S-FRAME 2022.2 Release Highlights

Code Compliance

The 2022.2 release of the S-FRAME Suite of tools includes some important design code updates related to Concrete Design, Steel Design, and S-TIMBER.

• S-CONCRETE has been updated to include support for Wall Sections according to ACI 318-19 Design Codes.

• S-CONCRETE's Multistory Designer has been updated to support the ACI 318-19 Design Code for beam, column, and wall sections.
• S-LINE has incorporated the ACI 440.11-22 for Structural Concrete Reinforced with Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars.

• S-STEEL and S-PAD now include support for the Indian Steel Design Code IS 800-2007 for steel member design in either an integrated, or standalone steel design.
• S-CONCRETE and S-LINE offer improvements to longitudinal steel requirement calculations for shear and torsion, for concrete beams designed to ACI and BS Codes.
• S-TIMBER has added the ability code check steel members according to the AISC 360-16, and CSA S16-19 Steel Design Codes.
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• S-FOUNDATION now includes the option to automatically output PDF Reports for Code Check results.
• S-CONCRETE and S-LINE offer improvements to longitudinal steel requirement calculations for shear and torsion, for concrete beams designed to ACI and BS Codes.
• S-TIMBER now allows users the option to define custom design groups for the purposes of steel member design, grouping like members together.

3rd Party Integration/BIM

In this latest release the software has been updated to interface with new versions of several 3rd party tools.

• S-FRAME has been updated to interface with Revit 2023

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuNzWowE-SE

• S-FRAME has been updated to interface with Tekla 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpmQEx_k2y0

• S-FRAME has been updated to import models from ETABS 20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLAU8oyAJdY

• S-CONCRETE's Multistory Designer has been updated to import geometry and forces from ETABS 20
• S-TIMBER has been updated to import models from ETABS 20
• S-FOUNDATION has been updated to import Superstructure geometry and reaction forces from ETABS 19 + ETABS 20

Structural Analysis

S-TIMBER has implemented a number of new Structural Analysis features to help improve the accuracy, output, and ease-of-use.

• S-TIMBER now supports Dynamic Time History Analysis.  This includes both Linear, and Nonlinear Dynamic Time History Analysis, and the option to consider nodal, or joint excitation loads.
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• S-TIMBER now allows users to calculate connection design forces resulting from a collection of members contributing to a user defined connection.
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• S-TIMBER has been updated to allow users to define shear releases in the major and minor axes of the member.
• S-TIMBER has been updated to allow users to define partial moment releases to their members.

Installation Improvements

S-FRAME and S-VIEW offer help new capabilities for working in a remote system, and reducing user input during the installation process.

• S-FRAME no longer requires the user to specify the edition of S-FRAME (Standard, Professional or Enterprise) during installation.  S-FRAME will automatically recognize the edition based on the available license.
• S-FRAME's DXF Import Utility and S-VIEW both now support usage within an RDP session.