It has been awhile since we posted any development progress so I thought I’d drop by and give you guys an update. Rest assured this doesn’t mean we haven’t been working as hard as always it’s just a long process!

This is a sneak peek of StruCalc’s newest design module just integrated yesterday. The new Collar Tie Design Module is the newest form of user input in StruCalc 8.0. We put the controls on the diagrams so you know exactly what and where to enter the correct information to make your designs quick and accurate.

Structural Engineering Software Features and Benefits

There are many features and benefits of structural engineering software. It has revolutionized the building industry, making structures more stable and the engineer’s job easier. Structural engineering software is indispensible in today’s fast-paced world of construction.
 
The Must-Haves of Designing Software

The features of structural engineering software include rafter design, beam design, column design and placement, and footing calculations, to name a few. Structural engineering software eliminates tedious mathematical calculations. It also ensures that your calculations are accurate, creating a safe and stable structural design.

Due to the high demand by users for a network version of our software we are happy to announce that it has been developed and will be available for StruCalc 8.0. This network version called StruCalc Server 2008 allows many new benefits with only a few requirements.

Benefits

• Only one computer on your network needs internet access for unlocking and updates
• Scale the number of licenses you need to the amount of access your users need
• StruCalc Server 2008 allows StruCalc 8.0 to be installed on an unlimited number of machines on one LAN. It limits concurrent users to the number of licenses you purchase.

The StruCalc Design Team is glad to announce another new feature in our continuing series of StruCalc 8.0 upgrades.

The long awaited one page engineering printouts are here!

• All design modules all situations are one page auto formatted
• Each printout includes project information, detail, inputs, calulations, and loading diagrams
• New features of printouts allow saving, auto-emailing designs, and viewing as .pdfs
• New ability to place your company logo on the printouts
• Also use the auto numbering feature to integrate your printouts into a design completion package!

Periodically as the release date of StruCalc looms nearer (2nd Quarter 2008) the development team will give you teasers of new features that have been added. This week we are featuring the new cantilever Hip/Valley Beam Design feature inside the Roof Beam Design Module.

What this new feature allows you to do is take a hip/valley beam that is supported at both ends, add an intermediate support. Now you have the option to cantilever one end of the beam and add a point load at the end.

The first hip/valley beam module shows you your options:

Step 1

From http://www.strucalc.com click the Bulletin Board link on the left hand navigation panel.

Step 2

From the below screen you can read, write, and search the forums as a guest user. We encourage you to continue the registration process for a more personal experience when talking with other users and our engineers.

Click the profile link in the upper right hand corner of the forum screen.

Step 3

 Click Log In Here to create your account and also to login if you are a previously registered user.

The long awaited StruCalc forums are finally here. You can access these forums by clicking the bulletin board link on the left hand navigation pane from the home page.

 We are happy to offer this exciting new feature for our current and future users to interact with each other. Please feel free to stop by and leave messages as a guest. Of course we would love to have you follow this register walkthrough and become a registered user.

In order to ensure compliance with the 2007 California building code, we have added this code as a selection
for StruCalc users. This code can now be accessed by going to the main menu and selecting:

Utilities > Settings > Code > and selecting the 2007 California Building Code using the drop down list titled Building Code

Doing so ensures we will use all up to date calculations and stress values that have went into affect
for the 2007 California Building Code January 1st, 2008.

The StruCalc Development Team has released what will most likely be the last version 7.0 free upgrade patch. You may download this patch by going here or in your StruCalc program on the menu selecting Help > Update StruCalc and following the wizard directions.

7.01.13 Minor Upgrade Notes:
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This minor upgrade will update all previous versions of StruCalc 7.0.  Please note that it will not update versions 1.X, 2.X, 3.X, 4.X, 5.X or 6.X of StruCalc.

You may be required to input your keycode again after the installation of the patch.  Contact Cascade Consulting Associates if you have misplaced this information.

The StruCalc Development Team would like to formally announce the upcoming release of StruCalc 8.0. The latest version of StruCalc will be released in the 2nd quarter of 2008 and will include all of the previous versions of StruCalc features.

The most exciting update will be a new and improved visual look developed for Windows XP and Vista. This new look will put more information and design ability at your fingertips while overall improving the ease of use that all of our clients have come to expect from a StruCalc product. The new StruCalc will use state of the art Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 design tools to create an interface matching all your standard Windows software packages. This will reduce any learning curve new users may have and yet will also include the same design module interfaces so continued users of our software will not have to change the way they have designed in the past.