1. Export to HMF - will only export what is visible on the screen
2. Export to 2d PDF - will only export what is visible on the screen
3. Export to 3d PDF - will only export what is visible on the screen
4. Export to JPEG - will only export what is visible on the screen
5. Ability to set any bitmap as a background via right-click on background after a model has been opened.
6. New View|Attributes dialog
7. Added ability to set member edge color by group
8. New standard views toolbar
9. Optimized dynamic rendering of plates
10. Optimized dynamic rendering of members
11. Added ability to reset member group color to default
12. Added ability to reset plate group color to default
13. Upgraded to version 15.10 of the HOOPS library. Refer to http://developer.hoops3d.com/graphicscards/graphicscards.html for a list of supported graphics cards.
14. Reorganized the labeling functionality in the attributes dialog
15. Fixed member group visibility for user defined views.
16. Fixed rendering of 4, 5 or 6 node solids
17. Fixed rendering of 6 or 8 node shells
18. Fixed registry issue with network parallel keys
19. Fixed inconsistency with wireframe/rendered drawing mode
20. Added ability for dimension notes to be added to the scene and can be repositioned by dragging.
21. Added right-click context menu to delete a dimension note to the single select operator.
22. Fixed problem of same named user defined views in different view bins being able to be displayed at the same time
23. Fixed plate labeling display problem when changing from no plate label to either plate name or plate group. Previous an update was required(user had to force a redraw)
24. Same as #23 but for joints.
25. Fixed single clicking on an item after selecting item(s) using the ‘Select by Window’ operator selects all items on the screen.
26. Fixed incorrect display of plate local offsets.
27. Added Tools|Options dialog with the following features:
a. Added General Settings page which includes the ability to change/set the following defaults:
b. Font including all font attributes-separate setting for joints and elements, Graphics driver(Windows GDI, OpenGL, Direct3D), Transparency Sort algorithms, Transparency Styles, Enable/Disable hardware graphics acceleration, Default projections mode, Print text as grey scale(will print in color on a color printer) vs black only, Max selection limit, joint marker size, load arrow size, read loads, draw model as wireframe, show joints, show members, show member edges, show plates, show plates as transparent, show plate edges, show plate thickness, show solids, show solids as transparent, show solid edges, show shells, enable constant spin, show lables, show jacket row labels, show jacket elevation labels b. Added Color settings page with the ability to change/set separate colors to the following items:
c. Background top, background bottom, load color, selected item color, member, member edge, plate, plate edge, solid, solid edge, shell, joint marker, joint text, member text, plate text, solid text, shell text, dimension text
d. When leaving the Options dialog, all settings will be applied to all open windows. This is a bit cumbersome to the user in some cases. All of these settings are written to the registry and are persistent across ModelViewer sessions. This schema is part of a migration to a system of an optional 'Save Settings on exit' feature.
28. Added ability to set/change by group plate edge colors
29. Turning on labeling will change display to wireframe mode. Changing display to rendered mode will turn off all labeling.
30. Changed default top background color to black for improved appearance.
31. Added ability to add dimension notes to the scene which can be printed. Once added these notes can be dragged to add leader lines. These notes can be deleted by right clicking on the note and selecting ‘delete note’
32. Window Menu has been expanded to be more consistent with Microsoft apps.
33. Lighting during constant spin has been fixed.
34. Fixed winding on Wide Flanges, Tees, Boxes and Channel cross sections. Also fixed winding on 8 noded solids.
35. Display of Info bar is optional via the Tools|Options dialog and the toolbar. It defaults to ‘on’
36. Can now change the color of a single member. Color change will apply to both wireframe and rendered views. Use: change the operator to the selection tool(arrow icon on toolbar), select a member, right click the member and select change color.
37. Attributes dialog has been expanded to include the following abilities: Solid visibility by group, Solid colors by group, show solids as transparent, show solid edges, solid edge color by group, solid labeling(none, name, group), shell labeling(none, name, group) and Joint font.
38. Neutral axis drawn correctly for TEE, CHL, ANG and LN1 sections.
39. Individual Member colors can be saved to and read back from the model file. Save feature only available if ‘Loads’ are read into memory. To read loads, turn on the ‘Read Loads’ feature in the Tools|Options|General Settings page. It is tied the save feature to this switch since we don’t want to write out a file if everything was not into memory. The displaying of loads is incomplete-the only loads that you can view are joint loads.
40. Added Coincident Joint check to Tools menu. Results are reported in the ‘Output’ pane.
41. Added Check Model feature to Tools menu similar to what you get from Precede. Results are reported in the ‘Output’ pane. Depending on number of plates this could take long time, since one of the checks is to see if plates have same connectivity. This portion of the algorithm is not yet optimized.
-Added toolbar option to allow user to change between perspective and orthographic projection viewing
-Added Export to DXF
-Added Export to Ansys
-Added Joint Details functionality with ability to view Joint properties.
-Added info bar to show read and drawing progress
-Added output window to report errors during model reading
-Added ability to access SACS manual from Model Viewer
-Fixed ability to view User defined views
-Joint symbol option is now stored
-State of Plate transparency flag is now stored
| IMPORTANT: This update requires that we
install "Microsoft
Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package" Network User/Network Server installations In order to take advantage of the new model viewer, this update will have to be installed to both the server and each individual user machine. This patch not only updates the program files on the NETWORK SERVER, but also the engine that is used to display the models on a NETWORK USER machine. Install Administrators (GPO/MSI related) Install Administrators may download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86) and distribute this to all NETWORK USERS instead of running the Model Viewer update on each individual machine. There is an x64 version available as well from Microsoft. Administrators may also contact EDI for an MSI of this redistributable for use with GPO. |
For the Norsok "NS" and Eurocode "EC" code options the soils material factors have been changed as follows:
AMOD equals 1.0 - Soils material factor is 1.3
AMOD equals 2.0 - Soils material factor is 1.0
The previous values for the Norsok "NS" code were:
AMOD equals 1.0 - Soils material factor was 1.3
AMOD equals 2.0 - Soils material factor was 1.3
The previous values for the Eurocode "EC" code were:
AMOD equal 1.0 - Soils material factor was 1.0
AMOD equal 2.0 - Soils material factor was 1.0
An improper Warning message was issued for tubular connections without a thickened can section when using the API RP2A 21st Edition Supplement 2 option. The warning did not affect the UC calculation for these connections.
Updates for API RP2A 21st Edition Supplement 2
Enhancements:
1)
The resultant moment “Mc’ is now used to calculate ‘A’.2)
The axial capacity of mixed class connections is now calculated based on the average of the capacity or the ratio as selected by user.3)
Section C4.3.1 has been implemented for connections that exceed the validity range.4)
Double skin grouted chord connections have been changed as following:a.
The Qf factor is calculated based on the thickness of outer tube and the load sharing from the inner tube is considered in the chord member forces.b.
The maximum Qu calculated from Table 4.5-1 and Table 4.3-1 is based on effective thickness and the Axial Qu is the same for both brace compression and tension.c.
The axial UC component is no longer set to 0.0 for braces in compression.d.
The connection axial capacity for a compression brace is not limited to the brace axial capacity.Corrections:
5)
Corrected Qg calculation where g/T was used instead of g/D.6)
Corrected effective length calculation so that the maximum of D/4 and 12in is now for the API minimum. The 12 inch standard was not used.7)
Corrected the average chord moments calculation when local Y or Z of two chord member are not in same direction. The wrong sign was used for one of the two chord members.8)
The UC value reported in Joint UC Order report was incorrect when “MA” was selected on JCNOPT line. The UC of last load case was reported instead of the maximum value.9)
Corrected print problem in Joint Summary Report where the axial stress was always reported as positive.10)
Corrected problem where Joint Can reported “ERROR-BEAM HAS ZERO LENGTH” message from PSI run.
API-RP2A 21st Edition Supplement 2 Punching Shear calculation for Launch Runner cross sections (LNR) is now available.
For X connections with Beta greater than 0.9 the Qu factor was not calculated correctly for some of the braces in tension for API-RP2A 21st Edition Supplement 2.
Yield stress was not reported correctly in Joint Can GRUP Redesign Report for metric units only.
A negative chord length can occur for the API-RP2A 21st Edition Supplement. This can occur when a segmented chord member is specified on one side of the connection and a non-segmented member is used for the other side. The non-segmented member length is now used for the can length in this situation.
The new Skipped Member Report has been made optional. This new report could produce excessive warning messages. To active this report enter ‘RP’ in columns 18-19 of the FTOPT3 record.
Fatigue 6.0.0.7
The “B” option for the user defined S-N curve line ‘SN-USR’ was ignored. This has been corrected.
Added the water depth and mudline elevation information in the Fatigue listing file for API-RP2A 21st Edition Supplement 2 S-N curves.
SCF’s may not be correct when the K Factors are used to calculate the chord length. This occurs when there is a different Ky and Kz for one of the chord members. The effective K factor for the chord length is calculated from the Ky and Kz factors using Keff = Ky * cos(phi)**2 + Kz * sin(phi)**2 where phi is the angle of the chord/brace plane with the chord local Y axis.
Includes update to Fatigue FTOPT3 record.
The Datagen data and help files have been updated for the Tow RAO record. The term ‘Wave Height’ has been changed to ‘Wave Amplitude" as is stated in the user’s manual.
Included information for the FTOPT2 record concerning the use of the water depth and mudline locations for the ‘WJ_’ S-N curves from the API-RP2A 21st Edition Supplement 2.
Corrected member distributed load problem where the beginning load location measured from Joint A towards Joint B was reversed to be from Joint B towards Joint A. This is a very low occurrence problem that was caused by a memory allocation deficiency on some PC’s.
Corrugated plate thickness could be incorrect when multiple corrugated PSTIF records are used. The thickness for all corrugated sections can default to the value on the first PSTIF line.
Error correction for plate girders with uneven flanges. Abnormal terminations for slender bottom flanges and dynamic mass calculation have been corrected.
Corrected display problem for cone tensile strength in Member Review.
The material factor was omitted from the axial UC component only for equation 6.28 in Section 6.3.8.2 of the NORSOK code. The UC value could be unconservative for short members or members where moment amplification is negligible.
Postvue has been changed so that skipped members defined with a “9” on the GRUP record will not be reported when the “RP’ option is selected on the MEMBER record.
Postvue member end forces were not reported properly when the model contained DUMMY structure and the original model file was se;lected to create the Postvue database. This problem does not occur when the SEAOCI file is selected when creating the Postvue database.
Postvue has been updated to allow reviewing models that contain concrete slabs.
The material factor was omitted from the axial UC component only for equation 6.28 in Section 6.3.8.2 of the NORSOK code. The UC value could be unconservative for short members or members where moment amplification is negligible.
Post-processor 6.0.0.11
The SACS Post-processor can terminate abnormally when using a Post input file that contains GRUP data for a limited number of GRUPs.
Channel sections can display large incorrect shear stresses when the number of stress segments per member exceeds 5.
Error correction for plate girders with uneven flanges. Abnormal terminations for slender bottom flanges and dynamic mass calculation have been corrected.
Corrected problem in SEASTATE where plate elements at the mud line plan where receiving buoyancy loads although the water depth was zero.
The WIND record has been enhanced to allow the user to specify the coordinate origin elevation to be used as the zero reference for wind variation. The origin elevation on the WIND line overrides the origin location input on the LDOPT line for wind calculations. To use this feature, the user is required to enter 'S' in column 6 and the origin elevation in columns 33-40 of the WIND record. This feature is useful for cases where the global coordinate axis origin location does not reflect the actual position of the structure above ground or the still water level.
Enhancements
• The Top of Steel and Bottom of Steel options have been changed so that wide flange, channel, plate girder, angle, tee, box, prismatic and the 3 plate girder types (PGI, PGD,and PGB) may all be used.
Corrections
• Corrected problem in Precede “Exceed maximum number of joints” that occurred when member divide creates the 5,000th or 10,000th joint.
• When a joint is deleted, SFRC and SMOM records which contain the deleted joint as a distributed joint are now deleted.
• After Wind Shield data is updated, the question to save the model file is now asked on program exit.
• If Master/Slave relationships have been defined before joints are deleted using the Zoom Window/Delete Joints feature, the Master/Slave relationships was scrambled when the SACS model was output. Corrected
• If more than 1 member is selected for the Seastate/Global Parameters/Member Over-ride menu item, the over-ride data was only applied to the first member. Corrected
• When using the Loads/Delete LC menu item, if the Load ID is to be selected from the list of available Load IDs, the list was not displayed. Corrected
• Concentrated member loads that are defined in the member local coordinate system were being displayed incorrectly, and the resulting summations were also incorrect. Corrected
• Member offset type display was incorrect when the members selected by "Selection Tool Bar". Corrected
• E3 shear option on CODE record is now included.
Corrected problem in Precede “Exceed maximum number of joints” that occurred when member divide creates the 5,000th or 10,000th joint.
Corrected interface problem between the tubular finite element model and the tubular stick (member) model. The plate offsets at this intersection could be defined improperly.
SACS Executive 5.2.0.14
1) Added new PSTIF record for corrugated plates
2) Added weight calculation for new PSTIF corrugated plate
3) Added wind load and hydrodynamic shape factors to PGROV record
4) Corrected problems with importing SDNF files into SACS
The inability of Precede to save a newly created model for the first time has been solved.
1) Added NORSOK Code option to the FTGOPT record
2) Added new PSTIF record for corrugated plates
This update will install file "pilecapacityone.dat" which is missing from the SACS 5.2 and 5.2 SP1 installation.
This key update is for users that are going to or have upgraded to SACS 5.2 and will continue to use SACS 5.1. This update is applied to the SACS 5.1 installation.
1. This update fixes the error where some users are not able to run SACS 5.2 because access is denied to the SACS registry key.
1. Fixed problem that caused Joint Reactions to be grayed out in the Labeling Options dialog.
1. Fixed problem where the default section library selection was not being properly updated.
2. Added "Show Edges" property to the members so that segment breaks can be identified.