v11.0 [Jan 18, 2014]
IBC 2012 Load Combinations
Steel Design per AISC 360-10 (14th Ed.)
Wood Design per NDS 2012
Concrete Design per ACI 318-11
Cold-formed steel design per NAS 2012 (CFS 8.0)
Rotate Views about a selected node or member
Easier Node-Dragging/Member Extension in "Draw Nothing" mode
Auto-Mesh by Area for more fine-grained control
v10.0 [Dec 5, 2012]
Features Added
Load Case Manager now remembers which tab you used last during a VA session
Wood design reports now show stresses instead of forces for demand & capacity
You may now rename members when importing them from the clipboard
Fixes
Mouse operations in the graphics would cause focus to jump to the Project Manager improperly
During plate drawing, nearby members might get selected, which was confusing
Southern Pine materials might fail to be recognized during wood design checks
Editing Polar Coordinates with multiple nodes selected failed to update locations properly
Wood design shear checks might have reported the wrong code reference in some instances
Fixed clipboard exchange bug introduced in build 4
Stress & Deflection check reports shows 'Demand' instead of 'Limit' for some column headers.
v9.0 [Oct 6, 2011]
- Model
- CAD-Like Selection Box
- End Releases Display "on selection"
- North setting in Design Criteria
- Load
- Live Load Patterns** with automatic load combinations
- Easy Customization of Building Code Load Combinations
- Analyze
- Greater Accuracy and Stability
- Design
- Easier Bracing Options
- Steel Design includes Seismic-Compactness
- Design Checks for Dynamic Response
- Steel Warping Torsion Checks
You can use the Building Composer Tool to quickly export your building models
