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Update Report No. 02869
RF-JOINTS Steel - SIKLA 5-17-01 | 10/31/2018
- Adaptations concerning the selection of the module by using the drop-down menu
Update Report No. 02868
RF-TIMBER AWC 5-17-01 | 10/31/2018
- Implementation of the design according to ANSI/ AWC NDS-2018 (ASD/ LRFD)
Update Report No. 02867
TIMBER AWC 8-17-01 | 10/31/2018
- Implementation of the design according to ANSI/ AWC NDS-2018 (ASD/ LRFD)
Update Report No. 02866
RF-CONCRETE Columns 5-17-01 | 10/31/2018
- Adaptations concerning the related degrees of restraint at hinged supports when determining buckling lengths
Update Report No. 02865
CONCRETE Columns 8-17-01 | 10/31/2018
- Adaptations concerning the related degrees of restraint at hinged supports when determining buckling lengths
Update Report No. 02864
RF-STEEL 5-17-01 | 10/31/2018
- Adaptations concerning the display of the stress Sigma,y,- in the stress ranges
Update Report No. 02863
TOWER Design 8-17-01 | 10/31/2018
- Implementation of a new table "Parameters - Sets of Members" to define the precamber (design with STEEL Warping Torsion)
Update Report No. 02862
RF-TOWER Design 5-17-01 | 10/31/2018
- Implementation of a new table "Parameters - Sets of Members" to define the precamber (design with STEEL Warping Torsion)
Update Report No. 02861
STAGES 8-17-01 | 10/31/2018
- Adaptations concerning the visibility of the structure when changing from STAGES module cases to load cases
Update Report No. 02860
RFEM 5-16-01 | 08/22/2018
- Extension concerning the printing of 3D PDFs - they can now be generated in any paper size
- Release of the JOINTS Steel - Rigid add-on module for the design of rigid or semi-rigid joints according to EN 1993-1-8
- Acceleration of the calculation for structures with a large number of analogously defined load combinations
- Optimizations concerning the automatic FE mesh generation
- Release of the modified Newton-Raphson solver as well as the Newton-Raphson solver with constant stiffness matrix for nonlinear calculations according to the linear static analysis (geometric linear)
- Blocking of the solver method Newton-Raphson with constant stiffness matrix for the calculation according to the large deformation analysis (large deformations)
- The following direct interfaces are supported in the current customer version:
  AutoCAD 2015 - 2019
  Revit 2016 - 2019
  Tekla Structures 20.1 - 2018
- Adaptations concerning the demo version - the calculation can be performed again within the restrictions of the demo version
- Adaptations in the result diagrams concerning the order when selecting several objects
- Implementation of the option to change the font size of the panel in the printout report
- Adaptations concerning the conversion of line loads to surface loads
- Adaptations in the material model Isotropic Plastic 2D/3D according to Tresca
- Adaptations concerning the display of max/min info in the graphics of the printout report
- Adaptations concerning the cross-section dimensions as well as the cross-section values of cross-sections according to AISC standard
- Adaptations concerning the consideration of margins when exporting the printout report to a PDF file
- Adaptations concerning the documentation of comments of line loads in the printout report
- Adaptations in the result diagrams of members concerning the length information (horizontal axis)
- Optimizations in the printout report concerning the documentation of the nodal support nonlinearity "Failure all, ..."
- Implementation of a text factor for the font size of the color scale in the printout report
- Optimizations in the printout report concerning the panel when displaying surfaces in color in the same way as for surface thicknesses
- Adaptations concerning the display of the load distribution at 2D FE elements in 2D positions
- Adaptations in the material model Isotropic Plastic 2D/3D - no descending diagrams are allowed; tearing as option has been deactivated
- Adaptations concerning the performance - when modeling or changing structural data or visual properties, unintentional delays sometimes occurred
Update Report No. 02859
RSTAB 8-16-01 | 08/22/2018
- Extension concerning the printing of 3D PDFs - they can now be generated in any paper size
- Release of the JOINTS Steel - Rigid add-on module for the design of rigid or semi-rigid joints according to EN 1993-1-8
- The following direct interfaces are supported in the current customer version:
  AutoCAD 2015 - 2019
  Revit 2016 - 2019
  Tekla Structures 20.1 - 2018
- Adaptations concerning the demo version - the calculation can be performed again within the restrictions of the demo version
- Adaptations in the result diagrams concerning the order when selecting several objects
- Implementation of the option to change the font size of the panel in the printout report
- Adaptations concerning the display of max/min info in the graphics of the printout report
- Adaptations concerning the cross-section dimensions as well as the cross-section values of cross-sections according to AISC standard
- Adaptations concerning the consideration of margins when exporting the printout report to a PDF file
- Adaptations in the result diagrams of members concerning the length information (horizontal axis)
- Optimizations in the printout report concerning the documentation of the nodal support nonlinearity "Failure all, ..."
- Implementation of a text factor for the font size of the color scale in the printout report
Update Report No. 02858
RF-LAMINATE 5-16-01 | 08/22/2018
- Implementation of the torsion design as additional design
- Update of the layers of the company Binderholz according to the new ETA
- Update of the layers of the company Martinsons
- Adaptation of layers according to ANSI/APA PRG 320-2018
- Implementation of the design according to ANSI/ AWC NDS-2018 (ASD/ LRFD)
Update Report No. 02857
RF-FORM-FINDING 5-16-01 | 08/22/2018
- Release of the material models Isotropic Nonlinear Elastic 2D/3D as well as Isotropic Plastic 2D/3D for membrane surfaces
- Adaptations concerning the consideration of partial safety factors to the load type "Gas"
Update Report No. 02856
RF-STEEL AISC 5-16-01 | 08/22/2018
- Release of an option to design member sets according to the Steel Design Guide 9 (STEEL Warping Torsion)
- Implementation of the eigenvalue solver to determine the ideal elastic critical moment - associated update of the input tables
- Adaptations concerning the calculation of the limiting length Lr according to F2-6
- Adaptations concerning the resistance factor for shear according to section G for W-cross-sections
Update Report No. 02855
STEEL AISC 8-16-01 | 08/22/2018
- Release of an option to design member sets according to the Steel Design Guide 9 (STEEL Warping Torsion)
- Implementation of the eigenvalue solver to determine the ideal elastic critical moment - associated update of the input tables
- Adaptations concerning the calculation of the limiting length Lr according to F2-6
- Adaptations concerning the resistance factor for shear according to section G for W-cross-sections
Update Report No. 02854
RF-PUNCH Pro 5-16-01 | 08/22/2018
- Optimization in the automatic determination of the direction of the punching load for result combinations (RCs)
- Optimization when selecting nodes which are loaded by a single load
- Optimizations when determining automatically the membrane force N_cpto determine V_Rd,c
- Optimizations when exporting the critical perimeter from the design to the RFEM model
- Optimizations when selecting nodes at wall ends and wall corners
- Optimizations when selecting the node of punching shear at plates with elastic foundations
- Optimization of the iterative calculation of the critical control perimeter of foundation plates
Update Report No. 02853
RF-JOINTS Steel - Column Base 5-16-01 | 08/22/2018
- Optimizations in the calculation of weld surfaces between column and base plate
Update Report No. 02852
JOINTS Steel - Column Base 8-16-01 | 08/22/2018
- Optimizations in the calculation of weld surfaces between column and base plate
Update Report No. 02851
RF-CONCRETE 5-16-01 | 08/22/2018
- Adaptations concerning the graphical display of isolines
- Adaptations when determining the coefficient k_cconcerning the calculation of the minimum reinforcement to control crack width
- Optimizations when defining the design moment for the design at a support with monolithic connection
- Adaptations concerning the functionality of result diagrams
- Adaptations concerning the shear design according to 6.2.1 when designing result combinations
- Adaptations concerning the design of the maximum rebar spacing according to ACI 318-14
- Optimization of the convergence behavior for fire design of flexural beams
Update Report No. 02850
CONCRETE 8-16-01 | 08/22/2018
- Adaptations when determining the coefficient k_cconcerning the calculation of the minimum reinforcement to control crack width
- Optimizations when defining the design moment for the design at a support with monolithic connection
- Adaptations concerning the shear design according to 6.2.1 when designing result combinations
- Adaptations concerning the design of the maximum rebar spacing according to ACI 318-14
- Optimization of the convergence behavior for fire design of flexural beams