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Beams
 

1. Added field bolts to bracing.
2. Dim #1 or #2 can be 0 to draw ROD brace in a vertical or horizontal position.
3. Dim #1 or #2 can be 0 to draw brace in a vertical or horizontal position.
4. HSS in Frame will ask for wall thickness now.

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Hip & Valley

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Support

Menus

1. Added turnbuckle, clevis and sleeve data files.
2. Added more Snap angle options. Changed Set Snap Angle to Rotate Cross hairs.
3. Added BEVEL (Miter)
4. Added Landing Frame to Stair menu.
5. Changed Pan tread end view command to use dialog box for selecting pans.
6. Added menu for 2008 LT
7. Added Offset & Change Linetype command.

1. Added turnbuckle, clevis and sleeve nut to Sectional Properties.
2. Program asks if you want to repeat Anchors and Roof frames.
3. Updated the ARRAY command.
4. "Setup" defaults to the scale of the drawing.
5. Added grade for angle, plate, pipe and tube to configuration.
6. Added grade field to main marks for CNC.
7. DSTV added.
8. Door frame can be knocked down & anchor bars can be bent.
9. Embed Plate can have 1 or 2 rows of studs.
10. Changed Setup to ask for customer configurations to get correct colors for dimensions.
11. Filed bolts longer than 1'-0 had wrong length when listed in Bill Of Material.
12. Custom escape character allowed for user fonts.
13. Added Property symbol function under BEAMS menu.
14. Change to osnaps
15. Weights removed from Bill Of Material if length not given.
16. Corrected weight for nuts and washers
17. Added configuration option to have separate marks for Right and Left.
18. Expansion bolt type added to allow extraction from Bill Of Material.
19. Field bolt length can be in 8ths of an inch
20. Joist side/end view now works in LT.
21. Could not select WT brace W/stem NS in Elevation Generator.
22. Justification of text & attributes can be configured in the Bill Of Material
23. Change Scale changes AutoCAD's scale factor letting you use AutoCAD's dimension and distance commands.
24. Setup will now change the LTSCALE.
25. SDS/2 Color config now shows correct color in dialog box.
26. Program will check material list and standard list for clip mark on gusset before asking for description.
27. Added some error checks to Elevation Generator.
28. You can set "NONE" current for Bill Of Material.
29. Stair page of Elevation Generator now highlights the end types associated with the stair selected.
30. Brace page of Elevation Generator would clear the "type" icons.
     

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1. Added grade for angle, plate, pipe and tube to configuration.
2. Added grade field to main marks for CNC.
3. CNC Edit can add CNC data to existing object.
4. Changed gages on WSHAPES.DWG.
5. KISS and SMM now converts R/L text in marks.
6. Custom escape character allowed for user fonts.
7. Extracting bolts could create several lines in file listing only 1 nut.
8. Corrected weight for nuts and washers
9. Corrected an issue with exporting Bill Of Material for SMM.
10. Extracting ALL drawings with attributes for KISS now converts txt files to kss.
11. Two more attributes for project name and project number have been added to the title block for extracting KISS files.

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Beams

1. Tube beams can be detailed with 1 wing plate and NO slot.

2. Beams > Plates > Wing plate (side view) can detail plates on both sides.

3. Added grade for angle, plate, pipe and tube to configuration.

4. Second bottom flange line has been removed from WT beams.

5. Corrected vertical spacing of holes in Beams > Plate > Wing plate side view.

6. Block depth was not dimensioned if framing into a column web w/stiff.

7. Some colors can be "ByLayer"

8. Reduced the size of the Main Internal dialog box.

9. Changed note to web of sloping beam.

10. Removed plate from bottom of beam with extended clips.

1. Added Length input to seat L connection.
2. Added "MARK" for column direction.
3. Thickness of Flange plates are drawn to scale with a min of 1/2"
4. Some colors can be "ByLayer"

1. Changed Rod brace to read new turnbuckle files.
2. Added grade for angle, plate, pipe and tube to config.
3. Rod brace length can be drawn to scale.
4. Connection number on print was not the same as the file name.
5. Put space between mark and NS,FS for closure plate on tube brace.
6. Some colors can be "ByLayer"
7. Program will check material list and standard list for clip mark on gusset before asking for description.
8. Label changed in gusset plate calc input.

1. Added grade for angle, plate, pipe and tube to config.
2. Pan tread end view can draw "blown up".
3. Added tread profile LC1, (landing closure pan).
4. "Tail" symbol has been eliminated from stair if no tails are required.
5. Added nosing line to supports if pans are not drawn and tails are not used.
6. Added Dimension command for pan supports.
7. Added pan with 45 degree slope under nosing.
8. Landing Pan can have bent edges.
9. Word in "TAIL" chart for stringer matches configuration.
10. W shape added for Butterfly stair.
11. Butterfly stair now has all of the end types as standard stair.
12. Erection Elevation: Added all bottom end types to Butterfly stair that the Standard stair had.
13. Leg width of all clips and floor supports on stringer are drawn to scale.
14. Added input for Blocks in Erection Stair elev.
15. Erection Stair elev. can be detailed from info saved from stair detail.
16. Wall rail can be detailed from info saved from stair detail.
17. Wall rail can be detailed without brackets.
18. Stair input can be saved and recalled for detailing stair rail.
19. Moved "Print input" option to stair dialog box.
20. Some colors can be "ByLayer"
21. Holes in stringer can be tailed from the right or left end for CNC.
22. Changed SECT to VIEW under stringer bracing.
23. Stringer bracing would not let you select member sizes in R14.
24. Added Stringer bracing.
25. Added new features to Ramp Rail.
26. Increased the number of pickets at the end of rail when #6 or #7 is negative.
27. Made some dimensional corrections to "Detail Panel".
28. Added "Detail Panel" for mesh insert.
29. You can enter the size of openings in Mesh panel insert
30. Added Mesh panel insert for handrail.
31. Reduced the number of pickets inside returns at the end of rail.

1. Multiple brackets can be evenly spaced on caged ladders.
2. Brackets on side of ladder can be on inside or outside of stringer.
3. Channels can be used for all ladder stringers.
4. Added Roof Hatch caged ladder.
5. "Tail" note on caged ladders now uses symbol in configuration.
6. Some colors can be "ByLayer"

1. Some colors can be "ByLayer"

1. Added slides for turnbuckle, clevis and sleeve.
2. Added slides for channel ladder stringers.
3. Changed slides for Beams > Plates > Wing plate (side view).
4. Added slides for Roof Hatch caged ladder.
5. Changed slides for door frame.
6. Changes slides for Landing Pan.
7. Changed notes in slide for Girt L.
8. Added slides for Butterfly stair.
9. Changed slides for Erection stair elevation
10. Changed slides for wall rail
11. Added slides for Stringer bracing.
12. Slides changed for Ramp Rail.
13. Slides added for "Detail Panel"

1. Added Roof Hatch caged ladder.
2. Added Dimension command for pan supports.
3. Added O/L (object Line) command.
4. Added Property symbol function under BEAMS menu.
5. Title Block Insert changed for Intellicad
6. Corrected syntax error with Offset command for Intellicad.
7. Corrected display of BEAMS > BOLTS for R2006
8. Added Stringer bracing.
9. Added "Detail Panel" for mesh insert.
10. Added Mesh panel insert for handrail.

1. Added turnbuckle, clevis and sleeve data files.
2. Revised gage of W16x26 & W16x31 to 3.5", W36x231 to W40x593 to 7.5".

1. Icon menu selections are remembered in Girts.
2. Holes in web of sloped beam can be rotated to any angle.
3. Edge of skewed wing plate that contacts web of beam can be rotated to any angle on sloped beam.
4. Wing Plate (side view) will draw the end view if the plate is skewed.
5. Added "T" end connection for tube beams.
6. Added config option for block depth for beams.
7. Selected item in icon menus are highlighted.
8. Added tube shapes for girts.
9. Added Seat angle connection to end of beam.
10. Added "NS" and "FS" option for flange holes.
11. Improved connection of tube beam with plates on both sides.
12. Improved input for hip beam. Lower end of sloping beam framing to column or user type can be clipped.
13. New thinner bolt circle used for one line of bolts.
14. Added dim from hole to end of beam.
15. Removed radius note from rat holes.

1. Added 1/2" and 5/8" bolts option for gusset plates.
2. Added Rod brace.
3. Selected item in icon menus are highlighted.

1. Icon menu selections are remembered in Stair and rail.

2. Risers with "FB" suffix now accept user depth for pan thickness.
3. A negative value can be entered for toe pl above floor on Level rail.
4. Selected item in icon menus are highlighted.
5. Pan supports are piece marked and billed out.
6. Changed Tread slide.
7. Dim #10 for "Butterfly" stair can be less than tread width.
8. New thinner bolt circle used for one line of bolts.
9. Added offset dim to base plate on stair rail post.
10. Added option to pan stairs to tail to bottom of pan, inside face of riser. Metric treads have been deleted. They are now soft converted.
11. Changed the way picket spaces are calculated on stair rails.

1. Added option to put 4 rungs above FF on side step w/cage.
2. Selected item in icon menus are highlighted.
3. Added "Type 3" Non-caged ladder. Top EL is above ladder.
4. Add color choice for object lines.

1. Squared up end plate in connection #6.
2. Selected item in icon menus are highlighted.
3. Added tube beams for rafter and purlin size for hip connections type 1 - 5

1. Added new 36" shapes
2. Added data base for turnbuckle and clevis.

1. "Thru plates" can be added to existing col.

2. Joist Angle can be toed UP now.

3. Dimensional changes to plan view of Base/Cap plates.

4. Flange plate connection can be put on Tube column.

5. Gusset plates added to column connections.

6. Eliminated redundant input in Joist Plate when edge to hole is 0.

7. Moved offset dimension on wing plate on column.

8. Moved dimensions on wing plate and @ top of column.

9. Prompt added when drawing column from file to "Press + to increase height. Press - to decrease height."

10. Joist B.C. plates are detailed the same way on W and TS columns.
     

1. Changed HSS description of pipes to display the size in decimals.

2. Weight, area and design thickness for HSS and TS shapes have been updated.

3. Cold formed descriptions for "C" and "Z" shapes have been standardized to be Depth x width x thickness to separate them from hot rolled shapes. Thickness can be decimals or GA.

4. More cold formed shapes have been added to the data base.

1. Extract BOM using text.

2. Upgrade the sort routine in SMM and KISS programs.

3. Updated drawings in Bonus folder of W and C shapes.

1. Dims added to first internal web hole in sloping beam.

2. Option added for safety connection.

3. Bolt size in Internal connection dialog box will default to the size in configuration.

4. Added Franklin format to CNC extract.

5. Size and type of "rat hole" added to configuration.

6. Steel grades have been added for Tubes when detailing as a beam.

7. Incorporated Splice Plate dialog box into beam end connection.

8. Added dialog box to Splice Plate (attached).

9. Improvements made to Splice Plate (attached).

10. More default C/C for beam end connections have been added.

11. Configuration added to select where tails come from on sloping beam.

12. Drawing a section of a skewed wing plate FS now draws the beam end view. If a skewed plate is NS & FS the FS plate is automatically placed in the section drawn for the NS plate if no section mark is given for the FS plate.

13. Added hole size note on flange holes if they are not the standard size.

14. Added configuration option for dimension style of blocks.

15. Added configuration option to standard clips to allow two different angle sizes for each Code based on number of rows.

16. Added configuration option for end of beam clearance to be from face or centerline of web.

17. Added slot note at end of Tube beams.

18. If the beam slopes and the end connection is holes in the web and you cut the end square the program will now ask for the horizontal. dim from end of beam to first hole defaulting to a dimension that will give you the min. edge distance.

19. Tube shapes has been added the beam program.

20. "Edit Internal Connection List" automatically sorts list into alphabetical order and saves.

21. Added standard marks for shear bars.

22. Changed wing plates (non skewed) in beam web to allow input of 0, (zero), for center dim to put one plate on work line.

23. You can now enter the width of the vertical plate on beam flange when you have one column of holes.

1. "Thru plates" can be added to existing col.

2. Col can be detailed manually with "Thru plates"

3. Added "Thru plate" option.

4. Additional dimensions added to flange plate connection.

5. Base & cap plate plan view can be drawn as a section with section mark, (configuration option).

6. Added plates for connection to beam flange.

7. When positioning the column read from a file, pressing the "+" and "-" will increase and decrease the height.

8. "View Base/Cap File" automatically sorts list into alphabetical order.

9. Added standard marks for shear bars.

1. Added Franklin format to CNC extract.

2. Steel grades have been added for tubes and pipes when designing gusset plates.

3. Braces can be detailed with different number of bolts at each end to allow for field welding. "X" Bracing changed to allow vertical and horizontal offset in work points.

4. Added slot note at end of Tube and Pipe braces.

5. Changed output of angles to be in AutoCAD's unit format for angles.

1. Tail dims can be from either end of stringer if CNC is NOT saved.

2. Added Franklin format to CNC extract.

3. End of wall rail will show a circle if return is NS.

4. Description list for wall brackets has been added to Wall Rails.

5. Support members are selected to automatically get "minus" dims and block sizes when required.

6. Blocks are dimensioned to end of member or to clip as set in Beam configuration.

7. Block length is based on "Clear dim added for block length" as set in Beam configuration.

8. Refinements made to stair stringers using end plates.

9. Pan treads can be detailed with both horizontal and vertical supports or just the horizontal support.

10. Added "Butterfly" type stair. This is for precast treads on top of stringer.

11. Added end plate connection to upper and lower ends of stair.

12. Header connection at upper and lower landings can be holes, clip or wing plate on stringer.

13. Added "User" pan tread that has a variable pan depth.

14. Position of stair on sheet is selected by picking a point with the aid of a floating box.

15. Added "Butterfly" type stair to program for drawing erection elevation under Draw/Erection Tools/Stair/Elevation.

16. Added Stair tread calculator.

17. if you immediately use the stair rail program after detailing a stair stringer, the inputs for the stair will be used as the defaults for the rail where applicable.

18. Bars will be described per the settings for bars in the customer configuration.

19. Stringer with clip at top and dog leg with clip at bottom has been changed to show inside line of outstanding leg.

20. Added "Header Beam" program.

21. Added header beam connections and floor support angles on "dogleg" stringers.

22. Added pan treads with a sloping riser for use with a 3/8" thick nosing and 2" thick tread.

1. Added program to draw Elevation for erection drawings.

2. Ref. Elevations have been added to ladders without cages.

3. An alternate type has been added to the cross overs.

4. Dimensions have been added to the cross overs.

5. You can input the distance from floor to top of cage.

6. Top of cage is flush with top of stringers.

7. Side step ladder has option of one rung at top or 3 rungs above floor.

8. Bars will be described per the settings for bars in the customer configuration.
    

1. Changed output of angles to be in AutoCAD's unit format for angles.