• Wind and snow load on plate object.
• Area distributed load on plate (not only normal).
• Area restraints for plate object.
• Parametrizationforplateobject.
• Common variables for all parametric objects (group of objects).
• Group of plate object creation within one operation.
• Revised version of steel connections. New friendly interface.
• Extended functionality of cross-section list dialog.
• New instrument for cable length/force calculation based on static calculation.
• Calculationoptionssaving.
• External calculation batch launch utility. It can be used for serial calculations of several models.
• Multicorecalculationofbars.
• Displayingcalculationloginformation.
• Color map of external pressure, wind, snow loads, nodal forces
• Drawing of nodal and plate loads numerical values.
• Import/Export Lira files
• Import Kompas 3D frame structures
• Database of Indian, Korean, European, British steel sections
• Improved speed of objects group operation for modeling.
• Result animation is added for statics, buckling and modal analysis.
• Rotation, scrolling and scaling functionality is available at any modeling stage by pressing the combination: CTRL + the left mouse button
• More accurate calculation of rod skew bending
• Added the quick procedure of extrusion with copy of all loads
• Modified dialog for steel and timber design elements
• Enhanced dialog of cross-sections definition.
• Modified user interface for forced oscillations results
• New modes for intersection definition for:

·         two rods

·         rod and plate

·         two plates

• Calculation of minimum distance between two crossed rods is added
• New mode for angular distance measurement:

·              between two rods

·              between two plates

·              between a rod and a plate

• New mode to plot projection of:

·              a node on a rod

·              a node on a plate

• Checking of rods, plates and solids coincidence is added
• Arbitrary direction distributed load on rod (in local or global coordinate system) is added

• Mechanism of STEP files model checking and automatic correction.
• Enhanced mesh generator: increased speed and quality.
• Increased calculation speed and DOF number

• More accurate shaft calculation.
• New shaft feature – fit area.