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New features in FEM-Design 21

Last modified by Fredrik Lagerström on 2022/02/15 13:36

The following section highlights all new features and changes in FEM-Design 21. All the features and improvements are sorted by the area, and described together in dedicated sections. Bug fixes in FEM-Design 21 are added into Release notes.

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User Interface

   
New Logo---
New Command Center---
Refreshed icons and toolbars✓✓✓
User interface configuration✓✓✓
Duplicate window✓✓✓
    

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Modeling

   
New hot rolled hollow section type✓✓✓
Single symmetric sections for composite beams✓✓✓
Steel haunch✓✓ 
Change panel direction✓  
Unit mass of fictitious bar✓✓✓
Fictitious truss member✓✓✓
Reset (cover) supporting structures✓✓ 
Improved modification of library objects✓✓✓
    

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Tools

   
Display settings in Quick tools✓✓✓
Improved display of labels and results✓✓✓
Improved display of Storeys and Axes ✓✓✓
Bar end point information ✓✓✓
Show all function✓✓✓
Integrated calculator✓✓✓
New renaming and renumbering policy✓✓✓
Improved layer manager✓✓✓
Filter improvements✓✓✓
Improved Statistics dialog✓✓✓
    

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Loads

   
Climate load panel ✓✓ 
Snow load macro✓✓ 
Shear wall wind load macro✓  
Copy and paste in Load cases' relationship dialog✓✓✓
Modify deviation load name✓✓ 
    

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Analysis

   
Periodic excitation✓  
Plastic steel bar analysis✓✓ 
Extended imperfection calculations✓✓ 
Storey fundamental frequency✓  
Faster non-linear calculations✓✓ 
Improved 'Load mismatch' warning✓✓✓
Display analysis messages✓✓✓
Open last calculation report✓✓✓
    

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General design

   
Deflection utilization in design results✓✓ 
Modified buckling length in fire design✓✓ 
Utilization tables for fire design groups✓✓ 
Project-stored calculation configurations✓✓✓
Improved modification of design groups✓✓✓
    

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RC design

   
Eccentricity increment✓✓✓
Automatic buckling length calculation✓  
Punching for wall ends✓ ✓
Change direction of concealed bar✓  
Ignore torsion in RC bar design✓✓✓
Symmetric bar reinforcement✓✓✓
Change of bar cross section during design✓✓✓
Bar reinforcement summary✓✓✓
Improved auto-design of RC shells✓ ✓
Auto-update of RC shell results✓ ✓
Reinforcement colour settings✓ ✓
Improved Quantity estimation of RC elements✓✓✓
    

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Steel design

   
Ignore stability checks✓✓✓
List and display joint forces✓✓ 
    

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Timber design

   
CLT Fire design✓  
Timber panel in Quantity estimation✓  
    

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Masonry design

   
Improved input of fxk1✓  
Shear check✓  
    

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Composite design

   
Auto design of composite columns✓✓ 
Parametric reinforcement of composite columns✓✓ 
Fire design of composite columns✓✓ 
    

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Results and documentation

   
Collection of color schemes✓✓✓
Improved display of Missing... result type✓ ✓
Same scale for different results✓✓✓
Improved result handling in Quick Tools✓✓✓
Numeric values on detailed results graphs✓✓✓
Default font style for numeric values✓✓✓
Effective masses listed in Quick tools✓✓ 
Converted loads listed in tables✓✓ 
GUID data listed in tables✓✓✓
    

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API and interoperability

   
Export to IFC✓✓ 
Improved import from IFC✓  
Improved import from SAF✓✓ 
StruXML improvements✓✓ 
FdScript improvements---
Insertion point for dwg drawings✓✓✓