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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!
• Amazing new project print preview and print feature allows a print preview of every member in a project!
• Previews large projects (100 members+) in seconds

Here is a quick view of a Multi-Loaded Multi-Span Beam in preview mode. You may also notice the notes section for personal notes that can be either inputted in the program or by hand if you need to add more detailed information.

 We hope you are getting as excited for the StruCalc 8.0 release as we are. Look for more information coming soon and the release in the third quarter of 2008!

Adam Wilson
StruCalc Development Team

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:

Selecting Intermediate Support gives the new cantilever options:

Above the hip/valley beam is supported at both ends A & B. Selecting Cantilever Support A will remove support A and cantilever the beam allowing you to add a point load on the end:

This feature will be useful to designers who need to use cantilever hip beams to support a ridge beam. As always StruCalc then determines the trapezoidal loads along the hip beam and adjusts for the slopes.

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.

Step 4

 Click Register below the login form

Step 5

 Enter a user name and an email you will have extended administrative access to. Then click the Register >> button.

Step 6

 When you see this screen your email should be on its way to your inbox. When your email arrives enter the user name and email provided into this screen and click the Login >> button.

Step 7

This logs you into our profile management interface. Please fill out as much of the profile as you would like at this time. Also, this is the best time to enter a personal password that is easy for you to remember. When all of this is done click the Update Profile >> button at the bottom of the screen. After it has updated click the StruCalc (View site >>) link at the very top of the page as shown below. This will take you to the StruCalc website.

Step 8

Click Bulletin Board and then profile again as in Step 1 and Step 2. Since you are now logged in you will get a profile interface as shown below.

By clicking browse for an avatar file you may select any 48 x 48 image file and upload it to your profile. Any changes made here will be saved permanently if you use the Update Profile >> button at the bottom of the screen.

That’s it! We look forward to helping you out on the forums. Whenever you leave our site and return to login simply click Profile, enter your information, and then use the StruCalc (View Site >>) link at the top of your profile page.

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.

 Compatibility

• Windows 2000 platforms
• Windows XP Home & Pro
• Windows Vista 32-bit & 64-bit for all versions

Sneak Peek at NEW Features

• Upgrade system allows complete translation of older projects to 8.0 projects with one click
• Project Management system allows easier to track projects and individual members
• Interface allows you to have each members Loading Diagram, VMD diagrams, Stress Values, Design Options, Auto-Size features, Print Preview’s and more all on one page. No more messy open forms!
• Print directly to .pdf’s from inside your software and email them to client’s and official’s
• Unequal leg steel angles
• Wind loads on rafters
• Uplift on footings
• More loading options for Combination Roof & Floor Beam module
• Load combinations in the Multi-Loaded Multi-Span Beam module
• Collar Ties
• Multi-Loaded Combination Roof and Floor Beam module

Sneak Peek at the NEW Interface

StruCalc’s new interface allows you to have more information on your screen and still design quick and easy! More to come!

StruCalc’s new unlocking tool allows you to instantly unlock with no phone necessary. You can also manage your license’s on your own, quickly and easily moving licenses from computer to computer and adding or removing licensed users. More to come!

Upgrade Information

Pricing and upgrade information is still unavailable. However, as always, purchasing a new main license of StruCalc will work the same. It will be cheaply upgradeable to our latest and greatest versions. So purchase 7.0 now by clicking here and start saving time and money designing with Strucalc today.

Adam Wilson
Strucalc Development Team