STAAD.Pro 2007 Build 03 Available July 11

Build 03 of STAAD.Pro 2007 will be available on Bentley SELECT servers tomorrow, July 11. This update includes 22 new features and 115 additional updates. See here for some more info on some of these new features.
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  • Has anyone found weird errors with this new build? I have stumbled upon some new frustrating 'features' that have made me switch back to the previous build (and maybe even to version 2006, this seems to be a recurring issue lately).

     - Adding  beams by perpendicular intersection no longer works. It used to work by asking the origin node and then the destination beam, but now it creates a new beam where the origin node is indefectibly the origin (0,0,0) regardless of which node you select to begin with.

     - Adding surfaces no longer works. You click on the four nodes (coplanar) and you get an error message saying that it is "Not a valid STAAD surface definition". Just try starting from scratch with a new model, four simple nodes, and try creating a simple surface out of them... I had just upgraded to the latest version because I was having lots of problems with a model that relies heavily on surfaces, only to find that I could no longer create new ones! And yes, I have been working with surfaces for a good while.

    Quite frankly, there are several other issues I have spotted with this build, some of them which affect features I use on a regular basis. Could anyone point at the changelog for this version? The link given above (http://communities.bentley.com/Communities/Other_Communities/The_Bentley_Structural_Team/b/the_bentley_structural_team-blog/archive/2008/07/10/staad-pro-2007-03-releasing-soon.aspx) does not provide much insight into what has been added/fixed/etc.

  • Are there any other STAAD users in your office who are running 2007 Build 03? If so, can you check if these problems occur on their computers too?

     

    What is the operating system on your computer? If it is VISTA, try running STAAD with the "Run as Administrator" option turned on, and see if these problems still occur.

    In the folder

    X:\spro2007\staad\examp\us

    you will find a file called

    ONE_WAY_LOADING.std

    Open that model, and click on the load display icon. Do the loads appear on the structure?

    I have tested all the features you have mentioned, and have not been able to duplicate these problems.

     



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  • Are there any other STAAD users in your office who are running 2007 Build 03? If so, can you check if these problems occur on their computers too?

     

    What is the operating system on your computer? If it is VISTA, try running STAAD with the "Run as Administrator" option turned on, and see if these problems still occur.

    In the folder

    X:\spro2007\staad\examp\us

    you will find a file called

    ONE_WAY_LOADING.std

    Open that model, and click on the load display icon. Do the loads appear on the structure?

    I have tested all the features you have mentioned, and have not been able to duplicate these problems.

     



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