ProtaStructure Suite 2025 – New Features

Version: 1.0 May 2024

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Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 4
ProtaStructure 2025: A Wealth of New Features ....................................................................................... 5
Delving Into Key Areas… .............................................................................................................................. 6
Modeling Enhancements ........................................................................................................................ 6
Advanced Analysis ................................................................................................................................... 6
Extended Code Support .......................................................................................................................... 7
Design Improvements ............................................................................................................................. 7
BIM Integration ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Assessment and Retrofit ......................................................................................................................... 8
Analysis Post-Processor........................................................................................................................... 8
RC Detailing ............................................................................................................................................. 9
ProtaSteel Enhancements ....................................................................................................................... 9
What’s Next? ............................................................................................................................................... 9
Thank You .................................................................................................................................................. 10
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Introduction
As Prota, we have been developing leading structural BIM software for over 40 years.

Priority on our product strategy has always been:

1. To provide new practical modeling approaches

2. To introduce innovative design technologies that will add value to your business and extend
your toolset in your daily engineering practice.

3. To improve on the existing functionalities

4. To introduce more localization in our products, so that you can benefit from our technology
much better.

ProtaStructure 2025 is our brand-new release, a significant step taken to fulfill this strategy, raise the
bar for competition, and meet expectations. Developing a comprehensive structural BIM analysis,
design, and detailing solution is challenging teamwork in meeting user and industry expectations. We
sincerely thank all our users for their trust in our products.

We are confident that you will enjoy and benefit from the features and improvements in ProtaStructure
Suite 2025. You can find the details on the pages to follow.

Thank you for choosing ProtaStructure.

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ProtaStructure 2025: A Wealth of New Features

In our latest major release, ProtaStructure 2025, we're excited to introduce a host of new features that
enhance user experience and boost efficiency.

In ProtaStructure 2025, our primary focus has been on extending existing code support while enhancing
stability, performance, and addressing user feedback.

Here are the top highlights of ProtaStructure 2025:

Comprehensive Support for RC Design and Detailing: We now offer more comprehensive support for
non-seismic and seismic reinforced concrete (RC) design and detailing in various countries, including the
US, Colombia, Peru, Dominican Republic, Philippines, Indonesia, India, and Thailand. Detailed calculation
reports are provided.

Seismic Checks for Steel Buildings: Our software now includes extended support for seismic checks in
steel buildings, following standards such as AISC341 and TBDY2018.

Shearwall Moment and Shear Seismic Envelopes (Eurocode 8): ProtaStructure 2025 incorporates
shearwall moment and shear seismic envelopes (tension shift) based on Eurocode 8.

Vertical Modal Earthquake Analysis: Specifically designed for Eurocode 8 and other codes, this feature
accurately analyzes the vertical effect of the earthquake for special cases such as large span beams,
slabs, cantilevers, discontinuities, and transfer members.

Dedicated ULS and SLS Combination Groups: We've introduced dedicated combination groups for
ultimate limit state (ULS) and serviceability limit state (SLS) checks in both steel and RC members.
Additionally, the load combination editor has been improved to provide better user experience and
visual presentation.

Multi-Mode Pushover Analysis (MPA): Assess irregular buildings with higher mode effects using our
new multi-mode pushover analysis feature.

ProtaSteel: The Best Just Getting Better: ProtaSteel now supports IdeaStatica Export, features new
connection macros, allows partial model updates, and offers extended localization.

New Modeling Tools: Explore our new modeling tools, including Space Trusses, Castellated Beams,
Copy/Move Special and Match Properties.

Improved Analysis Post-Processor: The analysis post-processor has been enhanced with features like
pushover and time-history result visualization, window selection, improved solid model view, and
show/hide members functionality. Performance improvements are also part of this update.
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Delving Into Key Areas…

This major release introduces a wealth of new features, providing users with an even more powerful
and efficient experience. Below, we’ll delve into the key areas of improvement:

Modeling Enhancements
• Space Trusses: Easily create, analyze and design space truss structures.

• Castellated/Honeycomb Beams (Without Design): Explore innovative beam designs.

• Copy/Move Special: Streamline model manipulation.

• Quick Load Assignment for Claddings: Simplify load assignment.

• Storey Visibility Filter in Right-Click Menu: Isolating the active storey is now a breeze with a
single click.

• Cantilever Mark in 3D View: The cantilever marks shown on plan view are now available in
3D.

• More Flexible Column End Releases: Assign independent end releases in two different
directions.

• Continuous purlins and girts: Model purlins and girt so that they are automatically cut at a
predefined member length. In between the cut points, they are treated as continuous, and
end releases are assigned accordingly. They are also exported to ProtaSteel in this manner.

• More Girt Section Alignment Options: Girt section alignment options are extended to
support more variations such as ‘Centered’, ‘Align to Top’, ‘Align to Bottom’.

• Relabel Axes: Use auto axis relabeling to get things back in order when the axis labels mix up
as you introduce new ones during modeling.

• Twin Face-to-Face L Sections in Steel Profile Catalog: Face-to-face twin L-profiles are the
new addition to our compound steel profile catalog.

• Insert Purlins Using Multiple Members: You can now directly select the primary members
which will support the purlins for more precision.

• Modeling Improvements: Enjoy a more intuitive modeling process.

Advanced Analysis
• Vertical Modal Earthquake Analysis: Accurately assess seismic behavior.
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Extended Code Support

• RC Seismic and Non-Seismic Design and Detailing: Improved support for ACI318 and similar
standards.

• Steel Seismic Design Checks: Extended support for AISC341 and TBDY2018 to check
additional seismic provisions such as seismic compactness, eccentric braces and more.

• Indian Standards: Improved support for RC column and shearwall design and detailing
(including seismic provisions) according to Indian Standards.

• Eurocode 8: Tension shift, bending moment and shear envelopes for DCH and DCM
structures.

• Thailand RC Design Standards: Customized strength reduction factors compliant with

Thailand RC design codes.

• Shearwall End Zones (Boundary Elements): Batch editing inside and outside the critical wall
height.

• Notional Load Improvements: They are now added optionally to all combinations for
considering imperfections.

Design Improvements
• SLS Combinations for Serviceability Checks: User-defined SLS combinations to cover more
serviceability scenarios.

• Improved Load Combination Editor: Remembers combination generation preferences for

and efficient workflow supported by a fresh and neat visual representation.

• Different Combination Groups: Separate groups for RC and steel members, covering ULS and
SLS combinations.

• Purlin/Girt Design Option: Design purlins/girts for non-seismic combinations only.

• Slab Design Enhancement: Include manual strip rebars in the report.

• RC Beam Design Seismic Checks: Detailed design reports are improved to cover more
information on RC beam seismic checks according to ACI318 and similar codes and Indian
Standards.

• Include RC Beam Batch Design Messages in Beam Design UI: Batch design messages are at
your disposal on the ribbon bar for quick access.
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BIM Integration
• IdeaStatica Export: Communicate steel connections to IdeaStatica from ProtaSteel to perform
a CBFEM analysis on the connections you create in ProtaSteel.

• Improved IFC, SAF and DXF Communication: Enhancements are made considering wider
range of user scenarios and feedback.

• Quantity Take-Off by Concrete Grade: Get a categorized quantity take-off in your projects
using multiple concrete grades.

Assessment and Retrofit

• Multi-Mode Pushover Analysis: Assess irregular buildings with higher mode effects using our
new multi-mode pushover analysis feature.

• Stability and Performance Improvements: Comprehensive enhancements due to user

feedback, more variety of existing building scenarios and testing.

Analysis Post-Processor
• Visualization of Pushover and Time-History Results: View step-by-step nonlinear analysis
results with animated time-history displacement and plastic hinge mechanism. Hinge plastic
states are color coded in real time.

• Window Selection and Show Values for Selected Only: Select multiple members or nodes by
boxing around them. Review the displacement values of only what you have selected.

• Solid View Around Analytical Lines: See the physical members as faint extrusions around the
analytical lines. This will give a better grasp of how analytical model integrates with the
physical model.

• Displaced Solid View with FE Contours: See the displacements on the solid model with FE
contours.

• Hide/Show Selected Members: Filter any selected elements out for a more focused review of
the analysis results.
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RC Detailing
• Restrict Lap Splicing Outside 2H: For US codes and similar, ductile beam detailing is improved
with new detailing options.

• Stability and Performance Improvements: Comprehensive enhancements due to user

feedback, scenarios and testing.

ProtaSteel Enhancements
• Base-Plate Connection for King Cross-Steel Columns: You can now assign base plates to
king-cross steel columns. This connection does not support auto design yet.

• Pin and Fix Connections for Curved Beams: Assign pin and moment connections at the ends
of the curved beams with these new macros.

• Extended End Plate Connection with Additional Tension Bolts: This prequalified seismic
connection is improved to support additional tension bolts.

• Partial Model Update Between ProtaSteel and ProtaStructure: No worries if you need to
update only a part of your model between ProtaStructure and ProtaSteel. This feature has you
covered in your large-scale projects when you need to update only a small part.

What’s Next?
While we strive to include as many improvements as possible in each major version, some items may
be delayed beyond the initial release. Rest assured; we're committed to delivering them in subsequent
updates to our user with an active maintenance.

• Dominican Republic Seismic Parameters (within 2 months)

• Colombia Seismic Parameters – Bogota Micro-zones (within 2 months)

• Wind Loads according to ASCE07-19 (within 2 months)

• Design of Castellated Beams (AISC360, EC3, and TSC) (within 3 months)

• Design of King Cross Steel Columns (within 3 months)

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Thank You
Thank you for choosing the ProtaStructure Suite product family.

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design and documentation.

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