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Bentley SACS® 10.2 CONNECT Edition Readme
Version : 10.02.00.01
Build Type : SACS CONNECT Release Product – Update 2
Operating Systems : Microsoft Windows (see System Requirements for specific details)
Language : English
Date : July 15, 2016
There is little doubt that the design of every infrastructure project today involves the collaboration of many individuals and organizations across multiple disciplines. It is with this context that we have developed Bentley Cloud Services to facilitate successful project outcomes for you and your organizations. Bentley Cloud Services helps you produce better designs by facilitating collaboration, interoperability, standardization and skills development. For an organization and enterprise, Bentley Cloud Services provides greater insight and control over project design, deliverables and the people working on them. In the sections that follow we look at some of the capabilities and services that are delivered today, with more being added every week, with Bentley Cloud Services to help you achieve even greater project and personal success. Please visit www.bentley.com/connect to keep up to date on the latest capabilities.
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After Installation, SACS products must now be activated. SACS products DO NOT support trial license status. Launch SACS 10.1. The following dialog will appear. Click on the “Bentley License Tool…” button.
Select all the SACS license products and click the “Activate” button.
The system will activate the licensed products.
SACS 10.x uses Bentley SELECT Trust Licensing – the same licensing used by all other Bentley products. Trust licensing ensures uninterrupted access to run your Bentley software, regardless of the availability of licenses. In some software products from other vendors, a licensing service wasused to check out a license when the application starts up and check it back in when the program exits. This restricts the use of software once all the current licenses are in use. SACS now uses the trust licensing approach that is a benefit of your Bentley SELECT subscription.
Trust licensing allows any member of your engineering team to run SACS at any time and eliminates the need to have an uninterrupted connection to SELECTserver and consequently this provides greater flexibility and greater reliability in operation. Instead of requiring the connection toSELECTserver, SACS simply records usage of the application and allows you to access reports to see how licenses are being used in your team. License usage is aggregated and reported back to SELECTserver on a regular basis, at least once every thirty days.
You can review your team’s usage of SACS via a web-based interface through a wide range of reports. These reports are available at http://selectserver.bentley.com and let you see who used what software and when. This information will be valuable to you in ensuring that you are gettingbest value from your software. The designated account contact for your organization will have permission to login to this server and to review these reports. This SELECTserver web portal also includes tools for managing licenses including managing check-outs, forcing check-ins of licenses,if required, and controlling access to applications.
If your recorded usage shows a peak usage that is greater than the number of licenses that you own, your Bentley account manager will contact you to discuss the usage. They will review with you whether your current license portfolio matches your license needs and can recommend arange of options to true-up to ensure you have the licenses you need. Peak usage is the maximum number of licenses that are used within any 1-hour period.
If you would like more information on SELECTserver , you can visit: http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/SELECT+Server/
For more information on the benefits of trust licensing and the true-up process, you can visit: http://www.bentley.com/trust
For full technical details on SELECTserver licensing, start with the Introduction section of the following user manual: https://selectserver.bentley.com/BSS/Admin/Help/en/index.html
Use the License Management Tool installed with your applications to view what licenses you have available on a particular machine.
Ensure that your designated contact person and/or system administrator is able to sign in to selectserver.bentley.com and view reports on usage
Configure SELECTserver to send over usage messages to a designated administrator weekly
Use the Scheduled Reports function in SELECTserver to send usage reports to a designated administrator weekly Use these email and web reports to better understand how your team uses SACS licenses. In particular, the Peak Usage reports will indicate if your license usage matchesyour ownership.
If you wish to control which licenses can be used on which machines, use the Client Access Restrictions command in the Site Configuration menu of selectserver.bentley.com to apply these controls.
Communicate with your Bentley Account Manager about your license usage, particularly if you expect your peak usage to increase above the number of licenses you own.
Use license check-out only when you need to work off site without an internet connection for more than 30 days. There is no need to check out licenses when working in a connected environment and doing so will record that license as being continuously in use. This may add to yourpeak usage level.
If your license usage reports show that your peak usage is higher than the number of licenses that you own, your Bentley Account Manager will contact you and discuss options with you. These options may include adding more licenses, changing the mix of licenses that you own,quarterly term licenses or changing how you use licenses.
For day to day use, a continuous internet connection is not required. You need an internet connection only when initially activating your license and at least once every month in order to record usage on the SELECTserver. It is also possible to manually submit usage logs if yoursecurity requirements mean that an internet connection is not possible.
No, usage is recorded per machine. Multiple instances of an application running on the same machine records 1 use, it does not record multiple uses.
An interval for a SELECT subscription is 1 hour on the clock e.g. from 11am to 12 noon. SELECTserver counts the number of licenses used from the license pool during each interval. The daily peak usage is the highest number of licenses used during any 1 hour interval of that day. See
http://communities.bentley.com/products/licensing/b/licensing_blog/archive/2010/05/27/what-is-usage-and- how-is-it-calculated.aspx
There is no need to check out a license to your machine unless you are going to be working offline for 30 days or more. In fact, checking out a license will record the license as being in continuous use so this could potentially increase the calculation of your firm’s peak license usage.
Trust licensing uses the same usage logging mechanism you are using now with non-trust licensing. It transmits usage data using standard internet protocols and obscures user and machine names using a SHA-1 hash so that they cannot be read outside your company.
SELECT subscribers are able to access SELECT server training via the Bentley LEARN server.
SELECT Open Access is an industry first that provides any subscriber with unrestricted portfolio-wide access so they can employ the best and most comprehensive mix of Bentley applications for all disciplines for every project. For more information see http://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/docs/Select/Internal/2014SubscriptionChangesEmail.pdf and also visit http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Subscriptions/SELECT+Open+Access/
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SACS 10.x CONNECT Edition release includes major enhancements including the implementation of the API RP 2A WSD 22nd Edition code check in PSI for soil definitions, a completely new Dynamic Superelement module based upon the Craig-Brampton approach, Interactive Fatigueredesign for damage resulting from multiple time histories. The Joint Meshing utility now allows the users to model ring stiffeners on complex non-tubular joints. Major updates to the interactive modules include database functionality in Postvue allowing users to handle large loaddatasets. The SACS wind turbine GH Bladed application has been enhanced to allow users to use separate safety factors for gravitational and inertial loads for post processing. The Seastate module has been enhanced to generate loading on large diameter tubular sections in accordanceto McCamy and Fuchs approach.
A SESAM to SACS utility is now available allowing the user to convert SESAM Genie models to SACS format. All documentation is now available in searchable pdf format with SACS traditional style input line layout.
Program
Description
Version
Collapse
Non-Linear Plastic Analysis
10.1.0.1
Combine
Combine Post file utility
10.2.0.50
Dynamic Response
Dynamic Response Analysis
10.2.0.1
Dynamic Super Element
Craig-Brampton Super Element
Dynpac
Eigen Vector/Value Extraction
Fatigue
Fatigue Damage/Life Analysis
Flotation
Flotation & Upending Analysis
Gap
Non-Linear Element Analysis
Global Loading
Global Loading Analysis
Joint Can
Tubular Connection Check
Large Deflection
Large Deflection Analysis
Launch
Launch Analysis
Material Takeoff
Material Takeoff Analysis
Pile
Single Pile Analysis
Post
Element Stress and Code Check
Pre-Processor
SACS System
PSI
Pile/Soil Interaction
Report Generator
Generate User Defined Reports
SACS FAST Interface
FAST
Seastate
Environmental Load Generation
Solve
SACS Solver
Super Element
Super Element Utility
Tow
Transportation Inertia Load Generation
Transportation
Motion and Stability Studies
Wave Response
Wave Response Analysis
Interactive Program Modules
Hull Modeler
SACS Hull Modeler
Motions
SACS Motions
Stability
SACS Stability
Chart Viewer
Plot and Chart Utility
Collapse View
Interactive Collapse Results Viewer
Data Generator
Input Data Generator and Viewer
Executive
SACS System Front End
Interactive Fatigue
Interactive Fatigue Post Processor
10.0.0.1
Postvue
Interactive Post Processor
Precede
Interactive Modeler
10.2.0.119
Prevue
Plot Utility
Interface Modules
PDMS Convertor
SACS Model to PDMS Macro Convertor
SACS to Femsys
SACS Model to FemView Interface
SDNF
SACS Model to SDNF Convertor
Utility Program Modules
SESAM to SACS
Converts SESAM models to SACS format
Damage Center
Scatter Diagram Damage Center Utility
Free Body
Free Body Analysis
10.0.0.6
Joint Mesh
Joint Meshing Utility
List File Convertor
Output Listing File Optimizer
10.2.0.52
Probability
Statistical Analysis
Ring
Roark Ring Analysis
Rigid
Rigid Body Analysis
System Requirements
SACS CONNECT Edition (v10.x) has the following system minimum requirements:
• Pentium 4 or higher central processing unit (CPU).
• 512 megabytes (Mb) of RAM minimum. SACS performance is dependent on the size of the SACS model and the amount of available system resources; see SACS System PC Recommendations below.
• Microsoft® Windows® 8/8.1 Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 10
• Internet Explorer 6 or later
• Windows Media Player (for analysis sound file support)
• A hard disk partition with 800 Mb of free space is required for the SACS installation.
• A video card with a chipset that supports OpenGL. A reference list may be found at Supported Graphics Cards
• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
• Network Server and Network Client Installations - The Local Area Ethernet Network should be 100 Base-T or greater. TCP/IP network protocol is supported.
Note: Remote access connections such as Terminal Server are not supported.
SACS CONNECT Edition (v10.x) will run satisfactorily with most basic new PC configurations for both laptops and desktop PCs. For minimal configuration PCs or older PCs, the most notable degradation in performance will be in 3D rendering applications (Precede) and when model sizeexceeds 1000 joints. For model sizes greater than 1000 joints it is recommended that additional memory and storage be added as stated below. The following recommendations are for optimal SACS performance.
• RAM - 1024 megabytes (Mb) of free (1) RAM minimum, 4096 Mb or more is preferred. SACS will utilize all available RAM. SACS performance is dependent on the size of the SACS model and the amount of available system resources.
(1) Free RAM refers to available RAM after all operating system processes have been loaded.
• CPU - A multi-core CPU is recommended although not required.
• Operating System - Windows 7 Professional or later.
• Note: All x86 versions of Windows cannot utilize more than 3200 Mb of RAM. The x64 version of Windows should be considered to take advantage of additional memory as well as future SACS upgrades.
• Hard Disk - 800 Mb of free space is required for the SACS installation. A SATA RAID 0 hard disk is recommended for optimal analysis performance.
Note: After the SACS installation is complete the free space used for executions should not fall below 50% of the total drive capacity. Total free space for execution should be at least 1 gigabyte for small models solutions. Very large model solution could require 400 gigabytesor more.
Recommended Computer Specs for Wind Turbine Parallel Processing
It’s important to determine the optimal number of processors required for fastest processing by benchmarking the system by running multiple analyses using different number of processors to determine the number which gives the optimal speed.
NOTE: I/O to the disk/drive can be a bottle neck (hence the fastest bus and I/O requirements).
Program Help: Detailed feature information may be accessed directly from the calling application by selecting the Help command, or by pressing the Help button from any of the application dialogs. Be sure to explore the program Help for answers to your questions.
On-Line Documentation: On-line documentation is available in PDF format and is accessible through Executive “Manuals” tab.
• Enhanced Datagen to allows input beyond 80 columns
• Corrected the Moment Magnification input options on the OPTIONS line. • Corrected a problem where Datagen was not reading the BRACE and MGRPSL input lines. • Corrected a problem where the option on the MPLANE line was set to ‘D’ instead of ‘L’ • Corrected a problem where the THLOAD line would automatically change on clicking ‘Apply’
• Corrected a problem where the CODE IS line was not being saved in the common solution file.
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