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Release Notes for RISA-3D

Version 15.0.3 Enhancements/Corrections

Updatedtheprograminstalltoimprovebehaviorfornetworklicenses. Improvedthesubscriptionlicensefunctionalitytomakeitmorerobust. AddedtheabilitytoimportaTeklaStructuresmodelintoRISA‐3D. Added"Frequencies""ModeShapes"topicstotheReportPrintingoptions.Theywereerroneouslyremovedin

V15.0.2 Improvedthearealoadmeshtoworkbetterforoddframingsituations. Correctedanun‐conservativeerrorwiththestrongaxisflexuralstrengthforchannels. Correctedanissuewhereopeningamodelwithsavedmovingloadresultswouldcauseacrash. CorrectedanissueinthemaximumtaboftheMemberForcesspreadsheetwheretheprogramwasnotgiving

thecorrectvaluesinspecificinstances. CorrectedanissuewheretheExcludefeaturewouldnotworkproperlyinRISA‐3DinaRISAFloor/RISA‐3D

integratedmodel. CorrectedanerrorwherebaseplateloadswerenotproperlytransferredfromRISA‐3DtoRISAConnection. Discontinuedsupportofthe32‐bitversionoftheprogram.


General: AddedtwonewtabstotheMemberForcesspreadsheettodisplaythemaximumforcebasedoninternal

sectionsandendreactions. Majorimprovementstotheautomaticmodelbackupfunctionality. ImprovedtheSTAADimportfunctionalitytogivebettererrormessagingandbettersteelmaterial

defaultsforunsupportedvalues. Fixedaproblemwherethedeflectionvaluesdisplayedonthecursordidn'tmatchtheJointDeflections

spreadsheetiftheMagnificationFactorwasnotsetas1.0. CorrectedanissuewhereRISA‐3DmodelscreatedmembersthatreferredbacktoRISAFloorforthe

unbracedlengthvalue. UsingtheCopytoClipboardcommandfromspreadsheetsnolongercopiesblankcellstotheclipboard. FixedaproblemwheretheTrussHighLevelGenerationToolwouldcreatewebmembersthatdidn't

attachproperlytothechordsiftheOuttoOutoptionwasselected. WallPanels:

UpdatedtheP‐littledeltacalculationsforconcretewallstoshowthelocationalongthewallwhereitwasconsidered.

UpdatedtheP‐littledeltacalculationsforconcretewallsfortheoddcasewherebothaxialforcesandmomentforceswerebelowprogramminimumthresholds.

Fixedaproblemwherethe2011and2013ASDmasonrycodewasover‐conservativeindesigningthein‐planeshearreinforcementspacing.

FixedaproblemwheretheExcludecommanddidnotworkfortheWallPanelForcesspreadsheet. Fixedaconservativeproblemwherewallforcediagramsinthedetailreportwouldreportamin/maxof

0eveniftheforcesdidn'tgotozero. Fixedaproblemwithprintingout‐of‐planeconcretelinteldetailreportswheretheprogramwouldprint

thein‐planereportinsteadoftheout‐of‐planereport. Fixedaautomaticmeshingerrorwhereperpendicularwallsframingintooneanotherwerecausingthe

internalmeshtofail. Correctedanissueinthereportedmasonrywallpaneloutputtoshowresultsbasedonaconsistent

effectivewidth. Analysis:

ReleaseNotes

Improvedtheintegratedautomaticmeshingofsemi‐rigidplatesandwallpanelplatesinaRISAFloor/RISA‐3Dmodel.

Correctedanissuewhereplateandwallpanelcontourtoolsweremistakenlylinked. Fixedaproblemwheretheplatecontourtoolwouldnotworkwithverysmallplatemodels(lessthana

foottotallength/width). Correctedaproblemwheretheshearcheckonamulti‐spanconcretecolumnwasreportedas

controllingforthewrongspan. Loading:

AddedanewMemberDistributedLoadtypethatisappliedasapressuretothefaceofthemember.Theprogramwillautomaticallycalculatetheloadintermsofforce/length.

Improvedthememberarealoadmeshaccuracy. HotRolledSteel:

AddedanewsteelshapedatabaseforPacoSteel&Engineering. Eliminatedanerroneouswarningaboutbeamdepthforseismicdetailingchecks.

Wood: FixedaproblemintheNDS2012and2015codeswhereequation3.9‐4wasimplementedbutthetextin

thedetailreportwouldreportEqn3.9‐3. CorrectedanerroneouschangetotheNDS1991/97WoodDesignCodelabelname. Fixedaproblemthatshowednullvaluesforwoodshapesandmaterialsthatwerenotexistent.

Aluminum: Correctedanerrorwhichcausedaluminummemberforcestodifferinsubsequentsolutionsusing

differentdesigncodes. RISAConnectionIntegration:

AddedtheabilitytoapplyacolumnBaseplateConnectionRuletocolumnmembers.NowcolumnBaseplateconnectionsmaybeexportedtoRISAConnectionfordesign.

AddedtheabilitytoapplyKneeBraceConnectionRulestokickerbraces.NowthesebraceconnectionscanbeexportedtoRISAConnectionfordesign.

CorrectedanerrorwhereinvalidconnectionruleapplicationcrashedtheprogramduringConnectionexport.

CorrectedanissuewhereaChevronBraceconnectionwoulderroneouslybereportedasinvalidduetootherbracingframinginnearthebraceintersectionpoint.

Fixedanissuewhereconnectionswerebeinggroupedimproperly.


CorrectedaproblemthatcouldcauseStoryDriftDefinitiondatatobecomecorruptedwhenjointswereaddedordeleted.

CorrectedaproblemwithStoryDriftoutputwherethedriftvaluesreportedweredividedbyRhoevenifRhowasn'tusedintheloadcombination.

CorrectedanissueinwooddesignwherethedatacouldbecomecorruptedifacustomCfu(flat‐usefactor)valuewasused.

Correctedaproblemwithsingleanglebendingforaluminummemberswherethecodecheckequation,H.3.1,waserroneouslyreportingafailure.

CorrectedaninterfaceissuewhereLoadCategorieswitha(‐)signcouldnotbeselectedbytheuserintheBasicLoadCasesspreadsheet.

Correctedaproblemwhereaveryshortwallheightwouldcausetheprogramtoshutdown.Acheckhasbeenaddedrequiringawalltobeatleast6inchestall.

Version 15.0 Enhancements/Corrections

General: AddedcompatibilitywithIBC2015.

ReleaseNotes

Addedanew&improvedProjectGridsystemthatsupportsskewedandarcgridlines. Addedthelivedisplayofcoordinatesanddeflectionvaluestothemousecursor. AddedaNoWind/DriftcheckboxtotheDiaphragmspreadsheettoallowmezzaninefloorlevelstobe

ignoredforwindanddriftcalculationsinintegratedRISAFloor/RISA‐3Dmodels. Addedparapetsforwalls. AddedparapetwindloadingformainwindforceresistingsystemsinintegratedRISAFloor/RISA‐3D

models. Flexiblediaphragmsonslopedroofscannowattributeloadstotheslopedmembersinsteadofjustthe

membersattheceilinginintegratedRISAFloor/RISA‐3Dmodels. Addederrorcheckingforgenerationofslopedroofwindloadsonnon‐planarroofplanes. Improvedthereactiondescriptioninthegraphicinformationlabelforthemodelviewdisplay. Addedthedeflectionratiostothememberlabeltogglebuttonmenu. Re‐addedtheabilitytoautomaticallyrelabel3D‐onlyelementsunderaRISAFloormodel.Thishadbeen

removedinRISAFloorv10.0.1. FixedadisplayerrorwhichpreventedtheWallPanelEditortoopenforwallswithalargenumberof

nodesinitsplane. HotRolledSteel:

AddedtheCSAS16‐14Canadiansteeldesigncode. ImplementedL‐torqueinputfortheCSAS16‐14codeclause13.3.2similartohowitisdoneintheAISC

13th/14theditions. AddedanotificationtotheDetailReportwhenevertheCanadianSteelCodeoverridestheuser‐

inputeffectivelength(K)factor. ImprovedreportingofeffectiveyieldstressforCanadiansteelclass4sections. CorrectedweakaxisKL/rcheckswhereK=1.0wasconservativelyusedinsteadoftheactualinputK

factor. CorrectedaminorerrorintheLateralTorsionalBucklinglimitstateforacustominputtaperedwide

flangeshape. Correctedaproblemwiththe2005and2001CanadianSteelCodeswithcompressioncapacityofclass4

sections. CorrectedanissuewithCanadiansteelcodecheckswheretheunitycheckreportedwaswrongfor

memberswithnearzero(butnotzero)moments. Concrete:

AddedtheCSAA23.3‐14Canadianconcretedesigncode. Improvedtheconcretereinforcementoptimizationtofixaproblemwherereinforcementdesigncould

produceacodecheckof1.02insteadof1.00. CorrectedanerrorwhereT‐beameffectiveflangewidthswerebeingincorrectlycalculatedpertheACI

318‐14designcode. FixedanerroneousKl/r>100messageforCanadianconcretecolumnsthatuseexplicitreinforcement. CorrectedanerrorwhereaconcretebeamdetailreportwouldcrashafteranEnvelopeOnlysolution.

Aluminum: AddedtheAAADM1‐2015aluminumdesigncode. Addedbendingcodechecksforaluminumsingleanglesperthe2015code. AddedTauBdisplayintothedetailreport. Updatedthestrong‐axisbendingcapacityforwideflangememberstonotbedependentonKforthe

2010and2015codes.Anupdatetothespecificationbetween2005and2010changedthisbehavior. UpdatedmessaginginthespreadsheetforaluminumdesignresultstonotifytheuserwhenaP‐Delta

solutionisrequired. Correctedaprobleminthe2010codewhereLocalBucklingInteraction(sectionE.4)wasbeingusedas

thecapacityinsteadofastheupperlimit. Correctedanissuewherethemomentstrengthforpipescouldbebasedonyieldinsteadofrupture.The

errorwasduetoadifferenceinthephifactor. Fixedanerrorinthegoverningequationdisplayforaluminumpipebendingcapacity. CorrectedanoverconservativeerrorwiththeweakaxiscodecheckforZsectionsintheAAADM1‐10.

ReleaseNotes

Wood: AddedwoodmemberdesignpertheCanadianCSAO86‐2014designcode. UpdatedtheStructuralCompositeLumberdatabasesforupdatedmaterialtables. UpdatedincorrectheadersforCanadianwoodmemberswithanenvelopedsolution. CorrectedWoodCvfactortoonlyapplytoweakaxis. FixedaproblemwithFTAOwoodwalldesignwherecertainwallswithinamulti‐storywoodwallstack

wouldgiveN/Afortheresultswhenactualresultsshouldbegiven. CorrectedanerrorinwoodmemberareacalculationsforNDS2012&2015designcodes.

Masonry: Removedallreferencetobondstressformasonry.ThischeckwasaholdoverfromtheUBC‐97codeand

isnotpresentinthecurrentcodessoitwasremovedfromtheprogram. Fixedaproblemwithmasonrywallswhereawallcustomregionthatusedstaggeredreinforcement

woulduseanincorrectgroutspacinginternallyforself‐weightandstiffnessparameters. Cold‐FormedSteel:

AddedthedesignofCold‐FormedTubesandFace‐to‐Faceshapes. Analysis:

Addednew/advancedStoryDriftchecksandcalculations. ReplacedtheexistingTopofMemberOffsetfeaturewithnewAnalysisOffsetfeaturewhichallowsany

membertobeoffsetfromitscenter‐lineinanydirectionforanalysis. Updatedrigidendoffsetbehaviortoallowframing,loadingandwallpanelstointeractwithintherigid

endoffsetlocation. Changed/improvedbehaviorofwallpanelswhenpartofaResponseSpectraAnalysis. Correctedanerrorwherecompression‐onlyspringreactionforceswerenotupdatinginasolutionwith

manyiterations. Fixedamesherissuewheresemi‐rigiddiaphragmswerehavingaproblemwithjointslocatednearbut

notonthediaphragm. Correctedanerrorwhereverylongandskinnymemberarealoadswouldnotsolve. Correctedaninconsistencyrelatedtoplateshearmoduluscalculations.

RISAConnectionIntegration: AddedawarninginRISA‐3DaboutbraceorientationforRISA‐3DandRISAConnectionintegration. CorrectedanerrorwithRISA‐3DtoRISAConnectionintegrationwherebracedconnectionswere

incorrectlyrecognizingperpendicularframingaspartoftheconnection. CorrectedanerrorintheRISA‐3DtoRISAConnectionintegrationwhereabraceconnectionwould

incorrectlyrecognizeanotherbracememberneartheconnectionaspartoftheconnection. FixedRISAConnectionintegrationerrorsduetoRISA‐3Dnotproperlyrecognizingconnectionmembers.


MadesignificantimprovementstothebehaviorofSubscriptionlicensing,includingaddingtheabilitytoviewcurrentlicenseusage.

FixedamesherproblemthatwasgivingaslavednodeerrorinacombinedRISAFloor/RISA‐3Dslabmodel DisableddesignofwallpanelsforResponseSpectraAnalysiswithnoDominantMode Fixedaproblemwheremovingbetweentabsinthedouble‐clickdialogofRISA‐3DunderRISAFloor,or

RISAFoundationunderRISA‐3D,wouldresultinanerroneouserroraboutnodelabels. Correctedanissuewhereusingthegraphicalexcludetoolformaterialtakeoffwouldremovepreviously

excludedelementsfromthematerialtakeoffspreadsheet. Changedthewaythattimehistoryanalysisworksatthefirsttimestep.Previouslythestaticloadwasbeing

appliedaspartofthefirsttimestep,nowthestaticloadisappliedpriortothefirsttimestep.In14.0.1theprogramwasessentially"dropping"allofthestaticloadontothestructureonStep1,similartoanimpactload.

RestoredabilitytohavesteeluseamanuallyinputCbfactorotherthan1.0.

ReleaseNotes


HotRolledSteel: AddedalimittotheAISC360H1‐1bcodecheckssothattheyareneverallowedtobebelowthepure

axialcodecheck. UpdatedtheAdjustStiffnessbehavioroftheAISC360‐10(14thedition)steelcodeDirectAnalysis

Method.Previouslytheprogramwasnottakingtheaxialstiffnessadjustmentsforbeammembers,thoughthecodespecifiesthisshouldoccurforallmembers.

FixedaproblemwithsteelandaluminumdesignwhereusinganunbracedlengthofzerocouldresultinadividebyzeroerrorintheDesignResultsspreadsheetorthememberdetailreports.

CorrectedanissuewhereKL/rerrorsmaynothavebeenreportedproperlyinaenvelopesolutionthatcontainedoverstrengthloadcombinations.

CorrectedanerrorwhereallrectangularHotRolledSteelbarswerebeingassumedtobecompactandnon‐slender.Now,theyareproperlycheckedperAISC360TableB4.1aCase3(allotherunstiffenedelements).

CorrectedanissuewithCSAS16codecheckswherememberswithaxialcompressionforcegreaterthanEulerbucklingwouldreportanerroneouslylowcodecheck(thoughstillgreaterthan1.0).

CorrectedoverconservativeassumptionsrelatedtobendingcapacitycalculationsofmembersincombinedstressequationsfortheIndiansteelcode.

FixedaproblemforsingleanglebendingwheretheprogramwasconservativelyusingtheLegLocalBucklinglimitstateevenwhenthelegwasintension.

Concrete: Governingloadcombinationsforconcretebeamshearandbendingcodecheckshavebeenaddedtothe

memberresultsspreadsheetsanddetailreports. AddedtheconsiderationofIcrackedforconcretemembersfortheIndian,Australian,NewZealandand

Eurocodes. Updatedconcretewallout‐of‐planeshearcheckstoconsidershearfrictionforverticalreinforcementin

caseswherethereisaxialtensioninthewall. Addeda"13M"baroptiontotheASTMA615Mrebarset. Updatedconcretewallpanelbehaviortobetterhandlebatchsolutionswhentherearedesignfailuresin

thewall. Updatedtheout‐of‐planeshearcapacitycalculationsforwallpanelstousetheexact"d"basedonthe

verticalbarinthewall.Previouslywewereusingtheaverage"d"betweentheverticalandhorizontalbar.

Fixedanissuewithconcreteandmasonrywallpanelswheretheforcesinfull‐heightwallswereoverconservativeduetoincorrecttransferofloadsfromregionsaboveandbelowopenings.

CorrectedanissuewheretheT‐beameffectiveslabwidthwasnotadjustingproperlyfortheACI318‐14code.

Correctedthedetailreportforcaseswhereanexplicitrectangularreinforcementlayoutwasusedforacircularsection.Previouslythedetailreportinformationwasonlypartiallygiven.

CorrectedanissuewithconcretecolumninteractioncodechecksforResponseSpectraAnalysis. Correctedanissuewhereadjustingthethicknessofaconcretewallpaneldidnotchangetheself‐weight

ofthewallpanel. Wood:

AddedtheabilitytouseEffectiveLength(K)Factorsforbothstudandchordaxialcompressiondesigninwoodwallpanels.

Segmentedwoodwallpanelswithslenderendregionsnowgetdesignresultsfortheirconformingregions.Previously,nodesignwasdoneatallforthesewalls.

Suppressedthewoodmaterialvaliditycheckformodelswhichdonotcontainwoodmembers. FixedanEnvelopeOnlysolutionissuewiththewoodwallpanelForceTransferAroundOpeningsdesign

method. Fixedaproblemwithglulamwoodmemberswherethe"d"inle/dconsiderationswasusingavalue

equaltod+1/2".

ReleaseNotes

CorrectedanerrorwherewoodPSLParallamcolumnswereusingtheincorrectcompressivecapacitydesignvalue.

CorrectedanissuewithunitsconversionfortheCanadianwooddesigncode. Correctederrorsinthemaximumshearpanelcapacitychecksforwoodwallpanels. FixedanerrorinCanadianwoodmemberdesignwherethecompressivecapacityreductionfactorwas

notproperlyappliedtonailedbuiltupmembers. Masonry:

Addedtheoptiontochangethecoverinamasonrywallforout‐of‐planedesign. Addedtheoptiontodefineasinglenon‐centeredbarinamasonrywallforout‐of‐planedesign. Fixedatoleranceissuewiththeshearcodecheckforin‐planemasonrywalldesignthatconservatively

providedmoreboundaryzonebarsthannecessaryforcodechecksnear1.0. FixedaBatchsolutionproblemwithmasonrylintelswhere,ifshearreinforcementisrequired,a

spacingof0"isincorrectlyreported. Correctedthereportedmaximumaxialforceinthedetailreportforout‐of‐planestrengthdesignof

masonrywalls. Correctedanerrorwherethegoverningmasonrywallpanelresultswouldchangewhenthemodelwas

re‐solved. Fixedanissuewithout‐of‐planemasonrywalldesignwhereafullygroutedwallwouldgivedifferent

resultsthanasimilarpartiallygroutedwallwithreinforcementspacedat8"oc. Analysis:

AddedliveloadreductionforbeamsandcolumnsinRISA‐3DmodelsthatarelinkedtoRISAFloor. Correctedaminorunconservativeerrorwiththetorsionalshearstresscalculationsforrectangular

woodandsteelmembers. Dynamics:

ImprovedthedialogbehaviorforTimeHistory‐AdvancedSettings. UpdatedtheSpectraScalingFactordialogtoworkbetterformodelsthatdonothaverigiddiaphragms. Correctedanissuewiththegraphicaldisplayofdeflectedmembersformodeshapeviewswhencolor

codedorrendereddisplayisused. FixedaminorWarningLogproblemwhenimportingatimehistorywhereanerroneousmessagecould

begiven. Fixedaproblemwhereviewingadetailreportafterrunningatimehistoryanalysiscouldcausethe

programtoshutdown. WallPanels:

Addedatooltodeleteallwallpanelregions.Regionsareautomaticallyregeneratedthenexttimeamodelissolved.

Addedawarningmessagetoinformusersthatpointmomentswillnotapplytoawallpanelwithoutadummymember.

CorrectedanerrorwiththeWallPanelEditorgriddisplaywhenmorethan100charactersareentered. Correctedaproblemthatcausedoverconservativeshearforcesattheendsofmasonrylintels,wood

headersandregionsaboveconcreteopenings. Licensing/Installations:

UpdatedtheRISAKeyManagertoworkproperlyfromremotedesktopwithoutgivingafalseerrormessage(Error#12).

AddedWMVCore.dlltoinstallssothatprogramcanoperateinWindowsEnterpriseenvironments. Addedanoptionforsubscriptionlicensing.

RISAConnectionIntegration: Addedtheabilitytoexportconnectionswithwideflangebracesindiagonalandchevronbrace

connections. AddedtheabilitytoexportseismicbraceconnectiondataintoRISAConnection. AddedanautomaticrepairwhenopeningmodelswithcorruptedConnectionRules. FixedanintegrationproblembetweenRISA‐3DandRISAConnectionwheretheconnectiongrouping

wasnotbeingcontrolledbytheConnectionRulesandaconnectionwasendingupinthewronggroup. General:

ReleaseNotes

TheMaterialTakeoffspreadsheetcannowbefilteredusingtheExcludeUnselectedItemsbuttonfromthemodelview.

Updatedthewordinginmessageboxesaboutshapedatabasechangestoclarifythebehavior. Fixedanissuewheretheprogramwouldnotgiveamessageatstart‐upaboutcustomshapesinthe

modelandwhetherthoseshapesshouldbesavedtothedatabaseornot. CorrectedanissuethatcouldcauseextramemberarealoadstobecreatedwhenusingtheCopy

command. Correctedanerrorintheelasticsectionmodulus(Sy)calculationforsinglysymmetricRISASection

importedshapes. Fixedaproblemwiththesignageonreversiblewindloadswithquarteringwherethesignageonsome

ofthepartialloadfactorswasincorrect. Changedtheprogramfunctionregardingseismicdetailingresultsandenvelopesolutionstoprevent

inconsistentresults.


AddedTimeHistoryanalysis: DirectIntegration(HHT)orModalSuperpositionsolutionoptions. Sinusoidalloadgeneratorwithrampupandcoastdownadjustments. Abilitytoimportorexporttimehistoryfunctions. Optiontodirectlydefineboundary/soilspringdamping. Jointtraceplotswithuserplotcontrols. Abilitytobatchexportjointtracedata. Abilitytomodifythefrequencyandmagnitudeofforcingfunctionsviaspreadsheetinput. DeflectionanimationviewswithabilitytoexportMP4orWMVmoviefiles.

Steel: AddedanSJIvirtualjoistdatabaseandassociateddesignlist. AddedmissingAISC6theditiondoubleangleshapestotheAISC_Historicdatabase. FixedaproblemwheresingleangleKL/rwasbeingincorrectlyreportedinthedetailreportfor

Canadiancodes. CorrectedanerrorwhereHotRolledsteelshapeswerenotproperlycheckedforcompactnessbefore

calculatingthecompressivecapacityofthemember. Concrete:

AddedtheACI318‐14concretecode. Fixedaproblemwithconcretewallpanelswheretheaxial/bendingcheckswereomittedandgavea"‐

1"valueiftherewasaveryhighaxialtensioninthewall. Correctedanerrorwhereconcretecolumnswithcloselyspacednodesalongthelengthcausedthe

memberdetailreporttoshuttheprogramdown. CorrectedanerrorintheCanadianCSAA23.3‐04designcodeshearcapacitystrainvaluecalculation. Fixedanissuewiththeconcretecolumnsolverthatcouldcausetheinteractiondiagramcapacitypoint

tolandinsideoftheinteractiondiagramwhenitshouldlanddirectlyonit. Correctedanissuewhereconcretewallpanelinteractiondiagramscouldbeplottedincorrectly. Correctedanissuewhereshearstrengthforcircularconcretecolumnswasbeingcalculated

conservatively. AddedWarningMessagesthatindicatethatconcretewalldesignrequiresP‐Deltaforbothin‐planeand

out‐of‐planedesign. Fixedanerrorwheresomeportionsoftheconcretewallpaneldetailreportswerenotusingconsistent

units. Fixedanissuewithconcretewallpanelswherethewronggoverningloadcombinationwasreportedif

Pu>0.75*Pcforslenderwallchecks. Masonry:

Addedamasonrywallsummarydetailreport.

ReleaseNotes

Fixedaprobleminthemasonrywalldetailreportwheretheshearstrengthduetosteelreinforcement(Vs)couldbenegative.

Correctedanerrorwiththemasonrywallshearreinforcementcalculation.ThegammafactorisnowappliedtotheFvmcalculation.

Correctedanerrorinthecalculationof"a"foroutofplanemasonrywallpanels. Wood:

AddedtheAWCNDS‐2015(ASD)woodcode. AddedNDS‐2015MechanicallyGraded(MSR&MEL)materialdatabases. Addedthe2015AWCSDPWSdiaphragmandwoodshearwallpanelschedulesforbothOSBand

plywood. UpdatedtheCustomWoodMaterialsspreadsheettoallowmorespecificmaterialinput(materialType

andcustomCFsizefactor). UpdatedWeyerhaeuserTrusJoistmaterialsinthewoodSCLmaterialdatabaseperupdatedpublished

values. Fixedanerrorwherefullsawnwoodshapenameswerenotproperlyreflectingtheselectedmetric

units. Correctedanissuewherethecustomwoodmaterialstrengthswerenotproperlyreflectingtheunit

selection. FixedanerrorwheretheFlatUseFactor(Cfu)wasincorrectlycalculatedforsquaretimbers. CorrectedanerrorwheretheCanadianwooddesignSystemFactor(KH)wasnotproperlyappliedto

builtupmembers. FixedanerrorwheretheCanadianwooddesignSystemFactor(KH)wouldnotsavewiththemodel. Correctedaproblemwithwoodmemberallowablestressvaluesbeingreportedaszerographicallyin

thedouble‐clickdialog. Cold‐Formed:

Added4"and8"HDSshapestotheDietrichCold‐FormedShapedatabase. FixedamembercapacitydiscrepancywhenI‐JendisflippedforCFSchannelshapes.

Aluminum: FixedadiscrepancyfortheaxialcapacitywhenLtorqueissettozeroforaluminummembers.

ProgramIntegration: CorrectedanissuewhereRISA‐3DcannowreadinRISASectionfileswhicharesavedtoalocationother

thantheCdrive. Correctedanissuethataddedextradeadloadintoaslabfloorsemi‐rigiddiaphragmoncebroughtinto

RISA‐3DfromRISAFloor. Fixedtheauto‐generationofboundaryconditionsinwallsoversemi‐rigiddiaphragmsinacombined

RISAFloor/RISA‐3Dmodel. FixedanissueincombinedRISAFloorandRISA‐3Dmodelswhereendoffsetswerecausinganincorrect

errorwhichpreventedthemodelfromsolvinginRISA‐3D. UpdatedtheprogramtoallowexportfromRISA‐3DtoRISAFoundationifTension‐Onlymembersare

present. AddedtheabilitytouseHSScolumnsandbeamsforVerticalBraceandChevronBraceconnectionsfor

exporttoRISAConnection. RemovedtherestrictionthatavalidtnxTowerlicensewasrequiredtoopena.RT3file.Now,onlyavalid

RISA‐3Dlicenseisrequired. UpdatedthedefaultsintheDynamicsdialoginacombinedRISAFloorandRISA‐3Dmodelsothatthe

"IncludeLoadCombination…"optionisunchecked. General:

AddedenvelopedmemberdetailreportsforHotRolledsteel,ColdFormedsteel,Wood,Aluminum,andGeneralmaterialmembers.

AddedaWallPanelForcesresultsbrowser. Addedthedisplayofthegoverningmovingloadstepforwallpaneldesignresults. Addedtheabilitytoinactivatewallpanels.

ReleaseNotes

FixedanerrorwhereCanadianNBC2005seismicdesignperiod(Ta)valueswerenotbeingsavedwiththemodelinput.

Optimizedtheprocessingofwallpanelresultstospeedupthesolutiontimebyrememberingthecutlocationsforeachwallregionanduseitforeveryloadcombination.

CorrectedanissuewheretheAISCDirectAnalysisMethodamplificationofsecondordereffectscouldbemistakenlyappliedtomodelswhichdidnotincludeanymembersormaterialswhichrequiretheapplicationofthismethod.

Fixedaproblemwheretheprogramswouldn'tclosedownproperlyfromthetaskbar. Fixedaproblemwherethewrongdeflectedshapewasanimatedwhenviewingtheanimationpriorto

displayingthestaticdeflectedshape. Fixedanissuewiththegraphicaldisplayofenvelopedreactionsdisplayingwiththeoppositesignage. CorrectedanerrorwhereEulerBucklingmembersweregivingfullcodecheckresultseventhoughthey

wereonlyseeingasmallamountofcompression. RemovedPlanarDiaphragmsfromtheprogram.Previousmodels'diaphragmsareautomatically

convertedtoMembrane. CorrectedtheInternalForceSummationToolforwallsandslabswithunselectedelements. CorrectedthecategorizationofbeamandcolumnExtendedEndPlateSpliceconnectionsasmoment

connectionsintheConnectionRulesspreadsheet. FixedaproblemcausedbytheRepeatCurrentLinecommandintheConnectionRulesspreadsheet

whichcausedtheConnectionRulestobecomecorrupted. CorrectedanissuewiththesortingtoolintheEnvelopeJointReactionsspreadsheet. CorrectedanerrorwheretheApplicationSettings"LockIsolatedInstabilities"optionwouldnotapply

untiltheprogramclosedandre‐opened. FixedaproblemwithHelpfilesnotworkingwhentheprogramwasinstalledtoafolderwithaperiodin

thename. CorrectedagraphicaldisplayandprintingproblemwithFootingdetailreports. Updatedtheorientationofalandscapeimagesotheimageisrotatedcounter‐clockwiseinsteadof

clockwise. Correctedanerrorintheprintoutnomenclatureforprojectedloads. Fixedanerrorwherethetimestampwasnolongershowinguponprintedreports.


Installation&LicensingUpdates: ReleasedanupdateversionofSentinelRMSLicenseManagertobecompatiblewithWindowsServer

2012R2. FixedtheNetwork.inibehaviortoallowforthefiletobeplacedintherootRISAdirectoryandstillbe

seenbytheclientinstalls. CorrectedanissuewithtnxTower.RT3modelsnotopeninginthecurrentversionunlesstheuserhad

administrativeprivileges. MasonryUpdates:

Updatedthe"a"calculationformasonryin‐planestrengthdesign.Previouslythe"b"wasalwaysusingtheeffectivethickness.Nowtheprogramchecksthe"a"valueagainstthelengthoftheboundaryzone.Ifthe"a"isgreaterthantheboundaryzonethentheeffectivethicknessisused.Ifthe"a"islessthantheboundaryzonethenthenominalwidthisused.

Correctedanerrorthatcouldcausemasonryout‐of‐planebendingcapacityofanover‐reinforcedwalltobereportedaszero.

Correctedtheout‐of‐planestiffnesscalculationforpartiallyreinforcedmasonrywalls. AddressedanissuewithmasonrywallpanelswherethetolerancebetweenthedesignUCandtheuser's

maxUCwasincreasedtoalleviatechangesinreinforcementforthesameloadcombination. MiscellaneousUpdates:

Addedtheabilitytosaveavideooftheanimateddeflectedshapeandmodeshapes. AddedlinkstoallWarningLogmessagesthattakeyoudirectlytotherelevantsectioninthehelpfile.

ReleaseNotes

Addednewiconto"SelectMarkedLinesintheModelView"toolbaricon. Addedagraphicverificationthatconfirmsifyouarerunninginademonstrationversion. ChangedthenameoftheGlobalParametersdialogtoModelSettings.ChangedthenameofthePlot

OptionsdialogtoModelViewOptions.ChangedthenameofthePreferencesdialogtoApplicationSettings.

ImprovedthecalculationofCbvaluesinRISA‐3DwherethesteelbeambracingisbasedonRISAFloordata.

ThedetailreportforfootingsinRISA‐3Dwillnowbeupdated/refreshedwhenswitchingbetweenunitsystems.

Diaphragmsatunselectedfloorlevelsnolongerarerendered,makingitmucheasiertoinvestigatemutli‐floormodels.

AddedaDegeneratePlateChecktooltoidentifyandfixplatesthatarenotplanar,orthatarepoorlyshaped.

Addedanon‐coplanarwarningmessagetoRISAFloormodelswithroofwindloadswherethewindloadcan'tbeappliedbecausetheroofjointsarenotcoplanar.

CorrectedanissuewherethefooterforPDFreportswasnotincludedonthelastpage. Correctedflexiblediaphragmloadattributiontonolongerconsider"Column,""VBrace,"or"None"

membertypes. Correctedanissuerelatedtoenvelopesolutionreportingamovingloadstepforanon‐movingload

combination. CorrectedanissuewiththedetailreportdisplayofKL/rvaluesfortaperedmembersintheAISC13th/

14theditions.Codecheckswerecorrect,butKL/rvaluescouldbeincorrectforyyvalueandshownaforzzvalue.

FixedararememoryallocationissuewiththeJointReactionscalculationthatcouldcausetheprogramtoshutdownifanunstablemodelwithmultipleloadcombinationswasrunwithtension‐onlymembers.

FixedaunitconversionerrorforwoodmembersintensionpertheCanadiandesigncode. Correctedanissuewherewallpanelin‐planetransferparameterswerenotbeingupdatedwhensolving

oneLCfromanother.ThisaffectedtheΔNSvalueforabatchsolution. CorrectedanissuewiththeDeleteJointsroutinewhichcouldcauseitems(usuallymembers)to

referencejointsthatnolongerexist. Correctedanissuewhenclearinganeigensolutionbetweendynamicanalysesthatwouldcausethe

programtoshutdown. CorrectedanissuethatcausedapedestalinaRISAFoundationfromRISA=3Dintegratedmodelto

displayincorrectlyinMetricunits. Correctedaproblemwhereanerrormessageflagcausednegativecapacityresultsforhot‐rolledsteel

members. CorrectedtheDXFexportdisplayformetricFootingsDetails. CorrectedanissuewhereRISA‐3Dwasnotautomaticallycreatingboundaryconditionsatthebottomof

wallpanelstacks. FixedaproblemwheretheinternalPDFwriterwouldprintspreadsheetresultsasimagesratherthan

text,causingPDFsizestobemuchlargerthannecessary.


ColdFormedSteel: AISIS100‐12 CANACERO‐2012 CSAS136‐12 Addedcodechecksforbacktobackcoldformedsteelmembers. AddedL‐TorquetoCFSmembers.L‐TorqueappliestoAISI‐12C4.1.2&C4.2. UpdatedunbracedlengthassumptionsforCFSmembers.

Masonry: AddedtheACI530‐13masonrycode.

ReleaseNotes

Correctedanissuewherethemasonrywallpanelshearcheckresultswheredisplayingvaluesthatdidnotcorrespondtothegoverningloadcombination.

Fixedaproblemwiththecalculationof"a"forout‐of‐planestrengthdesignofmasonrywalls,wheretheprogramwasproducingbendingcapacitiessmallerthanactual.

Fixedanissuewiththedetailreportformasonrywallswheretheshearandmomentdiagramscouldbeinaccurateifthewallthicknesswaschangedduringthatsession.

HotRolledSteel: AddedtheAISCHistoricshapedatabase. AddedKaiserBoltedBracketmomentconnectionsforSeismicDetailingcodechecks. RevisedOCBFbraceconnectionforcereportingforseismicdetailingresultstobelimitedbythe

overstrengthloadcombinations. UpdatedanerrorintheChineseSingleAngleShapeDatabasewheretheprogramwaspreviouslytaking

rxasrz. Wood:

AddedwoodmemberdesignpertheCanadianCSAStandardO86‐09designcode. AddednewglulammaterialdatabasesperNDSTables5Band5D. Improvederrorreportingformismatchedwoodsizes/species/grades. Fixedaproblemwhereawoodwallwouldgiveerroneouswarningsaboutmis‐alignedstrapsduetothe

presenceofperpendicularwalls. Fixedanissuewherewewerenotproperlyfilteringoutthenon‐fullheightregionresultsforwoodwall

panelswithasegmenteddesign. Correctedaproblemwithexplicitwoodheadermaterialsunintentionallychangingwhendeletinglines

fromtheWoodMaterialsspreadsheet. Aluminum:

AddedL‐Torquetoaluminummemberswhencalculatingthemember'saxialcompressioncapacityfortheADM2010.

Concrete: Updatedthedimensioningofcolumnreinforcementinthedetailreporttoaccountforthepresenceof

stirrups. Updatedtheshearareaofsteeloutputtobeonaperfootbasisvsaperinchbasisinthedetailreport. CorrectedanissuewiththeviewingofdetailreportsforconcreteroundcolumnsfortheNZScode.

DynamicSolutionImprovements AddedaRitzVectordynamicsolutionoption. Addedadynamicssolutionoptionforconsideringresidualrigidresponse. Minorchangestosimplifythedynamicsolutiondialog. CorrectedtheSpectraScalingFactorcalculationtoincludetheimportancefactor. Correctedanissuewheremodeswithafrequencyhigherthanthelastfrequencydefinedinthespectra

didnotgetassignedtheproperzeroperiodacceleration. ImprovedInstallBehavior

ImprovedabilityofNetworkClientversionstofindalicenseserver. Reorganizedallfiles(databases,defaults,etc)intonewsub‐folderlocations. AddedanoptionintheinstallertoinstalltotheProgramFilesandDocumentsfolders.

RISAFloor/RISA‐3DtoRISAConnectionIntegrationImprovements. Updatetoincludenewendplatemomentconfigurations. Updatetoallowtransferofchannelconnectionsasbeamsandbraces. UpdatetoallowtransferofseismicmomentconnectionparametersperAISC341‐10andAISC358‐10 AddedaConnectionTypefieldtotheConnectionRulesspreadsheettofilterlistofconnections. CorrectedanissuewithRISA‐3D/RISAConnectioninteractionwherehavingZasyourverticalaxiscould

incorrectlyproducemember/connectionorientationerrors. AddressederroneousRISA‐3DandRISAConnectionintegrationwarningrelatedtoinvalidmember

slope. Loading:

MovingloadscannowbeincludedinaBatch+Envelopesolution.

ReleaseNotes

IncreasedthewidthoftheLoadCombinationstoallowfor10BasicLoadCasesperLoadCombination. Addedafeaturetogeneratepointloadsperaspecificmovingloadtimestep. EnhancedtheLoadCombinationGeneratorinorderforeachRISAprogramtoreaditsowndefault

settings. CorrectedloadcombinationequationsfortheSBC3012007SaudiArabiacode. CorrectedanissuewiththeAppendcommandthatcausedtheMxloadstoturnintoXdirectionloads. CorrectedanerrorwherenodesforthePerpmemberarealoadwerebeingre‐arrangedinthe

spreadsheet. WallPanels:

Addedtheoptiontodetachawallpanelfromadiaphragm. AddedaPointtoPointInternalForceSummationToolforWallsandSlabs. EnhancedtheWallPanelEditorwithlocaldimensionsforopeningsanddesignregions.

General: Semi‐RigiddiaphragmsaddedtoalinkedRISAFloorES/RISA‐3Dmodel. Addedanoptiontothetrussgeneratortoallowforpinnedendreleases. Addeda"Memory"totheCopyLoadswithMemberscheckboxintheCopyOffsettool ImprovedthecapabilityoftnxTowertointegratewithRISA‐3DandRISAFoundation.Previously

RISAFoundationinputwouldnotbereadinafterthe.rt3filewascreated. Commoninputspreadsheetentrieswillbemergedforappendedmodels. LinkedtheunbracedlengthandKfactorsforcolumnsbetweenRISA‐3DandRISAFloor.Nowthemodel

willusethesamevaluesinboth3DandFloorinsteadofmaintainingseparatevalues. CorrectedaunitsconversionissuewithjointreactionCOGcalcswhenunitswherechangedwith

existingcalculations. Fixedanissuewhereprojectgridswereomittedfromthecreationofaflatfileincorrectly.


EliminatedtheneedtomanuallyedittheWindowsregistryforNetworkClientInstallations. ImprovedthereportingofthelocalbucklinglimitstateforAluminummembers.


Enhancements

UpdatedthedesignoftheWallPanelEditordialog.Thisincludesaddingthesavingofwalldrawinggridsandviewingwallpanelnodeswithintheeditor.

Addedanexternalutilitytospecifyalicenseserverfornetworkclientinstallstouse. Addedthe“No_Cars”and“Full”optionstotheCooper‐E80loadsintheMovingLoadDatabase. Addedanewunbracedlengthcode"Lbyy"forLcomp‐topandLcomp‐bot,whichallowsyoutoreferenceand

usetheLbyyunbracedlength. Redefinedtheblank/emptyconditionforLcomp‐topunbracedlengthentrysothatitnowusesthefulllength

ofthephysicalmember. UpdatedtheHot‐RolledSteelcalculationsforshearcapacity.Thereareh/twthresholdsusedwhereh=d‐2*k.

Theprogramwaspreviouslyusingh=d‐2*tf. Re‐orderedtheMemberSpreadsheetso“Type”comesbefore“DesignList”. Modifiedthelateraltorsionalbucklingcodechecksfortaperedmembers(perAISCDesignGuide25)tobetter

handlecaseswithzeromomentattheendsofamember. Addednotestoreportprintingoptionswhenenveloperesultsareunavailableforprintingduringabatch

solution(orviceversa). TheequationsoflocalbucklingperADM‐05Section4.7arenowreferencedinthememberDetailReport.

ReleaseNotes

Theprogramnowignoresaxialforceslessthan0.5%ofthecompressioncapacityforAluminummemberanalysisinordertoavoidmajorcodecheckdifferencesinmemberswithaxialforceclosetozero.

Licensingenhancements: Addedanauto‐saveduringaWindowsshutdown. Updatedtheprogramtoallowremotedesktopconnectionsforstandaloneversions. Createdaninstall/initializationlogfiletobetterdiagnoselicensecommutingissues.

Corrections

Correctedanissuewithtwo‐wayarealoadattributionforcaseswithextremelylightloadorextremelysmallarealoadmeshsize.

CorrectedanerrorinwhichunitswerenotbeingshownintheConcreteShapeDatabase. Fixedadisplayissuewithprojectedtaperedwallpanelsurfaceloads. FixedafewModelDisplayOptionssettingsthatwerenotabletosaveintothedefaults. Separatedthecolorcontourcontrolsforthewallpanelsandplates. RemovedthereportingoferroneousseismicdetailinginformationfromtheModelSettingsportionofthe

printedreport. CorrectedanissuerelatedtothenumberofdecimalswhenprintingDynamicsresults. ResolvedthemissinggraphicslegendwhenprintinginWindows7. CorrectedanissuewherecodechecksforColdFormedSteelsectionswithauserdefinedCbvaluecouldover

conservativelyuseaCbof1.0. FixedincorrectcodereferencesforseismicdetailingchecksusingtheAISC341‐10andAISC360‐10

specifications. FixedanissuewhereRISAFloor/RISA‐3D/RISAFoundationintegratedmodelswithgeneratedlateralloadsand

flexiblediaphragmsdidnotpassallloadcategoryinformationintoRISAFoundation. FixedaproblemwiththeCanadianautomatedWindLoadGeneratorwherethewindpressuresusedfora

rectangularstructureweretransposed. FixedaproblemwithCustomWoodMaterialentrywhichcouldcauseanerroneousmessage. CorrectedanissuewhereMasonryWallPanelscouldreportincorrectreinforcementforin‐planeforcesifthe

LoadCombinationwhichcontrolleddesigndidnothavethemaximummomentforce. Correctedaproblemwiththeshearreinforcementtotalsteelareaandcapacityforconcretecolumndesign. FixedaproblemwiththeContourCuttingTool,whereitwouldnotworkifonlycertainportionsofthemodel

wereselected.Nowitworksinallcases. CorrectedanissuewithcodechecksonsingleanglemembersfortheCSA‐05steelcode. CorrectedanerrorinAluminumroundtubeanalysiswherethecodecheckwascalculatedusingforce/stress

ratherthanforce/force. Correctedabuginwhichthe"DeleteDisplayedLoadsonItemsbyClickingtheItemsIndividually"toolwasnot

workingformemberarealoads. Correctedanerrorinwhichprintingsinglesolutionmovingloadresultswouldcauseaprogramcrash. CorrectedanissuewhereRISA‐3Dmaynothandoverthe"distancetotopofcolumn"valuetoRISAConnection.

Thisresultedinoverconservativecalculationsforsomecolumnstiffenerchecks. CorrectedabugwhichcausedaprogramcrashwhenaddingnewlinestotheConcreteMaterialsspreadsheet. CorrectedabugwhichcausedaprogramcrashwhendeletinglinesfromtheMemberDesignRules

spreadsheet. Correctedanissuewherememberforcediagramscoulddisplaywithincorrectunitsiftheunitsettingswere

changedpost‐solution. ForAluminumdesigntheprogramwasincorrectly(conservatively)usingtheomegafortensilerupturerather

thanthesmalleromegaitwassupposedto. FixedaunitsproblemwiththeheadersintheDesignResultsspreadsheetforAluminumiftheunitsarenotset

asStandardImperial. FixedanissuewhereanirregularframingsituationcouldcauseaWallPanelmeshingproblem. CorrectedanissuerelatedtothegraphicdisplayofenvelopedJointReactions. Fixedacalculationerrorfortheaxialcompressioncapacityofataperedwideflangecolumn.

ReleaseNotes

FixedaprobleminacombinedRISAFloor,RISA‐3DandRISAFoundationmodelwheresavedRISA‐3DandRISAFoundationresultscouldbeerroneouslyerased.

CorrectedaproblemwithuserenteredvaluesofCbinColdFormedSteel. FixedaproblemwiththedesignofConcreteShearReinforcinginRISA‐3DwhereRISAFloorinteractioncould

causesomeoverconservativetiespacing. FixedaMasonryWallPanelproblemwheretheallowablebendingstress,Fb,inplanewasusing1/3*f'mrather

than0.45*f'mforthe2011ASDdesign. CorrectedatoleranceproblemwiththeCopy‐Rotatetool. FixedaproblemforColdFormedSteelmemberswherefullybracedmemberswouldprovidealowermoment

capacitythannon‐fullybracedmembers. CorrectedanissuewithconcreteL‐beamsthatdidn'tindicatethecorrectnegativereinforcementwidthinthe

detailreport. CorrectedanincorrectcodereferenceforthebendingcapacityofsinglysymmetricAluminumshapes. RemovedthesolutionwarningrelatedtoTau_betawhenusinganycodeotherthantheAISC13thand14th

Editionssinceitisnotapplicableforanyothercode. Removedanirrelevanterrormessagerelatedtoinadequatewallpanelreinforcing. EnhancedtheSectionSetstobetterlocatetheRISASectiondatabase. Updatedoutofplanemasonrydesigntode‐couplethelocationoftheaxialandbendingchecks.Previouslyboth

checkswerealwaystakenfromthelocationofmaximumbending,ratherthanhavingthemtakenfromseparatelocationswhenappropriate.

CorrectedacodecheckcalculationerrorforanaxialmemberincompressionwhenusingtheAAADM1‐10:ASDBuildingCode.

FixedanissuewherebeamthermalforcecalculationsareconservativelyincorrectwhenusingMetricunitsiftheloadcombinationfactorisnot1.0.


Enhancements

EnhancedReportPrintingoptions: AddedtheabilitytoincludeDetailReports. AddedtheabilitytoincludeRISAScreenShots/Graphics. Addedtheabilitytoincludenon‐RISAimages. NowtheusercanaddaCustomLogotothereportheader.

AddtheabilitytoviewBatchandEnveloperesultssimultaneously. MovingLoadenhancements:

Addedthesteplocationformovingloadresultstoindicatewherethemovingloadislocatedwhenitgivesthereportedresults.

Updatedthemovingloadanimationwithplay/pausecontrol. Addedtheabilitytoviewaspecificmovingloadstepinthemovingloadanimation. AddedtheAREMAChapter15CooperE‐80(Railwayloading)tothemovingloadsdatabase.

AddedaTrim/Extendtool. EnhancedConcreteDesignRulestogiveadialogwithanimagetoshowexactlywhatisbeingupdated.An

easierexplicitreinforcementoptionisalsoavailable. MovedBasicLoadCasedropdowntothetopofallApplyLoaddialogboxes. AddedaGeodesicDometotheHighLevelGenerationoptions. AddedcompatibilitywithWindows8.1. Updatestohold‐downsandstraps:

Updatedthewoodwallhold‐downdatabases,addingUSPhold‐downsandupdatingthedesignvaluesforSimpsonhold‐downs.

Addedtheabilitytoaddthehold‐downeccentricitytowoodshearwalls. Strapforceshavebeenadjustedtoaccountforthechordwidth.

ReleaseNotes

WoodUpdates: UpdatedwoodallowablestressvaluesbasedonseveralNDSAddenda. Appliedthe2007AddendumtotheAF&PANDS‐05/08regardingwooddesignvalues,changingthe

NorthernSpeciesandaddingCoastSitkaSpruceandYellowCedar. AddedtheHemFirNorth,No.1&Btrspeciesgradecombinationtothewoodmaterialdatabase. ClarifiedtheCF(sizefactor)andCfu(flatusefactor)variablesforvisuallygradedtimbersperNDS

Table4D. AddedASTMA1085materialandDesignListstoU.S.programdefaults. Masonrywallupdates:

AddedtheIcrFactorandEffectiveHeightFactor,K,tobeusedformasonrywalldesignandanalysis. Addedmanyadditionalpiecesofinformationtomasonrywalldetailreportstomakehandverification

easier. Addedmaximumhorizontalbarspacingprovisionsformasonryshearwalls. Updatedthemasonrywalldesignoutputspreadsheetstoshowthegoverningcodecheckvalueforboth

InPlaneandOutofPlaneresults.Masonrygivesmultiplechecksinthedetailreportforbothcombinedchecksandshearchecksandpreviouslyonlythefirstvaluewasreportedinthespreadsheetresultsratherthanthemaximum.

Correctedanissuewithstaggeredandbothfacesreinforcementformasonrywallswherethebendingcapacitywasoverlyconservative.

Correctedanerrorwheremasonrywallpanelswouldreporttheincorrectgoverningshearloadforwallregionsthatrequireshearreinforcement.

Correctedreportingofallowableshearandcontrollingloadcombinations. RISA‐RevitLinkenhancement:RISAwoodwallsnowexportsheathingandnailinginformationintoRevit. Generalgraphicalinterfaceupdates:

Addedtheabilitytographicallyselectitemsfromvariousinputandresultsspreadsheets. Addedacolorcodingoption(3D/2D)basedonmaximumdeflectionratio. AddedtheabilitytoturnofftheinputofDetailingInformationusedonlyforexportinginformationtoa

steeldetailingprogram. EnhancedtheWallPanelEditortoallowdeletionofBoundaryConditions. AddedtheabilitytospecifyplateelementsizeintheRectangularTankGenerator. AddedtheabilitytoviewJointReactionsgraphicallywithanEnvelopedsolution. Addedtheright‐clickmenuoptionto"SelectItemsinCurrentView"toanumberofresults

spreadsheets. UpdatedtheNode/MemberlabelingsothatlabelsaresynchronizedincombinedRISAFloor/RISA‐

3D/RISAFoundationmodels. MovedregistryinformationfromHKeyLocalMachinetoHKeyCurrentUsertobettercomplywithWindows

bestpractices. Addthe1.43stiffnessadjustmentforservice‐levelloadsforconcretewallpanelsperACI318‐11Section

R10.10.4.1. EnhancedreinforcementchecksonmemberswithcustomrebarlayoutstoincludeACI10.5.3checks. ReviseddynamicresultstonowalwaysshowMassParticipationregardlessofwhetherornotRSAwas

included. Updatedgeneralshapestressanalysistousethesquare‐root‐sum‐of‐squaresmethodtocombineorthogonal

stressesondoublysymmetricshapes.Previouslytheorthogonalstressesweredirectlysummedasaconservativeapproach.

EnhancedbothIndian2007andEuro2005codecompressionroutinestotreatTaperedWFmembersaswelded.

Corrections

UpdatedRISA‐3DtoworkproperlywithaRISAFootnetworkversionthatrequirestheLSQueryListregistrysettingtowork.

ReleaseNotes

CorrectedtheprintedreportProjectedLoadnomenclaturetobeconsistentwiththetermsusedintheprogram.

GraphicalcovermeasurementforconcretemembersintheDetailReporthavebeencorrected. Correctedanerrorwheretheprogramwasnotcorrectlyapplyingtheuser‐enteredKvalueinthecalculationof

thecompressivecapacitypertheCSAS16CanadianHotRolledSteeldesigncode. Correctedanissuewiththespreadsheetreportingofstrapforceswhereincertaininstancesthespreadsheet

wouldreportNCevenifthereweretensionforces. CorrectedanerrorinthecalculationofstrongaxisbendingcapacityofWTmembersfortheCanadiansteel

code. Correctedanissuewhereenvelopedresultsmaynotcorrectlyreportenvelopedeflectionratioswhenlocal

deflectionsarenegative. CorrectedaproblemwithpermanentlysavingGeneralArbitraryshapestotheShapeDatabase. CorrectedanissuewithenvelopedsavedColdFormedmemberresultswherethePhifactorwasnotbeing

appliedinthedisplayedmomentcapacities. Correctedaunitconversionissuewithwoodwallstiffness. CorrectedanissueinIndian2007andEuro2005codeswhichcouldleadtoincorrectbucklingcalculationsfor

memberswithaflangethicknessgreaterthan100mm. CorrectedanissueinEuro2005codewhichaffectsthebucklingcalculationsforS460steel. CorrectedaprobleminthecalculationofMdv(momentcapacityforhighshear)pertheIS800:2007.Capped

"beta"valueat1.0. RectangularTankGeneratorchanges:

TheGeneratornowusesfulllengthphysicalmembersinsteadofthepiecewisememberspreviouslygenerated.

Correctedanoffseterrorwithsingleanglesandchannels. Correctedanorientationerrorwithchannels.

CorrectedaproblemthatwascausedbyrunningtheenvelopesolutioninRISA‐3DunderRISAFloor.Ifthereweregravity‐onlywallsandanenvelopesolutionwasruninRISA‐3Dtheprogramwouldshutdown.

Correctedanissuewhereoverstrengthloadcombinationswerebeingincludedincodecheckseventhoughtheloadcombinationmaterialflagwasnotchecked.

CorrectedcalculationoftheMvfactorfortheNBC2005SeismicLoadGeneration. Re‐enabledthe"AdjustLocalAxis"optionfortheCopy‐RotateTool.Thiswasaccidentallydisabledina

previousrelease. CorrectedanissuethatcausestheunitsinRISAFoundationtobeoffwhenboththeunitsarechangedandan

UndoisperformedinRISAFloororRISA‐3DinacombinedRISAFloor/RISA‐3D/RISAFoundationmodel. Correctedanerrorwhereunselectedloadswerebeingdeletedwhenthe"DeleteSelectedLoads"toolwasused. CorrectedaunitconversionissuewithJointReactionCenterofGravitycalculationswhenunitswherechanged

withexistingresults. Correctedanissuewherealoadcombinationwithamovingloadandoverstrengthfactorswouldcausea

crash. Correctedanissuewithseismicdynamicloadsappliedaslineloadswheresomeoftheloadswouldnotbe

considered. Correctedanissuewheresomewoodmemberswerenotproperlydisplayingthedesignvaluesinthe

PropertiestaboftheMemberInformationdialog.


Enhancements/Corrections

Enhancedmodelingwithwoodmaterials: Reviseddialogsforselectingandaddingwoodmaterialstobemoreuser‐friendly. EasieraccesstotheCustomWoodMaterialsspreadsheet. Newdialogsallowtheusertoview/confirmthematerialdesignproperties.

ReleaseNotes

Updatedthestructuralcompositelumberdesignlistssothatshapeselectionsmatchproprietaryproducts.

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. Fixedanissuewithoutofplanedesignofconcretewallswheretheinplaneaxialforce(entirewall)wasbeing

usedinsteadoftheperfootaxialforce. Correctedanissuewithlintelforcesformasonrywallswherethedesignignoresanyappliedforcesifthelintel

depthwenttothetopofthewall. Fixedanissuethatdidn'tsavethedynamicsolutioninsideRISA‐3DfromunderRISAFloor. Fixedanissuewithoutofplaneconcretewallswheretheminimummomentwasnotbeingusedinallcases. Fixedanissuewheresomefootingswouldnotbedesignediftheallowablesoilbearingwassetto"Gross." CorrectedanerrorwhereaRISA‐3DmodelunderRISAFloorwouldnotsolveadynamicsolutionunlessthe

userhadpreviouslyusedtheSeismicLoadGenerationtogeneratenodesonthediaphragm. Correctedanerrorwhereuser‐inputseismicparameterswerebeingincorrectlyreportedontheprinted

output.

ReleaseNotes

CorrectedadisplaybuginwhichthegraphicaldisplaydimensionsforaGeneralArbitraryshapedidnotupdatewhentheshapepropertieswereedited.

Correctedanissuewithshearanddeflectiondiagramsofsingleangleswithnodesalongthelengthofthephysicalmember.

Fixedanissuewiththeaxial,shearandmomentenvelopeddiagramsforconcretewallsintheout‐of‐planedirection.

CorrectedanerrorinwhicharealoadswerenotbeingproperlycopiedwhenusingtheMirrorCopycommand. ChangedLe/dcalculationforSCLwoodmemberstouseactualratherthannominaldimensions. CorrectedanissuewithACIthresholdtorsioncalculationswhichcausedthemnottobereportedforenvelope

solutions. UpdatedAppendbehaviortocomparetheSectionSetinformationbetweentwomodelsbeforeappending.

PreviouslyamemberdefinedasSectionSet1inonemodelwouldbecomeSectionSet1inthe2ndmodelevenifthetwoshapeswerenotthesame.

CorrectedaminorissuewithAISC13thand14theditionswhereincorporatingtorsionalshearstressesintothecodecheckwasoverlyconservative.

CorrectedanissuewhereoutdatedinformationwassenttoRISAConnectionfromRISA‐3Dand/orRISAFloorduetoinconsistencies.


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.


Enhancements

Added64‐bitversioncapability. Theprogramwillrunin64‐bitaddressingspace,expandingWindowsmemorylimits. Allowsforincreasedprogramlimitswhenrunningona64‐bitoperatingsystem.

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.

ReleaseNotes

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. Correctedanissuewhereaninstallpathwithlongfile/directorynamescouldcausetheprogramtofailto

launchwhenusingfileassociation. Correctedissuesrelatedtomasonrywalldesignregardingunreinforcedwalls. CorrectedaproblemwithRISA‐3DclearingresultswhenusingtheDirectortooltoswitchbetweenRISAFloor

andRISA‐3D.

ReleaseNotes


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.

UpdatedtheM2calculationforoutofplanedesignofconcretewallssothatthereisaninteriorandexteriorvalue.Previouslythemaximumvaluewasbeingusedinbothinstances.

UpdatedthecalculationoftheM2momentforconcretewallpanelsateachsectionalongtheheightofthewall.PreviouslyitwastakingmaximumM2momentatanyplacealongtheheightofthewallandusingitforeverysection.

UpdatedChileanSteeldatabaseperAceroDiseñoEstructuralManual–SegundaEdicion

ReleaseNotes

Corrections

Correctedanissuewithnetworklicensevalidationthatcouldcauseaslowdownwiththeuserinterface. Correctedanissuewherenetworkclientcomputerscouldnotfinddatabaseswhenlaunchingtheprogramin

demonstrationmode. CorrectedthebendingcapacityofdoubleanglesintheAISC14thEdition. FixedanissueintheASCE7‐10SeismicModelSettingswhereOmegaandRhocouldnotbeanythingotherthan

1.0. 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.


Enhancements

AddedAISC360‐10(14thEdition)ASDandLRFDcodechecksforhotrolledsteelmembers. TheAISCDatabasehasbeenupdatedtoincludenewshapesinthe14thEditionAISCManual. AddedASCE7‐10totheWind/SeismicLoadGenerationandtotheLoadCombinationGenerator. AddedACI318‐11codechecksforconcretemembers. Addeda"ThresholdTorsion"checkforconcretebeams. Addedabilitytoassignopeningsinconcretewallpanels. AddedauserdefinedtorquelengthtothedesignpropertiesforAISC360‐05(13thEdition)andtheAISC360‐

10(14thEdition). AddedCanadianParametricDesignSpectraperNBC2005totheResponseSpectraLibrary. AddedCSAS136‐04codechecksforcoldformedsteelmembers. AddedCSAS136‐07codechecksforcoldformedsteelmembers.

ReleaseNotes

Addedthelocationofdemandandcapacitypointsoninteractiondiagramsforconcretewalls. AddedaTools‐ApplicationSettingsoptiontoaddtheindividualLoadbuttonoptionsbacktotheDataEntry

Toolbar. 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/reorganizedtheSolutiontabofModelSettingstobemoreuser‐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. CorrectedanissuewhereNotionalLoadGenerationwasnotproperlyaccountingforeffectsofopeningsinwall

panels. CorrectedanissuewiththeLoadCombinationGeneratorwheretheprogramwasproducingextra(and

unnecessary)loadcombinations. Correctedaunitsconversionissuerelatedtorebarstrengthforcustomrebarlayouts. Correctedaunitsconversionissuerelatedtothermalloadingonplateelements.

ReleaseNotes

CorrectedanissuewhereseveralModelSettingsvalueswereomittedfromprintedoutputorwereprintedincorrectly.

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.


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. Addedanupperlimittothelip/widthratioforcoldformedsteellippedchannelsectionsinordertoproperly

calculatek(theplatebucklingcoefficient). Addedawarninglogmessageformasonrywallsthatuseuncommonmaterialstrengthswithuncommonblock

sizes.Self‐weightwillnotbeaccountedforthesewallsandmustbeappliedmanually. AddedagraphicalRe‐Labelingoptionssothatuserscanselectivelyre‐labelexistingitemsbasedonthecurrent

selectionstate.Thisalsoallowsusertoapplyadifferentprefixtoselecteditems.

ReleaseNotes

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.


Enhancements

AddedConcreteWallPanelsperACI318‐05andACI318‐08specifications: Abilitytodesignreinforcement(bothshearandaxial/bending). Abilitytodesignreinforcementforoutofplanewallloading(axialbendingandshear) Providesstorydeflectionsforeachstoryinamulti‐storywall.

AddedSeismicDetailingcodechecksperAISC2005: MomentFramedesignperAISC358(RBS,BFP,BUEEP,BSEEP,WUF‐W) StrongColumn/WeakBeamcalculations Columnchecksforconnectionforces(i.e.continuityplatestiffeners) Calculationofrequiredstrengthandstiffnessofbeambracing PanelZonecolumnchecks ConcentricallyBracedFramesperAISC341 CalculationofunbalancedforcesforVandinvertedVbraces.

SingleAngles:

ReleaseNotes

Addedabilitytodesignatethataxialcodechecksshouldbebasedongeometricorprincipalaxisbuckling.SeetheHelpFileSingleAnglesub‐topicofMemberResultsformoreinformation.

Addedbendingcodechecksforsingleanglemembersbasedonbendingaboutgeometricorprincipalaxes.SeetheHelpFileSingleAnglesub‐topicofMemberResultsformoreinformation.

MadechangestotheMasonryandConcreteMaterialsspreadsheets: Movedthedefinitionoftheyieldstrengthofthereinforcement(Fy)fromtheDesignRulesspreadsheet

totheconcreteandmasonrytabsofthematerialsspreadsheet. MovedthemasonryselfweightdefinitionfromtheDesignRulesspreadsheettotheMaterials

spreadsheet. ThiscouldresultinreducedbackwardscompatibilityofConcreteandMasonryMaterialswitholder

versionsoftheprogram. 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." UpdatedtheASCE7‐05minimumbaseshearcalculationtoaccountforSupplement#2(0.044*I*Sds>0.01). AddedtheabilitytoappendR3DorRT3filesintoanexistingRT3file. ImprovedtheshearcodecheckreportingformasonrywallswithashearstressgreaterthanFvm.Previous

resultswereaccurate,butcouldbemisleadingaboutthelocationofthegoverningcodecheck.

ReleaseNotes

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


Enhancements

Addeddrawingofflexuralreinforcementinthecolumncrosssectiontoconcretecolumndetailreports. Addedanoptiontouseanon‐iterative(Tau=1.0)methodfortheAISC360/13theditionDirectAnalysis

method. ModifiedtheAISCdirectanalysismethodtoignoretheswayflags.SeetheLimitations‐StiffnessAdjustment

sectionofthehelpfileformoreinformation. Improvedthewallmeshroutinesinteractionwithmemberarealoads.SeeAreaLoadDistributioninthehelp

fileformoreinformationontheinteractionbetweenwallsandarealoads. Improvedtheplottingofthedeflectedshapeformemberswithshearandaxialreleases. ModifiedtheConcreteColumndetailreportssothattheyalwaysshowtheinteractiondiagramregardlessof

whatloadingisappliedtothem. Improvedthecustomrebarlayoutdialogtobeeasiertouse.

Corrections

CorrectedanissuewheretherhoandOmegafactorsusedintheLoadCombinationsspreadsheetwerealwayssetto1.0regardlesswhatparameterswereenteredintheSeismictaboftheModelSettings.

Correctedanissuethatcausedoverconservativecalculationsofallowableflexuralstressesforaluminumroundtubesandchannels.

Correctedanaluminumdesignissuewhichresultedinincorrectslendernessparameters(S1andS2)beingusedfortubeshapes.

Correctedanissuewiththeexpandedforcediagramsforconcretemembers. Correctedanissuewhereaninactivediaphragm(combinedwithauto‐generatedseismicloads)couldcausea

filecorruptionandpreventthemodelfromopeninginversion9.0. CorrectedanissuewhereinformationchangedintheFootingstabofModelSettingswouldnotberemembered

whenclosingoutofthedialog. 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


Enhancements

AddedAluminummemberdesign Addedallshapesinthe2005AluminumDesignManual. AddedcodecheckspertheAAADM1‐05ASDforbothbuildingsandbridges.

EnhancedSeismiccapabilitieswithintheprogram: AddedaSeismictabtotheModelSettingstopermanentlystoreseismiccodeinformation. Addedredundancyfactor(rho)totheLoadCombinationGenerator Addedverticalseismicforce(Ev)totheLoadCombinationGenerator AddedautomaticlinkingbetweenparametricdesignspectraandtheseismictabofModelSettings 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‐ApplicationSettingsoptiontoturnofftheSumofReactionscheck. 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. CorrectedanissuewherehavingthedefaultModelDisplayOptionssettodisplayaspecificLoadCombination

numberwouldcauseproblemswhenviewingloadsinmodelswithfewerLoadCombinations. 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.

CorrectedanissuewiththereadingoftheModelDisplayOptionsdefaultfilewhichcouldcauseinterfaceissuesand/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. AddedacustomizablegraphictoolbarwithnewModelDisplayOptionsbuttonforeasiergraphicalviewof

results. 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


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.


CorrecteddimensionsinEuroSteeldatabaseforHD360x147,HE1000A,HE1000AA. Correctedthecontoursandcontourlegendsdisplay. FixedabugwhereallwallpanelsurfaceloadswerebeingplacedinBasicLoadCase1regardlessofthe

specifiedBLC. Fixedabugwherewallpanelthicknesschangesdidnotautomaticallyclearthestiffnessmatrix Fixedabugwhereenvelopeandbatchsolutionswereconsideringthelastloadcombinationasthecontrolling

oneforwallpanelsonly. Correctedmiscellaneousholddowndatabaseerrorsforwoodwallpanels. Correctedresultsforwallpanelswithsurfaceloadsappliedinthelocalaxisdirections. CorrectedWallPanelforcediagramsindetailreportsformodelswhentheZ‐axiswassettovertical. Correctedthe"d"valuecalculationformasonrywallpanelsdesign. Correctedoutofplanestrengthdesignformasonrywallpanels. Correctedthedisplayofthecontrollinglocationmasonrywallpaneldesign. Correctedmiscellaneouswallpanelmeshingerrors.


Addedoptiontoviewthelocalaxesofwallpanelelements. Activatedthe"DetailReportForCurrentItem"incaseswhereitwasnotworking. Changedthesortingofjointcoordinatestoincludewallpanelnodes Correctedthegraphicaldisplayofwallpanelsurfaceloadsandreactionvalues Correctedthedisplayofgroutweightinthewallpaneleditor. Correctedthetopvalueofthewallpanelsurfaceloadtoconsidertheloadfactor. CorrectedtheinteractionbetweenRISA‐3DandRISAFoottoallowfootingdesignwithinRISA‐3D. Correctedthecalculationofrz(radiusofgyrationaboutprincipalaxis)ofcustomsingleanglescreatedinRISA‐

3D. CorrectedtheimportingofsteeljoistsfromaSTAADfile. Fixedabugwheretheprogramwasnotproperlyre‐assigningarebarlayoutfornamingconflicts. Correctedanissuewherecrackcontrolrequirementsforconcretememberscouldproducetightbarspacing. CorrectedprintingofProjectGridsandWallPanelSurfaceLoads.

ReleaseNotes


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.


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.


CorrectedabugwheretheuseoftheAutomaticResponseSpectraScalingFactorinasolutioncouldcauseacrash.

CorrectedabuginthesingleanglecodethatdidnotallowforsingleanglestobendabouttheirGeometricaxesevenwhenthiswasspecificallyrequestedbytheuser.


Interface and Graphics Enhancements / Corrections

ImproveddialogbehaviorbyhighlightingtheUse?CheckboxesandaddedinaClearUseBoxesbutton Fixedabugwiththerenderingofdeflectiondiagramsforpipeshapes Dynamic_graphicsintheINIfile

Steel Design Enhancements / Corrections

AddedchangestotheAISCdatabasebasedonthe13thEditionManual.IncludingroundHSSdesignthickness. AddedaRollBackOnCancelactiontotheModelSettings–Codesettingstoproperlyaccountforcaseswhere

userschangefrom13thEditionASDto13thEditionLRFDandcancelthechangebeforeexiting 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.


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


Miscellaneous Enhancements/Corrections

PrimarilyreleasedtoaddresssomecorrectionsintheRISAFoundationprogram.RefertoRISAFoundationreleasenotesformoreinformation.

Correctedalengthconversionbugintherebardatabase.Iflengthunitswereotherthanfeet,theprogramhadbeenerroneouslyconvertingrebarcutofflengthsenteredinasa%oflength.

AddedSecurityCodesforREVITStructureVersions.Thereisnodirectimpacttotheprogram. EnhancedCIS/2linktoallowforcompleteroundtripdatatransfer. Fixedabuginthesubspacesolversothatmodelswithmorethan100DOFs,butlessthan40masstermswill

solveproperly.


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


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


CorrectedabugwiththeBlockFillcommandthatwasonlyallowingthefirst3cellsoftheblocktobefilled Correctedabugwiththeinternalforcesummationtoolthatcouldcauseacrashformodelswithtriangular

plateelements

ReleaseNotes

CorrectedabugwherechangingtheMemberTypeofaconcretememberdidnotclearthestiffnessmatrix