Version 26 and upcoming features in the next release of GTSTRUDL

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Version 26 and upcoming features in the next
release of GTSTRUDL

• Kenneth M.(Mac) Will
• CASE Center
• GTSUG 2002
• June 2002

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Presentation Outline

• Status of Version 26 Release
• Since Version 26 was just released, I will review
  the features that were added to many of the
  functional areas of GTSTRUDL
• New features planned for next version
• Longer term future enhancements

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Version 26 Status

• Shipped in May to non-QA customers
• Waiting on the printing of documentation for
  shipment to QA customers
• Approximately 1200 pages of revisions to the
  GTSTRUDL Reference Manuals
• Estimated shipping date to QA customers is within
  the next two weeks

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GTSTRUDL Output Window

• Import and Export features added under File
• You are now able to import the following files
• STAAD Pro
• DXF
• CIS/2
• GTSTRUDL Input Files will be created when you
  import
• from the above files. Examples of the dialogs
  are shown on the next few slides.
• You are now 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 pulldown is shown on the next slide.

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Output Window (cont)Import Files
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GTSTRUDL Output Window(STAAD Pro Import dialog)
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GTSTRUDL Output Window(DXF Import dialog)
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GTSTRUDL Output Window(CIS/2 Import dialog)

• Geometry as well as steel profiles and loadings
  are converted

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GTSTRUDL Output WindowFile Export

• You are now able to Export a DXF file which
  contains the model data and a CIS/2 file which
  contains Geometry/Loading and Results.

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GTSTRUDL Output Window(DXF File Export)

• Export geometry to a DXF File

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GTSTRUDL Output Window(CIS/2 File Export)

• Export geometry including steel profile data and
  loads and displacements, reactions and member
  forces

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Output Window (cont) Graphical Selection of
Joints and Members

• You may now graphically select joints and members
  from all dialogs where you are asked to supply a
  list of joints or members.

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

• New data sheet for finite element data as shown
  below and on the next slide.

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Output Window (cont)New Data Sheet for Finite
Elements
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Output Window (cont)Data Sheet for Finite
Elements (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)Data Sheet for Finite
Elements Element Filter options
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Output Window (cont)

• New Commit button under Modeling, Loads, New
  Loading Combinations which will allow you to use
  the newly created loading combination without
  exiting the dialog.
• New dialog for Editing Existing Loading
  Combinations.

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Output Window (cont)Edit 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.
• The dynamic load dialogs also allow for the
  graphical display of time history and response
  spectrum data.

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Output Window (cont)Graphical display of dynamic
load data
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Output Window (cont)Graphical display of dynamic
load data
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Output Window (cont)Graphical display of dynamic
load data Axes options
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Output Window (cont)Graphical display of dynamic
load data time history file
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Output Window (cont)Text Output of Model Data

• A new dialog for joints, members, elements, and
  loads has been developed. Previously, multiple
  menu picks were needed. The new dialog is shown
  on the next slide.

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Output Window (cont)New dialog for Text Output
of Model Data (cont)
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Output Window (cont)Nonlinear effects pulldown

• New options to store nonlinear spring curves,
  display nonlinear spring curves, and specify
  nonlinear spring elements have been added to the
  Nonlinear Effects pulldown.

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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)Nonlinear effects pulldown
New Nonlinear Spring Element Pulldown
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Output Window (cont)Static Results pulldown

• New option to obtain maximum reactions envelope
  and a joint displacement data sheet.

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Output Window (cont)Static Results pulldown

• 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)Dynamic Analysis Results

• The modified dynamic analysis results dialog is
  shown below and an example of the display dialog
  and resulting display is shown on the next slide

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Output Window (cont)Results Dynamic results
display dialog
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Output Window (cont)Results Dynamic results
display
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Output Window (cont)Design pulldown new options

• A new view tables and profile names option which
  allows you to browse existing tables in order to
  locate a steel profile.
• The unbraced length of a member or physical
  member can now be graphically assigned by the
  parameter dialog.
• The Member Constraints option now has a feature
  to show you the most commonly used constraints.

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Output Window (cont)Design pulldown Modified
Member Constraints dialog
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Output Window (cont)Design pulldown new View
Tables and Profile Names option
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Output Window (cont)Design pulldown new
takeoff options
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Output Window (cont) Design pulldown new steel
design wizard options

• 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)Design pulldown new steel
design wizard options
New option to perform a code check and then a
design of members that failed.
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Output Window (cont)Design pulldown new Take
Member options

• The Take Members option can now read the Take
  commands from a file.

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Output Window (cont)Design pulldown new Code
Check Datasheet

• A new Code Check Results datasheet has been
  implemented as shown on the next slide. This
  datasheet includes the pass/fail status, critical
  load and section location, critical ratio and
  provision, kl/r ratio and provision, and the
  current properties. An example is shown on the
  next slide.

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Output Window (cont)Design pulldown new Code
Check Datasheet
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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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Output Window (cont)

• New Dialog History button to keep track of the
  dialogs in the current session
• Allows you to quickly return to the bottom level
  of any pulldown menu without going through the
  entire tree.

Dialog History button
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Output Window (cont)Dialog History Button Example
By selecting an entry in the dialog history, you
get to the bottom of the tree quickly.
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Startup Model Wizard

• New options to specify materials and cross
  section properties are now available under the
  Continuous Beam and Plane Frame options in the
  Model Wizard. Examples are shown on the next two
  slides.

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Startup Model WizardUser Defined Properties
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Startup Model WizardProperties Specified Using
Shape and Dimensions
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GTMenu

• 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 pulldown 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 pulldown 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
Pulldown.
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GTMenu (cont)Create Supports Releases
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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 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)Simplified Copy Model dialog
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GTMenu (cont)

• Loads generated by the Moving Load command may
  now be animated as they move across the
  structure. The loads can be animated on the
  deformed shape of 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)

• Display Model pop-up 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 dof 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 axes. The x z axes have the arrowhead.
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GTMenu (cont)New Results pulldown
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GTMenu (cont)Display Reactions
A new pop-up dialog has been implemented for the
Display of Reactions components. Selected
reaction components may be displayed as vectors
with or without values. Values may also be just
labeled 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
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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)Inquire with right click of mouse

• You may also obtain the results of Inquire by
  right clicking the mouse over the joint, member,
  or element. Users in our recent training at
  Georgia Tech used this feature extensively.

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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
  edited to create views of floors and elevations.
  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
6/14/02' 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 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)
Create a view from the current display
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GTMenu (cont)Hotkeys

• In addition to the Hotkeys for zooming, rotating,
  and panning, new hotkeys have been added
• F to return to full structure after zooming
• 1 to 9 to display views 1 to 9
• 0nn to display views 10 99
• I to have isometric view displayed
• XY to have XY plane view displayed
• XZ to have XZ plane view displayed
• YZ to have YZ plane view displayed
• Lower or upper case letters can be used for
  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).

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GTMenu (cont)

• The time required to bring an existing model
  which is large into GTMenu has been greatly
  reduced.
• Under Default Settings, you may now specify the
  size of the font used in the graphical display
  area as shown on the next slide.

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GTMenu (cont)Graphics Font
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GTMenu (cont)Resolution of Graphical Display

• The resolution used for the display in the
  Graphics Area has been increased by appx.
  a factor of 64. This will improve the resolution
  of the display and result in sharper images
  especially on larger models.

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Dynamics

• LIST DYNAMIC MASS SUMMARY now has a JOINT list
  option
• A friction damper truss and spring element which
  includes hysteretic damping has been implemented
  for nonlinear dynamic analysis
• Damping matrices are now condensed in physical
  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 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 any support
  and at least 1 restraint in each global direction
  for plate and space frame structures.
• SELF WEIGHT command has been modified to generate
  loading on only active joints or members.

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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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General (cont)

• LIST MAXIMUM REACTIONS command now has an
  ENVELOPE option which prints the algebraic
  maximum and minimum forces and moments.
• OUTPUT LONG NAME is now the default naming
  convention for steel profiles.

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Reinforced Concrete

• ACI 318-99 for beams and columns has been
  implemented as a prerelease feature

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Steel Design

• Code check based on 1984 Indian Standard Code has
  been added as a prerelease feature.
• 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 tension or compression
• Double angles under tension or compression
• Twenty-five new steel grades have been added to
  the EC3 code.

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Steel Design (cont)

• AISC LRFD Specifications for the Design of Steel
  Hollow Structural Sections has been implemented
  for pipe cross sections.
• A new parameter for the 1/3 allowable stress
  increase has been added to the ASD9 code.
• Default parameter values for steel codes are now
  printed when PRINT DESIGN DATA, PRINT PARAMETER
  DICTIONARY, or PRINT DATA commands are specified.

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Steel Design (cont)

• LIST CODE CHECK command will output the same
  information as available under the Results
  pulldown in GTMenu.
• New parameters have been added to allow the CHECK
  and SELECT commands to print actual and allowable
  section stresses for allowable stress codes or
  limit values for limit state codes.

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Steel Design (cont)

• Deflection check and design is now available as a
  prerelease feature. For Physical Members, only a
  check is available. New parameters have been
  added for the deflection check and design.

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Steel 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 profiles in the
  TUBESM tables.

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Steel Tables (cont)

• AISC Tables containing single and double angles
  have been reorganized. The new profile ordering
  is based on the largest leg size to the smallest.
• Steel profile tables for LRFD Plate Girders and
  the EC3 codes are now documented in Appendix C of
  Volume 2A.

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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

• 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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Installation (cont)

• An option has been added during installation to
  detect installations with Office XP and
  Alternative User Input and modify the dialog
  which is displayed when searching for a security
  key. Previously, an abort would occur.

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Windows XP and GTMenu

• The GTMenu Button Bar will no longer disappear
  under Windows XP. Previously, the Button Bar
  would partially disappear under Windows XP if the
  desktop Display Properties under Windows and
  buttons Appearance was set to Windows XP style.

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Prerelease Features in Version 26 (Other than
those noted previously)

• Dynamic Analysis External File to Improve
  Efficiency of Dynamic Analysis Results
  Computation
• Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis
• Pushover Analysis
• Nonlinear Effects including plastic hinges

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Prerelease Features (cont)

• LOCATE INTERFERENCE and LOCATE DUPLICATE JOINT
  Commands
• CALCULATE ERROR ESTIMATE Command

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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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Version 27 and beyond will be presented this
afternoon
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The Next Release Version 27

• The next release is scheduled for testing in
  August of this year with a final release by the
  end of the year.
• Features for the release are shown on the next
  slides.

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Version 27

• New property page for specifying member
  properties in the Model Wizard and in the
  datasheets as shown on the next slide.

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Version 27 (cont)Member Property Dialog
A new dialog will replace this one from Version 26
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Version 27GTSTRUDL Output

• New dialog under Results to Display Pushover
  Results shown below and on next slide

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Version 27GTSTRUDL Output Pushover dialog
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Version 27 GTSTRUDL Output Pushover results
display
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Version 27 GTSTRUDL Output

• New dialogs for input of cable data network
  analysis control parameters
• New dialogs for input of plastic hinge data
• New dialogs which will allow you to Create Time
  History and Create Response Spectrum from results
• New dialog for the CREATE LOAD COMBINATION command

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Version 27 GTSTRUDL Output new datasheets

• We plan to implement new results datasheets for
  reactions. We need your prioritized input for
  other datasheets that you would like to see.

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Version 27 (cont)

• Revised Menu Bar to include steel and concrete
  design pulldowns as shown below

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Version 27 (cont)Revised Steel Design pulldowns
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Version 27 (cont)GTSTRUDL Output WindowNew
Dialogs for Reinforced Concrete Design
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Version 27 (cont)Dynamics

• Different damping factors will be able to be
  applied to individual spring components at a
  particular joint in the JOINT RELEASE command.
  In the current version of GTSTRUDL, the same
  damping factor is applied to all springs at a
  joint.

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Version 27 (cont)Finite Elements

• Add temperature gradient capability to the
  SBHQ(6) and SBHT(6) elements.
• Improve the plane tolerance check for CALCULATE
  RESULTANT to allow the user to control the
  tolerance.

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Version 27GTMenu

• Add Display of Joint and Member Temperature
  Loadings in GTMenu. Need guidance on how you
  would like to see these results displayed. The
  modified Display Load dialog is shown on the next
  page.

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Version 27GTMenu Display Load
Deflections Temperature
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Version 27GTMenu (cont)

• Display shapes created by the Member Dimension
  command (primarily for RC sections). See next
  slide for demonstration of this feature.
• Add Member Dimension data to the input file
  created by GTMenu.

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Version 27GTMenu (cont) Member Dimensions

• Shapes with Redraw Solid
• Circular
• Rectangular
• Tee
• RL
• LL
• Walls including barbell shape

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Version 27GTMenu (cont)

• Limitation of 32,768 removed for the number of
  joints and members/elements
• Loads may be edited by double clicking on the
  load displayed in the list box. An example is
  shown on the next slide.

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Version 27GTMenu (cont)
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Version 27GTMenu (cont)

• List Output from the blue window on the previous
  slide may also be sent to the GTSTRUDL Output
  Window now or to a File or to both. An example
  in the GTSTRUDL Output Window is shown on the
  next slide.

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Version 27GTMenu (cont) List Output Window
results sent to GTSTRUDL Output
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Version 27GTMenu (cont) List Output Window

• List Output Window results will be updated after
  editing
• When editing using the List Output Window, the
  Edit dialog will show the current values of the
  attribute being edited.

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Version 27Nonlinear

• Implement NLS4PH nonlinear spring element for
  nonlinear static and dynamic analysis (bilinear
  hysteretic NLS element)
• Implement plastic hinge element which is based on
  a plastic segment rather than a plastic spring
• Add strain limit state specs to LIST PLASTIC
  HINGE and LIST PUSHOVER ANALYSIS results output

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Version 27 (cont)Reinforced Concrete Design

• The ability to check an existing RC design,
  whether generated by a PROPORTION command or
  MEMBER REINFORCEMENT command for ACI 318-99.

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Version 27 (cont)Steel Design

• Add British Standard, BS5950 code based on the BS
  5950-12000 for I-shapes, Single angles
  (tension/compression), and pipes.
• Do not require Column Lines for K-factor
  computation. Compute K-factor without user
  having to specify Column Line command.

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Version 27 (cont)Documentation

• We plan to have the reference manuals as PDF
  documents for the next release.

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Version 27 (cont)DXF Converter

• Create a GTSTRUDL Input File containing finite
  elements from a DXF file which contains closed
  polylines and 3Dfaces.
• New Property page for the converter is shown on
  the next slide.

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Version 27 (cont)DXF Converter
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Version 27 (cont)Scope Editor

• Improve resolution to match improved resolution
  in GTMenu.

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Future Enhancements after Version 27

• Graphically display plastic hinge status and
  other pushover information.
• 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)

• 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)

• Multi-support excitation for transient analyses
• Plastic hinge NL spring connections in
  nonlinear dynamics
• Automatic displacement control option in Pushover
  Analysis
• New optional equation solvers and data structures
  which bypass Microsofts 2GB limitation on page
  file
• Improve the efficiency of RESTORE File for large
  save files (.gts files).

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Future Enhancements (cont)

• Automatic addition of maximum moment shear
  location during SELECT CHECK
• ACI 318-99 for tee cross sections and walls
• Implement LRFD3 steel design code

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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 NL 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 to members on a 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 EnhancementsNew User Interface

• The Graphical Selection available in Version 26
  is Phase I of the new graphical interface.
• The command line interface will still be
  available

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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 need?

• Guidance on the format for online documentation
  Reference Manuals.
• New structural types to add to the Model Wizard
• Other new Wizards to make it easier for you to
  use features. (Cable analysis,..)