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● Implemented buttons in the Floor Design ribbon to easily adjust the font size for design section
results, enhancing user control and customization.
● Added Default Visibility button to the Visibility grid for convenient retrieval of default views.
● Added column Label to the Column Detailed report.
● Enhanced MAT mode to automatically open on the lowest plane.
Corrections:
Design:
● Corrected an issue where the Wall Design Manager gave an error when the number of curtains for
zone bars was set to one.
● Corrected an issue with the Wall Designer closed abruptly when the default material was removed
from the model.
● Corrected an issue where, in certain cases, the spacing of shear rebar caused division by zero and
resulted in an error message.
● Corrected the rebar criteria used for beam design by assigning the criteria per design section instead
of support line.
● Implemented correction in Eurocode EC2, setting ultimate strain limits to 0.05 for reinforcing steel
and 0.0315 for prestressing steel.
● Corrected an issue with the Eurocode EC2 that in certain cases caused decreased section capacities
or an elevated demand for additional mild steel.
● Corrected an issue where the excluding tendons and rebar beyond the beam flange width from
design was not considered correctly.
● Corrected an issue with the moment capacity of a beam when a design section is generated at the
intersection of two beam segments.
● Corrected an error in the calculation of area Acf for As,min, which, in certain cases, resulted in overly
conservative minimum reinforcement for non-prismatic sections of two-way prestressed slabs at
support locations.
● Corrected an issue where the balance loading calculation was inaccurate in cases where the support
line span included only a beam without slab.
● Corrected a FEM node assignment to a region for the calculation of balance loading, leading to more
accurate results.
● Corrected an issue with the calculation of rhow used in the equations for one-way shear strength
capacity per ACI code.
● Corrected an issue with the calculation of As,min for the upturned beams with unbonded tendons for
ACI code.
● Corrected an issue where the shear reduction factor was not initialized correctly for ACI 14 code.
● Corrected the moment of inertia for T-sections with effective flange width.
● Corrected the issue where in some cases the wrong Mu was used in the calculation of the ratio
Vu*dp/Mu, for one-way shear strength per ACI code.
● Corrected an issue where the user could not change the cover for wall design.
Analysis
● Corrected an issue with pattern loads not being combined correctly in load combinations.
● Corrected an issue with combination results for the nested long-term load combinations.
Operations:
● Corrected the Properties Grid to facilitate the input of variable patch loads.
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● endon Display Manager - Tendon Shape does not display when selected.
● Corrected an issue where the Visibility grid failed to update following the execution of Clear Mesh
and the utilization of tools within the Analysis Visibility panel.
● Corrected an issue where the program deleted the solution after closing the Load Combination
dialog even if no editing was done.
● Corrected an issue where the Idealized Section Integrity check incorrectly reported the status.
● Corrected an issue where the program was closing abruptly when double-clicking on the support line
without a design solution.
General:
● Corrected an issue with tendon profile discontinuity at beams.
● Corrected the Hint Mode display information for tendons.
● Corrected an issue where the Column Section Types were not allowing the Column Code Check to
run.
● Corrected the values reported in the Applied Loads RTF report for Sds and Sd1when using ASCE
7-16 in the Seismic Load Wizard.
Added intuitive design settings that gives the user flexibility in the evaluation of columns.
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● Added a Display Wall Sections tool to toggle wall design section visibility.
● Improved Define Pier Label to auto name pier labels when a new pier label is added.
● Included utilization results in the Column Design XLS report.
● Added a Section Type Editor to the Column Design ribbon for faster and bulk editing of Column
Section Type properties.
● Enhanced the Property Grid to include options to auto assign section types to columns.
● Enhanced the Colorize Grid to include the ability to colorize columns by horizontal and/or vertical
reinforcement and Rho.
Corrections:
Design:
● Corrected an issue where Punching Shear results were incorrect when the extend to slab edge option
was selected.
● Corrected the One-Way Shear capacity for models with high axial tension force.
● Corrected an issue when calculating the moment of inertia of a T-Section when using the effective
flange width.
Operations:
● Corrected an issue where adding spans to tendons using the Smart Tools was causing the program
to close unexpectedly.
● Corrected an issue to allow users to change the Group for tendons using the Properties Grid.
General:
● Corrected the Seismic Load Wizard to calculate the k coefficient using the correct equations when
the ASCE 7-16 code is selected.
● Included a warning message when a user enters a PDELTA load combination which includes the
Hyperstatic load case.
Integration:
● Corrected an issue with importing loads from RISA where not all load cases were being labeled
correctly upon import.
● orrected an issue where legacy models were causing the program to close unexpectedly.
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● Improved the speed of opening models.
● Corrected a spelling error in the Wall Length Error message.
● Corrected an issue where some models created in ADAPT-Builder 2019 or earlier could not be
opened.
● Removed the legacy Scroll Bar Settings from General Settings.
● Updated the text in the Boundary Condition tab of the column or wall properties for the current user
interface.
● Corrected an issue where Usage Case reactions were deleted when closing and reopening a model.
Reporting/Graphical Results:
● Corrected an issue causing wall pier reactions to not be reported graphically.
● Corrected an issue where the z-translation and ss-Translation results for wall translation were
switched in the Results View browser.
● Corrected an issue with the reporting of the number of shear stirrups displayed through the Results
View Panel.
● Fixed a spelling mistake in the List of Contents report.
● A dded Save as Default option in the Visibility Grid to allow for convenient saving of preferred views
set by the user.
● Added an option to save docked locations of the Property Grid, Visibility Grid and Colorize Grid.
● Added option to open the Help File with F1.
● Enhanced the Import from XLS option to select which load cases to import.
General:
● Added Appearance section in the Property Grid.
● Added message when viewing deflections for load combinations that include hyperstatic loads.
● Enhanced the generation of the default tributary region for a Support Line.
● Enhanced the scaling of point, line and patch loads to prevent out of view scaling.
● Enhanced workflow with models stored in network locations to allow for maximum performance
benefits by making a local copy of the model, upon exit the model is saved back to the network
location.
Corrections:
Integration:
● Corrected an issue with user defined Usage Case Results not transferring to S-Concrete.
Operations:
● Corrected an issue with the base reinforcement being modified when generating the calculated rebar
plan.
● Corrected an issue with resetting of non-user defined labels.
● Corrected a graphical issue with the resetting of all labels.
● Corrected an issue to allow the input of user defined gridlines.
● Corrected an issue where user defined load combinations were deleted when using the Load
Combination Generator.
● Corrected an issue where design sections were not generated when the support line was modeled
slightly outside of the slab.
● Corrected an issue where the Dynamic Support Line Editor was not recognizing perpendicular walls
or beams as a support.
● Corrected an issue with the Tendon Optimizer closed unexpectedly when trying to view user defined
load combinations.
● Corrected an issue where the model closed unexpectedly when copying elements in plane with zero
offset.
● Corrected an issue where Generating New Tributaries causes some models to close unexpectedly.
● Corrected an issue where the program closed unexpectedly when copying support lines from one
model to another.
● Corrected an issue where the program closed unexpectedly when using a non-solid pattern to fill the
area of a component.
● Corrected an issue where DWG export was not working in some cases due to the naming of the
component’s layers.
● Corrected an issue where the deletion of a tendon control point causes a kink in the tendon profile.
General:
● Removed the option in General Settings to automatically open an item’s property dialog.
● Corrected an issue with ramp reactions when analyzing building loads in Multi-Level mode.
● Removed Wall Boundaries automatically being assigned at creation of walls.
● Corrected a graphical issue with the Visibility Grid not synchronizing with the Load Case displayed
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● Corrected an issue with the Tendon Optimizer Load Combination setting.
● Corrected an issue with the Tendon Auto Swerve Point settings resetting when opening the model.
● Corrected an issue with the default number of rails per side when working in a model created in
version 2019 or earlier.
● Corrected an issue where the component material property changed when adding multiple structural
components at a time.
● Corrected an issue where the Load Takedown/ Lateral Reaction Load Case Solution Selection would
reset after each Analysis run.
● Corrected an issue when trying to assign the Tributary Detection Tolerance of multiple Support Lines
at a time using the Property Grid.
● Corrected an issue where the Visibility Panel did not turn on and off the slab regions.
● Corrected an issue in the Property Grid where the user-entered value for the number of stirrup legs
was applied only to the support line that was drawn first.
● Corrected an issue where the deflection contour was not generated in some cases.
● Corrected an issue where load magnitudes were being reset to zero when a Load Case change was
made to multiple loads at a time in the Properties Grid.
● Corrected an issue where the bar description was not shown along the created reinforcement.
● Corrected the description of the Fz magnitude in the Property Grid.
● Corrected a graphical issue with wall and column display.
● Corrected an issue where the Support Lines were not properly updated if modified as a group using
the Property Grid.
Analysis:
● Corrected an issue where the Live Load Reductions # of Supported Levels option was not
recognizing all the levels above.
● Corrected an issue where Single Level Analysis ignored components for ramps when not defined on
the active plane.
● Corrected an issue where load combinations weren’t recognizing referenced load combinations
generated by the LC Generator, including wind loads.
Design:
● Corrected an issue where designing walls gives an error when the option to check boundary
elements is selected.
● Corrected an issue in NBR code where no results were given when trying to design Manual Design
Sections.
● Corrected the punching shear geometry detection for columns located at the slab edge.
● Corrected the punching shear total rail quantity displayed graphically and in XLS Punching Shear
Report.
Reporting/Graphical Results:
● Corrected a graphical issue with the Punching Shear Reinforcement Plan.
● Added a column to show stirrup size for each column individually in the XLS Punching Shear Report.
● Corrected an issue where the stud rail size wasn’t updating in the XLS Punching Shear Report.
Licensing:
● Correct an issue where version 21.0 of the program shows as version 20.0 in the Licensing
Dashboard.
● Corrected the message displayed when the license expired.
Release Notes
● Network License Commute Utility was added to the program installer.
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● orrected an issue with color-coding of design sections for one way shear stress check.
● Corrected an issue where the graphical punching shear stress ratio report in some models displayed
skewed wall design sections.
Integration:
● Corrected the sign for the axial force when exported to S-CONCRETE.
● Corrected an issue with the export of local forces for slanted columns to S-CONCRETE.
● Resolved an issue where space at the end of a level name was causing the export to REVIT to fail.
● Corrected an issue with import of distributed bar extents from the INP file.
● Resolved an issue where DWG Export resulted in the corrupt DWG file when Punching Shear
Reinforcement Plan was displayed.
Licensing:
● Added Borrow License option to allow you to use the subscription license offline.
● F ixed an issue where the beam dimensions were displayed incorrectly in the Properties Grid when
assigned a Section Type.
● Corrected an issue where the program would close unexpectedly if the user selected a Tributary
Region and Support Line together.
● Corrected an issue where newly created reinforcement was missing the description.
● Corrected an issue where a Design Code modification resulted in duplicate Load Combination
names.
● Corrected an issue where walls were being generated with the Node Shift option set to Manual.
● Resolved an issue where the program shut down when opening a new model within the program.
● Resolved an issue with the input of modulus of rupture for non ACI codes.
Performance:
● Improved performance of Design algorithm.
Analysis:
● Corrected an issue where Spline Tendons were flagged during analysis as “outside the slab region”
when swerved around openings or slab edges.
● Corrected an issue where Temperature results were incorrect due to triangular shell elements.
● Corrected an issue where renaming of concrete material in single level mode caused unexpected
closing of the program during analysis.
Design:
● Resolved an issue where the Cm value for column design was being conservatively passed to the
SCO file as 1.0.
● Resolved an issue to prevent the program from unexpectedly closing, in some cases, during design
with pattern loads present.
● Corrected criteria for when an opening is considered as slab edge in Punching Shear Check.
● Corrected an issue where calculated moment capacity using the Wood Armer method was
conservative when selectively analyzing load combinations.
● Updated the formula for calculation of effective moment of inertia for EuroCode (EC2).
Reporting/Graphical Results:
● Modified the program to display the diameter for studs and bar size for stirrups, in the display of
Punching Shear Reinforcement.
● Enhanced the program to display only the applicable menu items within the Generate Compiled
Report menu.
● Resolved an issue where the program was generating reinforcement of zero length.
● Resolved an issue where in some cases the Design Section Forces and Design Section Rebar reports
were empty.
● Resolved a discrepancy between the graphical results legend and the diagram results in some
models.
● Resolved an issue in the Design Section coloring for the One-Way Shear stress check.
Integration:
● Corrected an issue with the Export->Revit function to create a compatible file for import to recent
Revit versions.
● Corrected an issue where the Input Method for distributed rebar was not set correctly after being
imported from the INP file.
Licensing:
● Added license type in Help->About Builder dialog.
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esolved an issue where users with perpetual licenses were incorrectly being prompted to sign-in to
subscription licensing.
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● Wall Designer was modified to properly write loads and other parameters to S-Concrete when using
this tool for wall section design.
Reporting/Results:
● Print preview for all graphical reports was improved to display the correct next page in sequence.
● Punching Shear: The XLS result file was improved to properly report combined stress for punching
shear results.
● Punching Shear: A graphical improvement was made to the view of reinforcement for punching
shear to report if any supports exceed code allowable maximum shear capacity.
● Punching Shear: A graphical improvement was made to the view of stress ratios for punching shear.
If a single strength combo is selected, the program now reports the layer (critical section) that
produces the worst-case ratio in ( ). If the strength envelope is selected, the program reports the
combination that produces the worst case ratio in ( ).
● Punching Shear: A graphical improvement was made to the view of Condition at a column to report
the effective depth for the first critical section at a distance from the face of the column based on
code requirements.
● One-Way Shear: A graphical improvement to color code one-way shear requirements (NA, Reinforce,
Exceeds Code) for beams and one-way slabs.
● One-Way Shear: A graphical reporting improvement has been included in Result Display Settings to
report One-Way Shear results.(Item 7325) Results included are:
○ Shear Stress Check - color coding of design sections
○ Concrete Shear Strength, Phi,Vc
○ Demand/Capacity ratio - Vu/Phi,Vc
○ Required Reinforcement (Area of steel)
○ Provided Reinforcement (Area of steel)
○ Reinforcement layout
● A new feature has been added to graphically check differences, based on %, between physical and
idealized design section geometric properties of area and moment of inertia.
● Report Compiler: An improvement was made to the default graphical design strip report displayed in
the incorrect color.
● Report Compiler: An improvement was made to properly capture coloring of design strip results
when images are screenshot and used in the compiled report.
● Report Compiler: An improvement was made to screenshots showing Moment Capacity with
Demand in the compiled report caused the PDF creation to stall.
● Report Compiler: The graphical stress check reported in the compiled report was improved to
properly show colors as presented graphically on screen.
● Report Compiler: Screenshots taken and used in the compiled report were improved to properly
display shading as presented graphically on screen.
● Report Compiler: An improvement was made to the graphical reporting output that showed contours
underlaid when other results were selected to be shown.
● Report Compiler: Print Preview Zoom and Navigation were stabilized and made functional in all use
instances.
● An improvement was made to design section details to report both Physical and Idealized
properties.
● An enhancement was made to the detailed geometric properties of design sections to display the
Release Notes
hysical and effective properties of design sections when the effective flange option is used for
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beams.
● An improvement was made for reporting of punching shear stresses for design code AUS3600 to
report separate allowable stresses for each bending direction.
Graphic/UI:
● Punching Shear: An improvement was made to make local design and analysis input for individual
columns as compared to global settings within the Property Grid.
● One-Way Shear: A modification was made to the Property Grid to include an entry for number of legs
when One-Way Shear criteria is selected for support lines and manual design sections.
● A new dockable Property Grid has been added for controlling component and other modeling object
properties, geometric assignments, design parameters, etc. This adds to current functionality of Item
Properties and Modify Selection.
● A new dockable Colorize dialogue window has been added to filter, sort, and colorize components
(slabs, columns, walls, openings, ramps, beams, drops), supports, springs, support lines, splitters,
etc. Colorized selections can be isolated for propagation of changes in Property Grid.
● A selectable option has been added to easily display component local axes in Property Grid.
● Report Compiler: A new Report Settings tool has been added to predefine report settings prior to
report compilation.
● The Items Properties dialogue was restored to properly open when using the option from the Modify
Ribbon.
● The Property Grid now includes the ability to change the tendon material for a group of selected
tendons. This is not available from Modify>Modify Selection.
Integration
● Inconsistencies in rebar data written to the ID assignment was out of sequence when rebar is
included in the INP file.
● Loads defined in Revit are now written to the INP file format for import to Builder.
roperties dialog window. When using this option, the program auto-scales the number of strands in
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the "General" tab.
● A correction was made to tendons outside of the slab were being falsely flagged as modeling
integrity checks prior to meshing.
Design
● An improvement was made to the presence of openings when design sections cut through them
resulting in incorrect design section depths and reinforcement and PT depths in the section.
● Improvements were made to idealized design section geometry when cut over the slab and beam.
● Improvements were made to how the Wood Armer Method is implemented for twisting moments
(Mxy) in two-way slabs. The calculation of Mxy was improved to include integration over the section
cut line based on stress values. The program now reports Mxy in Design Section Actions when Wood
Armer is enabled from Criteria>Analysis/Design Options.
● An improvement was made for punching shear to not check the least critical section
(octagonal-shaped) outside of the shear reinforced zone when the first section at d/2 from face of
support passed allowable stress and did not require reinforcement.
● An improvement was made to the punching shear check when the seismic drift option is enabled
from the Floor Design>Shear Design. When checking critical sections outside of the shear-reinforced
zone (octagonal-shaped sections) the program was using the section critical area for determining
reinforcement necessary to meet the drift requirement. This resulted in increasing reinforcement
moving away from the support face. The critical section to be used for all locations within 4*h from
column face is the first critical section area at d/2 from the support face.
Reporting/Results
● Print preview for selected and all graphical reports from Reports>Open Compiled Reports>File was
enhanced for improved navigation and zoom in/out.
● Print preview for all graphical reports now displays the correct next page in sequence.
● A program stall was corrected when selecting Reports>Open Compiled Reports>File>Print Preview
all Graphical Reports and all graphical reports were selected in the selection tree.
● The pier reaction dialogue window from Reports>Wall>XLS Reports>Pier Reactions was improved to
indicate the pier local axes, reference axis and rotation direction.
● Punching shear reinforcement spacing output was made to be the same when shown graphically as
compared to the tabular report from Reports>Punching Shear>Punching Shear reinforcement.
Graphics/UI
● The spelling of "Tendon" was corrected in the INP file for Builder 2019.0 and latest INP versions
selectable from File>Export and INP selectable from File>Import.
● A correction was made to scaling of graphical loads based on the size setting in Visibility>View
Settings.
● The display of the unit system in Result Display Settings>Settings>Result Unit System was
corrected.
● An improvement was made where Home>Select by Type was causing the program to close
unexpectedly when the element selected and keyword did not produce a selected object.
● RISA branding and contact information updates were made to the splash screen and HELP dialogue
boxes.
Analysis
● A correction was made for the sign of distributed values for bending moment on a manual design
section not being consistent with the sign for the integrated value.
● An issue was resolved patch loads were not being discretized properly leading to absence of
modeled load in the analysis.
● An improvement was made to persistence of line load discretization when applied at the slab edges.
In rare cases, line loads were not discretized to nodes leading to absence of modeled load in the
analysis.
● An improvement was made to meshing of beams when negative offsets were assigned to the beam.
● An issue was resolved where zero uplift for a partial cantilever tendon shape in the Tendon
Properties dialogue window reported uplift. Tendon uplift - partial cantilever has no uplift and should
be zero.
Modeling
● New tools were added to the Shop Drawing Editor from the tendon toolbar. These include:
○ AddingChairs: Displays chairs and/or support types for tendons and accompanying support
bar size, spacing and extension settings.
○ Edit Bars: Gives options to edit support type, support bar size and support bar extension.
○ Anchors: Displays set anchor type for unbonded and bonded tendons.
● A correction was made in the Tendon Editor where CGS values were set back to default when the
option for end-span shape was used.
● An improvement was made in the Tendon properties dialogue to return a message when the green
checkmark is selected if the system type is set to Bonded and the Calculated Long-Term loss setting
is enabled. Long-term loss calculations are limited to unbonded tendons. Bonded tendons require
the use of lump-sum loss estimate input.
● An issue was corrected to model crashing when tendons that had become corrupted were selected
or clicked on.
● An issue was resolved that was related to program crashing when the Cantilever Partial tendon
shape was set in the Tendon Properties dialogue.
Performance
● Improvements were made to the performance and speed of data loading when levels are switched
with the Level Selector or Arrow Up and Down.
Design
● The load combination selection list in Wall Design Manager was improved to properly update the
load case selection based on the load combinations selected and available solution sources.
● A correction was made to the large required area of steel for two-way reinforcement for NBR and
EC2 design codes.
● An issue was resolved where manual design section values for axial and in-plane shear were
reported as zero and with incorrect max/min values on the cut line (bracketed values). Only the
integrated values are now reported.
● An improvement was made to the generation of the idealized sections produced in Designer for
section design.
● An improvement was made to retain design section types already assigned when stiffness modifiers
were assigned to those columns.
● An improvement was made to ignore the area of mesh reinforcement in design sections that cut
through openings.
Release Notes
Reporting/Results
● An improvement was made related to crack widths being reported as zero and graphical results not
being produced. This stemmed from non-converging equilibrium state due to incorrect consideration
of prestressing force for prestressed sections.
● An issue was resolved where actions and reinforcement were reported as zero in tabular reporting
for manual design sections.
● The sign convention for axial force for design sections, both automatic and manual, was changed to
be consistent with general sign convention adoption in the program. Axial tension is positive and
axial compression is negative.
● An improvement was made to the graphical display of beam stirrups in the strip elevation view.
● An issue was resolved related to screenshots added to the report compiler not being deleted
properly from the Report Compiler dialogue.
Graphics/UI
● The FEM options for Consider and Disregard were added as right-click options.
● A licensing bug was fixed where the option for Lump-sum loss estimate was grayed out if the 3D Felt
option in the program splash screen was not selected.
● Ramp coloring was added to Visibility>Color Palette.
● Ramps are now shaded when the model is set to shaded view from Visibility>Shading.
● An issue was resolved where the program crashed if window selection was used to select an entity
to add vertices.
● An improvement was made to the visibility of soil bearing pressure contour lines that were skewed
back to the origin.
Integration
● ADAPT-Revit Link 2020 was released for compatibility with Autodesk Revit 2020.
● An improvement was made to the .INP file data when P-Delta combinations are included in a model.
An issue existed where regular service combinations were not being solved.
● An issue was resolved where tendons set to "Fillet-Radius" were not discretized properly when
written to the .INP file format from FILE>Export.
● The .INP file format was improved to allow offsets at both ends of a beam component.
● The .INP file format was improved to accept ramp data allowing ramps to be exchanged within
ADAPT-Builder using the .INP import/export options.
nd cannot be designed through means of design strips. Tendons cannot be modeled in ramps.
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Longitudinal and transverse beams can be modeled at ramps with options to automatically offset
the beams as well as offset walls and columns supporting ramps. Ramps are required to be
modeled in the same plane and the program constrains the graphical input as 3-point input to
enforce planar modeling.
● Design Strip Modeling: A new and improved Strip Modeling Dynamic Editor includes tools used to
more rapidly model and modify support lines and design strips. These include:
○ Support Line Wizard: Creates a support based on a construction line defined by snap points
along the strip path.
○ Support Line Limits: Changes selected support line design criteria and tributary limits for the
design strip.
○ Wall: Allows the user to set constraints for how walls are considered for design strip
generation.
○ Display: Sets the support line display for Direction, Criteria and Width Limit
● The program includes new and improved splitter functionality. The use of splitters has been
simplified to creating a boundary that the tributary edge extends when the width is required to be
limited to either side. Splitters are no longer required for any other purpose as the program has been
improved to recognize support line nodes at any location and properly generate strips.
● A new Shop Drawing Editor has been added and contains the following features:
○ Tools: Converts all tendons to a new fillet-radius display type as compared to straight or
spline and allows for removal of all non-auto swerve points on tendons.
○ Chair Groups: Allows the user to input on-demand chair bar maximum spacing and chair bar
extensions for graphical output of tendon support bars.
○ Colors: Designates user-defined colors used to group like tendons by length.
● A new tendon representation option is available called 'Fillet.' In this mode the user enters a radius
for construction circles used to develop the in-plane curvature and shape of the tendon. The
Dynamic Tendon Editor controls the display of the construction circles from Mode-Show Fillet
Details.
● An issue was fixed related to the undo function after a tendon is deleted. The program now properly
restores the tendon object when undoing the delete.
● For full compatibility of use of the new Dynamic Strip Wizard options, the auto-creation of middle
strips when in RC mode had to be removed from Criteria-Analysis/Design Options. Users can use the
new features for more rapid creation and modification of both column and middle strips.
● Two offset inputs are given now for beams, slabs, support lines, tendons, ramps. This input is found
in the component property dialog under the 'Location' tab.
● An improvement was made to walls and columns having a blank material assignment when created
through a new project template file.
Design
● The program now includes the option to calculate the effective flange and properties of beams when
a support line is set to 'Beam' criteria. The design of the beam sections is performed using the
effective properties. The component of stress related to the precompression uses the full tributary
area of the section as does the graphical precompression result. ACI and EC2 calculations for
effective width are supported.
● When the PT Shop Drawing module is enabled, the program gives new input and functionality for the
calculation of long-term losses for unbonded tendons and bonded tendons stressed at the same
Release Notes
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● New improvements have been made for punching shear according to ACI318-14. These include:
○ The option to consider critical sections outside the shear reinforced zone with either a
rectilinear or octagonal-shaped critical section. ACI 318-14 Sections 22.6.4.2, 22.6.6.1
○ The option to apply two-way shear provisions for minimum reinforcement for seismic drift.
ACI 318-14 Sections 18.14.5.1.
○ Application of minimum two-way shear reinforcement at critical sections is based on the
requirement at the first section d/2 from face of support.
● An issue related to crashing when a section type is assigned to columns or beams was resolved.
● An issue was resolved related to the calculation of LL reduction factors of columns when you have
multiple overlapping loads.
● An improvement was made to update the current value for precompression when the tributary width
is changed in Settings and the span is re-optimized.
● A correction was made to the ‘a’ factor required for the CSA code when the effective depth, d, used
for two-way shear calculations exceeds 300mm. Per Section A23.3-14 and 13.3.4.3 the correct
factor is taken as 1300/(1000+d). Previously the program was using 1300/(1300+d). Canadian
Punching Shear Check calculates Vc incorrectly for deep slabs.
● The tolerance that is checked for determining the design actions for punching shear at stacked
columns was increased to avoid conservative design and incorrect values being used.
Reporting/Results
● For inclusion of P-Delta combination consideration, the program graphically reports drift and
moment amplification factors (2nd/1st order results) for local axes, RR and SS, as well as the
combined global results. The program code checks against a user-defined value set in the Result
Browser.
● New XLS reporting is available for lateral drift for P-Delta and non-P-Delta combinations. New reports
include a list of vertical stations arranged top-down with column coordinates and elevation,
X/Y/Global displacements at top and bottom of columns, drift at columns with code check,
maximum drift data arranged for easy plot, average story drift, and story drift plot data.
● The program now produces a FELT 3D Report – a compiled PDF report summarizing tendon loss
calculations including graphical views of the tendons horizontal and vertical profile and the loss
diagrams.
● Result Display Settings (red eyeglasses) includes graphical reporting options for design sections to
include the area of steel for provided, required and base (user-defined) reinforcement as well as the
area of steel/section area (rho).
● An issue was resolved where the units were not updating properly when KPa and kN/m2 were
selected in Result Display Settings-Settings.
● An improvement was made to support the graphical display of the model and results and associated
result dialog windows when dual monitor setups are used.
● When in MAT mode and the option for graphical display of Soil Pressure is selected from Result
Display Settings-Analysis-Slab-Stress, when right-click is used to select the filter, a new warning is
given "Filter is not available for this item."
● An issue was fixed related to the crashing of the Report Compiler when screenshots were taken and
selected and Print or Print Preview was used from the FILE drop-down.
Graphics/UI
● A new cloning feature has been added to clone multiple combinations in a single instance and/or to
Release Notes
● A n issue was resolved in Tendon Optimizer related to the precompression not updating when the
tributary width was modified in "Settings."
● An improvement was made to the Home Ribbon by adding a Snap Tools panel allowing shortcut
keys to be assigned to snap tools.
● T endon trim/extend was improved to extend/trim only those tendons not snapped to a slab edge or
opening and to trim/extend to the nearest slab edge.
● An improvement was made to suppress the green spline curve when moving a tendon set to
straight/linear mode.
● A fix was made to the deletion of pattern loads when the 'Save As' function was used.
Design
● An improvement was made to the unity convergence for moment capacity of design sections such
that the demand/capacity ratio is always approached from less than 1.00. This was meant to avoid
convergence fluctuations caused by a two-sided approach to DCR of 1.00.
● A new feature was added to allow cracked deflection to be checked using the 'Investigate Sections'
option rather than reliance on use of the 'Design Sections' option. This allows cracked deflection to
be performed without manipulation of analysis/design option tags for load combinations or
suppression of calculation of minimum reinforcement for a model.
● A correction was made to the default two-way shear strength reduction factor from 0.85 to 0.75.
Reporting/Results
● A new feature was added to check balanced loading relative to the sum of average uplift for tendons
intersecting design sections less than a user-defined angle from support line to section. This allows
users to check balanced loading with respect to tendons in the same direction as the support line
with no contribution from tendons in another direction.
● An improvement was made to display column force and moment diagrams in the proper direction
and about the proper axis.
● A refinement was made to the graphical and tabular reported length of reinforcement. When the
outcome of bar length rounding is 12" the bar length increments by 1 ft.
● New graphical display options for punching shear design were added to 'Result Display Settings'.
(Item 6681) These include:
○ Stress check (NA, Reinforce, Exceeds Code, OK) color coding
○ Stress ratios rr and ss directions or combined
○ Condition (end/edge, interior, or corner) including dashed indication of the critical section
shape
○ Graphical reinforcement and rail summary
● New graphical display options for punching shear reinforcement were added to 'Result Display
Settings'. The graphical summary notation includes:
○ Total number of rails
○ Rails along the rr direction
○ Rails along the ss direction
○ Total number of studs on each rail @ spacing (in or mm)
○ Total rail length (in or mm)
● A new feature was made to the 'Result Display Settings' to graphically report results for manual
design cuts. These include:
○ Z-translation with span/deflection ratio
○ Section actions: Bending, axial, shear, torsion, and contour cut used for action distribution
over a contour result from slab results.
○ Stresses including top and bottom fiber stress and precompression
○ Investigation: Moment Capacity and Demand values with demand/capacity ratios
○ Contribution of moment capacity by prestressing
Release Notes
Design criteria
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● A new and improved dockable 'Result Display Settings' (red eyeglasses icon) browser is included
with updated functionality, grid layout, expandable and collapsing quick tools, setting retention, and
icons for setting recognition.
● Graphical reporting of crack widths was added to 'Result Display Settings' in Slab Actions.
● The punching shear tabular report (Reports->Punching Shear->RTF Reports->Punching Shear
Reinforcement) now includes the envelope of all Strength combination output.
● The Tributary Load Check report contains the Cumulative Load Error% comparing applied to
cumulative loads. This report was corrected to properly account for the sign.
● An improvement was made to allow the PDF Graphical Report selection to open from Reports->Open
Report Compiler->File->Generate Compiled Report->PDF Graphical Report.
● A new XLS report was included from Reports->Punching Shear that reports all critical sections
checked for columns. Separate sheets included are:
○ Critical section geometry
○ Stress check
○ As required
○ Stud rails
○ Required vs. Provided
● A new feature was added to include min/max filtering for any slab contour or wall contour result by
selecting the result option in the 'Result Display Settings' and right clicking to set the filter range.
● An improvement was made to retain and save title block information from the File menu.
● A Buildersum issue was corrected where .SUI file headers were missing causing crashing in Builder
when Buildersum was invoked.
Graphics/UI
● An improvement was made to show more than a single digit for gridline tags.
● Warp increase now functions properly for model warping of global translation (show/hide 3D warp)
from Visibility->Render Model.
● The program was modified to allow and store keyboard shortcuts. Customization of the ribbon was
removed since these functions are hard-coded currently to the program entry state.
● Spelling correction to 'Visicon' was made in the File->Export window.
● An issue was resolved where opening Layer Settings from the Home menu was crashing Builder.
● A correction was made when opening Buildersum from Support Line properties or from the 'Floor
Design' ribbon resulted in a series of errors/warnings.
● An issue was corrected related to the option of centering bars over supports from Rebar->Rebar
Lengths.
● An improvement was made to retain default tendon colors as set in Visibility->Color Palette when the
background color is changed.
● A correction was made to the program crashing when the Undo/Redo functions were selected more
times than could be completed.
● Improvements were made to the default colors from Visibility->Color Palette for support line, line
support and area support. A rebar entry duplication was removed.
● The graphical scale was improved to include frequency and period for vibration modes.
● The scale for Investigation options from the 'Result Display Settings' sub-tree was corrected to show
the proper values.
● A correction was made to the operability of the tendon intersection detector.
Release Notes
● A n improvement was made to the Loading ribbon to include new visibility options for loading 'View
Settings' and graphical loading reports.
● An improvement was made to the graphical display of beam actions to correlate to the proper
direction of bending and not the projected plane. For bending about the local ss beam axis, the
diagram is displayed in the XZ plane. For bending about the local zz axis the diagram is displayed in
the XY plane.
Integration
● An improvement was made to import correct beam data to Builder from INP files generated from the
Integration Console.
● A change was made to tendon comments in the .INP file data for effective and calculated force.
● A change was made to the units for Hagg material factor in the .INP file data so that mm is used and
converted to US and MKS from base metric.
● Units for tendon auto-swerve straight length in the .INP file data was corrected.
● A correction was made to the tendon system description note in the .INP data.
● A correction was made for imported reactions from Etabs through .INP format that were not
displayed correctly when selecting another imported load case.
● A fix was made related to the concrete beam section ID parameter setting for beam exported from
Integration Console through .INP file format.
● A spelling error was corrected in the .INP file in the tendon data block.
● M odels created prior to v2018 that include default beam rebar that are opened in v2018 will have the
beam rebar removed. This function for beam rebar is no longer included in the program. User should
create beam rebar using REBAR>Base>Banded.
Design
● For slenderness check of walls in the Wall Designer, a modification was made to properly convert the
external units of the variable "Lu/16." The converted units will be [in],[mm],[cm] the same as wall
thickness units. Previously the wall height was always taken in [in].
● The max. spacing for one-way shear reinforcement was modified from 300mm to 600mm per EC2.
● For EC2, the program now includes a check to ensure reinforcement is provided to meet 1.15*Mcr
for unbonded, PT beams. This complies with requirements in Section 9.2.1.1- 4 of the EC2 code.
● The program is now in sync and includes all codes as permitted by S-Concrete for column design.
The codes are set from COLUMN DESIGN>Settings>Design Settings.
Reporting/Results
● A correction was made where reporting of graphical wall or column reactions were always opening
the column reactions dialog.
● Wall zone bar length and bar fit status are reported as OK or NG in the wall design section summary
report for improved correlation with the design summary at the top of the report.
● The slenderness check status is no longer highlighted within the slenderness block of the wall
design summary report.
● The bar spacing check was removed from the zone confinement block in the wall design summary
report.
Graphics/UI
● The program user interface has been completely overhauled with an updated program user interface
(UI) for improving the user experience and offering an easy-to-use, efficient and intuitive program
environment. The UI is now ribbon based containing contextualized ribbons including general
categories like visibility, modeling, analysis, design and reporting. Each ribbon contains
ribbon-specific tool panels with updated, refreshed icons. New summarized and extended tool tips
have been included for each tool and tool panel.
● The program has a new simplified and condensed splash screen with an expandable selection
window. The splash screen shows the current program state.
● The program now auto-filters the available tools that apply to the splash screen selections made by
the user prior to entering the UI. Only ribbons, panels and tools applicable to the state will be shown
to streamline usage. Ribbons, panels and tools not applicable to the current modeling, meshing,
analysis, design or level state will be grayed out and inactive.
● Walls can now be modeled with openings in a simple-to-use input window embedded in the wall
properties. The user enters the opening start coordinates and the length and width of the wall
opening. Multiple wall openings can be added to walls.
● The option for "Save as Default" was removed from the FILE menu.
● The load combination names are now checked for compatibility with allowed characters including:
○ numbers
○ letters
○ brackets []
○ parentheses ()
○ spaces
○ underscore _
Release Notes
includes the option for modeling concrete material with the presence of steel fiber. Fiber type and
dosage can be assigned to a system type of Elevated, Mat, Slab-on pile, and slab-on-grade.
Modifications to one-way shear, two-way shear, and flexural capacity now consider the presence of
fiber when modeled. The program includes an option for designing a slab-on-grade, slab-on-pile or
mat slab with non-linear effects when fiber material is assigned to the system.
Design
● A new feature was added for the calculation of a joint load transfer factor for point, line, and patch
loads modeled on a slab-on-grade design when the slab is set to a fiber material property.
● T he load type "Standard" was included in the Import Options dialogue when importing general load
cases using the .INP format.
● A correction was made for import of load combinations from the .INP format where all combinations
were only available to import and not a partially selected group.
Design
● The Canadian Standard, CSA A23.3-2014, was implemented.
● The program now includes an integrated tendon design optimizer that allows the user to optimize
selected groups of tendons for serviceability requirements –precompression, allowable tension and
compression stress and balanced loading. Solutions provided by the optimizer allow for on-demand
updating of the structural model by adding tendons or modifying the selected tendons to be
optimized. The optimizer includes dialogue windows for user interaction and on-demand feedback.
An edit mode allows users to override program-optimized forces and number of strands for custom
checks of selected slab regions. The program includes on-screen and exportable text output for
calculations for a given optimization instance.
● A new feature includes the ability to design concrete shear walls, with or without boundary elements
for seismic lateral resisting systems. The program includes a native ADAPT Wall Designer and
integration with S-Concrete’s wall design program. Walls are grouped into piers for the purpose of
generating wall design sections. A Wall Manager stores section information such as geometry,
reinforcement, material, etc. Single or multiple design sections can be processed for design or code
check. The program produces both graphical and tabular output for wall code checks, interaction
diagrams, utilization checks and wall intersection zones where reinforcement congestion is of
concern.
● An option to exclude minimum spacing requirement for RC structures has been added.
● An issue related to the calculation of design section actions for pattern loading envelopes was
corrected.
● An issue related to the incorrect units being reported for “Jacking Force” in the “Tendon Elongation
Report” was corrected.
● An issue related to the generation of input data for the “Friction and Elongation” module was
corrected.
● A modification was made to the stress data of the “Prestressing” block of the DSI file so that when a
design section cuts through a tendon, the prestress is reported.
● The calculation of one-way shear reinforcement was corrected for the BS code.
Reporting/Results
● A new option for display of analytical, discretized tendon segments is now made available in the
Tendon Display Manager. After meshing and analyzing the model, the user can use this option to
view tendon segments.
● Colorization has been added as a new Result Display Settings category for graphical results. This
allows the user to easily determine identical wall design properties and characteristics in complex
models. Colorization can be applied to wall thickness, material, pier labels and reinforcement in
zones and panels.
● Walls can now be grouped into piers for determination of combined wall pier reactions. Reactions
and pier geometry can be reported graphically and in tabular format.
● An improvement was made for graphical reporting of load takedown forces. The program now
displays the cumulative loads in the form of axial force diagrams when using Load Case results from
Result Display Settings (red eyeglasses).
● A problem was fixed where the axial force diagram for beams contained the wrong sign. The fix
includes proper sign of (-) for compression and (+) for tension.
● Point and Line Spring Reactions reports have been added to Tabular Reports.
● An issue related to the incorrect stress calculation for design sections that cut walls was fixed.
Release Notes
● A n issue related to the incorrect initial stress calculation for the 1994 and 2004 Canadian Codes was
corrected.
● An issue related to the incorrect reported rebar length when the option, “Adjust length and center top
bars over supports,” is used, was corrected.
● A problem that caused a discrepancy in rebar results between Buildersum and the graphical beam
elevation was fixed.
● An issue related to the incorrect quantity of beam corner bars shown in the support line elevation
view was fixed.
● An issue related to the tabular report not displaying enveloped shear reinforcing and spacing was
fixed.
● The reporting of a deflection ratio was corrected for manual design sections.
Graphics/UI
● A fix was implemented that saves user-defined live load reduction input from Loading>Live Load
Reduction so that it does not need to be re-entered each time the model is opened.
● The item display features of ADAPT-Builder have been improved, including “Select/Set View Items”,
“Layer Settings” and individual component display tools.
● The “Generic ADAPT File” import feature located in the “File” pull-down menu, has been improved.
● The design section length has been included in the “Manual Design Section” dialogue window.
● The “Load Combination” window was improved to not allow a user to save any cracked load
combination including the “hyperstatic” load case.
● The default load factors for the “Initial Load” combination were changed to include
1.0*SW+1.15*Prestressing.
● A problem was corrected causing the deletion of the pattern loading envelope when a user selects to
delete a load case not assigned to any load.
● An issue causing the program to crash due to the name of a load combination was fixed.
Integration
● A new ADAPT-Revit Link 2018 was introduced and is compatible with this version of Builder.
● The generic exchange file format (.INP) now has the ability to pass tendon data for incorporation in a
Builder (.ADM) file.
● An issue was fixed where the program did not properly write applied gravity load case data correctly
to the INP file in the "Include Lateral" option is selected in single-level mode and selected load
combinations did not contain lateral load cases.
● A correction was made related to the incorrect load factor for SDL exported to ADAPTRC from
Builder was fixed.
● A correction was made related to the export of Builder models using the ACI 2008 code to ADAPT-PT
was corrected.
* Release notes for versions prior to v2017 can be found in the program files at C:\Program Files
(x86)\ADAPT\ADAPT-Builder 2020\log_builder.text