This page contains list of changes, fixes and new features in FEM-Design 22 service versions.

Version 22.00.005

Released 27th of November 2023

Added:

• The 3D mesh checking function has been significantly accelerated.

Modified:

• Mesh check function was switched off in case of Winkler analysis.
• Post-tensioned cables will consider only the visible axes in the Shape and the Layout wizard.
• Steel joint symbols are not displayed if none of the connected joints is visible.

Fixed:

• Automatic numeric values dialog caused crash when clicking on an other windows' header.
• Automatically generated numeric values were not rearranged after recalculation.
• Bar eccentricity was not imported correctly from SAF in some cases.
• Composite manual design crashed in case of some special cross-sections.
• Conversion to Profiled plate caused crash in some special cases.
• Cover spanning direction was not exported correctly to StruXML.
• Dimension lines behaved strangely, if DIM layer was switched off.
• Editing of steel bars or supports connected to steel joints occasionally generated incorrect steel joints that caused crash later.
• Elasticity modulus was not calculated correctly in case of some masonry walls.
• Empty load subgroups caused crash during Analysis.
• Foundation design calculation according to Swedish NA gave too low resistance values.
• If a result was displayed for an axis, and the colour of the Axis layer was modified, the result disappeared.
• If master member of a shell design group was deleted, its reinforcement was not copied to the new master member.
• If model was saved with active steel joint manual design, load combinations were not listed correctly in the combobox after loading the model.
• In case of plastic analysis of load combinations, the calculation has slowed down on some 12th and 13th generation intel processors.
• In Documentation module picture of steel joint detailed result was not saved to the docx file.
• In RC bar manual design window Duplicate window command caused crash.
• In RC bar parametric reinforcement dialog the content sometimes disappeared.
• In some cases automatically generated shear reinforcement regions lost contact with their support object.
• In steel joint manual design switching between joints may have caused crash after exiting the manual design mode.
• It was not possible to move edge connection IDs of Profiled and Timber plates/walls.
• It was not possible to move the label of concealed bars.
• Label for result point could display wrong combination for GMAX calculation.
• Manual numbering of concealed bars did not work in some cases if more Model window was open.
• Maximal bolt force was not calculated correctly in some cases for column splice joints.
• Modification of a bar with an attached general steel joint caused crash at entering the Steel design tab in some special cases.
• Modification of a reinforcement steel library item caused crash if the model contained concealed bars and the modified reinforcement steel was used in the model.
• Moment of inertia in z direction was not displayed correctly in the Composite column detailed result.
• Multiple selections of punching applied stud objects could have caused a dialog state that was not possible to save.
• Numeric result values were not saved to DWG if both "Do not show empty layers" and  "Show visible layers only" options were checked.
• Numeric values were not displayed, when user saved the documentation content as .docx and "Zoom independent font size" had been switched on.
• Overlapping bars may have caused crash at general joint generation.
• Parallel shear stress was not calculated correctly in welded column splice joints.
• Paste button of unique seismic response spectra dialog was not activated when data became available on the clipboard.
• PSB punching detailing rules check could falsely warn in numerically sensitive cases.
• Punching detailed result caused crash in some cases.
• Pure compression check equation was modified in timber bar detailed result to look similar to the other checks.
• RC shell calculation parameter was not copied correctly.
• Reaction force positions were not correct in Plate module, if the columns were moved from their original position.
• Reinforcement preview displayed layers on the opposite sides for walls.
• Result point did not display correct value on displacement results unless the absolute displacement was supposed to be displayed.
• Result point numeric values were not automatically refreshed on bars.
• Result title for calculated bedding modulus was incomplete.
• Retaining walls were not converted when loading 3D Structure model into Plate module.
• Scrolling was not possible in the load combination listbox of Documentation wizard.
• Sign of Mt and Mz moments did not comply with IDEA StatiCa sign convention.
• Steel bar shell model detailed result did not refer to the correct part in EN-1993.
• Steel joint graphical window in the Documentation module causes crash in some cases.
• Steel joint: EN 1993-1-8 Table 7.12 alpha was set to 0.0 for T-joints, now it is set to 1.0 for RHS brace section.
• StruXML import failed if the model contained corbels.
• Summarization did not work correctly for "Total area" in Masonry quantity estimation.
• Text size of the default numeric value in detailed bar results is adjusted.
• The Layout wizard of the Post-tensioned cables could not generate PTC-s only in the column-zone.
• There was singular stiffness matrix or equilibrium error if the model contained haunch or tapered bar with varying eccentricity which were in the region of a diaphragm.
• There was some confusion in RC bar manual design window's section numbering.
• Thickness value was displayed in wrong unit in quantity estimation of Profiled panels.
• Timber design utilization was not displayed correctly in some special cases in the lower part of the Utilization dialog.
• Timber panels with invalid geometry were not deleted at loading the model.
• Timber wall default height was not adjusted to the storey height when Storey up/Storey down was used.
• Total weight calculation is fixed for composite elements  in the quantity estimation.
• Utilization of insulation was not calculated correctly.
• Walls of Plate module were not listed in the Filter.
• Warning message about a moving load not being in the plane of a shell did not specify which shell it was about.
• Warning message of Adjust analytical model tool was empty in some cases.
• When displaying Footfall/Acceleration result, the selected load case was not remembered.
• Y component of seismic Equivalent load result was not displayed in the correct direction.
   

Version 22.00.004

Released 12th of June 2023

Added:

• Fdscript command to generate load combination from load groups.
• FdScript/ run UTF8 command to pipe engine. The existing run command uses ANSI encoding limited to current codepage characters.
• FdScript/missing construction stage config parameters to analysis and make the attributes optional to allow using what is set in the model.

Modified:

• Adjust analytical model/Fit to function was improved to find solution for many cases that used to fail due to too big tolerance value.

Fixed:

• Custom result library items with Incomplete result rows may have caused crash.
• Detach option of supports were not set correctly when supports with different detach options were selected for property change.
• Detailed result for general laminated shells was not available.
• In case of "tracking mode" construction stage calculation, if the stage result was involved into load combination calculations and the model contained edge connections, in most of the cases the calculation stopped with "stiffness matrix singular" or "equilibrium error" messages.
• In RC Design / Punching design for Max of load groups could cause an error message if construction stages exist but are not involved in any Load group.
• Laminated shell detailed result might have caused crash if the model contained laminated shells with different number of layers.
• Lateral torsional buckling and interaction check was not executed on tapered steel bars with rectangular cross-section.
• Lateral torsional buckling and interaction checks were not carried out for steel bars with T section.
• Load combination of displayed deflection result was not stored correctly in some special cases.
• Local min/max numeric result algorithm could cause crash in case of high amount of finite elements.
• Paste ignored the last line to read in tables.
• Plastic condition result was not displayed for fictitious bars.
• RC shell calculation parameters were not set to indeterminate in the dialog when more of them with different properties were selected.
• RC shell detailed result/Minimum reinforcement section's formulae displayed a number with too few decimals.
• RC shell minimum reinforcement calculation was not accurate according to Swedish National Annex in some cases.
• SAF import process continues even if it finds incomplete objects.
• Steel bar-shell modell detailed results displayed incorrect coordinates for stress calculation.
• Steel joints without connected bars may have existed  and caused crash eventually.
• The Optimal rebuild mesh function was not breakable by button ESC.
• There were steel bar design parameters without any selected cross-section.
• Trusses with non-linear properties were not saved for the IDEA-StatiCa connection.
  
   

Version 22.00.003

Released 18th of May, 2023

Fixed:

• Fix: Merge region lines function of Correct model tool caused crash if the region had more holes with different numbers of sides.
  
   

Version 22.00.002

Released 19th of April, 2023

Added:

• Composite design / Auto design / Circular symmetry option is available for Circular cross-sections.
• Design group definition is added to FDscript.
• Cmdinteractionsurface command is added to FDscript.
• Entity selection to cmdlistgen command is added to Fdscript.
• From now the maximum number of construction stages is 499 instead of 99.
• Punching reinforcements can be exported to Allplan.
• RC Design / Punching / Calculation parameters / Automatic Beta factor calculation is supplemented with a punching region's principal direction-based method, which is more conform with the EN 1992-1-1 6.4.3. (3).
• Hungarian language version is updated with FD22 features.
• Polish language version is updated with FD22 features.
• Dutch language version is updated with FD22 features.
• French language version is updated with FD22 features.
• Finnish Documentation language version is updated with FD22 features.

Modified:

• Adjust model/Fit regions function is executed even if the region topology is modified (some edges may be eliminated).
• Bar utilization lists header include material type.
• Composite design / Design: Circular symmetric reinforcement alignment was made available for Circular sections.
• RC Design / Punching / Automatic generation will not consider the eccentricity of the column. For the proper perimeter calculation of edge/corner columns, use the Plate / Physical extent function!
• The Mesh check function is now hundreds of times faster for surface meshes. So now running this function is enabled by default before calculation.

Fixed:

• After pasting file refreshing color schema caused crash in some cases.
• Applied reinforcement table in RC shell/Shear detailed result had incorrect header text for the Diameter column.
• Assigning PTC to a bar with shell model caused crash.
• Automatic extent of RC bar reduction zones were not calculated correctly after they were modified in the Properties dialog.
• Automatic generation of  bar reduction zones over walls did not work correctly in some special cases.
• Automatic shell buckling generation may hve invalidated analysis results.
• Automatic steel and timber bar design for design groups caused crash in some cases.
• Bar-shell mode conversion of C shaped cross-section did not work correctly.
• Changing material to a general type caused crash in some cases.
• Colouring in Load cases' relationship dialog did not work for cells with negative value.
• Creating Punching detailed results caused crash in the Documentation module in some cases.
• During struxml import reinforcement bars were created in non-uniform RC bars.
• FDscript combitem was missing Amplitudo.
• If "Custom" load combination method was at least once selected, the resulting disabled checkboxes in the "Generate load combinations" dialog maintained their status regardless of which load combination method was chosen afterward.
• If a model containing extremely many load combinations was pasted program slowed  down.
• If calculation failed after design changes were applied on the model, invalid results were listed in the Result tree.
• In case of plastic steel beam non-linear analysis during scaling of load combination results, there was a problem under certain circumstances.
• In case of steel bar-shell model calculation relevant buckling modes were not correctly initiated in some cases.
• In RC shell calculation parameter dialog design eccentricity parameter modifications were not saved.
• In some cases the Esc and error handling was wrong during bedding modulus calculation.
• In some rare cases RC bar auto design didn't work for longitudinal reinforcement.
• In Steel bar design detailed result dimension lines were placed too far from the sections in certain cases.
• In the Correct model dialog after loading settings the statuses of buttons were not refreshed.
• In timber bar detailed result the equation for  k_m,alpha  calculation was not displayed correctly in some special cases.
• In timber design calculation of LVL and Kerto beams depth and length factor was not taken into consideration if the beam size was bigger than the reference depth/length.
• Incorrect fire exposure data caused crash in RC bar design calculation.
• Listing launched from the Quantity estimation dialog did not contain all objects that were in the dialog.
• Load combination results are exported to Idea StatiCa.
• Load group combinations table did not highlight selection.
• Load tab / Construction stages could be deleted by Model space / Erase function using CTRL+A.
• Loading files made in FD21 may have caused error at saving to StruXML format, if the model contained shear reduction zones.
• Material and section of bars imported via IFC were not compatible in some cases.
• Modification of bar properties deleted general steel joints connected to the modified bars in some cases.
• Modification of Soil/Filling level point caused crash in some cases.
• Modifying the properties of a bar that was connected to a General joint caused crash in some cases.
• Nodal Shapes have wrong NodeId at listing table:  Imperfection/Stability.
• Object type conversion did not preserve the construction stage of the object.
• Picture colour were not correct in Documentation module, if OpenGL graphic engine was chosen.
• Piles unnecessarily increased memory usage during RC bar design.
• Potential crash on DWG import using layer names that clashed after losing international characters.
• Pre-calculated cross-section data that speed up calculation were not generated during cross-section import in some cases.
• Pressing Undo in the documentation module caused crash, if a tool was active in the graphical window.
• Program may have crashed if structural objects were deleted after deflection calculations.
• Property change of RC bar reinforcement macro for concealed bars caused crash.
• RC bar auto design was over-reinforcing for torsion in some cases.
• RC bar auto design caused crash in some special cases.
• RC bar reinforcement macro was not placed on the correct layer.
• RC Design / Punching / Nodal force calculation method is incompatible with seismic effects and 2nd order analysis, therefore shell internal force-based solution is applied in these cases.
• RC Design / Punching / Shell internal force is calculated on the analytical plate instead of the physical, consequently smaller internal forces are at edge/corner punching.
• RC Design / Punching / Shell internal force method could rarely calculate higher punching forces using Max options.
• RC Design / Punching: Automatic punching region generation is more permissive for overlapping bars.
• RC shell calculation for Result points caused crash in some special cases.
• reinforcements of composite columns could not be exported to Allplan.
• Shear check was not calculated correctly for some delta-like steel sections.
• Single reinforcement of RC shell was not considered in the buckling calculation.
• Single row deletion in load group combination table is now available.
• Some types of Custom result were not displayed correctly in Plate module, if the model contained columns.
• Some warning message of steel bar design calculation did not refer to the correct load combination.
• Steel bar shear check was not displayed correctly in the detailed result of the design group.
• Steel design / Check using Max of Load groups, the sections could be shifted by 1 step in rare cases.
• Steel joint tool contained "Set master member" option unnecessarily and pressing it caused crash.
• Stiffness calculation of beam-column steel joints with end-plate was not correct if all tension bolt-rows were outside the beam's flanges.
• TDA material settings could be lost using multiple selections.
• The checking of intermediate cross-section was not correct in case of variable cross-section bars.
• The finite element mesh statuses were not handled correctly if mesh had to be adjusted to assigned loads. This caused different types of bugs in mesh creation and handling in some cases.
• Timber bar fire detailed result crashed if it was to be displayed for non-accidental load combination.
• Too short reinforcement bars may have caused crash in RC bar manual design mode.
• Web buckling check for non-uniform steel bars was not calculated correctly.
  
   

Version 22.00.001

Released 2nd of February, 2023

Modified:

• The value of k_def (deformation factor) for characteristic (Sc) combinations is set to zero by default.
• In Composite design, Section utilization imperfection consideration in the second order moment has been changed with distinct k value using EN 1994-1-1 formula 6.43.

Fixed:

• Axis labels with prefix contained  an unnecessary grey arrow.
• If axis prefix was modified, its position number was also modified.
• Assigned load is now adjusted to the structural object after its geometry was modified.
• Some tooltips in the Load group dialog was misplaced.
• Changing the type of fictitious bar could cause a crash.
• In case of eccentric walls, reinforcement bars might have been displayed at wrong position in 3D view.
• In some cases, design calculation was not carried out on steel bars with haunch.
• When an unavailable printer was assigned to a Section in the Documentation module, "Print document" function was blocked and it was not possible to continue with a Temporary printer.