48 posts tagged with "consteel"

21-11-2025 build 4446

New Consteel version 19

• FALCON plugin for realistic wind load generation introduced.

• Connection design enhanced with IDEA StatiCa Checkbot export and Fictive Joint.

• New Descript commands added for faster modeling and automation.

• Fire design improvements with galvanizing effects and real intumescent paint data.

• Load Transfer Surfaces can now include slightly offset bar members.

• Eccentric members can be positioned with flexible reference points.

• Tapered built-up members with variable plate thickness supported.

• Model repair tools for correcting geometric errors added.

14-10-2025 build 4356

Improvements:

• Intumescent paint design has been implemented.

17-09-2025 build 4311

Bug fixes:

• During the IDEA Checkbot export, if the cross section is not recognized, it is exported with its name instead of default IPE200.
• IDEA Checkbot export crashed when dynamic results were present in the model. The bug has been fixed.
• Error message handling in Consteel Joint has been fixed.
• Adjustments on wind effect data sent to FALCON plugin in case of Romanian and Spanish standard.

Modifications:

• Finite element analysis due to distributed loads is now more accurate, therefore a refined mesh is not anymore needed
• Torsion moment diagrams reflect accurately the effect of distributed torsional moments
• Values of surface loads are now displayed not at the corner points of the surface but in the middle for better understanding.

Improvements:

• Map for basic wind velocity in Spain has been added.
• Descript commands for RC column and smart link

11-09-2025 build 4304

Bug fixes:

• Problem with frozen design calculation has been solved.

02-09-2025 build 4279

Bug fixes:

• In certain cases, the effective cross section calculation of cold-formed C macro sections resulted strange shapes. The bug has been fixed.

01-09-2025 build 4276

Bug fixes:

• When changing the cross section of a bar member to which a smart link connected, either the link was not adopted or the position of the connecting second bar member (generally purlin). The bug has been fixed.
• Because of the incorrect order of the LTS edges, some bar members were not recognized as being in the plane of the LTS and so not assigned to them. The bug has been fixed.
• Correction in the result table for M+V interaction

Modifications:

• Model repairing processes were automatically executed at model open and start of analysis earlier. The initiation of these processes has been exposed to the Diagnostics panel under Repair button in order to make it available for the user to control whether they want to run them or not.

22-08-2025 build 4265

Bug fixes:

• Error message regarding 32 bits Tekla has been fixed.
• Analysis results presented false errors in some cases after multiple runs due to a technical bug. The bug has been fixed.

05-08-2025 build 4244

Bug fixes:

• Load combination filter (scrolling the table and filtering by rules) has been accelerated.

28-07-2025 build 4232

Bug fixes:

• In Section result table and documentation of cold-formed section design, shear stresses were not displayed correctly at General elastic resistance - Combined check. Calculation was correct, only the display not. The bug has been fixed.

23-07-2025 build 4222

Bug fixes:

• When moving an LTS, the simulation-based surface wind loads were not moved together with it. The bug has been fixed.
• It is now possible to copy generated load cases (standard meteorological and simulation) with all of the loads included.