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StruCalc Releases New Program Compatible With MiTek’s Sapphire Structure Software

Posted by Adam Wilson in Company Information, Latest News on December 15th, 2011

StruCalc is pleased to announce the latest software to come from its development team, the StruCalc Mitek Importer. Due to increased demand from engineers and architects for the ability to import designs from other structural software programs, we have created a program to import MiTek Sapphire Structure jobs directly into StruCalc. Now with just a few clicks a designer can import an entire house designed with MiTek Sapphire Structure into the new StruCalc Importer and create engineered StruCalc projects!

MiTek Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., United States, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is the world’s leading supplier of state-of-the-art connector products, engineered software and services to the structural building components industry. With operations on six continents, MiTek companies develop and sell products and services in the residential, commercial, industrial and institutional construction markets. MiTek’s SAPPHIRE Suite is the residential construction industry’s first 3D BIM platform built from the ground up specifically for structural framing design and production of prefabricated components. Visit www.mii.com for more information on MiTek and www.berkshirehathaway.com to learn about Berkshire Hathaway.

The newly available MiTek Importer can be downloaded here and is compatible with StruCalc 8.0.110 software and database which can be found on our Downloads page..

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StruCalc Releases Free Patch With New Features

Posted by Adam Wilson in Company Information, Latest News on February 28th, 2011

StruCalc 8.0.105 is available here

New Features!

Print Project Summary

A Summary is now printed before you do an entire Print Project. This was due to high user demand and we hope to hear some feedback from you soon on how we chose to implement this. To enable this feature go to Main Menu > Utilities > Settings > Printer and select the checkbox for Print Project Summary.

Enter proxy settings from inside the software

Another user requested new feature that is geared to our larger client base.

Uplift Calculations have been added to Footings

Uplift calculations have now been enabled for all footings other than continuous. Once you upgrade to version 8.0.104 you can navigate to Main Menu > Utilities > Settings > Options where you will find the new uplift calc referred to as Footing Uplift Factor of Safety. This factor can be adjusted and saved as you see fit. The default StruCalc settings is 1.5.

Once you are designing footings with the new version you will see a new section on the print preview that displays the Uplift Resistance based on you Factor of Safety

User Interface Updates
Project name shows up in window button when you minimize
Clear load buttons can now be cancelled
Printing Options include turning off the printing of Notes
Footing labels retain their correct name when switching between shapes
Footing and Column print outs have been updated extensively
Footing & Column printout allows printing large loading diagram
Footing printout now supports settings change from shrinkage to flexural steel
Printing pdf docs only requires one save and one print
Glulam labeling is now correct for fb+ and fb-
Rafter loading area printout updated
Project Manager updated to print correct changes to the NDS

Conservative Bug Updates
Fixed punching shear calculations for plain concrete footings for small footings
Modified steel angle calculations and print outs to match current code
Fixed deflection output for VMD diagram when using steel angles
Fixed shear calculation bug introduced in version 1.03

We thank you for continuing use of StruCalc and hope you stay tuned for future free patches and upcoming news on our next release!

Adam Wilson, President
StruCalc, Inc.

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