Major features

The absolute major features of this version are: 

• Footfall analysis
• RC shell detailed results
• Concealed bar
• Punching improvements
• Construction stages - phase II

Other features and improvements

Learn about other new features and enhancements in FEM-Design 18.

User Interface

• Quick Tools
• Improvements in text settings
• New items in Window menu
• Hide tabs and icons
• Number of selected elements
• Keep/Hide result
• Zoom height

Structure

• Automatic wall foundation adjustment
• Predefined edge connections for walls
• Improvements in covers

Load

• Assign load to objects
• Load on eccentric position
• Load groups of moving loads

Mesh

• Improvements in peak smoothing regions

Analysis

• Calculate only selected load combinations
• New option in Eigenfrequencies calculation
• Remove connections from free edges
• Soil calculation settings

General Design

• 2nd order internal forces + 1st order design 
• User defined filter out of design group

RC Design

• Apply same surface reinforcement on both sides 
• RC bar manual design improvements 
• SLS Stress limits listed for shells

Steel Design

• Automatic beta factor calculation
• Improved lateral torsional buckling 
• Other buckling lengths improvements 
• Steel fire design improvements 
• Steel joint utilization summary

Timber Design

• Inspection level for timber in Danish NA
• Timber panel improvements

Results and documentation

• Show only positive shapes in stability analysis 
• New result types
• Updated colour palette dialog 
• Filtering of local minimum/maximum values 
• Labelled sections
• New options at listing results to Excel
• Listing bar end forces
• Multi column selection in table

StruXML

• StruXML improvements

License system

• Borrow license