GTSTRUDL Version 26 New Features

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GTSTRUDL Version 26New FeaturesExpected
Future Enhancements

• Drs. Leroy Z. Emkin and Kenneth (Mac) Will
• Founders and Co-Directors
• Computer Aided Structural Engineering Center
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0355 U.S.A.
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• email casec_at_ce.gatech.edu
• Web Page www.gtstrudl.gatech.edu

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Presentation Outline

• Status of Version 26
• GTSTRUDL Output Window Enhancements
• New pulldowns
• Modified pulldowns

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Presentation Outline (cont)

• New Features in Version 26
• GTMenu
• Dynamics
• Finite Element
• General
• Reinforced Concrete Design
• Steel Design
• Steel Tables
• Utilities (Scope Editor)
• Installation Procedure
• Prerelease Features
• Future Enhancements
• Demonstration of Version 26

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Version 26 Status

• Documentation
• Release and Installation Guides, Version 26
• GTSTRUDL User Guide Getting Started, Revision 6
• GTSTRUDL User Guide Analysis, Revision 2
• Verification Manual, Version 26, October 2001
• Software
• All applicable provisions of the U.S. NRC 10CFR21
  and 10CFR50 QA/QC and Verification to be
  completed
• Beta testing and shipping date
• Will be sent out for Beta testing in August 2001.
  
• After one month of Beta testing and making
  changes as a result of Beta testing, software
  will then undergo QA
• Estimated shipping date is October 2001

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GTSTRUDL Output Window

• Import and Export features added under File
• You will be able to Import DXF files and data
  input files from STAAD which can then be
  converted into GTSTRUDL input.
• You will be able to Export a DXF file which
  contains the model data and a CIS/2 file which
  contains Geometry/Loading and Results.
• The new File pull-down is shown on the next slide.

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Output Window (cont)Import and Export
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Output Window (cont)

• New Dialog History (dh) button to keep track of
  the dialogs in the current session
• Allows you to quickly return to the bottom level
  of any pull-down menu without going through the
  entire tree. An example is shown on the next
  slide.

Dialog History button
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Output Window (cont)Dialog History (dh) Button
Example
By selecting an entry in the dialog history, you
get to the bottom of the tree quickly.
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Output Window (cont)Graphical Selection of
Joints, Members, and Elements

• As seen at the bottom of the previous slide, you
  will be able to graphically select joints,
  members, and elements in the dialogs in the
  GTSTRUDL Output Window. An example is shown on
  the next slide.

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Output Window (cont)Graphical Selection of
Joints, Members, and Elements (cont)
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Output Window (cont)

• New Data Sheet for finite element modeling data
  as shown below and on the next slide.

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Output Window (cont)Data Sheet for Finite
Element Modeling
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Output Window (cont)Data Sheet for Finite
Element Modeling (cont)

• Columns for individual material properties such
  as E and Poisson may also be displayed.
• You can sort by ID, Type (SBHQ6, IPLQ, etc),
  Thickness, and Active Status.
• You can use the Filter option to limit the
  display to certain types of elements, thickness,
  or connectivity.

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Output Window (cont)

• New Commit button under
• Modeling / Loads / New Loading Combinations
• which allows you to use the newly created
  loading combination as an Available without
  exiting the Load Combination dialog.

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Output Window (cont)Edit Existing Load
Combinations

• You may now edit existing loading combinations.
  This new dialog is available under Modeling and
  then Loads as shown below

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Output Window (cont)Edit Loading Combination
Dialog
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Output Window (cont)New dialog for Create
Automatic Load Combinations
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Output Window (cont)

• The Store Time History and Response Spectrum
  Dialogs now include a plotting function to
  display the input time history and response
  spectrum data.

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Output Window (cont)
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Output Window (cont)

• The Dynamic Load Dialogs also allow for the
  graphical display of time history and response
  spectrum data.

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Output Window (cont)

• A new Dialog for the input of nonlinear spring
  curve data has been implemented. Included is a
  plotting function for the graphical display of
  nonlinear spring curve data. This will be shown
  on the next slide.
• A new Dialog for the input of nonlinear spring
  element data has also been implemented which also
  contains a plotting function.

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Output Window (cont)New Nonlinear Spring Curve
Dialog
Display Curve button See next slide.
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Output Window (cont)Nonlinear Spring Curve
Display
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Output Window (cont)Text Output of Model Data

• A new Dialog for the text output of model data
  for joints, members, elements, and loads has been
  developed. Previously, multiple menu picks were
  needed. A comparison between Version 25 and 26
  is shown on the next slide.

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Output Window (cont)Text Output of Model Data
(cont)
Version 26
Version 25
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Output Window (cont)New Dialog for Text Output
of Model Data (cont)
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Output Window (cont)

• New Data Sheet for joint displacements

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Output Window (cont)Joint Displacement Data
Sheet (cont)
Data sheet sorted by translation X displacement
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Output Window (cont)

• A new Dialog for the graphical display of time
  history and steady state dynamic analysis results
  has been implemented. Displacements, velocities,
  accelerations, reactions, loads, and member
  forces can be displayed.
• The next slide shows the graphical display of
  time history displacements.

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Output Window (cont)Graphical display of the
global-X displacementvs time at Joint 16 for
Dynamic Load 1
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Output Window (cont)

• Steel Design Wizard has a new option which will
  perform a code check and then perform a design of
  any members that failed as shown on the next
  slide.

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Output Window (cont)Steel Design Wizard
New option to perform a code check and then an
automatic redesign of members that failed.
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Output Window (cont)

• Copying and pasting in Data Sheets has been
  improved
• You will now receive a warning in the Startup
  Wizard if you requested a Read Only user
  dataset that doesnt exist.
• The Activate/Inactivate Dialog under Modeling /
  Data Management now uses the standard list dialog.

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GTMenu Improvements

• The Menu Bar and the Button Bars have been
  changed. Results have been shifted from Display
  to a new selection on the Menu Bar. The ID
  button has been removed from the Button Bar and
  added under the Options pull-down on the Menu
  Bar. The Inquire button has been added to the
  button bar. These are shown on the next slide.

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GTMenu (cont) Revised Menu and Button Bars
New Results pull-down on Menu Bar
New Inquire button
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GTMenu (cont)Modified Create Dialog
The Support and Release dialog and the Groups
dialog are now available under the Create
Pull-down.
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GTMenu (cont)

• Create Member Properties for table profiles has
  been changed
• Tables are now organized by the code, country, or
  type of table.
• This has been done to make it easier to find the
  appropriate table. Now, you must select the
  table category first and then the available
  tables will be displayed.
• You may still have all tables displayed.
• The revised Table Sections for Member Property
  Groups is shown on the next slide.

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GTMenu (cont)Categories for Table Member
Properties
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GTMenu (cont)

• Automatic splitting (Split at Intersections) of
  newly created members upon user request
• Create Members Only has been replaced by a Place
  Member dialog
• Members may now be placed using three methods
• Connect End to End by stringing together existing
  joints
• Connect Start and End by selecting both start and
  end joints
• Specifying the start, length, and angle. You may
  specify the length of the member, the members
  orientation, and then the start (either an
  existing joint or coordinates). The member may
  be placed using an offset from an existing joint.
• The next slide will shown the new Place Member
  dialog and the Start, length, and angle dialog

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GTMenu (cont)Place Member Dialog
New definition method start, length angle
Option to automatically split at intersections
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GTMenu (cont)Member length, angle dialog for
Place Members
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GTMenu (cont)

• The Display Model dialog has been revised
• The Mark Properties feature will now display all
  Section and Material Properties by default.
• The Mark Joint option now indicates that only
  supported dofs will be labeled.
• The Orientation option has been removed under
  Draw Member.
• The Planar Axes for two-dimensional finite
  elements may now be displayed under Draw Element.
• The revised Draw Member dialog is shown on the
  next slide and the Planar Axes display is also
  shown.

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GTMenu (cont)Display Model
All Section or Material Groups will now be
displayed by default
Orientation has been removed to avoid confusion
and other wording changed
Planar Axes for two-dimensional finite elements
has been added
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GTMenu (cont)Finite element planar axes
Planar x and y axes. The x-axis has arrow head
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GTMenu (cont)

• Loads, and the corresponding deformed shape of
  the structure, generated by the Moving Load
  command may now be animated as the load moves
  across the structure. The new dialog is shown on
  the next slide.

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GTMenu (cont)Display Model Moving Loads
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GTMenu (cont)New Results pull-down
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GTMenu (cont)Display Reactions
A new pop-up dialog has been implemented for the
Display of Reaction components. Selected
reaction components may be displayed as vectors
with or without values. Values may also be
labeled just for particular joints. The next
slide illustrates this new feature.
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GTMenu (cont) - Display Reactions
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GTMenu (cont)

• A new Inquire button has been added. The user
  can select a joint, member, or element and have
  all the model data displayed in the List Output
  box.
• Information displayed by the Inquire button in
  the List Output box can be selected and an edit
  dialog will then appear allowing you to edit the
  information.

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GTMenu (cont)Inquire button
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GTMenu (cont)Inquire and Edit Joint Data
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GTMenu (cont)Output from Inquire All
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GTMenu (cont)Editing using Inquire Output

• Double click on the information to be edited and
  the appropriate edit dialog will appear.
  Alternatively, you could select the information
  to be edited and click on the edit button at the
  bottom of the List Output from the Inquire
  Output.
• The next slide shows editing Joint Coordinates.

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GTMenu (cont)Editing using Inquire Output
Double click on the info to be edited and the
Edit dialog appears for that information.
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GTMenu (cont)

• The number of Views that can be defined has been
  increased from 100 to 1000.
• View information is now stored in a text file
  which can be restored and shared.
• The view text file (GTMenu_Views.txt) can be
  directly edited to create views of floors,
  elevations, or any other window on the structure.
  The start of the file is shown on the next slide.

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GTMenu (cont)GTMenu_Views.txt file
VIEWS for GTMenu _defined current tolerance
units time-date_stamp 'V1.0'
5 5 1.000 'FEET' ' 111442
5/15/01' structure limits xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax,z
min,zmax 0.00 480.00 0.00
360.00 0.00 0.00 starts a
comment line (ignored). For each view title
line (up to 60 characters) in single quotes (')
view origin using units (x,y,z) parent number
3 bounding box corner unit vectors 3 x
(x,y,z) 3 lengths in units each bounding box
side rotation matrix for the bounding box (3
x 3) free-format blank lines are ignored

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GTMenu (cont)

• Views can now be created of any cursor created
  Window in the Graphical Display area. Entire
  members and elements which are in the window will
  be displayed whenever the view is activated. The
  new view dialogs are shown on the next slides.

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GTMenu (cont)New View dialog
New file feature containing view definitions
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GTMenu (cont)New View dialog (cont)
Save the Current Display as a view.
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GTMenu (cont)

• In addition to the Hotkeys for zooming, rotating,
  and panning, new Hotkeys have been added to allow
  you to activate any view using the keyboard or to
  activate the Inquire function. Type in the view
  number to activate a view.
• You can also orient the view by typing I
  (Isometric), XY,YZ, or XZ.
• Type in N or n to activate the cursor for the
  Inquire function.

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GTMenu (cont)Hotkeys
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GTMenu (cont)

• The display of joints has been changed from an X
  to a solid circle. When selected, a joint will
  still be highlighted with an X to indicate
  selection.
• The input file generated by GTMenu will now
  contain dynamic mass inertia of joints lumped
  or consistent, inertia of joints, and member
  added mass.

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GTMenu (cont)Default Color Dialog

• The default color dialog has been changed to
  cover less of the screen. The default colors
  have also been changed for some entities to
  improve black and white printing.

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GTMenu (cont)

• Text information on the screen and in the List
  Output box is now spelled out and is more
  understandable (fewer abbreviations).

Version 25
Version 26
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GTMenu (cont)

• The time required to bring an existing large
  model into GTMenu has been greatly reduced as
  shown below

4350 joints 3000 members 3581 finite
elements 12 independent loadings 4 dependent
loadings Time to Prepare Model (going from
GTSTRUDL to GTMenu) Version 25 25
seconds Version 26 1 second
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GTMenu (cont)Reduced time to bring a large model
into GTMenu (cont)
14793 joints 1156 members 18665 finite
elements 4 independent loadings Time to
Prepare Model (going from GTSTRUDL to GTMenu)
Version 25 790 seconds Version 26
5 seconds
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Dynamics

• A friction damper truss and spring element which
  includes hysteretic damping has been implemented
  for nonlinear dynamic analysis

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Finite Elements

• The Von Mises stress can now be compared directly
  with the yield stress from the CALCULATE AVERAGE
  command.
• The CALCULATE RESULTANT command has been brought
  to release status.

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General

• PRINT MEMBER LENGTH SORTED command and Dialog
  menu option (see next slide) has been added to
  sort members by their length. Ascending and
  descending order with limits on the number of
  lines displayed or all members above or below a
  specified length.
• Consistency checking now looks for at least one
  support joint and at least 1 restraint in each
  global direction.

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General (cont) PRINT MEMBER LENGTH SORTED
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General (cont)

• STEEL TAKE OFF can now output information by
  profile (STEEL TAKE OFF BY PROFILE) or STEEL TAKE
  OFF ITEMIZE BY PROFILE.

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Reinforced Concrete Design

• ACI 318-99 for beams and columns will be
  implemented as a prerelease feature

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Steel Design

• Member deflection checks and redesign to satisfy
  user specified deflection limitations.
• Code check based on 1984 Indian Standard Code.
• Code name is IS800
• Implemented cross sections are
• I-shapes
• Channels
• Single and Double Angles
• Solid and Rectangular Bars
• Tees
• Pipes and structural tubing

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Steel Design (cont)

• New cross sections have been added to the EC3
  code
• Solid Round bars under axial force and biaxial
  bending
• Single angles under axial tension or compression
• Double angles under axial tension or compression

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Steel Design (cont)

• LIST CODE CHECK command will output the same
  information as available under the Results
  pull-down in GTMenu.

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Steel Shape Section Tables

• Long names are now available for profiles in
  tables BARS, RBAR, TEESM
• New Indian Standard Tables for IS800 code. The
  new tables are ISBEAMS, ISCOLUMN, ISCHAN,
  ISCHAMCP, ISEQANGL, and ISUNANGL.
• TS has been added in front of the profile names
  in the AISC Metric TUBESM tables.

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Utilities (Scope Editor)

• Dashed lines from GTMenu deformed shapes and mode
  shapes will now appear in the Scope Editor.
• Text may now be rotated after it is created.

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Installation Procedure

• A new Password dialog is displayed when problems
  with the password are found. The new dialog will
  use Notepad to edit the existing password, or
  allow you to browse for another password file.

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Prerelease Features in Version 26 (Prerelease
features in Version 25 which are still prerelease
in Version 26)

• Dynamic Analysis External File to Improve
  Efficiency of Dynamic Analysis Results
  Computation
• Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis
• Pushover Analysis

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Prerelease Features (cont)

• REFERENCE COORDINATE SYSTEM Command
• LRFD Design of Pipe and Structural Tube Cross
  Sections additional provisions added
• European Tables
• Concrete Tables for Rectangular and Circular
  Cross Sections

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Prerelease Features (cont)

• Automatic Generation of Static Equivalent
  Earthquake Load
• FORM STATIC EARTHQUAKE LOAD 10 -
• RS LOAD G.1 FROM RMS OF RESPONSE -
• SPECTRA LOAD G.1
• Based on FEMA Publication 273
• SET ELEMENTS HASHED
• Used to accelerate input file processing
  especially for large models

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Future Enhancements

• Graphically specify joints and elements to be
  used with CALCULATE RESULTANT
• Option to draw deformed shape with curved lines
  for frame members
• Label Values on Diagrams and Envelopes
  automatically max and mins
• Mirror option under Copy Model in GTMenu

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Future Enhancements (cont)

• Graphically display plastic hinge status and
  other pushover information.
• Click on a joint, member, and element and have
  more information shown in GTMenu.
• Create nonlinear spring and cable information in
  the input file created by GTMenu.

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Future Enhancements (cont)

• Label values of forces at ends of members in
  GTMenu
• Boundary outline option in GTMenu to show edges
  where only one finite element is attached. This
  is useful when model is built in pieces to be
  sure that the parts are connected together.

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Future Enhancements (cont)

• Multi-support excitation for transient analyses
• Plastic Hinge Nonlinear Member End Spring
  Connections in Nonlinear Dynamics
• Automatic displacement control option in Pushover
  Analysis

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Future Enhancements (cont)

• Tees and channels added to LRFD2 code
• Code check will check member deflections using a
  Physical Member
• Automatic addition of maximum moment shear
  location during SELECT CHECK
• ACI 318-99 for tee cross sections and walls
• ACI 318-2001 design
• Dialogs for reinforced concrete design design
  data, PROPORTION, output of design results

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Future Enhancements (cont)

• Data Sheets for more results and load information
• Be able to use the Model Wizard with an existing
  structure. Control the numbering in the Model
  Wizard.
• Dialogs for Nonlinear cable elements

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Future Enhancements (cont)

• New Area Load command to automatically generate
  the loads on floor systems with one way decking.
  This command will automatically distribute the
  load acting on a floor to the members supporting
  the floor. Area loading will automatically be
  recomputed during analysis in the event that the
  geometry of the floor changed since it was first
  specified.
• Ability to specify Area Load graphically.

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Future Enhancements (cont) New User Interface

• The new user interface will include selection
  tools (in addition to the typed list of members,
  joints, etc.). You will be able to graphically
  select joints, members, and elements using the
  current dialogs. The Graphical Selection
  available in Version 26 is Phase I of this
  development.
• The command line interface will still be
  available

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Future Enhancements (cont) New User Interface
(cont)

• Multiple windows with each windows view,
  labeling, and annotation able to be saved and
  restored.
• Data Sheets and property pages will be available
  for editing

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What do we (The CASE Center) need?

• Functional specification for new features.
• New structural types to add to the Model Wizard.
• Other new Wizards to make it easier for you to
  use features (Cable analysis,..)

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Demonstration of GTSTRUDL 26

• Demonstration of a few new features in GTSTRUDL
  Version 26 next.