What's new in ASDIP Steel 4.3.5
Jan 15, 2019
- Fixes a problem with the automatic web updater.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.3.4 (Nov 6, 2018)
- Fixes the calculation of the support bolt capacity in double shear when there’s a beam connectiong at both sides of the support.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.3.3 (Oct 29, 2018)
- Fixes the calculation of beam reactions in some instances when the cantilever length was greater than zero.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.3.2 (Oct 26, 2018)
- The deflection factor was not being remembered after leaving the program.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.3.1 (Oct 21, 2018)
- Adds “Factor to calculate the deflections” field to the Beam module. This applies to the pre-combined loads in LRFD. Since the loads are factored, this factor converts the loads to the service level.
- Now the Condensed tab and report show the slab and deck information independently to the Composite calculations. This was confusing since a non-composite beam can support a concrete slab as well.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.3.0 (Sep 26, 2018)
- Now the beam diagrams tab shows the “Structure in Service” combination by default. This combination usually controls over “During Construction”, so this will improve the usability.
- Fixes the beam elevation in the Graph tab for Pre-combined concentrated loads. It was showing the loads incorrectly, but the calculation was correct.
- The “Loads already include omega” check mark was not being remembered after leaving the program.
- The “Yielding base plate” parameter was not being remembered after leaving the program.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.2.8 (Sep 25, 2018)
- Fixes an error message for composite beams with very thin slabs.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.2.7 (Sep 20, 2018)
- The program showed an error message when pre-combined loads were all zero and design method LRFD.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.2.6 (Sep 17, 2018)
- Improvement of the title block when the company name shows. The program reduces the font size if required to fit.
- New icon added to access the Design Manager in the steel beam module.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.2.5 (Sep 14, 2018)
- The Composite checkbox couldn’t be checked if the stud was larger than the slab thickness. Now the program adjusts the stud length.
- Corrects the calculation of shear bolt rupture for connections in single shear.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.2.2 (May 28, 2018)
- The values of Ma and Mn showed as zero in the reports under some beam loading. However the moment diagram was correct.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.2.1 (May 24, 2018)
- The units of the Connections module always reverted to US after leaving the program.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.2.0 (Apr 30, 2018)
- General improvement of high definition graphs
- A message pops up when a trial limitation is exceeded.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.1.9 (Apr 30, 2018)
- There was an error message when loading a project file with pre-combined loaded beams, under certain load conditions.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.1.8 (Feb 9, 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 Steel 4.1.7 (Dec 28, 2017)
- Fixes a problem in the calculation of the weld strength for shear plate connections.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.1.5 (Nov 13, 2017)
- Corrects a bug introduced in the update 4.1.4, where the load in right cantilever was being assigned to the simple supported span.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.1.3 (Aug 9, 2017)
- Now the report of anchorage design includes Kc = 10 for metric units and 24 for US units.
- The combinations in the base plate module were not being updated in some cases.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.1.2 (Aug 3, 2017)
- The Design Manager was giving erroneous messages for shored composite beams.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.1.1 (Aug 3, 2017)
- Fixes a problem with the concentrated loads in the beam module. The load was not being deleted when the span length changed and the load was out of the beam.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.1.0 (Aug 3, 2017)
- New feature: The “continuously braced” setting affects only the top flangeThis recognizes that commonly the metal deck braces the top flange, but the bottom flange could be unbraced.
- Corrects the calculation of the seismic combinations in the Shear Connections Design module.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.0.10 (Aug 3, 2017)
- Corrects the calculation of the combination 1.2CD+1.6CL in the beam design module.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.0.9 (Aug 3, 2017)
- The slab thickness field was giving erroneous format messages. The problem was fixed.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.0.8 (Aug 3, 2017)
- The Beam Design Manager was giving some strange results under certain loads. The problem has been corrected.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.0.7 (Aug 3, 2017)
- Internal modifications regarding the network license system.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.0.5 (Aug 3, 2017)
- The beam design program was giving an error message when the slab thickness was zero.
- When the slab thickness is less than the stud height, the beam is internally set as non-composite.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.0.4 (Aug 3, 2017)
- The units labels were not changing in the Loads tab of the column design module. The values were correct though.
New in ASDIP Steel 4.0.3 (Aug 3, 2017)
- Fixes a reported problem showing the steel sections database in some Win7 systems.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.8.7 (Oct 18, 2016)
- Corrects the total number of pages in the report of steel beams.
- Improves the presentation of reports.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.8.6 (Apr 13, 2016)
- Improves the calculation of Lb and Cb for steel beams.
- New icons added to the tool bar.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.8.5 (Apr 13, 2016)
- Corrects a problem with the minimum anchor rod spacing in metric units.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.8.4 (Apr 13, 2016)
- 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 Steel 3.8.3 (Apr 13, 2016)
- Added the stiffness factor to calculations and reports.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.8.2 (Apr 13, 2016)
- The “Composite Beam” check box was checked and grayed out for HSS sections.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.8.1 (Apr 13, 2016)
- Fixes a bug introduced in version 3.8.0 about the stiffness factor.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.8.0 (Apr 13, 2016)
- Added a check box to apply the stiffness factor of 0.80 per the Direct Analysis Method.
- Corrected the deflection ratios for negative deflections.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.7.8 (Apr 13, 2016)
- Some properties of the angles were overlapped.
- The Z-axis was added for angles.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.7.7 (Jan 7, 2016)
- The “Check for Updates” menu selection was giving an error message.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.7.6 (Nov 10, 2015)
- Corrects the calculation of the shear concrete pryout of anchor rods.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.7.5 (Nov 6, 2015)
- Corrects a problem with the calculation of the camber for un-shored composite beams.
- The specified composite partial % was not being updated after leaving the calculation form.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.7.4 (Nov 5, 2015)
- The company name was not being read correctly for network licenses.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.7.3 (Nov 2, 2015)
- Fixes a bug in the calculation of the shear pryout for anchor rods.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.7.2 (Oct 20, 2015)
- The icons of the program were regenerated to avoid incompatibilities with Windows XP.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.7.1 (Sep 14, 2015)
- The Codes section showed up only for composite beams in results tabs and reports.
- The Deflections were added to the Detailed tab of beams.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.7.0 (Sep 14, 2015)
- Adds Design Codes section to results tabs and reports.
- Adds “Max Shear Force” and “Max. Bending Moment” to the Detailed tab and report of beams.
- Adds Cw and J torsional properties to results tabs and reports.
- Adds the label “Selfweight is calculated internally” to the Loads section in beams tabs and reports.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.6.5 (Jul 29, 2015)
- Fixes the text of the concentrated loads in beams. The text didn’t show up when the load was negative.
- The Live Load allowable deflection couldn’t be changed in the Design Criteria.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.6.4 (Jul 28, 2015)
- Fixes the text of the allowable deflection in the Deflections section. It didn’t change when another value was set up in the Criteria. The deflection ratio, however, was correct.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.6.3 (Jul 15, 2015)
- Fixes a problem in the calculation of Lb causing the formulas of the Detailed tab to be incorrect for the limit state of Lateral Torsional Buckling in beams.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.6.2 (Jul 2, 2015)
- Corrects a problem in the calculation of deflections in beams. In some instances the deflection due to selfweight was not considered.
- Adds L/delta Min to the deflections section. This will clarify the meaning of the deflection ratio.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.6.1 (Jun 18, 2015)
- Fixes a bug introduced in the release 3.6.0. The values of Lb was incorrectly calculated causing the formulas of the Detailed tab to be incorrect a well for the limit state of Lateral Torsional Buckling in beams.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.6.0 (Jun 5, 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 Steel 3.5.8 (May 30, 2015)
- Fixes some problems with the installation of floating network licenses.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.5.7 (May 25, 2015)
- Corrects some problems with global units MKS.
- In some cases the Detailed tab reported an incorrect value of Lb.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.5.6 (May 16, 2015)
- Adds the shear design strength and flexure design strength to the Detailed tab of the beam design module.
- Increases the text size of the graph in reports.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.5.4 (Apr 25, 2015)
- Internal modifications to accept floating network licenses.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.5.3 (Mar 30, 2015)
- Fixes a bug in the calculation of the lateral torsional buckling bending capacity in SI units only.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.5.2 (Feb 23, 2015)
- Adds the properties about z for single angles.
- Revises the compression calculation of column angles to clarify the meaning of KL/r about x, y and z.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.5.1 (Feb 10, 2015)
- Corrects a problem in the calculation of the tension forces in anchor rods due to uplift.
- The Detailed tab and the Detailed report showed some inconsistencies in the formulas of the plate moment and thickness due to uplift.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.5.0 (Jan 16, 2015)
- Includes the anchor rods metric designations M12 to M56.
- Corrects the display of the formula of the design bearing strength. The result was correct.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.11 (Jan 14, 2015)
- Corrects the display of the formula of the pullout strength in the Detailed tab and report. It showed the uncracked concrete factor as 1.25 instead of 1.4. The formula result was correct.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.10 (Jan 7, 2015)
- Corrected the properties of HSS beams in the Condensed and Detailed reports.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.9 (Jan 6, 2015)
- Added the deflection calculations to the Detailed report.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.8 (Dec 29, 2014)
- Modifies the Condensed Report to show “N.A.” for the long-term deflection of non-composite beams.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.7 (Dec 12, 2014)
- Corrects a problem with the properties of HSS beams.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.6 (Nov 17, 2014)
- Adds the Resources section on the General tab.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.5 (Nov 10, 2014)
- Corrects the beam calculations. Now the negative moments are resisted by the steel section alone.
- The temporary shoring check box was not working properly.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.4 (Nov 10, 2014)
- Applies phi = 0.75 for the anchor reinforcement calculations per ACI D.5.2.9 and D.6.2.9.
- Improves the calculation of the tension-shear interaction ratio per ACI RD.7
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.3 (Nov 10, 2014)
- Corrects the display of “c” in the lateral-torsional buckling calculations.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.2 (Oct 23, 2014)
- The anchor rod offset width was not being saved.
- The DeWolf calculations were incorrect when the moment was negative. Now the calculations use the absolute value of the moment.
- The text of the tension and shear breakout graphs was too small to read in the reports.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.1 (Oct 17, 2014)
- The watermark “Trial Version” shows up at the reports when the trial version is being evaluated.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.4.0 (Sep 17, 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 Steel 3.3.2 (Sep 16, 2014)
- Corrects a problem in the license installation dialog box. The Company Name field was accidentally disabled.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.3.1 (Sep 11, 2014)
- Minor format modifications to improve the appearance of the software.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.3.0 (Sep 5, 2014)
- Further improves the robustness of the software. The user interface was thoroughly checked.
- An improved license system has been implemented.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.2.8 (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 Steel 3.2.7 (Aug 16, 2014)
- The condensed report of the Base Plate Design module showed an incomplete graph when the load was uplift.
- The detailed tab and report of the Beam Design module showed an overlapped formula when the beam was a channel.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.2.6 (Jul 23, 2014)
- Corrects a problem with the condensed report of the Column Design module. In some particular cases the information overlapped.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.2.5 (Jul 12, 2014)
- Further improves the axial strength calculation of single angles to comply with AISC E5.
- For non-composite beams the long-term deflection now says “N.A.” in the Condensed tab and report.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.2.4 (Jul 4, 2014)
- Corrects a reported problem with the axial strength calculation of single angles.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.2.3 (Jul 1, 2014)
- The factor Qa was incorrectly calculated for some steel members. This has been corrected.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.2.2 (Jun 28, 2014)
- Fixes a problem at the condensed report of the column module. It showed an error message under certain circumstances.
- The factors Qa and Qs were incorrectly calculated for some steel members. This has been corrected.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.2.1 (Jun 26, 2014)
- The Detailed tab and the Detailed report now includes the composite bending calculations only when you are designing a composite beam.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.2.0 (Jun 23, 2014)
- The reports now include high quality images.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.1.4 (Apr 11, 2014)
- Improves the calculation of the Cb factor in beams.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.1.3 (Apr 11, 2014)
- Fixes a problem with the internal selection of the maximum moment in beams, when the maximum moment is negative. Now the program selects the maximum absolute value of the moment.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.1.2 (Mar 27, 2014)
- The column was not correctly displayed in the Base Plate module after the calculation was re-opened.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.1.1 (Mar 1, 2014)
- Adds the Design Codes to the Base Plate report.
- Improves the graphics generated by the Base Plate module.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.1.0 (Mar 1, 2014)
- Corrects the calculation of the tension-shear interaction ratio for anchor rods. The 5/3 exponent was incorrectly applied.
- The base plate support thickness was zero when a calculation from version 2 was brought into version 3.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.0.6 (Mar 1, 2014)
- Fixes a problem with the Detailed report printout. An error message showed up if the Detailed report printing was selected before the Condensed report.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.0.5 (Jan 16, 2014)
- Some anchorage settings were lost after going to the Project Manager and returning to the Base Plate module.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.0.4 (Jan 14, 2014)
- Fixes a problem with the printing of the report after selecting a printer.
- The Cb factor setting was lost after going to the Project Manager and returning to the Beam module.
- Now the Steel Beam program accepts negative (upward) concentrated loads.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.0.3 (Jan 14, 2014)
- Fixes a problem with the display of the mathematical expressions. An error message showed up.
New in ASDIP Steel 3.0.0 (Jan 14, 2014)
- New paid version. To upgrade please place your order.
- New Detailed tab that shows the formulas and mathematical expressions. Complete transparency in the calculations.
- Full compliance with the latest AISC 360-10 (14th Ed. Manual) and ACI 318-11 Appendix D.
- The calculations now include W, M, S, HP, HSS, OHSS, Pipe, C, MC, WT, MT, ST, L, and 2L steel sections.
- Multiple new features. Please refer to the Features page in the web site for details.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.4.4 (Dec 9, 2013)
- Fixes a problem with the calculation of the composite strength when the partial composite percentage was specified.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.4.3 (Nov 25, 2013)
- Fixes a problem with the calculation of the metal deck weight.
- The stud size didn’t show in the combo box control after switching units.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.4.2 (Aug 20, 2013)
- Fixes a problem with the calculation of the bearing ratio of a shear lug in metric units.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.4.0 (Jul 12, 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 modifications to improve the speed and efficiency.
- The Display dialog box doesn’t show at startup anymore, and the default is widescreen display.
- Fixed the graph when a PIPE or OHSS section is selected.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.3.1 (Jul 12, 2013)
- The program now works fine with either commas or dots as decimal separator.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.3.0 (Jul 12, 2013)
- Corrected a problem with a label showing the incorrect units in the Base Plate module.
- Fixed the anchor rods properties being retrieved in English units even when the Metric units were selected.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.2.9 (Jul 12, 2013)
- Added anchor rod sizes 7/8″ and 1-1/8″ diameter.
- Deleted anchor rod material A354-BD. Per ACI 318 D.5.1.2, ftua cannot be greater than 125 ksi, therefore this material doesn’t comply with this provision. A354-BC does comply.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.2.8 (Jul 12, 2013)
- Added ”Check for Updates” and “Updates History” to the Help menu bar.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.2.7 (Jul 12, 2013)
- Fixed a problem with the steel database. The problem arose when you sorted the table by clicking on any of the headers, the program extracted the properties of the section corresponding to the unsorted table. Now it works correctly.
- Internal programming modifications to the steel beam module to manage more efficiently the memory resources, resulting in a faster performance.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.2.6 (Jul 12, 2013)
- The reinforcing bars database was further enhanced to accept: Imperial US (ASTM A615), Metric Canada (CSA G30.18), and Metric Europe (EN 10080).
New in ASDIP Steel 2.2.5 (Jul 12, 2013)
- Updated the licensing parameters.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.2.4 (Jul 12, 2013)
- Improved the user interface. Now all windows have a non-sizable border and the minimize button has been added.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.2.3 (Jul 12, 2013)
- Corrected formulas of the concrete breakout calculation in both tension and shear of the Base Plate Design module.
- For consistency, now the shear lug design uses the same phi and omega factors as the anchor rods in shear.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.2.2 (Jul 12, 2013)
- The Base Plate Design module was modified to include the anchor rod offset in the transverse direction as part of the input data. This will improve the accuracy of the calculation of the concrete breakout strength in shear.of the camber in beams was corrected.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.2.1 (Jul 12, 2013)
- Now the partial composite percent can be specified. As an alternate, ASDIP may calculate it, as it was before. The percentage cannot be less than the minimum % specified in Criteria, nor more than 100%.
- A problem with the calculation of the camber in beams was corrected.
New in ASDIP Steel 2.2.0 (Jul 12, 2013)
- It corrects a bug introduced in version 2.1.8, not allowing to retrieve data files previously saved. After loading an existing data, please save the file in order to update the data format.