Revision History for STAAD.

Pro 2006
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This document is organized in a way that newer revisions appear at the top.
Therefore, section numbers will keep decreasing from top to bottom.

Copyright (c) 1997-2006 Research Engineers International, a Bentley Solutions

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1. What's New in STAAD.Pro 2006, Build 1005.US.REL

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1. What's New in STAAD.Pro 2006, Build 1005.US.REL

Issues addressed in this build

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A) Issues adressed in the analysis/design engine

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1. AASHTO LRFD, value used in CODES.INI
The CODES.INI file which was distributed with the previous version of STAAD.Pro
2006 included an incorrect setting for the AASHTO LRFD code such that if the AASHTO
LRFD code is selected, the code name was written to the .STD file is 'S136 1994
RCECO'. This has been rectified.

2. AASHTO LRFD, Shear Strength calculation

The calculations for establishing the shear strength of sections designed with the
AASHTO - LRFD have been improved. Under certain circumstances the minor axis shear
strength was not calculated and returned a capacity of zero and thus the section
showed a ratio of infinity.

3. AASHTO LRFD, Yield Strength

The reporting of the yield strength in the output file always displayed 36 ksi and
not the value specified by the user and used in the design.

4. AASHTO LRFD, web depth to thickness ratio

If the limiting criteria on an AASHTO LRFD design was web depth to thickness ratio,
the output report would report the flange depth to thickness ratio as the limit.
This issue has been addressed.

5. ACI-318, Shear + Torsion design

If the critical condition governing the shear + torsion design is "Minimum Shear +
Torsion", the member was treated as having failed in torsion, accompanied by the
message "TORSION VALUE TOO HIGH, INCREASE MEMBER SIZE" in the .ANL file.
Additionally, there was an incorrect format statement where some units should have
been displayed as KIP-INCH, but shown as KIP-FT. Both issues have been addressed.

6. ACI-318, Clear Cover Specification

If a very large spacing is defined for the top and/or bottom reinforcement, the
calculated spacing requirement was becoming negative. If this occurs now, the
second of the two expressions in clause 10-4 of section 10.6.4 is used.

7. ANSI/AISC 360-05 Unified code, Code Check

Memory handling when performing an AISC-Unified code check has been improved to
prevent virtual memory errors.
8. ANSI/AISC 360-05 Unified code, Parameter list.
The parameter UNF has been removed and replaced with UNT and UNB for the top and
bottom unrestrained lengths.

9. ANSI/AISC 360-05 Unified code, Track Parameters

The level of output detail can now be controlled using the addition of a TRACK
parameter as with other design codes.

10. US shearwall design

The design of shearwalls could cause a program crash. This has been addressed.

11. Wind loading on non-orthogonal planes to wind load

The wind loading routine has been enhanced to ensure that the loading generated on
the plane is proprtional to the projected area of that plane.

12. EC3 shear area calculation for pipes and tubes

The calculation of the shear areas for pipe and tube sections have been improved.

13. NS3472 steel design

The code has been updated to be in line with 3rd Edition 2001.

14. Uniform load in GZ with perpendicular offset in X-Y plane

There was a problem in calculating the torsion component when a uniform load is
applied along GZ with an offset. This has been addressed.

B) Issues addressed in the GUI Pre-Processing (Modelling) Mode

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1. Releases getting deleted in an incorrect manner
The routines that update changes on releases has been improved where the change is
applied in the 'Member Query' dialog and the same release has been applied to a
large list of members.

2. IS:1893 Code Version

The GUI has been updated to ensure that the IS:1893-2002 Code is displayed even if
the DT parameter is not provided in the STD file.

3. Update US Tube database

The US Tube database has been updated to ensure the sections selected in the GUI
are assigned to the model.

4. Update HSS Rectangle database

The HSS Rectangle database has been updated to operate in the GUI

5. Editing the AREA LOAD value

Editing Area load commands in the GUI has been improved to prevent a program crash.

6. CHECK SOFT STOREY command

The GUI has been updated to process this command for the seismic loading.

7. GUI processing of user materials

Certain material definitions would not get loaded into the GUI and thus could not
be assigned to members. This has been addressed.

8. Command parameter MEMBER

The GUI failed to include the parameter MEMBER on certain commands. This has been
addressed such that all commands that require this parameter when adding a list of
members, has it added.
9. Mirror Member Orientation
This feature in the Geometry-Mirror did not work correctly if beta angles had been
assigned.

10. Deleting loads

The GUI has been updated to allow deletion of loads which had previously caused the
program to crash.

11. IS800 STIFF parameter

This is a non valid parameter for the IS800 code which has been removed from the
GUI.

12. Editing Seismic loads

The creation of these commands are not undo-able and would cause the program to
crash if the undo option was selected.

13. Mouse scroll of table data

To be consistent with other aspects of the program and other similar applications,
the function of the mouse wheel has been updated to scroll tables in the same way
as the wheel is rolled.

14. Node selection by list improved.

The menu option Select>By List>Nodes, allows a group of nodes to be identified.
These would be highlighted, until the dialog was closed. Now all the identified
nodes remained selected even after the dialog is closed.

15. Rendered 3D view

Under certain conditions, the rendered 3D view would not display the sections in
the view if no entities were selected. This has been addressed.

C) Issues addressed in the GUI Post-Processing (Results) Mode

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1. Member Query, Concrete Design sheet
The Member Query dialog has re-introduced the concrete design sheet for members
that have been designed with the batch concrete design commands.

2. Beam Force Detail Table.

Under certain conditions, the Max Bending Moments sheet of this table would display
N/A and beam numbers of 0. This issue has been addressed.

3. Plate Contour plots

These have been greatly enhanced with the following options:-
Principal Stresses have been expanded from simply the max top and max bottom to the
following,
Max Top, principal major stress
Min Top, principal minor stress
Tau Max Top
Max Bottom, principal major stress
Min Bottom, principal minor stress
Tau Max Bottom

The local stresses have been suitably labeled

An additional option to display a contour of the direct forces resolved into the
global directions has been added that operates in a similar manor to the Global
Moment contour option.
D) Issues addressed in the GUI Concrete (RC Designer) Mode
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1. RC Designer Mode
A number of minor updates have improved calculations for shear capacities.

E) Issues addressed in the GUI Bridge Deck (BEAVA) Mode

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1. Naming Decks in 'Bridge Deck' Mode.
The creation of decks in the Bridge Deck mode requires a deck to be names. If a
name is specified as that of an existing deck, then the GUI would crash. This
issue has been addressed.

F) Issues addressed in the GUI Piping Mode

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1. Import Piping Supports in Piping Mode.
The import of pipe support loads from AutoPipe and ADLpipe ADI files has been
improved addressing an issue that occurred if the loads exceeded 72 characters.

2. Piping Z UP
The import of ADI files has been simplified such that the vertical system of the
ADI file must match that of the STAAD.Pro model. It is recommended that if a
change is needed then the pipe model axis be changed in AutoPipe.

3. AutoPipe macro
An OpenSTAAD macro has been included in the installation that allows the STAAD
structural model to be converted into an AutoPipe NTL batch file and thus included
in a stiffness analysis of a pipe run.
The macro called 'ToAutoPipe.vbs'is installed in the \spro2006\OpenSTAAD folder.

G) Issues addressed in the Section Wizard module

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1. Canadian Tee Sections
The Canadian database of sections used in Section Wizard has been updated to
correct the dimentional inconsistancies.

2. Parametric Sections - Rolled I shape

The parameteric function to create a rolled I shape has been updated such that the
entry fields match the diagam.

G) Issues addressed in the help / manuals

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1. British Examples
The British Examples have been added to the online Help system.

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2. What's New in STAAD.Pro 2006, Build 1004.US.REL

New features and major enhancements

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Please refer to the Software Release Report for STAAD.Pro 2006 build 1004 for this
information.
Issues addressed in the Analysis engine
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1. The engine has been enhanced to use the TRUSS command on Physical Members

2. The effective width computation for the composite beam now includes
1/8 X Length of beam as defined in the AISC manual.

3. Processing of the PMEMBER FORCE command processing improved.

4. SET NOFILE option added to turn off inclusion of key file information at the end
of the
output file. Note this can also be set in the File>Configuration> input/Output
File Format.

5. The default number of primary load cases now considered by STAAD.Pro is 4000,
this can
be extended if required from the Commands> Miscellaneous >SET NL menu option.

6. Wind load calculations on open frames improved for members that are
perpendicular to the plane
of the wind load, but not parallel to the global axes.

7. The reported shear areas of tubes have been updated to the following:-
Ay=2*D*TF
Az=2*WF*TF

8. Improvement in the 'Partial Surface Loading' algorithm.

9. Steady State Analysis command PRINT HARMONIC JOINT DISP fixed.

10. The internal use of standard steel databases has been enhanced so that the
engine no longer
requires TLB files.

11. Improvement on the definition of a release on a Physical Member by the analysis

engine, it was
being applied to start/end of all segments, rather than just the start/end of
the physical member.

12. AISC-LRFD. For design per the LRFD 3rd edition code, if the axial compression
capacity of a single
angle is governed by Section 4 on page 16.3-2 of the specifications, then the
term Phi_c
has to have a value of 0.9, however the STAAD output file indicates it as 0.85.
This
incorrect display in the output has been rectified as the program used the
correct value.

13. AISC-ASD and LRFD. The RATIO parameter was not being considered when
determining whether a member
has failed the slenderness limit checks. So, if the ratio of Actual KL/r to
allowable KL/r exceeded 1, the member was considered to have failed, regardless
of
the value specified for the RATIO parameter. The program has now been changed
so that,
if the actual KL/r divided by allowable KL/r exceeds RATIO, only then is the
member
considered to have failed that check. This change affects design per the AISC
ASD
and LRFD codes if the RATIO parameter has been specified.

14. BS 5950-2000. Warning added in output for ISECTION and PARAMETRIC defined
sections that cannot be
designed to the BS5950-2000 code.

15. BS 5950-p5. Torsional Flexural Buckling parameter FLX has been fixed. This was
not being set and
assumed that the restraint was being provided

16. IS456. The Indian Concrete design, IS456, of models where plate elements were
included, caused
some parameters not to be used correctly.

17. The optional STARDYNE engine revised to use legacy security systems.

18. Non-linear command is no longer supported.

19. The problem of attempting to a defining a wind load onto an 'Open Framed'
structure without any
additional member loading has been addressed and is now possible.

20. Design of T column for IS:456 has been modified.

21. EC8 Response Specrum has been fixed. EC8 Response Spectrum module added for ENV
1998-1-1:1994 and EN 1998-1:2004.

22. The analysis results for Analytical and physical member are matching for
trapezoidal loading and Concentrated moments.

23. The calculation of deduction of area to account for bolt holes for a double
angle per the ASCE code is modified.

24. A correction has been made in the shearwall design as per IS456.

25) The wind load generator on open structures has been improved for members that
are not
perpendicular to the applied wind direction. The loading is modified to
account for the projected
surface area rather than the actual member.

Issues addressed in the Pre-Processing Mode

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1. Updating the Beta Angles in the beams table has been improved to allow the tab
key to apply a change.

2. The US steel database has been enhanced with 82 new TUBE sections as defined in
the AISC green book
( 9th edition ), STRUCTURAL TUBING - Rectangular on page 1 - 99.

3. Sections defined in a Prismatic user table are now displayed in a rendered 3D

view based on the YD and
ZD dimensions.

4. Prismatic user tables of type GENERAL, which are based on a defined Profile
Polygon has improved
calculation algorithms.
5. Option to copy the data from the Section Properties table has been added to the
program.

6. Chinese Pipe Section database enhanced with 9 additional sections.

7. Chinese H sections can be edited from the Property dialog box by double clicking
and any other Chinese I
or H section can be selected.

8. Canadian Timber database enhanced to allow sections to be used in 3D analysis.

9. American cold formed steel database (AISI) updated with corrected rolling radii.

10. AISC steel database updated with rogue section at the end of the W section
list being removed.

11. Additional standard sections added to the European steel database.

12. Weights defined for IBC load definitions are highlighted when selected in the
Loads dialog box.

13. The units of loading defined in the Loads Page has been changed to be
consistent with the rest of the GUI.

14. The Spectrum command 'Missing Mass' option is now being saved correctly from
the GUI.

15. The Loading dialog option to create the FLOOR and ONEWAY LOAD commands has been
improved for applying load
in the horizontal directions.

16. The definition of moving loads in the GUI has been improved

17. Representation of wind panels displayed when the load case is selected.

18. Option to change the number of Time Steps in a Time History definition has been
improved.

19. The IS1893-2002 seismic generator GUI operation has been improved.

20. Improvement in the GUI generation of member distributed and concentrated

weights in the seismic weight
definitions

21. The loading dialog description improved to clarify the definition of wind
applied in -ve axis direction.

22. The GUI dialog for defining and editing seismic masses has been updated.

23. The 'Toggle Assign' option in the Steel Design page of the Pre-Processing Mode
has been enhanced to allow
commands that have been applied to 'ALL' to be modified.

24. The galvanation indication parameter, GALVA has been added to the Indian IS802
steel design dialog.

25. The Steel Design dialog sheet that is used to define the Australian steel
parameter ALB has been enhanced
so as to allow negative values to be entered.

26. The MAIN parameter has been added to AISC-LRFD steel design dialog.

27. The application of the BS5950-2000 steel design parameter, SWAY has been
modified to prevent the GUI from crashing.

28. The UNIT command when defined before the TAKE OFF command is now saved
correctly.

29. Trapezoidal load data on plates is now saved correctly form the GUI.

30. Physical members can now be defined on all pages in the Pre-Processing Mode.

31. Offsets applied to Physical Members are correctly applied to the member rather
than the individual beam segments.

32. Loads applied to Physical Members are now saved in a better format.

33. The formation Physical Member functionality improved for multi-segment members.

34. The dialog from the menu item Tools> Cut Section has been updated by showing
units when defining the range in a
given plane.

35. The functionality behind the tool for checking and removing duplicate nodes has
been improved when the nodes are
included in one or more plate definitions.

36. The View>Options dialog box, Force Units sheet has been improved to allow a 0
decimal place option to be set for
viewing the resulting analysis moments.

37. The status bar is now used to indicate the progress of entities that are
renumbered to indicate how far the
renumbering has progressed.

38. The Mode bar below the menus and top toolbars, is now correctly reset when a
new file is started.

39. The grid dialog box has been enhanced to prevent crashing when setting up
radial grids on plates.

40. The ACI shearwall design parameter END PANEL is now correctly added when
setting up a design parameter group
in the GUI.

41. Splitting beams that have eccentric UDL loads applied has been enhanced to
ensure that the loading is applied
to all segements after the split.

42. The right click menu option to create a mesh when one or more plates have been
selected, has been renamed to
'Generate Plate Mesh' to be consistent with the main menu option.

43. Parametric Modeling has been enhanced to ensure that if the mesh is incorrectly
defined by closing the boundary
(clicking on the first node of the boundary) with only one other node defined,
then the mesh is cancelled rather
than crashing the program.

44. The Orientation symbols are better displayed when the location of centre of
rotation has been changed from the default.

45. Large parametric model data blocks are written better into the STD data file.

46. The Release Specification dialog has been enhanced with a note to identify that
'0.0' is a Full Moment restraint
and '1.0' is a Full Moment Release, to assist in defined a 'Partial Moment
Release'.

47. The Inverse Geometry selection functionality improved.

48. Inserting nodes in members with offsets has been enhanced to allocate new
offsets to the newly created beams.

49. The check routines used in the toll 'Check Overlapping Collinear Members' has
been improved.

50. If all the degrees of fixity are removed from a release on the end of a beam,
then the release itself will also be removed.

51. There has been an improvement in option to select plates parallel to Z-X plane.

52. Improved undo operation to address crash when undoing insertion of nodes into
beams with offsets defined.

53. There has been an improvement in the error checking in the definition of the
Pushover Analysis of Spectrum parameters
whilst the file is being read into the GUI.

54. There has been an improvement in the error checking in the definition of site
category in the Pushover Analysis whilst
the file is being read into the GUI

55. The display of co-ordinates values in the Member Query dialog box has been
improved.

56. It is now possible to highlight 'IGNORE STIFFNESS ELEMENT' in the Specification

dialog.

57. The GUI creation of Multi-linear springs improved to allow the spring data to
be written over up to 11 lines.

58. Files with a period (.) in the name now display a preview in the open dialog.

59. The crash of the GUI caused by deleting warped plates has been fixed.

60. A 'Cancel' button has been provided whilst generating 3D views to abort
creation of the view on very large models.

61. The 'Cable Analysis' dialog has been updated to allow definition of Eq-
Iterations of 10 and 500 as per the command
structure.

62. Beta angles that have been changed with the Member Query dialog that are
subsequently copied, now have the beta angle
 copied correctly.

63. The Assigning of a 'No Support' object to remove a support definition in the
GUI sometimes caused the program to crash.
This issue has been fixed.

64. A warning has been added if an attempt is made to copy multiple entity types
onto the clipboard, which the program does
not support.

65. The Rendered 3D views have been enhanced to display user Profile Polygon
sections.

66. American steel database HSS Rectangular and Round sections has been updated.

Issues addressed in the Post-Processing Mode

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1. The 'Design Results' table is accessible from the menu item View> Tables.

2. The annotation of reactions in the GUI is better controlled using the font
setting in the 'Annotation' sheet of the
View> Options... dialog.

3. The Design Results sheet from the 'Diagrams' dialog box has an improved range
when the 'Detailed Diagram' is selected.

4. Stress diagrams for cold formed steel sections are now possible

5. The Results Setup option to set the range of results enhanced with option to set
the range of Solids as well as beam and
plate objects.

6. The menu item Results>Slab Reinforcement has reintroduced the option to include
Wood and Armer resolution of the MX moment.

7. The contouring for plate stresses based on corner stresses has been improved.

8. The unit display for the Member Query dialog moment diagrams has been improved
when the units are changed from the structure
base units.

9. There has been an improvement in the way displacement values are displayed in
the Member Query dialog.

10. The automatic setting of custom limits in the 'Diagrams>Design Results' dialog
has been improved.

Issues addressed in the Steel Design Mode

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1. the connection design has been enhanced so that shear connections can be created
to a AISC ASD design on beams ends that
have releases defined.
2. The BS5950-2000 Brief has been updated with clearer definition of the WELD
parameter.

3. The management of Physical Members created in the Steel Design Mode has been
improved. It is now possible to select a range
of physical members using the Physical Member Cursor in the graphical window or
the Physical Members Table and add them to
the STD file by right clicking and selecting the menu option Add Member(s) to
the STAAD Input file, rather than being forced
to make that decision when the members are first formed.

Issues addressed in the Concrete Design Mode

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1. There have been two slight improvements to the RC Designer Main Reinforcement
Window
1) When the cursor goes over the section mark, then the cursor shape changes to
indicate that the section mark can be dragged.
2) Double clicking on the top horizontal divider, the window should auto-scale
to fit the entire beam in the width of the window."

2. The RC Designer Earthquake check printing has been improved to allow previewing
the result tables.

3. The RC Designer algorithm used in the creation of members and spans has been
improved.

4. The limit of load case names being longer than 30 characters has been addressed.

Issues addressed in the Advanced Connection Design Mode

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1. The Right click menu updated of the Connections Table in the Advanced Connection
Design Mode to allow AISC ASD designs to be performed.

Issues addressed in the Advanced Slab Design Mode

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1. The test for locating a copy of RAM Concept on the local computer has improved
for use with the Advanced Slab Design Mode.

Issues addressed in the Editor

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1. When editing files in the editor, the option to block comment adds a comment
character (*)
at the start of each line, including those that have already been marked and
thus easy to
block uncomment at a later time.

Issues addressed in Printing

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1. A User Report that included a Steel Design to AISC-LRFD incorrectly indicated
that the code was 1994, it has been corrected
to state that it is to 2001.
2. The Plate Query dialog improved with plate number on all sheets to assist in
identification on a printout.

3. There has been a general improvement in the management of steel design items to
be included in a user report.

Issues addressed in Section Wizard

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1. The WT sections in the ASTM database have been updated and now indicated as
parallel flange sections rather than
tapered flange sections.

2. The location of the equal area axis has been added for the calculation of
plastic properties.

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3. What's New in STAAD.Pro 2006, Build 1002.US.REL

New features and major enhancements

-----------------------------------

Please refer to the Software Release Report for STAAD.Pro 2006 build 1002 for this
information.

Issues addressed in the Analysis engine

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1. "Exception Access Violation Raised : Aborting analysis" - message comes up when

the command
"Ignore Stiffness Element" or inactive plate is specified.
Additional checking on structral integrity has been addded to trap this
problem.

2. "PMEMBER OFFSET" is now addressed by the analysis engine.

3. Physical Member RELEASE is now addressed by the analysis engine.

4. Plate temperatures could be mishandled if solids were also in the model.

5. Shear area corrected for sections with unequal top & bottom flanges.

6. Temperature loading corrected for cables in nonlinear Perform Cable Analysis.

7. Floor Load, Oneway Load, Open Wind Load & Snow Load could incorrectly report
that a load was applied beyond the of the beam.

8. Aluminum Take Off added.

9. Full geometric stiffness now used in Perform Cable Analysis

Issues addressed in the Pre-Processing Mode

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1. Composite User Wide Flange and ISECTION Sections.
The GUI has been enhanced so that it understands the command structure for a
composite user
wide flange section as defined in the International Design Codes Manual section
2B1.11

2. FIXED BUT support definition is retained after applying a Multi-linear support

spring.

3. Structural Tool Tip for surface entity correctly displays defining node numbers.

4. Current length units added to the 'Select By Range' dialog boxes.

5. Display of multiple loading items on Physical Members has been improved.

6. Paramaters MAIN and TMAIN added to AISC ASD and LRFD Steel Design dalog box.

7. AISC calculation of un-braced effective length factor (KZ) has been improved.

8. The 'Tools>User Tools>' menu list is updated to display any items that have been
added
using the 'Tools>Configure User Tools...' dialog. Note these are also displayed
when the
'User Tools' toolbar item is clicked.

9. The GUI Section Properties Values table has been updated to correct incorporate
the units.

10. STAAD.Pro no longer associates itself with *.ASA files

11. Section Properties for the US HSST and HSSP have been added for use in the GUI.

12. The editing of a Master/Slave command has been improved so that an additional
command
does not get added.

13. User Table- Double Angles. If a user designs a beam that has been defined as a
Double Angle
from a User table, then they need to provide an 11th parameter in their section
parameters
to define the RVV value (see International Design Codes Manual section 2B.4).
The GUI has
been enhanced to support this additional parameter.

14. The parameter GALVA has been added to the GUI for hte IS 802 code to indicate
whether the
section is painted or galvanised.

15. The GUI now traps Floor load commands which have been applied using groups that
have not been
defined as FLOOR groups.

16. The GUI now traps where UDL loads have been defined where the end position of
the load occurs
before the start position.

17. The GUI now traps the error of missing the direction parameter in the command
in which
 a UNI load is applied.

18. The AITC parameter CV was being generated multiple times when a file was saved.

This has been rectified.

19. The GUI reports that CODE AAHSTO is an error for the concrete design block.

20. The Parametric model data manipulation of multiple definitions has been
improved.

21. The Steel Design Dialog now assigns a STEEL TAKE OFF command to the selected
beams to allow
for partial take offs.

22. The display of floor loading that is applied in directions that are not
perpendicular to the
surface has been improved, e.g.
YRANGE 8 10 FLOAD -1 GZ

23. User Property Table calculation of the PY property of a section defined using
'Define Profile
Polygon' improved.

24. The AITC timber code parameter CV is not duplicated when the file saved from
the GUI.

25. Structure Wizard import of STD files clarified unit statement.

Issues addressed in the Post-Processing Mode

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1. Calculation of corner stresses for pipe sections reported in the Beam Combined
Axial and
Bending Stresses table and the 3D Stress Contour dialog have been improved.

2. The menu Item Report>Beam Stresses has been improved for printing out the table
that is
displayed.

Issues addressed in the Steel Design Mode

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1. The calculation output for a BS 5950 has been updated.

Issues addressed in the Concrete Design Mode

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1. The Page and Mode buttons have been improved to allow the page to be reloaded by
a single click.

Issues addressed in the Advanced Connection Mode

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1. The GUI link to the Advanced Connection Design mode has been re-established.
2. The definition of shear connections has been improved to allow re-editing of the
basic definiiton.

3. The definition of all connections allow the code to be specified once the column
section has been
defined.

4. The checks on a beam/brace to column connection has been improved to ensure that
the alignment
of the beam is in the plane of the web/flange of the column.

Issues addressed in the Editor

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1. The Editor would crash if the user specified a DELETE MEMBER command and later
in the file
proceeded to refer to those members. The Editor now traps such occurances.

Issues addressed in Section Wizard

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1. Equivlant Section. The Section databases available for the Section Builder and
FreeSketch modules
are also now avaialble for use with the Equivalent Section module.

Issues addressed in OpenSTAAD

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1. The OpenSTAAD application object has been enhanced to ensure that that when the
object is
closed, the model databases are released allowing other applications to access
them.

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4. What's New in STAAD.Pro 2006, Build 1001.US.REL

New features and major enhancements

-----------------------------------

Please refer to the Software Release Report for STAAD.Pro 2006 for this
information.

Errors corrected in the Analysis engine since STAAD.Pro 2005, Build 1003.US.REL
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1. For composite decks defined using the

START DECK DEFINITION

END DECK DEFINITION
block of commands, if the DIRECTION command is specified before the COMPOSITE
command as shown in the following example

START DECK DEFINITION

_DECK 3D1
PERIPHERY 171 170 168 167 84 184 183 182 181 180 179 178 177 176 185 186 188 -
189 200 TO 206 141
DIRECTION 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
COMPOSITE 209 207 198 196 194 192 190 146 145 92 91 90 89 86 171 170 168 167 -
185 186 188 189
OUTER 195 122 124 196
DIA 0.625000

the analysis engine may stop with an Access Violation message. The workaround is to
specify the DIRECTION command after the COMPOSITE command.

2. For composite decks defined using the

START DECK DEFINITION

END DECK DEFINITION

block of commands, there may be an error in the calculation of selfweight.

3. For design of HSS sections per the LRFD code, in the check involving the
interaction of axial force, flexure, shear and torsion, the strength reduction
factor was not applied to the flexure term when the flexural strength is governed
by the product of elastic section modulus and yield strength. It resulted in a
slightly unconservative ratio if that equation turned out to be critical.

Changes made to the Analysis and Design engine since STAAD.Pro 2005, Build
1003.US.REL
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1. If the Concrete Density term CD is entered as 0 for composite members as shown

in the following example

2 TA CM W21X44 FC 3000.0 CW 96.0 CT 4.0 CD 0

the program will now report that condition as a warning and reset it to its default
value. This change will affect the selfweight calculation for models in which the
above condition is present.