17-06-2025 build 4172

Bug fixes:

• Problem with displaying the end marks has been fixed.
• Sorting load combinations by values has been temporarily disabled on Load combination dialog due to a bug until final fix.
• Stable length results were not displayed in Section module. The bug has been fixed.
• Bug in plastic hinge analysis has been fixed.

Modifications:

• Frame corner can be placed not only to bar members with continuous end releases but with semi-rigid too.
• Connection stiffness can be considered in case of frame corner present.

05-06-2025 build 4149

Bug fixes:

• For RC columns the second order internal forces were not labelled. The bug has been fixed.
• Tutorials did not start. The bug has been fixed.
• Fixes on composite beam design: Calculation of concrete area and b0 distance consideration for Design shear resistance.
• Crash is fixed in case of a new model Create new load combination set.
• Problem with creating joint model from a user model has been fixed.
• Adjustments were made on model diagnostics for double cold-formed section in order to avoid improper diagnostic errors causing the analysis to fail.

19-05-2025 build 4124

Bug fixes:

• Hot-rolled rods were transferred as a tube into IDEA StatiCa Connection. The bug has been fixed.
• Handling of through-going beams during load transfer to IDEA StatiCa Connection has been fixed.
• Improvements were made on load distribution logic to avoid incorrect distributions.
• In certain cases there were problems with modifying LTS-s. The bug has been fixed.
• Display of composite cross-sections in Section module was incorrect. The bug has been fixed.
• Hotkey for Colouring by section (Alt-C) was not working. The bug has been fixed.
• Sorting of models is fixed in Cloud Open dialog.
• Crane load setting were not properly saved. The bug has been fixed.
• .smadsteel files created by Consteel 17 or Axis Converter could not be imported into Consteel 18. The bug has been fixed.
• Adjustments on meteorological surface placement.
• In some cases when a tension rod was connected to a support, reaction forces appeared in the released direction. The bug has been fixed.

Improvements:

• Necessity of intumescent painting is now shown on Design result table in case of critical temperature calculations.
• Several improvements and new commands in Descript including shearfield, frame corner, sway imperfection.
• Aeff added to result documentation of settlement calculation in Consteel Joint.

05-05-2025 build 4089

Bug fixes:

• When using IDEA StatiCa Connection link, the shear forces were transferred with the wrong sign causing unbalanced forces in the connection design. The bug has been fixed. INFO: IDEA StatiCa interface is still limited to the 4 IDEA StatiCa versions which are listed in the Options menu.

17-04-2025 build 4076

Bug fixes:

• On some user computers model open crashed constantly. The bug has been fixed.

28-03-2025 build 4061

Bug fixes:

• Bug in bulk material change on Section administration dialog has been fixed.
• Several errors in IFC and SAF import have been fixed including positioning and section conversion problems.
• Fire load combination generation caused the software to be freezed for a long time in case of huge number of wind load cases. The bug has been fixed.
• USB net dongle was not recognized by Consteel and so the software did not start with this protection. The bug has been fixed.
• Character coding error has been fixed in plugin loading.

Modifications:

• Lindab library cross sections have been changed according to actual product palette of Lindab.

07-03-2025 build 4038

Bug fixes:

• Crash when opening two New storey dialogs fixed
• Documentation generation of composite column crashed. The bug has been fixed.
• In case of analysis on elevated temperature without indirect effects of thermal expansion, the calculation was not executed with the reduced elastic modulus in the combinations with fire. The bug has been fixed.

06-03-2025 build 4035

Bug fixes:

• At some places incorrect texts appeared in the software due to translation problems. The bug has been fixed.
• In case of analysis on elevated temperature without indirect effects of thermal expansion, the calculation was not executed with the reduced elastic modulus in the combinations with fire. The bug has been fixed.
• The start height of the haunch was missing from documentation. The bug has been fixed.
• The lip of several library cold-formed section was missing on the graphical interface. The bug has been fixed.
• Adjustments on linear summation in seismic calculations.
• Shear filed was not possible to define on welded box section. The bug has been fixed.
• It was not possible to define a plate with coated steel material with Descript. The bug has been fixed.

Improvements:

• Several Consteel features were added to the list of functions we collect usage statistics about.
• The modification of the section on a large number of bar members has been significantly accelerated.

13-02-2025 build 4001

Bug fixes:

• Reference point definition was missing from Tekla import. The bug has been fixed.
• Color assignment for battened sections
• Unnecessary diagnostic error after exiting Section Drafter was fixed
• Crash when opening two New storey dialogs fixed
• Markers disappeared after analysis rerun. The bug has been fixed.
• Deleting objects was difficult after selecting them by double clicking on object property name in Property tree. The bug has been fixed
• Unsupported bar members with double cold-formed sections were not recognized in Diagnostics. The bug has been fixed
• Model previews on Steelspace are fixed
• Supports were incorrectly displayed on FEM tab in some cases. The bug has been fixed. Analysis is not affected.
• The software crashed when Descript was trying to open an Excel file which was already opened. The bug has been fixed.
• Fixes regarding analysis result mx and placing markers for shell elements
• Fix of crash when deleting member during Move point or edge feature
• Crash of analysis of battened sections has been fixed.
• Generation of SLS load combinations in Descript fixed.
• Loads in Sile script fixed
• Documentation generation of composite column crashed. The bug has been fixed.
• Missing detailed design results fixed in documentation

Improvements:

• Romanian standard has been introduced instead of EN Romanian NA.
• Fictive joint function is implemented for exporting internal forces of joints to .csv format
• Model can be exported to .xml format to provide possibility of importing it into IDEA StatiCa Checkbot 24.1
• Load combinations can now be ordered by values of factors
• Double cold-formed sections in Descript
• Several Consteel features were added to the list of functions we collect usage statistics about.
• Check of presence of USB dongle driver implemented to detect possible cause of protection errors.
• Standard references for Chinese library sections improved

Modifications:

• csJoint.exe has been terminated

30-01-2025 build 3955

Bug fixes:

• Seismic analysis with CQC calculation method crashed when tension rods were present in the model. The bug has been fixed.