Wednesday, January 20, 2016

FEM-Design 15 is released. What's new?

FEM-Design 15 is officially released. 

All our customers with valid subscription can now upgrade the program. As usually, all the new features and changes in existing functionality are described in details in the New features guide document available in the program (Help -> New features).  

What's new in FEM-Design 15?

1. Minor developments:
  • No Snap DWG
  • Statistics
  • Semi-Rigid End Bar
  • Column & Beam Physical Model
  • 2D Section Made Easier
  • Unlimited Numbers of Loads, Load Cases, Combinations, Groups, Eigenfrequency & Stability
  • Surface Load -> Soil & Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Auto Wind Load “+ & -” Directions At Same Time
  • Auto Deviation Load, Both Directions At Same Time
  • Norwegian Seismic Spectra’s Parameters Modified
  • Calculation Dialog, Load Combination Setup
  • Calculation Time
  • RC Bar Design Cot (q) Implemented
  • RC Shell Design List
  • Shear Capacity Check According To 6.2.2 (Instead Of 6.4.4)
  • Shear Capacity Utilization In Table

 2. Major features:
  • Corbel bar component
  • Moving loads
  • Documentation and detailed result exportation to .docx format

Watch the video explaining all developments and new features in FEM-Design 15: