42 posts tagged with "update"

23-01-2026 build 4568

Bug fixes:

• Issues with loading sections from the library when IFC files were imported into models have been resolved. As a precaution, it is recommended to reopen models containing IFC files imported since version 19 and rerun the calculations in the new version.
• Fixed an issue where node loads in .smadsteel files version 1.1.4 or earlier changed when the file was opened multiple times.
• Fixed an issue where imported circular hollow sections from IFC showed incorrect utilization due to a bimoment parameter.

Improvements:

• Introduced a new build number service in Consteel.

18-12-2025 build 4491

Bug fixes:

• Duplicate sections created during IFC or API model imports are no longer generated.

Modifications:

• Updated the ‘No software access found’ dialog on the opening screen.

12-12-2025 build 4480

Bug fixes:

• A representational error in the EPS model in the section module after regeneration was fixed.

Improvements:

• The section EPS is now available in the section module for imported models.

02-12-2025 build 4456

Bug fixes:

• Fire effect calculation problems on unprotected steel beams have been fixed.
• Issues related to the Undo function have been fixed.
• Placement issues in the Web tapered welded I/H member function have been corrected.
• Issues using the Geometric repair tools on imported models have been fixed.
• In certain cases, opening an existing model was challenging due to character coding in its access path. This bug has been fixed.

Improvements:

• Double-click on the seat selection dialog.

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.