiesusedinRISA‐3D/RISAFloor. CorrectedanissuewiththeRISA‐RevitLinkwhichcouldresultinloadsbeingdeletedduringaround‐trip. Correctedadisplayissuewhereenvelopesolutionsforcoldformedsteelwerenotproperlyshowingphiand
omegavalues. CorrectedanissuewheretheReplaceandResolvefunctionwasnotproperlyinteractingwiththegraphical
Excludefeature. Correctedanissuewiththeshearcodecheckofmulti‐spanconcretecolumnswherethecontrollingshear
locationwasalwaysassumedtobeattheendofthemember. Correctedanissuewherethe'j'valuedisplayedinamasonrywalldetailreportcouldbeerroneouslyshownas
1.0.(Thiswasadisplayissueonly;thecalculationswerecorrect.) CorrectedanissuewiththecalculationofAs_maxfortheIS456Indianconcretedesigncode. CorrectedanissuewheretheGuptamodalcombinationmethodwouldcauseawallpanelmodeltocrash
duringanResponseSpectraAnalysissolution. CorrectedanissuewithOpenStructurearealoadswhereroundmemberswerereceivingover‐conservative
loading.
Version 9.1.1 Enhancements/Corrections
AddedintegrationwithRISAConnectionforhotrolledsteelconnectiondesign. Madeanumberofenhancementsassociatedwithdatabaseshapevaluesandpresentation:
TheAISCDatabasehasbeenupdatedtoincludenewshapesinthe13thEditionAISCManual. ThesectionpropertiesofAISCshapeshavebeenupdatedtoreflectnewvaluesinthe13thEditionAISC
Manual. Wheninstallingoveranolderversion,thedatabaseofobsoleteAISCshapesisretainedasan
“AISC_Backup”shapedatabase. AISCshapesinexistingmodels,whichhavesectionpropertiesthatdifferfromcurrentdatabasevalues
bylessthanaspecifictolerance,areautomaticallyassignedthenewsectionproperties.However,ifthedifferenceinsectionpropertiesexceedsthetolerancethentheexistingsectionpropertiesareretainedwithanewshapenamewhichhasan_HRAsuffix.
Added"k"valuestohotrolledsteeldatabasestoallowforbetterintegrationwithRISAConnection DesignListsupdatedforthenewAISCshapes.Backupsofolderdesignlistsaresavedwitha*.bak
extension. EnhancedintegrationwithRISASection(version2.0)toallowforcodechecksonimportedHotRolled
Steelshapes AddedaPrintfunctiontotheEdit/ViewdialogintheShapeDatabase. EnhancedthegraphicalrenderingofGeneralandArbitraryShapestoallowforeasieridentificationof
stronandweakaxes AddedtheIS800‐2007IndianSteelcode. AddedtiedownforcesandshearforcestotheWoodWallIn‐Planeresultsspreadsheet. Updatedthecold‐formedsteeldatabasestobefullyeditable. Improvedtheprocessingtimeforthecreationofresultsbrowsersorflatfileprinting. Improvedthe"ModelMerge"utilitysothatthetrim/extendwallpanelsoptionwillalsocorrectfornon‐
coplanarwalls. Improvedtheinteractiondiagramsforconcretewallpanelstomakethemmorecontinuous.
ReleaseNotes
Addedanupperlimittothelip/widthratioforcoldformedsteellippedchannelsectionsinordertoproperlycalculatek(theplatebucklingcoefficient).
Addedawarninglogmessageformasonrywallsthatuseuncommonmaterialstrengthswithuncommonblocksizes.Self‐weightwillnotbeaccountedforthesewallsandmustbeappliedmanually.
AddedagraphicalRe‐Labelingoptionssothatuserscanselectivelyre‐labelexistingitemsbasedonthecurrentselectionstate.Thisalsoallowsusertoapplyadifferentprefixtoselecteditems.
TheEuroCodeforHotRolledSteel(1993‐1‐1)nowusestheAISCCbformulatocalculatetheC1coefficientforbeamlateral‐torsionalbuckling.thisvariablewillbeoverriddenwhentheuserentersavalueinthedesigndataforthemember.
Fixedanissuewithseismicdetailingcheckssothatthe"framesintocolumnstrongaxis"checkwillnowonlybeperformedforbeamswithfullyfixedends.
Fixedanissuewhererunningaloadcombinationwithamovingloadinamodelwithconcretewallswouldcauseanerror.
CorrectedanissueregardingmemberforcescalculatedfromaResponseSpectraAnalysiswhenusingtheDirectAnalysisMethodwhichcouldresultinun‐conservativevaluesformembermomentsandcodechecks.
Fixedaproblemthatcausedanoverstrengtherrormessageandnoresultstobedisplayedwhenamovingloadwassolved.
Correctedanissuewithcalculationofseismicandnotionalloadswheretheselfweightofwallswasnotbeingproperlyattributedtointermediatediaphragmlevels.IssueexistedonlyforRISA‐3DmodelsthatwerenotlinkedtoRISAFloor.
CorrectedanissuewhereRSAloadcombinationswerenotproperlytriggeringtheAISCSeismicdetailingcalculations.
CorrectedanissuewhereapplyingseismicdetailingtoHbracememberscausedaresultsbrowsererror. CorrectedanissuewheretheSeismicDetailingResultswouldnotdisplayproperlyformembersdefinedwith
thefunctionsetto"gravityonly". CorrectedthecalculationofeffectivesectionmodulusforMnyinHUcold‐formedshapes. Correctedanissuewherepointmomentscouldbelostifappliedatthesameendofamemberasapinned
momentrelease. Correctedaproblemwithwallsurfaceloadsthattouchedopeningedges,whichcausedresultstobereported
asinfinity. Fixedmiscellaneouserrorswithdetailreportsforconcretebeamswhencustomshearrebarlayoutswereused FixedanissuewhereconcretewallswouldnotbedesignedifZistheverticalaxis. Fixedanissuewithwoodwallswheretheheaderoptionfor"SameasOpening"wasnotusingthesame
materialfromthecopiedheader. FixedanerrorwhichcouldcausetheCustomWoodSpeciescountertobeoff,preventingthemodelfrom
opening. UpdatedtheHDUwoodhold‐downdatabasestocorrecttheHDU145‐1/2"&7‐1/4"capacityvalues.The
updatewilloverwritetheoldfileandbackitup. FixedaUnitsissuewiththechordcapacityforwoodshearwalls Fixedaproblemthatcausedwallchordtensiontobereportedwhentherewasnone.
Version 9.1 Enhancements/Corrections
Enhancements
AddedConcreteWallPanelsperACI318‐05andACI318‐08specifications: Abilitytodesignreinforcement(bothshearandaxial/bending). Abilitytodesignreinforcementforoutofplanewallloading(axialbendingandshear) Providesstorydeflectionsforeachstoryinamulti‐storywall.
AddedSeismicDetailingcodechecksperAISC2005: MomentFramedesignperAISC358(RBS,BFP,BUEEP,BSEEP,WUF‐W) StrongColumn/WeakBeamcalculations
ReleaseNotes
Columnchecksforconnectionforces(i.e.continuityplatestiffeners) Calculationofrequiredstrengthandstiffnessofbeambracing PanelZonecolumnchecks ConcentricallyBracedFramesperAISC341 CalculationofunbalancedforcesforVandinvertedVbraces.
SingleAngles: Addedabilitytodesignatethataxialcodechecksshouldbebasedongeometricorprincipalaxis
buckling.SeetheHelpFileSingleAnglesub‐topicofMemberResultsformoreinformation. Addedbendingcodechecksforsingleanglemembersbasedonbendingaboutgeometricorprincipal
axes.SeetheHelpFileSingleAnglesub‐topicofMemberResultsformoreinformation. MadechangestotheMasonryandConcreteMaterialsspreadsheets:
Movedthedefinitionoftheyieldstrengthofthereinforcement(Fy)fromtheDesignRulesspreadsheettotheconcreteandmasonrytabsofthematerialsspreadsheet.
MovedthemasonryselfweightdefinitionfromtheDesignRulesspreadsheettotheMaterialsspreadsheet.
ThiscouldresultinreducedbackwardscompatibilityofConcreteandMasonryMaterialswitholderversionsoftheprogram.
AddedanumberofimprovementsfortheColdFormedSteelcodechecks AISI2004ColdFormedSteelcode AISI2007ColdFormedSteelcode AddedMexican(Canacero)2004and2007codes UpdatedtheAISIandSSMAdatabaseshapepropertiestoreflectthenew2007codeprovisions. AddedOmegaandPhifactorstocoldformedsteeldetailreportsandspreadsheets.
AddedAF&PANDS‐08:ASDWoodcode. AddedACI530‐08Masonrycode. AddedACI318‐08Concretecode. Addedbackintheabilityoftheprogramtolaunchin"DemoMode"whenalicenseisnotdetected.Featurenow
requiresthecreationofaDemosub‐folder. Addedatooltoflipthelocalaxesofexistingwallpanels. ModifiedtheCLcalculationsforglu‐lamswithd/w<2.0. AddedtheabilitytographicallydisplaywallpanelDesignRules. AddedtheCbcalculationforcoldformedsteelmembers. SimplifiedtheinterfacebysplittingtheDesignRulesspreadsheetintoaWallDesignRulesandaseparate
MemberDesignRulesspreadsheet.Thiscouldresultinreducedbackwardscompatibilityofdesignruleswitholderversionsoftheprogram.
SimplifiedtheDataEntryToolbarbarmovingtheaccessoftheindividualloadspreadsheetstobewithintheBasicLoadCasesspreadsheet.
AddedP‐Deltacalculationsforwallpanels. Removedinternalwallpaneljointsfromtheprogramlimitformaximumnumberofjoints. Improvedthegraphicdisplayofslopeddistributedloadstobemorelegible. ImprovedthetreatmentofwoodwallscheduleswhenusingtheAppendfeature. Improvedwoodwallholddownreportinginthedetailreportforcaseswheretheallowableholddownforce
wasadjustedforloaddurationfactororsuch. AddedaNote/Warningtothedetailreporttoalerttheuserwhenaholddownrequiresachordsizegreater
thanthatspecifiedfortheexistingwoodwall. ChangedthestiffnessusedfordynamicanalysistoignoretheDirectAnalysismethodstiffnessreductions. ChangedtheModifyMemberPropertiesdialogtoallowforindependentadjustmentofmembertypes,material,
anddesignlist. ChangedtheModifyMemberDesigndialogtobemoreuser‐friendlybyintroducinggroupboxesandre‐
organizingexistingdata. ImprovedthecodechecksforperforatedwoodshearwallsbyaddingacheckforNDSSDPWSsection4.3.5.3
(maximumunitshearcapacity).Thisonlyaffectswallspanelwith+1370plfshearcapacity. RemovedtheKL/rlimitationcheckformembersthataremarkedas"tensiononly."
ReleaseNotes
UpdatedtheASCE7‐05minimumbaseshearcalculationtoaccountforSupplement#2(0.044*I*Sds>0.01). AddedtheabilitytoappendR3DorRT3filesintoanexistingRT3file. ImprovedtheshearcodecheckreportingformasonrywallswithashearstressgreaterthanFvm.Previous
resultswereaccurate,butcouldbemisleadingaboutthelocationofthegoverningcodecheck.
Corrections
CorrectedanissuewiththeTeebeamflangewidthcalculationsfortheCanadianConcretecode.Previously,slabthickness(conservatively)andspanlength(non‐conservatively)limitswerebasedontheACIcode.
CorrectedanissuewiththeChineseshapedatabasewherethex‐barvaluesforchannelswereincorrectandwerepreventingcodechecksfrombeingcalculated.
CorrectedanissuewiththeEuroSteelcodechecksforclass4(slender)sectionswhichcouldresultinoverconservativecodechecks.
CorrectedanissuewhereFloormodelswithflexiblediaphragmswouldnotproperlysolveanenvelopesolutionwhichcontainedmovingloads.
CorrectedanissuewiththeaxialcodecheckofaluminumtubesandRectangularmemberswheretheallowableaxialstresswasincorrectlybeingmultipliedbythememberarea.
Correctedatoleranceissuewiththecodecheckingofconcretecolumns.TheprogramwasunnecessarilyswitchingfromExactIntegrationMethodtoPCALoadContourmethodforcaseswherethemomentswereveryclosetozero.
CorrectedatypointhewoodpanelholddowndatabaseforHDU14‐5.5holddowns. Correctedanissuewherealuminummemberswouldnotdisplayforceandstressvalueswhentheirdesign
codewassettonone. CorrectedanissuewiththeCmcalculationforENV2005. Correctedanissuewhere"taperedmembers"whichdonothaveanytaperweregettingincorrectcodechecks. CorrectedanissuewiththeAustralianandNewZealandsteelcodecheckwherememberswithonlyaxialforce
couldgiveacodecheckofzero. Correctedanissuewithaluminumcodecheckswhentheallowabletensionforcecontrolstheallowable
bendingforce.Previously,thegoverningequationswerenotbeingreportedcorrectly. CorrectedanissuewheretheprogramwastransposingtheSXandSZspectrascalingfactorsintheload
combinations. Correctedanissuewhereseismicredundancyfactor(rho)wasbeingtakenaszeroifitwasincludedwithloads
appliedtoaflexiblediaphragmthatcameoverfromRISAFloor. CorrectedanissuewiththeASandNTCconcretecodeswherethereductionfactors(phi)werenotdisplaying
properlyonthecolumninteractiondiagrams. Correctedanissuewhichcaused1992Eurocodeequationnumberstobemistakenlyreferencedwhenthe
2005EuroSteelcodewasused.Codecheckswerecorrect;onlythedisplayedequationnumberswerewrong. Correctedaproblemwhichcouldcausefilecorruptionsassociatedwithwoodmaterialcounters. CorrectedatoleranceissuewiththeBS5950SteelcodewhichcouldcausetheTable9stressadjustmentstobe
ignoredformemberswithathicknessofupto2.5mmgreaterthanwhatwouldnormallyrequirereduction. CorrectedanissuewithlintelsformasonrywallpanelswheretheMnwasbeingcalculatedasanegativevalue. CorrectedanissuewhichcouldcauseacrashwhenopeninganRT3(RISATower)filewithsavedresults. CorrectedanissuewhichcouldcausemodelswithwallpanelstocrashwhenexportingtoDXF. Correctedanumberofissueswithloadattributionforslopedfloors. Correctedanissuewithwoodshearwallswhereputtingtheassumedtensionchordincompression(orthe
assumedcompressionchordintension)couldresultinanincorrectlyreportedchordforce.Thesecasesnolongeraffectthechordforcereporting.
Correctedanissuewiththeconcretecolumnrebardiagramswhichcouldcausethedetailreporttocrash. CorrectedadisplayissueinthedetailreportforGeneralwallpanelswherethelengthofthewallcouldbe
reportedincorrectly. Correctedatoleranceissuewithprojectedarealoadswhereaprojectedloadwhichwasnearlyparalleltothe
planeofthearealoadcouldresultin‐1.#INDmemberresults.
ReleaseNotes
Version 9.0.1 Enhancements/Corrections
Enhancements
Addeddrawingofflexuralreinforcementinthecolumncrosssectiontoconcretecolumndetailreports. Addedanoptiontouseanon‐iterative(Tau=1.0)methodfortheAISC360/13theditionDirectAnalysis
method. ModifiedtheAISCdirectanalysismethodtoignoretheswayflags.SeetheLimitations‐StiffnessAdjustment
sectionofthehelpfileformoreinformation. Improvedthewallmeshroutinesinteractionwithmemberarealoads.SeeAreaLoadDistributioninthehelp
fileformoreinformationontheinteractionbetweenwallsandarealoads. Improvedtheplottingofthedeflectedshapeformemberswithshearandaxialreleases. ModifiedtheConcreteColumndetailreportssothattheyalwaysshowtheinteractiondiagramregardlessof
whatloadingisappliedtothem. Improvedthecustomrebarlayoutdialogtobeeasiertouse.
Corrections
CorrectedanissuewheretherhoandOmegafactorsusedintheLoadCombinationsspreadsheetwerealwayssetto1.0regardlesswhatparameterswereenteredintheSeismictaboftheGlobalParameters.
Correctedanissuethatcausedoverconservativecalculationsofallowableflexuralstressesforaluminumroundtubesandchannels.
Correctedanaluminumdesignissuewhichresultedinincorrectslendernessparameters(S1andS2)beingusedfortubeshapes.
Correctedanissuewiththeexpandedforcediagramsforconcretemembers. Correctedanissuewhereaninactivediaphragm(combinedwithauto‐generatedseismicloads)couldcausea
filecorruptionandpreventthemodelfromopeninginversion9.0. CorrectedanissuewhereinformationchangedintheFootingstabofGlobalParameterswouldnotbe
rememberedwhenclosingoutofthedialog. CorrectedanissueassociatedwithP‐DeltaanalysisintheAISC13thedition(ASDonly)formemberssubjected
tothermalloads.The1.6amplificationfactoronP‐Deltaeffectswasnotbeingtakenintoaccountforthethermalloads.
ChangedamisleadingWarningLogMessagetobemoredescriptive.Insteadof"Notenoughsolutiondata",themessagewillnowinformtheuserthattheirresultsweregeneratedbyanolderversionoftheprogram.
Correctedabugwheresomeunstableplatemodelsfailedtogeneratethewarninglogmessageaboutreactionsnotequalingthesumofappliedforces.
UpdatednotationfordesigncoefficientsforEuroCode.Previously,theEC32004codewasmistakenlyusingthenamingconventionfromthe1992versionofthecode.
Correctedanissuewhereappendingamodelcouldcausethewallmaterialtobereadincorrectly. Correctedanissuewiththewooddatabaseforthe"WesternCedar"species. Correctedanissuewheretheprogramwasrefusingtodoacodecheck(becausefb>FbE)eventhoughthe
memberwasintension. Correctedanissuewiththedisplayedunitsforwindloadgeneration. Correctedanissuewhererigidendoffsetsandcustomrebarlayoutscouldresultinanoverlyconservative
shearcheck. Fixedaunitsconversionissuewherecodechecksforwoodwallpanelscouldbeoverlyconservative. Fixedanissuewherehard‐codedwoodwallpanelswouldalwaysgiveaseismicloadcombinationasthe
governingloadcombination,evenifanon‐seismicloadcombinationcontrolled. CorrectedadisplayissuewherethememberdetailreportdisplayedadifferentFvvaluethanwasactuallyused
intheF'vcalculationforGlulammembers.
ReleaseNotes
Version 9.0 Enhancements/Corrections
Enhancements
AddedAluminummemberdesign Addedallshapesinthe2005AluminumDesignManual. AddedcodecheckspertheAAADM1‐05ASDforbothbuildingsandbridges.
EnhancedSeismiccapabilitieswithintheprogram: AddedaSeismictabtotheGlobalParameterstopermanentlystoreseismiccodeinformation. Addedredundancyfactor(rho)totheLoadCombinationGenerator Addedverticalseismicforce(Ev)totheLoadCombinationGenerator AddedautomaticlinkingbetweenparametricdesignspectraandtheseismictabofGlobalParameters AddedautomatedI/RscalingtotheResponseSpectraScalingdialog. AutomatedtheNon‐Orthogonalearthquakeloadoptions(100%+30%)withintheLoadCombination
Generator EnhancedloadingforslopingroofmodelsthataretransferredfromRISAFloor.
Enabledflexiblediaphragmloadattribution(windandseismic)forslopedroofs. AddedtheabilityfortheWindLoadGeneratortoincludeperpendicularslopedroofwindloadsper
Figure6‐6ofASCE‐7. Addedwindloadcalculationsforwallsandwallareasthatextendabovethebaseroofelevation.These
werepreviouslyignored. GravityloadsarenowbroughtintoRISA‐3Datthetopsofslopedwalls.Theywerepreviouslyappliedat
thebasefloorlevelelevation. AddedslopedroofwindloadcategoryoptiontotheLoadCombinationgenerator.
AddednotionalloadstotheLoadCombinationGeneratorperAISCrequirements. UpdatedthenamesassignedtoalldesigncodeoptionstomatchANSInamingconvention. Addedtheabilitytoselectivelyincludeorexcluderoofloadoptions(RL,RLL,SL)fromtheLoadCombination
Generator. Addedtheabilitytoapplymemberarealoadsperpendiculartotheplaneoftheload. Addedtheabilitytoapplydistributedandpointloadsorientedalongwallpanellocalaxes. Improvedloadattributionformemberarealoadstobemoreaccuratefornon‐uniformloads. Enhancedwoodshearwallstousethecontrollingshearpaneldesignforcodechecksofeveryregion. Improvedthedesignofheadersandstudswithinwallpanelssothatonlygravityloadcombinationsare
considered. Reducedinputfilesizebyeliminatingnailingschedulesandholddownschedulesfromallbutexplicitlydefined
woodwallsanddiaphragms. Addedthemulti‐plywoodcolumndesignadjustmentfactorperNDS15.3.2. RISA‐3Dnolongerincludesinternalwallpaneljointswhencheckingagainsttheprogramlimitsformaximum
numberofjoints. Addednetworkfilesecuritytopreventmultipleusersfromopening/editingthesamefileatonce. Reducedthememoryusageassociatedwithenveloperesultsforwallpanels. AddedaTools‐PreferencesoptiontoturnofftheSumofReactionscheck. AddedanewutilitytotheToolsmenutoassistwithaligningstackedwallpanels. AddedequationC‐F9‐1fromsteelcodecommentary(AISC360)toaccountforthebendingcapacityofafully
bracedWTwithstemsincompression
Corrections
CorrectedadisplayissuewiththeCanadiansteelcodewheretheKL/rshowninthedetailreportwasbasedontheuserenteredKvalueratherthanthevalueof1.0requiredbytheclausewhichgovernedthecodecheck.
CorrectedadatabaseissuewheresomeHSSroundmembershadanincorrectwallthicknesslisted. CorrectedtheallowableshearstresscalculationsfortheIndianSteelCodepersection6.4.2
ReleaseNotes
CorrectedanissuewheretheCbbehaviorwasnotproperlytiedtoauserenteredLcomp‐botvalue. Correctedaunit'sconversionissuewithinthebarstraincalculationforconcrete.ThiscouldcauseACIcode
checks(whenusingtheexactintegrationmethod)touseanincorrectphivalue,especiallyforcolumnssubjectedtobiaxialbending.
CorrectedanissuewheretheCbvaluewasbeingover‐conservativelytakenas1.0forcaseswheretheuserdefinedboththeLcompandtheCb.Thiswasoverlyconservative.
CorrectedanissuewhereCanadiancodecheckswerenotbeingperformedonsingleanglesdesignatedasEulerbucklingmembers.
Correctedaminorunitsdisplayissueforwoodwallshearcapacity. Correctedaproblemwhichcouldcauseacrashwhensolvinganyloadcombination#1000orhigher. Correctedissueswhereprogramcoulderroneouslyreportthatinputforcesdidnotequalthesumofreactions. CorrectedanissuewhereRISA‐3DcouldwriteoutaRISA‐3DfilewithanerroneousRISA‐2Dfileextension. CorrectedanissuewiththeRevitLinkwhereRISAFoundationdataembeddedinaRISA‐3Dmodelcouldget
strippedoutofthemodelafterroundtrippingtoRevit. Correctedaproblemwhereheader/linteldesignabovewoodormasonrywallopeningswasbeingskippedfor
headers/lintelsclosetothetopofawall. CorrectedanissuewheretheRISAFloorgroutspacingwasnotcorrectlybroughtintoRISA‐3D.Requiredare‐
solvetogettheMasonrywallcodecheckcorrect. Formasonrybendingthenominalwallthickness(insteadoftheactualwallthickness)isnowusedper
provision2.3.3.3bofACI‐530. Correctedanissuewithmasonryshearwallswherethelocationofthegoverningcodecheckwasreported
incorrectly. Correctedanissuewheretheuseofdesignlistswithtaperedmemberscouldcausethecodecheckfortapered
memberstobebasedonanincorrectgammavalue.Thiscouldalsoresultinanincorrecterrormessage. Correctedaproblemwithbatchsolutionsforwoodwallsthatcausedanon‐controllingchordforcetobe
reportedascontrolling. Correctedanissuewithmasonryshearwallswhichcouldcausethemomentcapacitytobereportedaszero. Correctedanissueinwallpanelforcesthatcausedrandomsignreversalofinternalwallforces. Correctedanissuewithtaperedmemberswhichcouldcausethemtoignorememberpointloadsappliedat
100%ofthememberlength. Correctedanissuewheresomereportprintingsectionswereprintingoutthewrongsections. CorrectedanissueintheRISA‐3Dflexiblediaphragmsdetailreportwheretherequiredcapacityforwindload
caseswasbeingincreasedby40%formodelstransferredfromRISAFloor. Modifiedthewindloadcalculationstousethemeanroofheightforslopedroofsratherthanthebaseroof
elevationformodelscomingoverfromRISAFloor. Correctedanissuewithexplicitlyassigneddiaphragmswhereafailedcodecheckwouldresultinawarning
messagestatingthatasatisfactorypanelcouldnotbefoundinthepanelgroupformodelstransferredfromRISAFloor.
CorrectedanissuewiththeRevitLinkwhereRISAFoundationdataembeddedinaRISA‐3DmodelcouldgetstrippedoutofthemodelafterroundtrippingtoRevit.
CorrectedaEurocodeissuewheretheprogramcalculatedazeromomentcapacityforonedirectionofatubeshape.
Correctedanissuewhereduplicate/overlappingmemberscouldcausetheprogramtofreezeduringsolution. Correctedanissuewiththeappendcommandwherematerialswithnon‐uniquelabelscouldcausethewrong
materialtobeassignedtomembersfromtheappendedmodel.
Version 8.1.3 Wood Wall and Diaphragm Enhancements
Automatedthe40%stressincreaseforwindloadcombinations(comparedtoseismic)forwoodshearwallsanddiaphragms.
AddedacheckboxforGreenLumberpertheNDSfootnotewhichreduceswallstiffnesswhenthewallhasahighmoisturecontent.
ReleaseNotes
Improvedthe2b/hshearstrengthreductionfactorsothatitwillnotaffectcombinationsthatincludewindload.
Improvedthe2b/hshearstrengthreductionfactorforsegmentedwallssothateachregionofthewallreceivesitsownadjustmentfactorratherthanusingtheworstcaseforallregions.
Modifiedthechordforceandstrapforcecalculationstomorecloselymatchtypicaldesignpractice.SeeWoodWall‐Designformoredetails.
Improvedtheloadattributionforverticalloadsappliedtothe"ineffective"sectionsofasegmentedshearwall. Improvedrigiddiaphragmbehaviortobettererrorcheckandcorrectformodelswhichhaveduplicatenodes
ornearzerolengthmembers. Addedcodetopreventinstabilitiesinslenderwalls.Slenderregionswillstillbeineffectiveforshearforce,but
shouldnotresultininstabilities. Improvedreportingandwarningmessagesforstraps. ChangeddefaultboundaryconditionsforwoodwallssothatFEMstiffnesswouldmorecloselymatchtheNDS
threetermstiffnessequation. ImprovedreportingforsituationswherenopanelscouldbefoundwithinthelimitsspecifiedinDesignRules. Changedthenomenclatureforthediaphragmnailingschedules.Theterm"_OT"wasreplacedwith"_RS".Both
termswerealwaysintendedtomean"OtherRatedSheathing".
Version 8.1.3 Other Wall Panel Enhancements
Enhancedthegraphicdisplayofwallpanelreactionstocoincidewithwallselectstates. Continuousboundaryconditionsarenowstoredseparatelyforwoodandmasonrywalls.Ensuresthat
switchingbackandforthbetweenmaterialswillnotpermanentlychangethewalldata. Addedawarningloganddetailreportmessagetoclarifythattheprogramdoesnotdesignmasonrywallsfor
nettension. Addedamoresophisticated'j'calculationformasonrywalls.Previousversionhadautomaticallyassumeda
valueof0.9. Improvedthetrim‐extendportionofmodelmergetodealmoreeffectivelywithwallpanels.
Version 8.1.3 General Enhancements
AddedautomaticNotionalLoadgenerationutilitysimilartotheexistingwindandseismicloadgeneration. Addedthe2007editionoftheSaudiconcretecode(SBC304). Addedstiffnessadjustmentfactor(tau_b)todetailreportsforAISC13thedition. AddedBendingSpanresultstocolumndetailreportsformemberswithcustomrebarlayouts Modifiedprogramtobemorecompatibleforfuturelinktothe2011releaseofRevitStructure. Modifiedcustomtoolbarregistrysettingstoallowuserswhoarenotadministratorstocustomizetheir
toolbars. Removedoptionforcreatingnewmodelswiththe"consistent"unitsoption. Modifiedthelegendrangeforwireframeplatecontourstomorecloselymatchtherangeshownforcolorcoded
contours. Addedanautomaticcheckfor"ghostreactions."Anytimetheappliedlateralforcesarenotequaltothe
calculatedlateralreactionsthenawarningmessagewillappeartoalerttheuser. Modifiedconcretesheartiedesigntoroundtothenearest10mmwhenmetricunitsarebeingused. ModifiedRISA‐3D/RISAFlooroptimizationroutineformembersexplicitlydefinedbytheuser. Implementedclause13.8.2boftheCanadianSteelCode(S16‐05)whichcanprovidelowercodechecksfor
specialcasesofuniaxialbending Improvedtheautoupdatedetectionsequencesothatitcannotfalselyreportthepresenceofanupdate. UpdatedSentinellibrariestobettersupportWindows7.RequiresanupdatetoSentinelSuperProdriver7.5.0
orhigher.
ReleaseNotes
Version 8.1.3 Corrections
Updatedthecriteriaformasonrylintelreinforcementspacingchecks.Previouslysomebararrangementswouldgiveafalsewarningmessageaboutthespacing.
CorrectedthecalculationoftheBetacoefficientforCanadianSteelCodebendingcheck. AdjustedtheaxialcapacitycalculationfordoubleanglesandWT'susingAISC13thEditiontoexplicitlyassume
CwequalszeropertheUserNote/codecommentary. Addeda3.0upperlimittotheCbcalculationforAISC13thEdition.PreviousversionsoftheLRFDcodedidnot
includethislimit. Correctedanissuewhereadynamicsolutioncoulderroneouslysolvewithtensiononlymembersspecified.
Issuewasassociatedwithreadingindatafromsavedresultsthatmaynothavebeenconsistentwiththedatafile.
Correctedanissuewiththeplatecontourplottingformodelswithappliedplatethermalloads. CorrectedanissuewherehavingthedefaultplotoptionssettodisplayaspecificLoadCombinationnumber
wouldcauseproblemswhenviewingloadsinmodelswithfewerLoadCombinations. CorrectedanissuewhererunningaKfactorauto‐calcfromaspreadsheetwithnomembersdefinedwould
causeacrash. Correctedaproblemwiththeunitsconversionofwallpanelreactions. CorrectedanissuewherethespacingofsheartieswasnotproperlytakingintoaccounttheGlobalParameter
settingforincrements. Correctedanissuewherewoodwallswithoutopeningswerenotgettingtheircapacityadjustedbasedonthe
2b/hratioforseismicloads. Correctedanissuewheretheprogramwasnotproperlyreadinginexplicitlysetwallpanelschedules. CorrectedanissuewheretheprogramwasnotfullyaccountingforadifferenceintheCD(loaddurationfactor)
usedintheholddowndatabaseversustheoneusedintheloadcombination. Correctedissuewhereheaderdesignwasreportedforthewallmaterialevenifadifferentmaterialwas
specifiedfortheheader. Correctedissuewherestrapforcesforbatchandsinglesolutionswerenotconsistent. Correctedanissuewherewallpanelresultswouldnotberememberedwhenopeningasavedsolution. Correctedanissuewhere2001NDSstressvalueswereusedforwhendoingcodechecksforGlu‐Lambeams
per91/97NDS. Correctedaunitsconversionissuewiththeselfweightofwoodwallpanels. Correctedanissuewheretheselfweightofmasonrylintelswasbeingappliedover‐conservativelyforbatch
solutions. CorrectedanissuewheretheselfweightofwallswasnotincludedintheweightusedintheautomaticSeismic
loadgeneration. Correctedanissuewherethewallmeshingroutinecouldcomeupwithadifferentmeshforstaticanddynamic
solutions. Correctedanissuewithdistributedwallloadswherechangingtheheightofthewallcouldmovethelocationof
theappliedload. CorrectedaunitsconversionissuewiththeCanadianSeismicForcegenerationforbracedframes. CorrectedissueswithPhi*MnMasonrystrengthcalculationswhichcouldresultinresultsbeingreportedinthe
wrongunitsorwithanegativevalue. Correctedanissueassociatedwithopeningamodelthathadsaveddynamicresultsforwallpanels. Correctedanissuewheretorsionalwarpingnormalstresseswerenotbeingaccountedforinthecodechecks
formemberswithnoweakaxisbendingmoment. CorrectedanissuewiththeenvelopedisplayofwallpanelreactionsintheJointReactionsspreadsheet.This
couldresultinsomejointreactionsbeingreplacedwithaduplicatecopyofawallpanelreaction. Correctedanissuewherewallpanelsurfaceloadsappliedwithtotalheightexactlyequaltothemeshspacing
wouldbeexcludedfromtheanalysis. CorrectedanissuewhereWallPanelreactionswouldbeerroneouslyremovedfromtheJointReactions
spreadsheetwhenagraphicalexcludewasperformed.
ReleaseNotes
Version 8.1.2 Enhancements
EnhancedthePerforatedwallpaneldetailreporttomoreclearlyshowshearcapacityconsidering2w/hreduction.
Added1%loadingmethodforseismicloadingforstructuresassignedtoSeismicDesignCategoryA. ImproveddisplayedFvandFv’valuesforGlu‐Lambeamstobetterdistinguishbetweenstrongandweakaxes. ImprovedthereportingofconcretecolumnresultsdesignedbythePCALoadContourMethod. Changedthetorsiontoleranceto20%forHSScombinedstresschecksforLRFD2ndeditiontomatch13th
editionspecification.Previoustoleranceof10%wasusedonlybecauseofalackofcodeguidance. Changeddisplayofcontinuouslyfreeboundaryconditionsforwallpanelstoimproveclarity. Addedtheabilitytoputasketchnumber(andprefix)withgraphicprinting. AddedtheabilitytospecifyPlaneStressplateswhenusingRISA‐3DunderRISAFloor. AddedRSAmethodanddampingratiototheinputfile.Previouslythisinformationdidnotgetstoredwiththe
file. CorrectedthetoleranceforreportingtheKL/rlimitforcompressionmember.Limitnowenforcedfor
compressionmemberswherecompressiondemandis1%orgreaterofthecompressioncapacity.PrevioustolerancecouldresultinmemberswithhighKL/rratiosfailingtoreporttheKL/r>200message.
AddedabilitytouseDesignResultsspreadsheetstoselectorunselectmembersinanenvelopesolution.
Version 8.1.2 Miscellaneous Corrections
Correctedautomaticout‐to‐outdepthadjustmentsfornon‐symmetricchordsgeneratedusingtheTrussGenerator.
AddedawarningmessagetotheEuroSteeldetailreportwhichreportsaflawintheEurospecwhichcreatesmomentcapacitiesequaltozerowheneverrhoapproaches1.0.
Correctedanissuewheretaperedmemberswithmultiplepartiallengthdistributedloadscouldeliminatethe2ndloadiftheloadtransitionoccurredatanintermediatejoint.
Correctedanissuewhichcouldcausetheundo/redocountertogetofftrackresultinginaninabilitytoredochangesthatweremade.
CorrectedanissuewiththereadingofthePlotOptionsdefaultfilewhichcouldcauseinterfaceissuesand/orincorrectlytriggererrormessages.
CorrectedtheIzzvalueforthe358TSB18shapeintheDietrichdatabase. Correctedaunit'sconversionissueassociatedwiththeembeddedRISAFootresults.Noissueoccurredif
modelwasre‐solvedaftertheunit'sconversion. Correctedaunit'sconversionissuewithmemberdistributedtorqueloads. CorrectedacoupleofissueswiththecalculationofNBCSeismicLoads.
Version 8.1.2 Wood Design Changes
AddedSelect/UnselectfunctionalityinRISA‐3DfordiaphragmregionsthatcamefromRISAFloor. Modifieddiaphragmdeflectioncalculationfordiaphragmsespeciallyfordiaphragmswithmultiplenailing
zones.OnlyaffectsdiaphragmsthatcamefromRISAFloor. Changedanumberofmiscellaneousthingsinthedesignofwoodshearwalls:
o ChangedenvelopingofStrapforceso Changedenvelopingofstudsandchordstobebasedonmaximumcodechecksratherthanmaximum
forces.o Applicationof2w/hadjustmentfactorsforshearcapacity.o ControllingshearforceforFTAOwallswithmultipleopenings.o Re‐definedthe2w/hadjustmentfactorforFTAOwallstoapplytotheheightoftheopening.o Addedthe2w/hadjustmentfactortosegmentedwalls.o Changedthewalltowallconnectivityofstackedsegmentedwalls.ThisresultsinFEMdeflectionresults
thatareclosertohandcalculations.
ReleaseNotes
o Changeddefaultboundaryconditionofwoodshearwallstobecontinuouslypinned.ThisresultsinFEMdeflectionresultsthatareclosertohandcalculations.
o Removedtheupperboundof1.0ontheSSRF(ShearStiffnessReductionFactor)toallowforthistoINCREASEthestiffnessofthewall
o Correctedvariousissueswithunitsconversiono Abilitytoreadsavedresults.o ElasticdeflectioncalculationsforperforatedwallswereapplyingtheCofactortwice.
Version 8.1.1 Enhancements / Corrections
AddedtheupperandlowerboundlimitationsforthediaphragmdesignforcesperASCE7‐05section12.10.1.1. Addedtheabilitytoattachwoodwallpanelstoabeamorcolumnviaastrap. Enhancedthediaphragmnailingoptimizationtopickmoreappropriatenailingselections. AddedtheabilitytosearchformembersbytheirMemberFunctionintheCriteriaSelectdialog. EnhancedtheerrorcheckingsothattheP‐Deltaonlyappliestohot‐rolledsteelmodels. EnhancedtheseismicforcecalculationstolessconservativelyaccountforSeismicDesignCategoryA(per
ASCE‐72005section11.7). Improvedthegraphicaldisplayofholddownsandstrapsinthewallpaneleditor. Addedoptiontographicallydeletewallstrapsandholddownsforwoodshearwalls. Addedundo/redofunctionalitytoholddownandstrapcreation/modification. Enhancedtheerror/warningreportingfornodesthatarecompletelyunconnected.Previouslythesewere
gettinglockedwithoutanyusernotification,eveniftherewasajointloadappliedtothem. EnhancedtheWindLoadGenerationutilitytobetterdetectinvaliddata(buildingheightislessthanorequalto
zero). AddedawarningmessagetothedetailreportanddesignresultsforEurocodesteeldesignwhenashearfailure
causesthecombinedstresscodecheckstobecomeinfinite(i.e.rhoisgreaterthan1.0). Correctedanissuewhere,whenrunninganenvelopesolutionwiththegraphicaldisplayofcodechecksbased
oncolor,novalueswoulddisplay. Correctedawallpanelloadattributionissuewhereapointloaddefinedinthemiddleofthewallpaneldidnot
properlyattributetothewall. FixedanissuewiththedetailreportwheretheCbvaluewasnotbeingdisplayedforcoldformedmembers. CorrectedaproblemwhereunbracedlengthvaluesenteredinRISA‐3Dwerenotgettingsavedwhenthemodel
wasbroughtbackandforthfromaRISAFloormodel.Issueaffectedbeams,butnotcolumns. FixedaunitsconversionproblemassociatedthedisplayofsomeofthefactorsforwoodPerforatedandFTAO
wallpanelsintheirdetailreports. CorrectedanissuewheretheInternalForceSummationToolwasonlyupdatingunitsduringsolutiontime.
Therefore,switchingunitswithanactivesolutioncouldresultinincorrectforcedisplayuntilthemodelwasre‐solved.
CorrectedsomeissueswiththeAppendcommandwhichcouldcauseduplicationofwallpanellabels. Fixedaprogramcrashwhichoriginatedfromlargenumberofbars(200+)inaCustomRebarLayout. CorrectedanissuewithFTAOandPerforatedwallswherewallswithmultipleopeningsoroffsetopenings
couldreportincorrectunitshearvaluesorholddowns/chordforces. FixedanissuewhereRISA‐3Ddetailreportsforwoodwallpanelswouldbeclearedwhenentering
RISAFoundation. Correctedanissuethatcouldcausemodelswithalargenumberofinstabilitiestocrashduringanenvelope
solution. Correctedadisplayissuewiththemomentdiagramforslendermasonrywallsthatdivergedduringslender
wallcalculations. CorrectedanissuewhereusingtheSectionSetsspreadsheettomodifydatabaseshapedatawasnot
automaticallyclearingthestiffnessmatrix. Correctedissuewheresomespreadsheetoperations(Fillblock,etcetera)werenotavailableinsome
spreadsheets(DesignRules).
ReleaseNotes
Correctedanissuewiththewarninglogwheretheprogramwasincorrectlygeneratingmessagesaboutthestrapsforstackedwallnotproperlyliningup.
Correctedanissuewiththegraphicalcopycommandwherethewallstrapswerenotgettingcopiedwiththewallpanel.
CorrectedanissuewheretheFv'forwoodmemberscouldbeincorrectlydisplayedinthememberdetailreportsforGlu‐Lammembers.
CorrectedanissuewiththeFTAOwoodshearwallswheretheprogramwasenforcingthe2w/hlimitationsbasedonthefullheightofthepierratherthantheopeningheight.
CorrectedanissuewithPerforatedwallswherethewallcapacityreductionfactor(2w/h)wasbeingappliedtothechordforces.
Correctedanissuewhereolderfiles(v8.0orolder)thatareopenedin8.1or8.1.1maygettheirwindcodeorseismiccodereadinincorrectly.Filescreatedinversion8.1andnewercouldstillhavethewrongwindandseismiccodesdisplayediftheyareopenedwithanolderversionoftheprogram.
Correctedmeshingerrorsassociatedwithwallpanels. FixedabugwhereduplicatenodeswerebeingcreatedduringthetransitionfromRISAFloortoRISA‐3D. FixedaproblemwherethediaphragmloadsfromaRISAFloormodelwithsavedresultswouldincorrectlyread
thetransientloadsinRISA‐3D. CorrectedaproblemintheCanadiansteelcodecalculationsformembersclassifiedas"slender".Thisallowable
momentcapacitywasbeingreportedasnegativewhenitshouldhaveprovidedanerrormessage. Correctedanissuewiththeprocessingofmultiplepartiallengthdistributedloadsontaperedmembers.Issue
couldresultinanun‐reportedlossofinputforcesifanodeoccurredatthelocationoftheloadtransition.
Version 8.1 Enhancements / Corrections
Enhancements
Addedtheabilitytomodelwoodshearwallswithopenings,incorporatingthreedesignoptions:segmented,perforatedandforcetransferaroundopenings.
Addedflexiblediaphragmanalysis/loadingoptionforRISAFloordiaphragmsthatarebroughtintoRISA‐3D AddedwooddiaphragmdesignforflexiblediaphragmsthatarebroughtfromRISAFloorintoRISA‐3D. AddedacustomizablegraphictoolbarwithnewPlotOptionsbuttonforeasiergraphicalviewofresults. Addedanautomaticregiongeneratorforshearwallpanelstoexpeditethecreationofregionsespeciallyfor
wallsthathaveopenings. AddedEC32005Eurosteelcode. AddedBSEN2004Euroconcretecode. AddedNBC2005CanadianautomaticWindandSeismicloadgeneration. AddedaShearStiffnessAdjustmentfactorforwoodshearwallstoallowtheusertoadjusttheFEMstiffnessof
thewallstomatchthecodeequationsreportedinthewalldetailreports. AddedCustomWoodSpeciesforcommonlyusedcompositelumberspecies. Addedre‐designlistsfornewlyaddedcompositelumberSpecies.
Corrections
Correctedanerrorwithplatecornerreleaseswhichcausedtheplatemomentreleasestobereversed.i.e.acornerreleasethatwasspecifiedasanMxreleasewasreallyanMyrelease.
CorrectedacompatibilityissueintheconcretecodesettingsbetweenthecurrentversionandRISA‐3Dversion7.0.Issuecouldcauseanincorrectconcretecodetobechosenwhenreadingaversion7.0(orolder)fileintoversion7.1or8.0.Correctiononlyappliestoolderfilesbeingopenedinthenewversion(8.1orhigher).Newfilesopenedinoldversionscanstillexperiencetheissue.
ReleaseNotes
Version 8.0.3 Enhancements / Corrections
Enhancements
Enhancedthestatusbardisplayformulti‐monitororoddresolutionscreens. Enhancedmasonrydetailreportstogivemoreclearandrelevantoutput. Enhancedthemasonryhorizontalshearreinforcementgraphicsinthewallpaneleditor. Improvedwoodwallpaneldetailreportstogivemorerelevantoutput. Addedgeneralwallpanelregiondetailreports. Enhancedwoodwallpaneldetailreporttoexplicitlyshowchordandholddownforceswiththecontrolling
loadcombination. Improvedtrussgeneratortoallowusertospecify“Segment”forunbracedlengths. Improvedtrussgeneratortorecognizetriangulartrussesandtherebynotcreateduplicatechordendjoints. Improvedwallpanelmeshertoaccountforjointswithboundaryconditionsthatfallwithinwallpanels. Modifiedthewaywoodscheduleswerechecked,thusremovingunnecessarywarningsfromthewarninglog. Addedcodetopreventcreationofnon‐rectangularwallpanelregionswhichcouldcauseerrors. Enableduserstodeletepointloadsusinggraphicaldeleteloadfeature. ImprovedloadgenerationtreatmentofBaseElevationtoproperlyallowfornegativeelevations. EnhancedtheWallPanelreactionstoincludethedisplayofthetotalmomentreactionasmeasuredfromthe
midpointofthewallbase. ModifiedMasonryWallPaneldetailreportstomoreconsistentlyreportoutofplaneforcesonaperfootbasis
insteadofabasingitonthedistancebetweenreinforcingbars.
Corrections
Fixedabugwheretheself‐weightofmasonrywallpanelshadvaluesreversedbetween140pcfgroutand105pcfgrout.
Correctedsomeunitconversionsfromimperialunitstometricfortheoutputinmasonrydetailreports. Fixedabugwheretheallowablestressincreasefactorwasnotbeingconsideredcorrectlyformasonrywall
panels. Correctedcalculationforstressinthesteelforoutofplanecalculationswithbarsinbothfacesofmasonrywall
panels. Fixedmiscellaneousinconsistenciesbetweenregioneditorinputandthedetailreportoutputformasonry. CorrectedaWallPaneldetailreporterrorwhereregionsthatwereauto‐splitcouldreportanover‐
conservativeaxialforce. Correctedgraphicsinmasonryoutofplanedetailreportfor"bothfaces"and"staggered"locationsof
reinforcement. Fixedabugwherewallpanelreactionswerenotbeingincludedinresponsespectraanalysisscalingofbase
shears. Correctedunitsconversionerrorwiththey1andzvaluesincustomrebarlayouts. FixedaunitsconversionproblemwiththeCanadiancodewherethemomentvaluewasreportedasanegative
number. Removedwallpanelendreleasesbecausetheywerebeingappliedincorrectly.Theywillbeaddedatalater
time. Modifiedholddowndesignanddatabaseprocedureforwoodwallpanelstoeliminateerrors. Correctedover‐conservativewoodwallpanelchordforcecalculationincertaincases. Correctedanissueintheloadcombinationsspreadsheet,whereaddingalineinthespreadsheetwould
confuseanynestedloadcombinationsbelow. Fixedabugthatwouldcausedistributedloadstobecutoffifamodelmergewasperformedonnon‐physical
members. CorrectedanerrorwhereduplicatenodeswouldbecreatedinaRISA‐3DmodelthatcameinfromRISAFloor.
ReleaseNotes
CorrectedaK‐factorissuewhereNodeswithblanklinesintheBoundaryConditionsspreadsheetwerebeinginterpretedasrestrainedjointsfortheKapproximation.
Enhancedprogrammesherforwallpanels,eliminatingerrors. Fixedaprobleminwallpaneldetailreportswhereenvelopeforceandmomentdiagramwerereportedasa
maximumofbatchforces,asopposedtoanabsolutemaximumofbatchforces.Issueoccurredonlyforwallpanelsdefinedwitha"General"materialtype.
FixedMiscellaneousdatabaseanddefaultissuesassociatedwiththeWoodWallDesignRules. CorrectedanissuewiththewallpaneldetailreportswheretheWindowTitlecouldlistthewrongwallpanel
label. FixedaprobleminwooddesignwheretheRBcalculationwascomputedasifthebottomflangewasin
compressionwhenthetopflangewasactuallyincompression. Correctedabugthatwascausingsurfaceloadsappliedtowallpanelstobeneglectedovertheareaofthe
opening.
Version 8.0.2 Corrections
CorrecteddimensionsinEuroSteeldatabaseforHD360x147,HE1000A,HE1000AA. Correctedthecontoursandcontourlegendsdisplay. FixedabugwhereallwallpanelsurfaceloadswerebeingplacedinBasicLoadCase1regardlessofthe
specifiedBLC. Fixedabugwherewallpanelthicknesschangesdidnotautomaticallyclearthestiffnessmatrix Fixedabugwhereenvelopeandbatchsolutionswereconsideringthelastloadcombinationasthecontrolling
oneforwallpanelsonly. Correctedmiscellaneousholddowndatabaseerrorsforwoodwallpanels. Correctedresultsforwallpanelswithsurfaceloadsappliedinthelocalaxisdirections. CorrectedWallPanelforcediagramsindetailreportsformodelswhentheZ‐axiswassettovertical. Correctedthe"d"valuecalculationformasonrywallpanelsdesign. Correctedoutofplanestrengthdesignformasonrywallpanels. Correctedthedisplayofthecontrollinglocationmasonrywallpaneldesign. Correctedmiscellaneouswallpanelmeshingerrors.
Version 8.0.1 Enhancements / Corrections
Addedoptiontoviewthelocalaxesofwallpanelelements. Activatedthe"DetailReportForCurrentItem"incaseswhereitwasnotworking. Changedthesortingofjointcoordinatestoincludewallpanelnodes Correctedthegraphicaldisplayofwallpanelsurfaceloadsandreactionvalues Correctedthedisplayofgroutweightinthewallpaneleditor. Correctedthetopvalueofthewallpanelsurfaceloadtoconsidertheloadfactor. CorrectedtheinteractionbetweenRISA‐3DandRISAFoottoallowfootingdesignwithinRISA‐3D. Correctedthecalculationofrz(radiusofgyrationaboutprincipalaxis)ofcustomsingleanglescreatedinRISA‐
3D. CorrectedtheimportingofsteeljoistsfromaSTAADfile. Fixedabugwheretheprogramwasnotproperlyre‐assigningarebarlayoutfornamingconflicts. Correctedanissuewherecrackcontrolrequirementsforconcretememberscouldproducetightbarspacing. CorrectedprintingofProjectGridsandWallPanelSurfaceLoads.
ReleaseNotes
Version 8.0 Enhancements / Corrections
Walls Panels Enhancement
AddedWallPanels,givingusertheabilitytomodelentireportionsofwallswithoutusingplates. AbilitytocreateMasonrywallswithopeningstogetreinforcementdesignforinplaneandoutofplane
forces,aswellastheabilitytodesignlintels. AbilitytocreateWoodwalls(currentlywithoutopenings)andgetdesignresultsforinplaneandoutof
planeloads AbilitytocreateGeneralwallswithuniformpropertiesandopeningsforanalysis.Awayforanalysisof
concretewalls.
Interface & Graphics Enhancements / Corrections
Changednotationfor“projected”globalaxesfromL,V,andHtoPx,Py,andPz Correctthedisplayofincorrectstressblockselectioninthedetailreports.
Interaction Enhancements / Corrections
AddedtheabilityfortheLbyyandLbzzvaluestobetransferredfromRISAFloorwhenusingtheDirectortool. AddedtheabilityfortheRISAFloorselectionofan"inactivediaphragm"tobesavedbetweentheRISA3D
/RISAFloortransfer.
Concrete Design Enhancements/Corrections
Correctedconcretebeamcodecheckstoconsiderthelastspanincontinuousconcretebeamsforthegoverningcodecheck.Thesteelreinforcingdesignoptimizationwasnotaffected.
CorrectedtheShearUCtonotalwaysbetakenatthefirstsectionofacontinuousbeam.
Sloping Members
AbilitytobringslopingmembersoverfromRISAFloorforanalysis.
Miscellaneous Enhancements / Corrections
Addedorthotropicplates.PlatematerialswithinconsistentEandGwillnowusebothintheelementstiffnessformulationratherthaninternallydefiningGbasedontheenteredEvalue.
ChangedEmincalculationforSCLmembers Addedwarningtopreventpoorlyformedplatefrombeingextractedintoacorruptedsolidelement. Fixedabugwherechangestothe"DetachfromDiaphragm"optiondidnotautomaticallyclearthestiffness
matrix. CorrectedpossiblecorruptionoftheReportNamedatabasewhichcouldresultinseeminglyunrelatedmemory
errors. CorrectedprintingfortheProjectGridspreadsheet FixedUnityCheckforcolumnsundertheMexicancodethatneedrebarclosetothemaximumspecified. CorrectedanissuewhereeditingamodelintheembeddedversionofRISAFoundationcouldtemporarilybreak
theexistingRISA3Ddeflectiondiagram. CorrectedmemberorientationissueassociatedwiththeopeningofRISA‐2DfilesinRISA‐3D
ReleaseNotes
CorrectedanissuewiththeMaterialTakeOffresultswhichwouldoccuranytimemorethan500sectionsetswereusedinamodel.
Removedthepotentialfor"paddedspaces"fromdialogboxes.Whenthesefieldswerebeingpaddedthiswouldpreventuserfromenteringdatainthosefields.
CorrectedthedisplayofsavedColdFormedcodechecks.Phiwasnotbeingproperlystoredintheresultsfile.
Version 7.1.3 Corrections
CorrectedabugthatcouldresultinacrashwhileusingtheembeddedversionofRISAFoot3.0.TheproblemonlyoccurredwhenoneoftheLoadCombinationsusedforfootingdesignincludedanAISC13thEditioncodecheckwiththe“adjuststiffness”optionoftheDirectAnalysismethod.
CorrectedaseriousbugthatcouldresultinthedeletingofembeddedRISAFoundationdata.IfaRISA‐3DfilewithembeddedRISAFoundationweresavedwithouthavingfirstviewedtheFootingdataduringthatsession,thentheFoundationinformationwouldNOTbeembeddedinthe3Dfile.
CorrectedabugrelatedtothevalidationofRISAFootversion3.0licensing.PreviouslythenetworkversionofRISAFootwasnotcorrectlyauthorizing.
Correcteda2ndbugrelatedtoRISAFootauthorizationthatrelatedtolaunchingRISA‐3DfromwithinaRISAFloorsession.
Correctedabugrelatedtothereadingoftheresultsfile.Therewereinstanceswheresavedresultswerebeingdiscardedevenwhentheywerepresentandvalid.
Correctedacrashonthere‐useofeigensolutionresultsfortheaccelerateddynamicsolver. Correctedabugwiththeoptimizationofconcretereinforcement.Thebugwouldhavepreventedtheprogram
fromaddingsteelthatisabovetheminflexuralsteelrequirements. CorrectedaSteelDatabaseerrorinAISCDB32.FILassociatedwithHSS6.625x0.375.
Version 7.1.1 Corrections
CorrectedabugwheretheuseoftheAutomaticResponseSpectraScalingFactorinasolutioncouldcauseacrash.
CorrectedabuginthesingleanglecodethatdidnotallowforsingleanglestobendabouttheirGeometricaxesevenwhenthiswasspecificallyrequestedbytheuser.
Version 7.1 Enhancements / Corrections
Interface and Graphics Enhancements / Corrections
ImproveddialogbehaviorbyhighlightingtheUse?CheckboxesandaddedinaClearUseBoxesbutton Fixedabugwiththerenderingofdeflectiondiagramsforpipeshapes Dynamic_graphicsintheINIfile
Steel Design Enhancements / Corrections
AddedchangestotheAISCdatabasebasedonthe13thEditionManual.IncludingroundHSSdesignthickness. AddedaRollBackOnCancelactiontotheGlobalParameters–Codesettingstoproperlyaccountforcases
whereuserschangefrom13thEditionASDto13thEditionLRFDandcancelthechangebeforeexiting ChangedlogicforusingRvalueforcoldformed/lightgagesteel SlendernesschecksforIndiancodeIS800 UpdatedP‐DeltaerrormessagesforAISC13thEditionManual CorrectedKvaluecalculationforIndiancode.Onlyaffectscantilevertypeendconditions. CorrectedKcalculationissuethatcouldcauseacrash
ReleaseNotes
Concrete Design Enhancements / Corrections
AddedACI2005 ChangedFyintherebarlayoutdialogsothatitistiedtostressunitstobeconsistentwithdefinitionofFyin
theDesignRules CorrectedwarningsinshearrebarlayoutsforFloor ConcreteT‐beamsmodifiedinRISAFloor(negativereinforcementoverL/10) Fixedbugsrelatedtorebaroptimizationforextremely,extremelywidebeams Correctedbugwhereuserdefinedlayoutsmaynotbecorrectlyinterpretedattheexactendofthemember.
Onlyoccurredwhensupporthadawidthofzero(i.e.boundaryconditionsupport). Correctedbarcalloutsforcustomcolumnrebararrangements.Onlyaffectedbarsdefinedfromleftandright
sideofcolumns.Barlayersdefinedbasedonthebottomortopofsectionwerenotaffected.
Solution & Analysis Enhancements / Corrections
AddedroutinetoclearstiffnessmatrixforcaseswhereDesignparameters(membertypeorswayflag)couldresultinarequiredchangetothestiffnessmatrix.ShouldonlyaffectAISC13thEdition.
InternalForceSummationtooladjustedtoALWAYSbedefinedLefttoRightorToptoBottom
Loading Enhancements / Corrections
IncreasedLoadCombinationlimitto5000 Addedcheckboxforcopyingloadswhenusingtranslational,rotational,ormirrorcopyoptions AddedtorquePointLoadsintotheprogram ChangedSeismicUseGrouptoOccupancyCategoryforASCE7‐2005.
Miscellaneous Enhancements / Corrections
CorrectedbugwiththeMirrorcommandthatcouldcreatepoorlydefinedsolidelements. Correctedabugwheretheprogramwasincorrectlyhandlingduplicateshapes.Thisbugonlyoccurredwhena
filewasopenedwhichcontainedashapethatmatchedthename(butnottheproperties)ofanexistingdatabaseshape.Programwouldincorrectlyre‐assignthemembertothedatabaseshape.
CIS/2Detailing CFcorrectionforSCLlumberin2005NDS AddedinbetterstatusbarsupportforDualMonitors AddedrestrictionsonspreadsheetprintingforDemoversions.Nowlimitedtoamaximumof5rowsforeach
spreadsheet. Correctedreportprintingtore‐adjustreportwidthstoallowforwider/Landscapepages Correctedabugwherecopyingandpastingfromresultsbrowserscouldresultinamemoryerrorbasedonan
“outofrange”spreadsheetsetting KeyIDaddedtoinputfile DemoVersionswillnowrunoutofHKEY_Current_UserifLocal_Machineisunavailable Abilitytoturnoffthetime/datestamp Logofmembersthathadinvalidormissingdesignlists Addedawarninglogthatwilltellyouwhichentrieswerenotreadproperlyorcausedthefiletobeconsidered
"corrupted" Correctedabugwheredynamicsolutionscouldcausesome"hotkeys"tostopfunctioningincombined3D/
Floormodels Correctedanerrorwithreadingdefaultprogramsettingscreatedbyanolderversion(pre‐7.0) CorrectedbugwherePlatesSpreadsheetwouldnotopenproperlyfromtheMainMenutoolbar
ReleaseNotes
Correctedbuginthetrussgeneratorthatmis‐calculatedchordcentroidswhenthe'MaintainOut‐to‐Out'distanceoptionwasselected
AddedcodetopreventinfiniteiterationissuesforfootingsandOne‐Wayelements AddeddialogtocalculatedetailingoffsetsforCIS/2translator
Version 7.0.2 Enhancements / Corrections
Miscellaneous Enhancements/Corrections
PrimarilyreleasedtoaddresssomecorrectionsintheRISAFoundationprogram.RefertoRISAFoundationreleasenotesformoreinformation.
Correctedalengthconversionbugintherebardatabase.Iflengthunitswereotherthanfeet,theprogramhadbeenerroneouslyconvertingrebarcutofflengthsenteredinasa%oflength.
AddedSecurityCodesforREVITStructureVersions.Thereisnodirectimpacttotheprogram. EnhancedCIS/2linktoallowforcompleteroundtripdatatransfer. Fixedabuginthesubspacesolversothatmodelswithmorethan100DOFs,butlessthan40masstermswill
solveproperly.
Version 7.0.1 Enhancements / Corrections
Enhanced Loading Features
AddedASCE2005/IBC2006WindLoadingCode AddedASCE2005/IBC2006SeismicLoadingCode AddedASCE2005/IBC2006ResponseSpectra AddedMexicanSeismicLoadingCode AddedMexicanResponseSpectra NegativeBaseElevationsforCalculationofWindandSeismicForcesareNowAllowed SeismicLoadAssociatedwiththeBaseoftheStructureisNowDisplayed AddedAbilitytoIgnoreBaseWeightinCalculationofSeismicLoads
Enhanced Analysis Features
AddedSubmeshingofSolidElements AddedPlateMomentReleases IncreasedProgramLimitsforJoints,Plates,andSolidsto100,000Each
Enhanced Steel Design Features
CorrectiontotheAISC‘Cb’CalculationwhenUsingthe"Segment"Code CorrectiontoEC3SteelCodeCheckforColumnswithBendingandTension
Enhanced Concrete Design Features
AddedMexicanConcreteDesignCode
Interaction With Other Programs
AddedIntegrationCapabilitywithRISATowerProgram
ReleaseNotes
AddedMemberDetailingInformationtobeUsedwithUpcomingCIS/2Translator
Miscellaneous Enhancements
AddedGraphicalFilteringforShapeOptimization DoubleWheelClickNowCallsUpaFullScreenView RenderButtonIsNowa3‐WayToggleBetweenWireFrame‐ColorCoded‐Rendered AddedINIOnlyOptiontoTurnofftheDynamicMouseGraphicsFeatures EnhancedHandlingofInstabilitiesintheSparseSolversoTheyAreLockedandtheSolutionContinues
Miscellaneous Corrections
CorrectedaBugwiththeMouseWheelPan/ZoomthatResultedInNumerousCrasheswhenColorCodingLegendsWerePresent
CorrectiontotheUnitsConversionofSavedDrawingGridData CorrectiontotheUnitsConversionforParametricConcreteShapes CorrectiontotheAreaLoadAttributionforMemberswithPartialAreaLoadsandRigidEndOffsets
Version 7.0.0 Enhancements / Corrections
Enhanced Loading Features
AddedASCE‐72005LoadCombinationstotheLoadCombinationGenerator CorrectedanerrorwiththeattributionofMemberAreaLoadsthatwaseliminatingtheloadassociatedwith
RigidEndOffsets
Enhanced Analysis Features
AddedaSparseSolvertospeedupsolutiontimesandreducememoryrequirements Addedan8‐nodeSolidElement
Enhanced Steel Design Features
AddedAISC13thEditionSteelCode Abilitytouse1.6*P‐DeltaeffectforASDDesign Abilitytoreduceflexuralstiffnessforcertainmembersoflateralresistingsystembasedontheaxial
loadinthemembers(thisisdoneonaLCbyLCbasis) Abilitytoreduceaxialstiffnessforcertainmembersofthelateralresistingsystem
ChangedtheBSsteelcodetodistinguishbetweenHandIsectionswhenchoosingwhichstrutcurvetouse
Enhanced Wood Design Features
AddedNDS2005WoodCode Correctedabuginthe2001wooddatabasethatwasusingalowerFcvalueforDFL#2PostandTimbers
Miscellaneous Enhancements / Corrections
CorrectedabugwiththeBlockFillcommandthatwasonlyallowingthefirst3cellsoftheblocktobefilled Correctedabugwiththeinternalforcesummationtoolthatcouldcauseacrashformodelswithtriangular
plateelements
ReleaseNotes
CorrectedabugwherechangingtheMemberTypeofaconcretememberdidnotclearthestiffnessmatrix
