We got some confirmation from AISC that the initial 3" minimums refer to concrete cover and don't need to be enforced in the final checks since we are already checking that in the anchors section. We will revise the report in the next version.

I see now, I missed that these were the lateral beams in your first post. This is the intended behavior. We allow you to drill in and check the lateral beams with the Ram Steel Beam design process, but since this does not account for end fixity, the presence…

Thanks for the clarification. I like to model the "physical" members instead of splitting the members at each node. So, defining the lateral brace points and unbraced lengths is crucial to the steel design. Working with double angles for trusses or bracing…

Hi, With VBA there are OnDesignFileOpened and OnDesignFileClosed commands. You could read & write to a shared text file. That way you could manually count how many applications are open. I don't use any add-on packages myself, so I don't know how vba…

Does anyone else see a problem with having to find third party solutions to this issue? The way that Autocad users deal with it is to just use the licenses they have, when they're out, they're out....no mysterious bill comes every three months. That is…

Michael can you explain the rational behind this please "If you have a select license then the license is good for an hour even if you’re in the application for 20 minutes. If you only have one license and are in it from 8:00 am – 8:20 am and then…

A lot of people see a very big problem with having to find a third party solution for this (the issue is noted over and over again on many CAD forums). Working offline or at site is important, but checking out licenses has worked well for that in the…

Its unfortunate if that's how Bentley is going to leave things. I'm no business expert but I think re-imaging your company as one that gouges its customers quarterly is a bad plan. It wont take long for Management to connect the name Bentley with needlessly…

Unknown said: We have been there, done that with "1 license equals 1 user". Way back when we did that, we heard that was simply too restrictive for users -- and not from just one organization... from many. We started providing a much better way to address…

After a quick browse of several of your CAD competitors forums I found NO instances of anyone complaining about node locked licenses. Why is that? Because that's the way it's supposed to be done. You buy the amount of licenses you need to get the job…

A strange thing happened today. One of our techs was going to open up a CAD file from one of your competitors and he got the message ' All licenses are in use' and could not open the program. He sent out a Tech-wide email asking if anyone could free up…

This thread will soon be closed with no response just like the other thread. You will however, continue to be supplied a convenient invoice for your overage.

Just to let you know....I have filed a complaint with the NC Attorney Generals office and the Federal trade commision over this mysterious time tracking and billing system they have, I would encourage you all to do the same. They have us trapped using…

I / we are also not happy about this! And have not been ever since they introduced the "flexible" license model and particularly the calendar hour concept! We have had to keep our license count higher than it really needs to be and this change to quarterly…