Bug Fixes

• Access violation when importing STAAD models
• Stress color gradient prints blue background
• Customized units are not being saved (actually they were not been loaded)
• Sometimes the print dialog suggests 9999 copies. It will only print 1 in case user overlooks this value
• The configuration dialog neither saves nor makes current the Graphic Font
• Undo does not work
• Application hang-up when changing units in the Sections or Materials dialogs on Windows Vista
• Wrong section names where generating errors in sections database (a ".sec" file and problems to select the new group)
• When changing the current Load Condition with the mouse wheel and clicking back to the Model View, the displayed load condition is different than the current one.

New Features

• Modules with fully revamped GUI
• Moment diagrams respect the RE configuration
• Double clicking an item on the Data Explorer opens the Data Panel
• Number of models to reopen increased to 20 (previous was 10)
• Optimization considering deflections was added for AS4100-98 steel design
• Import shells from DXF files
• 3D rendering button on Model View context menu
• Top steel (for negative moments) in masonry lintels

RAM Connection

• Extension plate shear rupture capacity added for DW-BCW.
• Extension plate tensile yielding/rupture and shear yielding calculation lengths corrected.
• Regular shear force was used for Clip Angle connector in Gussets CBB, it was changed to the amplified shear.
• Two extra lines added for the report of Clip Angle capacities: a) Reduction factor due to prying action and b) Bolt Tension due to prying action

Retaining Wall

• Rankine active pressure for a sloped backfill with surcharge fixed

Concrete Wall Module

• Vertical strips segmentation for walls with columns fixed (also in Masonry Wall Module)
• Boundary columns bars per face fixed for SI units

Footing Design Module

• Create a new entry for bearing units
• Report the sliding, overturning, bearing and uplift safety factors

Previous version omissions

• Model properties restored on RE Button
• "Add text box" option restored in Output tab
• Ctrl-I, Ctrl-D, Ctrl-H and other shortcuts have been restored