New service version of Revit Add-In is available

The new service release of Revit StruXML Add-In is now ready and available to download at the StruSoft download page and in StruSoft installer. There are two versions of the Add-In for both Revit 2013 and Revit 2014, and each is available for Win32 and Win64 system.

The new service release 1.0.004 contains following bug fixing:

• Floor, curved walls and isolated foundation elements were not exported correctly at some very specific cases.

Following new features have been added:

• Export of loads and load cases.
• Extended export report.
• Publicity level of Add-In data has been changed. It means that the dialog warning about missing StruXML updater (when Revit model exported once to struxml was opened in Revit without add-in installed) will not appear any more for files exported using the add-in in version 1.0.004.

Please download the newest version of the Revit to FEM-Design manual in order to read more about the new features. The release notes are available here.

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   IMPACT 13
   FEM-Design 13

are now available in StruSoft Installer.

Update file command in FEM-Design

A new command Update File has been introduced in FEM-Design. It is accessible from the main menu: Edit → Update File.

The Update File command gives a possibility to update elements that were initially imported from struxml to FEM-Design with the changes that have been made in Revit afterwards:

• Material change
• Section / Thickness change
• Geometry change

Documentation module in FEM-Design

Very nice video showing how to build up a documentation in FEM-Design software.

New version of StruXml Revit Add-In is available.

The new service release of Revit StruXML Add-In is now ready and available to download at the StruSoft download page and in StruSoft installer. There are two versions of the Add-In for both Revit 2013 and Revit 2014, and each is available for Win32 and Win64 system.

The new service release 1.0.002 contains following bug fixing:

• Export of boundary conditions under curved walls was not correct.
• Error message appeared when analytical model of wall foundation was disabled.
• Error message appeared when analytical alignment of a wall was projected to a reference plane or a grid
• User defined boundary conditions could not be exported from Revit 2014.
• Horizontal size of the building was calculated based on physical model instead of analytical one.

Following new features have been added:

• Option to export only selected elements. 
• Option to export foundations as boundary conditions or as foundation elements.
• Family names of elements are included in warning messages in the export report.
• Revit StruXML Add-In Manual is reachable from the export dialog.
• Update dialog will appear when a new release of Revit StruXML Add-In is available.

IMPACT PRE-Stress Connection

IMPACT 12.1 and Revit

Revit 2013 and Revit 2014 Base Tools 12.1 are now available in StruSoft Installer.

Important information for active student users of FEM-Design:

We have created an educational version of our software called FEM-Design Educational. This version, in comparison to the commercial one that students have received until one, will have a watermark "Educational version" at the printouts. Additionally, files saved in commercial version of FEM-Design are not compatible with educational version and the opposite.

Therefore, we kindly ask all our active student users to download program in educational version. Fill up the form and you will receive an e-mail with the link to the program.

Due to the fact that files saved in commercial version of FEM-Design that currently is used by many of our students cannot be open in the educational version, we will keep servers running both versions until end of September. This will give you time to finish your current projects and start working in the new version.

From 1st of October you will no longer be able to run FEM-Design in the commercial version that you are using currently.

Using StruSoft StruXml Revit Add-In

Export from Revit to FEM-Design:

Before trying to export the model from Revit to FEM-Design, make sure that:

• all the elements you wish to export have enabled analytical model,
• the analytical model of the structure is consistent,
• all the elements you wish to export have a structural material assigned.

Look at the example on how to use the StruSoft Add-In in order to export Revit analytical model to FEM-Design:

More information about the new Add-In.

FEM-Design Version 12

FEM-Design Version 12 Just Released!

Check the Foundations according to the EC 

where it can taking into account different types of limit states of combinations!

Overview the Utilization of Foundations in a simple and effective way!

Then check any of them in Detailed using a Single Click!

For more information please check our Demo video on YouTube

StruSoft StruXml Revit Add-In 1.0.001

We are happy to announce that the new Revit StruXML Add-In is now ready and available to download at the StruSoft download page.

There are two versions of the Add-In for both Revit 2013 and Revit 2014, and each is available for Win32 and Win64 system.

• StruSoft StruXml Revit 2013 Add-In 1.0.001 Win32
• StruSoft StruXml Revit 2013 Add-In 1.0.001 Win64
• StruSoft StruXml Revit 2014 Add-In 1.0.001 Win32
• StruSoft StruXml Revit 2014 Add-In 1.0.001 Win64
• Manual: StruSoft StruXML Revit Add-In

IMPACT Live

Malmö Live – Malmö’s new conference, concert and hotel centre - is currently being built in the heart of the city. The large, flexible conference building offers a wealth of innovative exhibition opportunities. The concert hall boasts world class acoustics. The hotel has 445 rooms, a spa and two large restaurants, one of which is a sky bar on the 25th floor.
Skanska, SWECO, Ramboll and Prekon i Syd are using IMPACT for modeling, detailing, fabrication and construction. Opening summer 2015.

AutoCAD 2014 Custom Entity Hotfix

Autodesk has released a hotfix for AutoCAD 2014
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=21484847&linkID=9240618

The hotfix is crucial to install in order for IMPACT Precast 12.1 to work properly with AutoCAD 2014. Without this hotfix AutoCAD is not able to open floor plan drawings containing columns and beams.

Open Drawings Folder in PM

Right-click on the Drawings node to open the drawings folder

Tekla Structures Connection

The new Tekla Structures Connection that enables the export of a model from Tekla Structures 17 or 18  to FEM-Design 11.01 is now available on the download page.

New course: Revit 2013 - FEM-Design connection

StruSoft offers a Revit Add-In that enables to export the Revit analytical model along with its properties directly into FEM-Design, where the structural analysis and design of the structure can be carried out.

Based on our experience related to consultancy of Revit analytical models, we recognized that engineers are lacking the knowledge on how to prepare and adjust the Revit model and therefore, are loosing the chance to benefit from the possible export to finite element software. The main common issues are: