SAP2000 Release Notes: Notice Date: 2019-11-13
SAP2000 Release Notes: Notice Date: 2019-11-13
SAP2000 Release Notes: Notice Date: 2019-11-13
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Release Notes
© Copyright Computers and Structures, Inc., 2019
This file lists all changes made to SAP2000 since the previous version. Most changes do not affect most users.
Items marked with an asterisk (*) in the first column of the tables below are more significant.
The reference number for each change below is now the development Ticket rather than support Incident which was
used in previous Release Notes. Emails sent when an Incident is released will now indicate this Ticket number as well.
Analysis
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket # Description
* 2760 An enhancement has been made to reduce the amount of memory used for large framed
structures loaded with open structure wind loading, enabling larger models and more loaded
members.
2972 An enhancement has been implemented to allow cancelling of a single load case when the "Run
Load Cases in Parallel" option is turned on. The new Cancel button on the Analysis Monitor
form is for terminating an individual load case whose details are currently being displayed on
the monitor, while the Cancel button on the Main form is for terminating all running &
scheduled load cases.
* 3097 An enhancement has been implemented to more clearly display and save messages generated
during analysis runs. These are the same messages that appear in the analysis LOG file, but
provided in a more concise format. Analysis messages are categorized as information,
warnings, and errors. After the analysis is run, messages are automatically displayed as text if
they are any warnings or errors in the latest run. This same text display is available any time
using the command Analysis > Messages. The messages are also available in tabular format
under table Analysis Results > Run Information > Analysis Messages. Messages are cumulative
with subsequent runs until the model is unlocked, at which time the messages are deleted. Each
message includes its type, message text, associated load case or stiffness case, operation being
performed, date-time stamp, parallel run tag, run serial number, and machine name. The run
serial number counts subsequent runs before the model is unlocked. The parallel run tag
indicates which thread was used when analyses are run in parallel during the same analysis run.
API
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket # Description
2365 An enhancement was implemented in the Application Programming Interface (API) to provide
new functions for handling rebar size definitions.
API
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket # Description
2904 An incident was resolved for the Application Programming Interface (API) where the functions
cLineElm.GetLoadDeformation and cLineElm.GetLoadDistributed did not return results when
using the cross-product API CSIAPIv1.dll. They worked correctly for the product-specific API
SAP2000v1.dll.
Data Files
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket # Description
3058 An incident was resolved where opening an old model while another model with results was
already open would cause the results of the current model to be deleted if the prompt to save
current changes was accepted.
Database Tables
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket # Description
2876 An incident was resolved where the table "Frame Hinge Assigns 09 - Hinge Overwrites" was
showing the value of "LinNegStiff" equal to 10 if no hinge overwrites had been assigned to a
frame object. The values should instead have been shown as 0.1, which is the default. This was
a display issue only and did not affect analysis results. Assigned values were displayed
correctly. Note that values larger than 1.0 are not allowed.
2905 An incident was resolved where the concrete load combination type Crack Width was not
recognized in an import from the load combination definitions table.
Documentation
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket # Description
3187 An incident was resolved where Equation 4-7 of the Material Time-Dependent Properties
Technical Notes was incorrect. The equation has been corrected in the documentation. This was
a documentation issue and did not affect the results.
Graphics
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket # Description
2311 An incident was resolved where the display of area Uniform to Frame loading values when in
DirectX graphics mode was not showing the values on each area object. Classical graphics
mode worked as expected. This was a graphics issue only and did not affect results.
2314 An incident was resolved that addressed several issues with the graphical display in DirectX
mode:
1.) Solid face colors were not being displayed.
2.) Frame labels were not centered.
3.) Extruded shells with transparency were sometimes displaying internal triangle edges.
4.) Point and area selection colors sometimes changed when zooming.
5.) Bubble text colors could be incorrect.
6.) The cut line was not displayed while drawing section cuts.
7.) Area local-3 axis was sometimes reversed when drawing in plan and elevation. The local-3
axis should point toward the user when drawing counter-clockwise or using the draw-rectangle
option in 2-D.
8.) The window zoom sometimes produced unexpected results when the grid-bubble size was
excessively large.
9.) When scrolling for values within the frame force/moment/stress diagram in the right-click
“Diagrams for Frame Object” form, the red dot showing the corresponding location on the
structural model did not move correspondingly.
10.) The deformed shape display of shell objects was incorrect when the View Type was set to
Offset or Extruded in the View Options form.
11.) The option to display area colors by section property in the View Options form did not fill
all objects.
12.) The Print Graphics command did not show joint reaction values when they were displayed
on the screen.
13.) Area joint offsets were not being considered when displaying extruded view.
14.) Joint pattern values were not being displayed.
15.) The display of frame distributed loads didn't show loading applied in two different
Loading
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket # Description
2703 An incident was resolved for the Eurocode 8-2004 response spectrum function for the
Singapore National Annex where selecting the Ground Type "S1" was causing a "Bad Function
Data" error during analysis.
2706 An incident was resolved where having auto wind loads based on the Chinese code together
with Response Spectrum loads with added eccentricity loads would cause an error condition in
the program.
3032 An incident was resolved for the TSC-2018 auto seismic load pattern and response spectrum
function where the Site Class and for Long-Period Transition Period values would revert to
default values when the model was imported from a text file.
3141 An incident was resolved for the TSC-2018 auto seismic load pattern where the computed time
period was limited to 1.0*T_pA instead of 1.4*T_pA.
Section Designer
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket # Description
2654 An incident was resolved where auto hinge definitions assigned to concrete columns with
section designer sections would get corrupted when converted from FEMA 356 hinges to
ASCE 41-13 hinges. The conversion would happen automatically when opening a model
created in older versions of the program to the newer version that does not support FEMA 356
definitions. The corruption would cause an error condition and results were unavailable.
User Interface
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket # Description
2275 An incident was resolved where custom menu shortcut keys defined by the user were reset
when the user interface language was changed.
2775 An incident was resolved where changing the units in the linear link property definition form
when the model was locked could cause values to not be shown. This was a user interface issue
only and did not affect results.
2897 An incident was resolved where the definition form for a nonlinear direct integration time
history load case with collapse considered was not synchronized correctly when it was initially
opened. The checkbox to display objects to remove was checked but that data was not shown.
Now the form opens with the check box to display objects to remove unchecked.
2899 An incident was resolved where sections inside a frame section auto select list could not be
deleted from the model using the Frame Properties form until the auto select section was
deleted and the model was saved.
2914 An incident was resolved where an abnormal error occurred displaying individual fiber data for
hinge results. This was a user interface issue only and did not affect analysis results.