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AdSec Recent New Features

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New design codes
The list of supported structural design codes now includes:
- Hong Kong: Hong Kong Code of Practice 2004 (including amendment 1 - 2007)
- ACI 318-05
- ACI 318M-05
Enhancements to General Reinforcement Wizard
There is now an option to copy from the wizard in "spreadsheet format". This copies the reinforcement in a form that can be pasted into columns in a spreadsheet. The paste option now supports both the original format and the spreadsheet format.
Graph views
A number of enhancements have been included in the graph views giving the user more control over the display of data.

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The section transformation (translation + rotation) was not working. This has now been fixed. All rotations are now carried out with respect to the centroid of the section.
[NCR 2704] (Fixed 2 May 2008) (Released in AdSec 8.0.5.5)
When modfiying general reinforcement with the Modify button the changes to the reinforcement would be lost. This did not affect the double click option.
[NCR 2705] (Fixed 2 May 2008) (Released in AdSec 8.0.5.5)
When calculating N/M charts for sections reinforced with FRP the limit of delamination was not included in caluclation of the tension plateau point resulting in a spike in the N/M chart.
[NCR 2941] (Fixed 21 July 2008) (Released in AdSol 30.33.0.4)
AdSec would crash for a compound section with more than four components when definind SLS analysis cases.
[NCR 2942] (Fixed 21 July 2008) (Released in AdSec 8.0.5.5)
When outputing results containing errors or warnings the output would often be truncated.
[NCR 2943] (Fixed 21 July 2008) (Released in AdSec 8.0.5.5)
SLS cases were giving a warning dialog when the wizard was invoked.
[NCR 2997] (Fixed 6 Aug 2008) (Released in AdSec 8.0.5.6)
Output of results was suppressed when warnings were output.
[NCR 3004] (Fixed 7 Aug 2008) (Released in AdSec 8.0.5.7)

Hong Kong Institution of Engineers concrete curves
A second set of material curves have been implemented for the 2004 Hong Kong Code of Practice option. These curves denoted by the suffix &lquot;HKIE &rquot; implement the curves detailed in the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Concrete Code Handbook.
IS 456
AdSec now supports the Indian concrete code IS456 : 2000.
ULS Concrete Curves
Concrete can now be assigned a user defined material curve for tension instead of only having a no-tension option.
Interface enhancements
The line weight can now be set in the preferences. This allows for variations in the way different monitors render lines.

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Pre-stress in bars was not stored correctly resulting in loss of pre-stress
[NCR 956] (Fixed 4 January 2007)
When applying strain loading to a whole section for SLS analysis, the loading was determined for each phase of the analysis (so ULS strength was determined using the ULS material curve, cracking using the SLS short term curve, etc). This leads to inconsistencies in the results. This has been fixed so that the equivalent loads are calculated first and applied throughout the analysis.
[NCR 1046] (Fixed 4 January 2007)
With template reinforcement that involved multiple rows the autospacing would give a spurious warning about zero spacing. This is now fixed.
[NCR 1047] (Fixed 4 January 2007)
Perimeter sections with multiple segments along a straight line would in some instances give a spurious warning of the section overlapping itself. This is now fixed.
[NCR 1048] (Fixed 4 January 2007)
The crack width calculations for EC2 were using a position outside the section to calculate the crack width resulting in an over-estimate of the crack widths.
[NCR 1049] (Fixed 24 January 2007)

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New design codes
The list of supported structural design codes is now:
- UK: BS8110:1985, 1997 and 1997 (2005)
- Hong Kong: Hong Kong Code of Practice 1987 and 2004
- Europe: EN 1992-1-1:2004 Eurocode 2
- USA: ACI 318 and ACI 318M 2002
- Australia: AS 3600 – 2001
and bridge codes:
- UK: BS5400
- Hong Kong: HK Structures Design Manual - 2002
(New options in red)
This includes code specific concrete and rebar grades and material curves. ACI strength reduction factors can be calculated from:
- ACI 318-02 Fig R9.3.2
- ACI 318-02 Fig RC.3.2
- ACI 440.2R-02 Fig 9.1 (for sections incorporating FRP)
User Material Curves
User material curves are now part of the material data directly rather than through a reference to an external module. This makes it easier to manage the data and allows for user material curves to be extended to include concrete materials as well as reinforcement materials.
Interface enhancements
The material tables have been replaced with a material view which presenting materials in a tree style. This provides:
- Single point of access for all materials
- Context sensitive menus
- Copy / paste materials
- Direct editing using the relevant material wizard
- Direct viewing of material curves
Revised material wizards to present all the material data in a more coherent and consistent form
Replacement of the general reinforcement table with reinforcement wizard

Uses elements common with the reinforcement definition in the New Model Wizard
Wizard allows reinforcement to be added & deleted, modified, …
Text format allows for easier cut/paste of reinforcement
Intelligent shifting of reinforcement for creating second rows/rings of reinforcement
Point, line, arc, circle and (for circular & rectangular sections) perimeter reinforcement can be defined

The user defined reinforcement option has been extended to include a perimeter option in addition to single bars, lines, arc and circles.
A dockable object viewer has been introduced for display of properties
The template reinforcement has now been extended to cover a greater range of section shapes:

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GFRP bars should not take compression
[NCR 53] (Fixed 25 April 2006)
In some cases no concrete stresses were reported for an EC2 analysis. This was due to corruption of the nationally determined parameters.
[NCR 54] (Fixed 25 April 2006)
AdSec would in some cases fail to calculate crack widths in BS5400 SLS analysis
[NCR 55] (Fixed 12 June 2006)
The unit string would not be set up correctly in the compound section definition dialog
[NCR 56] (Fixed 4 October 2006)

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