SDS2 v 2018 New Features Part 1 Presented

SDS/2 v 2018: New Features Part 1 Presented by: Ryan Vanek

Design Code • CSA 11 Design Coded – Added in 2017 • • AISC 15 Design Code usa_mtrl has been updated with AISC_15 th. Ed_1 st. Print – This does not include sections from older material files • can_mtrl has been updated with CISC_11 th. Ed_2 nd. Print – This does not include sections from older material files • all_mtrl contains: – – – – – ASD_9 th. Ed_2 nd. Rev_4 th. Print CISC_8 th. Ed_1 st. Print CISC_9 th. Ed_4 th. Print CISC_10 th. Ed_4 th. Print CISC_11 th. Ed_2 nd. Print AISC_13 th. Ed_3 rd. Print AISC_14 th. Ed_1 st. Print AISC_15 th. Ed_1 st. Print AISC_ASTM_A 1085

Setup • Bolt and nut callout: – Bolt Detailing/Fabrication Options • Bolt tool clearance – Connection Detailing/Fabrication Options – Pr 12927 • Hole allowances based on: – Job units – Bolt units • Expanded calculations has an updated layout

Material File • Cold formed Channel • Cold Formed Z

Modeling • Member Add Options Bar – User Options>Modeling>Show member add options bar • Top, Bottom or Disabled – Works with Beams, Columns, VB and HB • Material copy – Preview – Can locate more than one copy before confirmation – Shift+Left Click to remove selected location

Modeling • Voids – Will not be broken apart due to Break apart field on member edit screen – Will not be detailed on Member or Erection View Drawings

Handrail • • • Option to remove the main section toe plate Grab bar only Add rail to a stair stringer Continue flat rail Move post Adjust rail posts

Handrail • Fixed problem copying stairs between projects(2017. 13) • Vertical mesh wire on sloping handrail will always be vertical • Pickets on sloping handrail with one midrail will not clash with the top rail • Fixed mirror issue with graphical stringers

Status Display • Status Ends of Members • The custom property combobox on status display is now wide enough to view the properties that are shipped with SDS/2.

Connections • Beam splice in auto standard connections – Left /Right End or Both Members – NS/FS or Both Sides • Bevel shear plate to supporting as required – Pr 5944 – Option in setup and Member edit screen – Bevel precisions • 0 -4 decimal places

Thru Plates • Cope dissimilar thru plate sides – Standard Fabricator Setup>Shear Plate Setup – Defaults for: • Cope radius • Thru plate projection – Also can be modified in the Member Edit • Thru Plate notches with rounded ends – Member Detailing/Fabrication options • HSS notch radius field, when set to auto, will equal half the sum of the thickness of the shear thru plate and the total notch width clearance. • When set to non-auto, and set to zero, the notch will have square ends. • Total notch width clearance is the total clearance for a shear thru plate that is inserted into the notch of an HSS/Pipe section

Column Base/Cap Plate Weld • Weld Pattern – formally Weld All Around – Two faces = No – All around = Yes(with seal) – All faces = Yes(without seal) – All faces(withseal) = New Option • Provides non-strength seal welds that default to a size of 1/8 inches

HSS Vertical Brace Notch • Member Detailing/Fabricatio n Options – Rounded Slot – Weld around End

2 pt Vertical Brace • 2 pt Shared Seismic Vertical Brace – Pr 6988 – AISC Seismic Design 2 nd Edition – Design Criteria>Plates – Reinforcement Plates – Stiffeners

Wide Flange Vertical Brace • Pr 19295 • Web Connection – Web Plate – Web Channel – No Web Connection • Flange Connection – Claw Angles – No Flange Connection

Custom Properties • Modular vs. legacy – Modular allows for easy addition of Custom Properties – Once a project is Modular you cannot go back to Legacy or vice versa – Merge Schema into Current Job allows to copy Custom Properties from one Project to another • When copied into a Modular Project the new Custom Properties will appear under User Name. Space