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      (A) Issues addressed in the Analysis/Design Engine (38)
      (B) Issues addressed in the Pre-Processing Mode (12)
      (C) Issued Addressed in the Post-Processing Mode (05)
      (D) Issues Addressed in the Steel Design Mode (00)
      (E) Issues Addressed in the Concrete Design Mode (00)
      (F) Issues Addressed in the RAM Connection Mode (03)
      (G) Issues Addressed in the Advanced Slab Design Mode (00)
      (H) Issues Addressed in the Piping Mode (01)
      (I) Issues Addressed in the Editor, Viewer and other modules (02)
      (J) Issues Addressed in OpenSTAAD (02)
      (K) Issues Addressed with Printing / Documentation (22)
      (L) Issues Addressed with Licensing / Security / Installation (01)

    (A) Issues addressed in the Analysis/Design Engine (38)

    A) 01 The ASCE 10-97 code has been updated to report the tension capacity for
    TRACK 1 and 2 reports based on the NET tension capacity as opposed to the gross
    section area as reported previously.
    A) 02 The analysis engine has been updated to ensure that it can read the
    section properties from channel sections in the South Korean steel section
    database.
    A) 03 The API steel design module has been updated to ensure that it handles
    designs where the members have been set as INACTIVE.
    A) 04 The API steel design module has been updated to support load cases defined
    with reference numbers up to 5 digits, i.e. 99999.
    A) 05 The BS5950:2000 steel design module has been updated to improve the design
    of wide flanged shapes with cover plates. The clause 4.8.3.3.2 and Annex I.1
    checks are additional checks that "may" be done for I sections with equal
    flanges. Hence for I sections with equal top AND bottom plates the checks
    according to clause 4.8.3.3.2 and Annex I.1 have been added. Note that the Annex
    I.1 check will be done only if the sections are plastic or compact.
    A) 06 The Eurocode 8 response spectrum calculations have been updated to include
    updates recently added to IS1893 to ensure the centre of mass is consistent with
    the mass distribution in the X, Y an Z directions .
    A) 07 The IS13920 concrete beam design module has been improved to ensure that
    designs involving large numbers of load combinations are suitably handled and
    previously causing the design process to fail.
    A) 08 The IS456:2000 concrete column design module has been updated to ensure
    that the output file displays the correct moments used in the design for short
    columns.
    A) 09 The Indian steel design code IS800:2007 has been updated to improve the
    design of web tapered members subject to tension which previously reported the
    capacity as zero.
    A) 10 The BS5950:2000 steel design module has been updated for the design of
    channel sections. For cases when a user specified a very small channel section
    with a very small torsion constant, the program used to check for a condition
    where by if the value of the torsion constant was less than 0.001( inch^4) it
    used to rework it to be that for a flat plate of dims D x B (D = depth of
    channel & B = width of channel). This has now been corrected so that the torsion
    constant will be recalculated for user defined channel sections.
    A) 11 The SABS 0162 steel design module has been updated to ensure that if the
    critical condition for the design is the deflection criteria, then this is
    reported in the output.
    A) 12 The SABS 0162 steel design module has been updated to ensure that where
    the ultimate strength FU is used, the correct value is used.
    A) 13 The buckling analysis for plate models with plate elements and thermal
    loading has been corrected when using the basic solver (i.e. not the advanced
    solver).
    A) 14 The IS13920 concrete design module has been updated to ensure that the
    correct value of EUDL is reported.
    A) 15 The analysis engine has been updated so as not to treat files with names
    starting with ZZ as special. Previously all models starting with ZZ in a given
    folder would have their results removed if any one of these models is analysed.
    A) 16 The S16-01 Canadian steel design module has been updated to correct the
    effective area calculation used in the design of slender, class 4 sections.
    A) 17 The S16-01 Canadian steel design module has been updated to correct the
    moment capacity (MZ) for class 4 sections when subject to a negative MZ moment.
    This would indicate the member as failed.
    A) 18 The torsional section properties of tube members from the British steel
    database used by the analysis and displayed in the UI has been updated.
    A) 19 The analysis engine has been updated to warn the user if the scope of a
    LOAD LIST command in the data file exceeds the list of load cases and
    combinations for which results exist.
    A) 20 The inertia section properties used by the analysis of the South Korean
    steel database have been corrected.
    A) 21 It is now possible design Lysaght Z profiles to BS5950-5. The procedure
    has been updated to use the minimum flange width defined as 'E' or 'F' in the
    databases.
    A) 22 The Indian concrete design module IS 456 has been updated so that when
    method 1 is used, the output displays the overriding controlling design load
    case in addition to the two case conditions for each end of the column.
    A) 23 The Von Mises stress check on I, HSS and Tube sections has been improved
    in the AIJ steel design module. The calculation of Zx for these sections was
    underestimated leading to an over estimate of the Von Mises stresses.
    A) 24 The Rigid Diaphragm routine has been updated to ensure that the base floor
    level cannot be declared as a rigid diaphragm. If this occurs, an error message
    will be reported in the output file.
    A) 25 The analysis engine has been updated to handle situations where a master
    node is specified for a rigid diaphragm and the node is not defined in the plane
    of the diaphragm. This incorrect definition is now caught and an error message
    added in the output file.
    A) 26 The Indian Seismic Load utility for IS1893:2002 has been enhanced with a
    new parameter GL which allows the absolute vertical coordinate of the ground
    level to be specified.
    A) 27 The Japanese AIJ steel design modules (2002 an 2005) has been updated to
    correct the value of axial stress fa that is displayed in the output file. Note
    that the correct value was being used in designs.
    A) 28 The analysis engine has been enhanced so that it is now possible to
    include 50 response spectrum load cases.
    A) 29 The AISC N690 steel design modules have been updated with the addition of
    4 parameters, SFC, SFT, SMY and SMZ as stress limit factors. Refer to the
    International Design Codes manual section 23B.4 for more details.
    A) 30 The ASCE 10-97 steel design code has been updated with 4 additional
    parameters, CMY, CMZ, SSY, SSZ to match the behaviour as defined in the AISC ASD
    design module. Refer to the International Design Codes Manual section 21A.4 for
    more details.
    A) 31 The Eurocode 3 steel design EN1993-1 has been updated to display a warning
    in the output file if the design of a member has been specified which has been
    assigned a double I shape profile. These sections are not currently designed.
    A) 32 The Live Load Reduction for IBC/UBC has been corrected due to the
    calculated reduction factor was based on the area in in2 rather than ft2.
    A) 33 The AISC ASD, AISC 260-05 and Japanese steel design modules have been
    updated for the design of user T sections where the user defined value of Cy
    differs from the value calculated from the entered dimensions of the T profile.
    Previously this would result in incorrect values of major axis bending stress.
    A) 34 The analysis engine has been updated so that the FLOOR DIAPHRAGM command
    can now operate with XRANGE and ZRANGE as parameters.
    A) 35 The analysis engine has been updated to handle long wind load definitions
    which require the command to be written over a number of lines using the '-'
    separator character.
    A) 36 The analysis engine has been updated to ensure that when an ABS
    combination has been defined, the output file reports all the values using the
    PRINT SECTION FORCES command with a positive sign.
    A) 37 The P-Delta analysis has been updated to improve the small delta effect by
    ensuring that the deflection used in each step is based on the maximum relative
    displacement of a member rather than the absolute maximum member displacement
    done previously which would result in an over esimate of the additional small
    delta moment.
    A) 38 The Direct Analysis method of analysis has been updated to ensure that the
    commands FLEX and AXIAL can be assigned to a list of members defined in a GROUP
    as well as when they are defined individually using a LIST parameter.
     
    (B) Issues addressed in the Pre-Processing Mode (12)

    B) 01 The assignment of material properties to plate and solid objects using the
    Material Properties dialog in the GUI has been improved for plates and solids
    where the object reference is not the same as the number of the object in the
    object table.
    B) 02 The GUI has been updated to ensure that when a file contains details of
    bracing points on physical members in the Australian steel design code AS 4100,
    the details are read correctly if spread over multiple lines using the line
    continuation character, i.e. -
    B) 03 The GUI has been updated to ensure the behaviour factor for a Eurocode 8
    response spectrum is read from the data file and displayed correctly.
    Previously, this was reverting to 1.
    B) 04 A new steel section database of profiles manufactured by TATA steel in
    India has been added to the program.
    B) 05 The member query dialog in the GUI has been updated to ensure that the
    drop list of material properties shows the correct currently assigned material
    on the selected member.
    B) 06 The loading definitions dialog in the GUI has been updated to better
    handle time history definitions when the model contains multiple forcing
    function definitions.
    B) 07 The GUI has been updated to ensure that when creating an external User
    Table (UPT file) with units set to metres, then the unit command written into
    the UPT file is 'METER' not just 'm'.
    B) 08 The wind load generation routines on enclosed models have been updated to
    better identify the panels that are loaded by wind in specific directions
    B) 09 The GUI has been updated to ensure that the ELA and ELB parameters for a
    design for ASCE 10-97 are added correctly into the STAAD data file when the file
    is saved.
    B) 10 The GUI collating algorithm has been updated. This addresses an issue
    noted with collation of lists into a single statement where the number of items
    in the list exceeded 2^15 items. That has been extended to deal with lists up to
    2^25 items.
    B) 11 The GUI preview of the Eurocode 8 response spectrum curve has been
    corrected. Please note, the values used in the analysis were correct.
    B) 12 The Load & Definition dialog has been updated to allow Load Generation
    commands to be edited. Previously, if a command existed and was editied in order
    to include a primary load case with the generated load cases, the GUI would
    display a warning message and the command not edited.

    (C) Issued Addressed in the Post-Processing Mode (05)

    C) 01 The table in the Post Processing Mode of Steel Design Results has been
    updated to ensure that the section properties are displayed correctly for taper
    sections that have been designed where the GUI is set to use metric units.
    C) 02 The steel design sheet of the Member Query dialog has been updated to
    ensure that it correctly displays the code for designs performed to the South
    African SABS 0162 code.
    C) 03 The stress results for very thin plates has been improved. Previously
    principal stress would fail to be calculated if the section modulus of the plate
    < 1.0e-6 in3. This has been improved to a limit of 1.0e-13 m3 (~0.001 mm thick
    plate) for Metric and 1.00e-10 in3 (~0.001 mm thick plate).
    C) 04 The stresses reported for beam members which have been assigned section
    properties from the European UPN profiles has been corrected.
    C) 05 The details of an LRFD design reported in a Member Query dialog displayed
    by double clicking on a member, have been updated to take account of the current
    units. Previously it was always displaying the results for units of KIP and FT.

    (D) Issues Addressed in the Steel Design Mode (00)

    (None)

    (E) Issues Addressed in the Concrete Design Mode (00)

    (None)

    (F) Issues Addressed in the RAM Connection Mode (03)

    F) 01 The integration with RAM Connection has been improved for design of brace
    connections such that the previous limitation that brace members had releases of
    a truss specification has been removed. Now brace members are validated by
    virtue that they are in the zone of 20 to 70 degrees from the horizontal (above
    or below the horizontal) and lie in the plane of the beam/column.
    F) 02 The integration with RAM Connection has been improved such that it is now
    possible to design brace connections where the braces have been defined as US
    TUBE or HSS profiles.
    F) 03 The RAM Connection module has been updated to ensure that the menu item
    'Connection Design>Identify Beam and Girder...' is able to identify them from
    the model.

    (G) Issues Addressed in the Advanced Slab Design Mode (00)

    (None)

    (H) Issues Addressed in the Piping Mode (01)

    H) 01 The integration with AutoPIPE models using PipeLink has been updated to
    ensure that importing loads from the AutoPIPE model are added after the last
    load case defined in the STAAD model.

    (I) Issues Addressed in the Editor, Viewer and other modules (02)

    I) 01 The bridge loading module has been updated to improve the method used to
    establish the loading effects by using influence of the 4 nearest nodes
    (previously the nearest three nodes were used).
    I) 02 The BEAVA bridge deck loading module has had major updates in the methods
    used for calculating vehicle positions and resulting loading on circular and
    curved sections of customs lanes.

    (J) Issues Addressed in OpenSTAAD (02)

    J) 01 The OpenSTAAD function "Load.AddLoadAndFactorToCombination" has been
    updated to ensure that negative factors can be assigned to the primary load
    cases in the combination.
    J) 02 The OpenSTAAD OEM installation has been updated to ensure that the section
    databases that are included are the same as in the STAAD.Pro installation.

    (K) Issues Addressed with Printing / Documentation (22)

    K) 01 The ASME NF design manuals have been updated to clarify the meaning of the
    FYLD parameter such that these are 'at temperature'.
    K) 02 The example of defining a material using OpenSTAAD in the OpenSTAAD manual
    has been updated to use the correct base object.
    K) 03 The N690-1984 International Codes manual, section '17B.2.4 Compression'
    has been corrected removing a multiplication on the value of FYLD which is not
    applied.
    K) 04 The International Design manual for the older Eurocode 3 design (DD ENV
    1993-1) has been updated to show the correct default value for the BEAM
    parameter as used in the program. This was shown as 0, but should be shown as 3.

    K) 05 The OpenSTAAD documentation has been updated with the description of the
    input requirements for the CreateSteelDesignCommand command function along with
    a simple example to demonstrate its usage.
    K) 06 Sections 12B and 12C of the International Design Codes manual, AIJ Steel
    Design, have been updated to clarify a number of the equations being used in the
    design process.
    K) 07 The Japanese AIJ steel design code section of the International Design
    Codes manual has been updated. In section 12C5.2, the values in table 12C.1 has
    been corrected.
    K) 08 The AISC N690-1994 section of the International Design Codes manual has
    been updated. In section 23A1.1 Design Process, the equation that is checked has
    been corrected.
    K) 09 The IBC 2000/2003 seismic loading section of the Technical Reference
    Manual has been updated. The equation to calculate the maximum Cs value has been
    corrected.
    K) 10 Section 2.4 of the Technical Reference Manual has been updated to correct
    the note for the CAN parameter defined in table 2-1: AISC (9th Edition) Design
    Parameters.
    K) 11 The link for the Japanese AIJ concrete design, in the 'Welcome to
    STAAD.Pro' topic 'Available Design Codes in STAAD.Pro' has been corrected to
    link to the concrete design rather than steel design section of the Japanese
    codes.
    K) 12 The OpenSTAAD documentation for the Ouput.GetNodeDisplacements function
    has been corrected to show that the results are returned to an array of doubles.

    K) 13 Section 5.23.3 of the Technical Reference manual, Member
    Tension/Compression Specification, has been updated to remove the reference to
    UBC as a non valid condition for use with the MEMBER TENSION command.
    K) 14 The Application Examples manual -> American Examples -> Example No. 18 has
    been updated. The expression used in the calculation of principal stresses for
    element 4 has been corrected.
    K) 15 The Technical Reference manual has been updated to clarify the commands
    which have been deprecated and alternative functionality provided, namely DRAW
    (TR sec. 5.29), PRINT PROBLEM STATISTICS (TR sec. 5.36), and PLOT (TR sec.
    5.46).
    K) 16 Section 5.42 - Print Specifications of the Technical Reference Manual has
    been updated to clarify that PRINT (MEMBER) STRESSES includes shear stresses in
    both the local Y and Z directions.
    K) 17 Section 2.4 of the Technical Reference Manual has been updated to include
    all currently supported parameters for AISC ASD 9th edition for both tapered
    section design, composite member design, and design for members with web
    openings have been consolidated into Table 2.1
    K) 18 Sections 1.7.8 and 5.20.8 of the Technical Reference manual and the
    sub-topic "Adding a curved member" under section 2.3.6 of the User Interface
    help have been updated to include a note that curved member design is not
    supported.
    K) 19 Section 5.22.3 of the Technical Reference Manual has been updated to
    clarify the scope of the IGNORE STIFFNESS command.
    K) 20 The International Design Codes Manual has been updated with details of the
    design capabilities of STAAD.Pro to AMSE NF 3000:2001 and 2004 design codes.
    K) 21 Section 5.32.10.1.1 of the Technical Reference manual, Response Spectrum
    Specification - Generic Method, has been updated to remove the statement that
    the fall back of an SRSS response spectrum with closely spaced modes to the CSM
    method as this does not occur. It is a feature only of the IS1893 Response
    Spectrum definitions.
    K) 22 Section 5.27.5 of the Technical Reference manual, Spring
    Tension/Compression Specification, has been updated to remove the reference to
    UBC as a non valid condition for use with Tension only/compression only
    supports.

    (L) Issues Addressed with Licensing / Security / Installation (01)

    L) 01 The IEG License module has been updated to ensure that the Spanish
    concrete designs can be performed with the Eurozone-Central license code pack.

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