The update (patch) of STAAD Foundation Advanced V8i SELECT series 2 (Release 6.2) is now available on SELECT to download. It is recommended for all users of STAAD Foundation Advanced version 6.2 to install this update package. This will update your existing 6.2 installation to the latest version.
To download the patch:
- Go to http://appsnet.bentley.com/myselectcd/ in your web browser.
- Select STAAD Products from the Products list.
- Select “All” in the Download Category list.
- Click Search. The list of all updates is returned.
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- Select the appropriate patch (06.02.00.59) of STAAD Foundation Advanced V8i
- Click Continue and download the update installer.
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Similar to previous updates, there are several enhancements and bug fixes included in this package. Here are examples of a few major enhancements.
Combined footing design moment calculation at column faces
This is an important and long pending item. Previous versions used to take maximum and minimum moment solely based on bending moment diagram and there was no check in place to ignore higher moment values underneath the column or pedestal. Now program automatically calculates moment at all column faces and ignores moment points underneath the columns. Previous approach sometimes could lead to more conservative design, so new version leads to a more realistic design.
Foundation design based on ACI 318 now supports 3 versions of the code
This feature was previously already added in “general Mode” but was missing in “Plant Mode” and “Toolkit Mode”. With this update package program will now support ACI 318-05, ACI 318-08 and ACI 318-11 for all modules of the program.
Enhanced spreadsheet import/export capabilities
Spreadsheet import/export is a popular feature in STAAD Foundation. This update added a few more tables to the import/export capabilities. The spreadsheet feature now supports ‘Soil Bearing Capacity Factor”, “Self weight factor” and new ACI 318 code version tables. Soil bearing capacity factor table is used to input load specific allowable bearing capacities. The best examples are load combinations involving temporary load cases such as wind and seismic. Many codes allow 33% increase of bearing capacity for wind and seismic load cases. An input of 1.33 against such load combinations in soil bearing capacity factor table will increase soil bearing capacity by 33%.
Automatic load combination generation based on ASCE 7-2010
ASCE 7-2010 table is now added as another option for automatic load combination generation. Many users requested for this tableas it is now being used as the standard load combination table replacing ASCE 7-2007 version. However, for the convenience of the users both versions of the load combination tables are supported.
New Input For Pedestal Steel % Reinforcement For US Code From Global Settings:
For the convenience of experienced users, required minimum and maximum % of steel for pedestals can now be directly specified. By default, the program will use code specified steel %. One might argue why a program would allow to modify code specified minimum/maximum steel. The answer points to the different design practices among different organizations around the world. However, those user specified % will be printed on the calculation sheet for review purposes.
This is probably the last and only update to STAAD Foundation Advanced SS2 (version 6.2). The next version of the program (version 7.0) is scheduled to be released by the end of this year which will include several exciting new features.