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?

Tekla StruXML Export 1.1.003 is released

A new version of Tekla StruXML Export tool is now available to download from the StruSoft Installer or from a Download Page. 

The StruXML Tekla Export tool is now compatible with Tekla 21.1.

FEM-Design - Resetting the User Coordinate System (UCS)

Sometimes when the UCS has been changed and you want to reset it to a default state (same as global system).

In FEM-Design 3D Structure there are two ways to do this:

1. By using the graphical user interface (GUI)-buttons

StruSoft StruXml Revit Add-In 1.1.004 is released

A new version of StruSoft StruXml Revit Add-In is now available to download from the StruSoft Installer or from a Download Page. The StruSoft StruXml Revit Add-In is now compatible with Revit 2016, and brings some improvements in comparison to the previous version.

Most of the improvements are made to the Import StruXML mechanism. Among other things, more informative messages have been implemented in case of import errors. For the full list of changes, please look into the release notes.

Tekla StruXML Export 1.1.002 is released

A new version of Tekla StruXML Export tool is now available to download from the StruSoft Installer or from a Download Page. The Tekla Export tool is now compatible with Tekla 21, and brings some improvements in comparison to the previous version.

New features:

1. Tekla wall and Tekla column objects are recognized as walls and columns in FEM-Design (instead of plates and beams as it was so far).