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Member Release Bubble - scale / highlight

At present member releases shown as circles at beam ends, makes the view a bit congested with node numbers ON, which makes it difficult to cross verify the DJ1 & DJ2 parameters. if we have an option to scale down the circle (or) introduce a 't...
Dani Paul over 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration

Add ability to show "Colour by Utilization Ratio" for 3D view in post processing workflow

It would be good to have a 3D view in post processing with colours of the beam as defined with a UR value. It is possible to have this with beam view now, but would be good if we have it for 3D view like SACS have. (as shown below for example).
Guest over 1 year ago in  2 Needs review

Immediate Steel Take Off

Add function to produce a steel take off immediately without having to run the full analysis.
Randy Killian over 2 years ago in  5 Future consideration

AutoDrafter - Save as PDF

Please allow option to save drawings from AutoDrafter to PDF.
Guest about 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Allow Base Plate Plan

There is currently no way to create a base plate plan in AutoDrafter. Please add it.
Guest about 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

Implement code check according to 1999-1-1 (Eurocode Aluminium)

There is no aluminium code check for european users. Also the only aluminium code available is the American standard Aluminium design manual 1994 edition, which is outdated. Code check equivalent to EC1993-1-1 would have been highly appreciated.
Oyvind Fredriksen 4 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Automatically generate Image Reports

Please add an option to generate an image report for every load case. The image report are showing how the forces are affecting the structure (see attached screenshots). Currently it is only possible to manually create a screenshot for each load c...
Michael Kikinzon over 3 years ago in  1 Needs review

Shrink Beam

Can we have the option to enter a -ve value so that the functionality of 'stretch' can also be extended to 'shrink' - which helps especially while working on beams not aligned in the x,y,z axes. (currently, inserting a node and trimming it away on...
Dani Paul 2 months ago in  2 Already exists

AutoDrafter - Allow Isometric View (Full MTO Table)

It is only possible to create a plan/section by selecting a member at that location, and must be in the plane of either a plan or section. MTO take-off "drawing" only shows table - a great addition would be to add the isometric view of the structu...
Guest about 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

Add code checks for AISC 370

There is a new code for Stainless Steel that has been published by AISC. It would be nice to incorporate the code checks for AISC 370 for materials that have been selected as stainless steel.
Dallin STRONG over 3 years ago in  10 Future consideration