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New “Towers” plugin for SAP2000 and CSiBridge introduced in Version 15.x.
The plugin offers advanced tools for multistory building analysis, including automated calculation of centers of mass and rigidity, torsional flexibility check, test for second-order sensitivity, evaluation of story displacements – drifts – shears – forces, and comprehensive response plots.
A filter bar is now available for each object category within the Navigation tab, enabling faster and more intuitive access to model data.
Option added in the View tab to display only structural joints (i.e., joints connected to columns).
Joint shear reinforcement information now included in the column reinforcing table.
New functionality allowing the export of the IFC of a wall directly from the reinforcing editor.
Horizontal reinforcements in wall sections are now represented as two separate rebars with bent anchors at each end, and this representation is applied to both .dxf and IFC exports.
The column editor now offers direct PMM and joint shear capacity checks, and a new dedicated Joint tab for shear reinforcement editing.
Parabolic stress distribution for concrete sections introduced for the calculation of the elastic PMM domain, in addition to the default linear model.
New options for the definition and optimization of reinforcement layout in vertical walls.
Boundary regions of both critical and non-critical sections can be fully customized, with different lengths assignable to each leg and the option to remove the boundary region from any end.
A specific algorithm automatically optimizes boundary lengths based on minimum cost criteria, with the possibility to account for ductility requirements.
Enhanced wall management with independent reinforcement design options for non-critical sections, allowing each wall to be designed with either uniform reinforcement or reinforcement concentrated at the ends of each leg within appropriately defined boundary regions.
Seismic Performance Finder plugin extended to Eurocode 8-3, enabling the automatic calculation of the critical elastic spectrum for existing RC buildings.
