What's new in ASDIP Concrete 3.6.1
Jan 15, 2019
- Fixes a problem with the automatic web updater.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.6.0 (Jan 12, 2019)
- New feature: Now the software checks if the beam is a deep beam and adds the check to the different reports. Deep beams should not be designed with the beam module.
- New feature: The Load Combinations box now includes D+L in the Graph tab of the beam module. This is useful to know the support reactions for service loads.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.5.1 (Dec 25, 2018)
- Sometimes the maximum moment occurs between the ends of a sway column. In these cases the non-sway magnified moment controls the design. The program now does the check.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.4.10 (Oct 10, 2018)
- Corrects text overlapping in some cases in the Detailed tab and report of the concrete column module.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.4.9 (Sep 17, 2018)
- Improvement of the title block when the company name shows. The program reduces the font size if required to fit.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.4.8 (Sep 14, 2018)
- Fixes a text overlapping in title block under certain instances of logo and text combinations.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.4.7 (Sep 14, 2018)
- The default view for the Diagrams and Construction tabs is now ALL spans. This will ensure that the complete continuous beam always displays, unless a specific segment is selected.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.4.6 (May 14, 2018)
- A message pops up when the trial limitation has been exceeded.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.4.4 (Feb 27, 2018)
- Improves the calculation of the stirrups spacing ratio in beams.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.4.3 (Feb 24, 2018)
- End fixity was not being remembered by the program after going to the Project Manager and returning to the beam calculation.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.4.2 (Feb 10, 2018)
- Stirrups labels were shown off-center at some spans
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.4.1 (Feb 3, 2018)
- Calculation name is now visible if you click the Rename button. This is useful for slight variations of the name since you don’t need to type all again.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.4.0 (Dec 12, 2017)
- New feature: Now the beam module accepts stirrups of 1 up to 6 legs. In addition, this number can be different per span. This allows to model either narrow joists or wide beams.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.3.8 (Nov 13, 2017)
- Improves the calculation of the stirrups in beams. Now it says “N.A.” in reports when stirrups are not required.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.3.3 (Aug 3, 2017)
- The non-sway column magnification table showed NAN in some cases.
- The “Check for Updates” menu item was pointing to an incorrect file.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.3.2 (Aug 3, 2017)
- Corrects a problem with the ties and spiral information in reports.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.3.1 (Aug 3, 2017)
- Adds ties and spiral information to results pages and reports.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.3.0 (Aug 3, 2017)
- New feature: the tie spacing and spiral pitch are being checked now in the Column module.
- New feature: Two icons have been added to the strip menu bar, one for Units, and one for Print Preview.
- The Print command now includes any of the reports: either Condensed, or Detailed.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.2.6 (Jan 11, 2017)
- Corrects the center stirrups spacing when the left or right stirrup count is zero.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.2.5 (Nov 9, 2016)
- Fixes a problem with pre-combined concentrated loads not being shown in the beam graph.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.2.4 (Oct 18, 2016)
- The ASCE Code was not being preserved between copies of calculations.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.2.3 (Oct 18, 2016)
- Adds 14 mm rebars to the drop down reinforcement menus.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.2.2 (Apr 13, 2016)
- Corrects a problem with the biaxial interaction diagram graph, showing the incorrect load points.
- In some cases the message boxes could not close with a click of the mouse. In those cases the user had to press Enter, which was annoying.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.2.0 (Apr 13, 2016)
- Concrete beams can now be 6″ high minimum, instead of 8″. This allows to model one-way slabs.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.1.7 (Jan 7, 2016)
- The “Check for Updates” menu selection was giving an error message.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.1.6 (Nov 4, 2015)
- The company name was not being read correctly for network licenses.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.1.5 (Nov 2, 2015)
- Fixes a bug in the General tab. Sometimes the Engineer and Description fields were not being updated.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.1.4 (Oct 20, 2015)
- Fixes a bug in the Loads tab of the Beam module. Sometimes the start and end distances of w2 produced an error message.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.1.3 (Oct 20, 2015)
- The icons of the program were regenerated to avoid incompatibilities with Windows XP.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.1.2 (Sep 14, 2015)
- Fixes a problem with the company name not being saved.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.1.1 (Sep 14, 2015)
- Fixes a bug in the reports. The pre-combined loads in columns were not being refreshed.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.1.0 (Jun 8, 2015)
- Modifies the title block in reports to accept either square or non-square logos. This improves the quality of the reports
- Adds a check box in the Settings | Preferences to specify either to include or exclude the company name in the reports. This is useful when the logo already has a text with the company name
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.0.6 (May 30, 2015)
- Fixes some problems with the installation of floating network licenses.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.0.5 (May 25, 2015)
- Fixes a reported issue opening the calculation sheets with global units other than US. Now the sheets open with the right values in the right units.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.0.4 (May 25, 2015)
- An error message showed up when trying to use Print Preview.
- Some labels in the Loads tab didn’t change to the correct units system.
- Fixes a problem with the automatic updating system. The antivirus kept removing a file.
New in ASDIP Concrete 3.0.3 (May 22, 2015)
- Corrects some reported compatibility issues.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.5.4 (Apr 25, 2015)
- Fixes a bug causing the old project files not being read.
- Internal modification to accept floating network licenses
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.5.3 (Feb 27, 2015)
- Corrects the graph for the moment strength for a beam with cantilevers.
- The reaction was incorrectly reported when a left cantilever was present.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.5.2 (Feb 3, 2015)
- Fixes a bug introduced in the release 2.5.1. The ratio Vs/Vs max shown in the At-a-Glance and Detailed tabs was different for some beam spans.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.5.1 (Feb 2, 2015)
- Corrects the application of the minimum area of stirrups requirement to zones where Vu > 0.5*φVc only. The same applies to the maximum stirrups spacing requirement.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.5.0 (Jan 29, 2015)
- Adds the option to specify either one-legged or two-legged stirrups in beams.
- Modifies the minimum beam width from 6″ to 4″. This is useful to model ribbed slabs and one-way joists.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.4.6 (Nov 17, 2014)
- Adds the Resources section on the General tab.
- Corrects a problem with the report of continuous beams. For some spans the shear forces were not being reported.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.4.5 (Oct 24, 2014)
- Fixes the calculation of Av/s in metric units in continuous beams.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.4.4 (Oct 22, 2014)
- Corrects a problem in the calculation of the shear strength. The program didn’t let the number of stirrups change in one span of a continuous beam.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.4.3 (Oct 16, 2014)
- Improves the calculation of the development length of the rebars.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.4.2 (Oct 13, 2014)
- Fixes a bug introduced in the release 2.4.1. The rebars depth d was shown in inches in the Detailed tab and in the Report, even for metric units.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.4.1 (Sep 29, 2014)
- The beam reinforcement information is now shown in both the Detailed tab and the Report. This will improve the software reliability during the checking process.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.4.0 (Sep 19, 2014)
- The licensing system has been enhanced. Now the program accepts either local individual licenses or floating network licenses.
- A new check box has been added to allow the user information to be saved as default. This will save time entering the engineer, email and phone multiple times.
- The Save As logic has been modified so that now the program remembers the last folder you chose. In the last version the default folder was the user local folder. It was annoying to browse to the project folder every time.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.3.5 (Sep 17, 2014)
- Corrects a problem in the license installation dialog box. The Company Name field was accidentally disabled.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.3.4 (Sep 5, 2014)
- Corrects the calculation of the As min along the beam. Sometimes the ratio was Infinity due to a division by zero.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.3.3 (Aug 19, 2014)
- Further improves the robustness of the software. The user interface has been thoroughly checked.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.3.2 (Aug 16, 2014)
- Substantially improves the robustness of the software by preventing crashes in some situations. Sometimes leaving the field blank produced this effect.
- The license system is also more secure.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.3.1 (Aug 14, 2014)
- Corrects a problem with the beam graph. Under certain cases the concentrated loads overlapped in one span.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.3.0 (Jun 23, 2014)
- The report now includes high quality images.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.2.1 (Jun 19, 2014)
- Fixes a problem for some short columns. The Detailed tab information overlapped.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.2.0 (Jun 17, 2014)
- Now the beam module accepts zero top bars. This is useful to model singly reinforced beams.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.1.3 (Mar 13, 2014)
- Corrects a problem in the Beam module when a calculation was generated with the Copy button in the Project Manager. In some cases the input data of one calculation was reflected in another calculation.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.1.2 (Mar 11, 2014)
- The reinforcing information in the Beam module was correctly reported in the results, but not in the Reinforcement graph.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.1.1 (Jul 30, 2013)
- Fixes a problem with the Copy button in the Project Manager. It displayed an error message when it was used for beams and walls.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.1.0 (Jul 13, 2013)
- Some improvements were implemented to the automatic update feature. If there’s a problem installing this update, please close the program and install the update from our web site.
- Numerous internal changes to improve the management of resources.
- The modules now load faster due to a refinement on the algorithm at startup.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.0.6 (Jul 13, 2013)
- Fixed some labels showing inches when working in Metric units. The calculations were correct.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.0.5 (Jul 13, 2013)
- Further improvement to the culture implementation. The program now accepts either comma or dot as decimal separator.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.0.4 (Jul 13, 2013)
- The program now works fine with either commas or periods as decimal separator.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.0.3 (Jul 13, 2013)
- Fixed a problem with the units conversion when working in metric units.
- Fixed a problem retrieving the data file of the beam design module.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.0.2 (Jul 13, 2013)
- Added ”Check for Updates” and “Updates History” to the Help menu bar.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.0.1 (Jul 13, 2013)
- Added utilization ratio to the member strength table in Detailed tab of Columns and Walls.
- Fixed a problem with the Beams form being displayed with incorrect horizontal dimensions in wide-screen displays.
New in ASDIP Concrete 2.0.0 (Jul 13, 2013)
- After a long period of development and testing, ASDIP Concrete is released and includes columns, beams and bearing walls.