That is a very useful idea. Currently 8.0 does not tell you if you have or haven't saved an open module. I don't remember this being a feature in 7.0 there are so many its hard to keep track off the top of my head.

I will add this enhancement request to our current list of things to fix in the patch. I am sure we can get this done in 8.0, no reason to wait until the next version comes out.

Thanks for your input we love to hear from our users!

Multi-Loaded / Multi-span beam options:

I would like to see an option to have two separate loads be classified under different duration factors.  For example, I could have a uniform live and dead floor load with a duration of 1.0, and a point load from a roof at a duration of 1.25.

Thanks,

Todd

At this time StruCalc has no plans of expanding the design modules into more than 3 spans as this particular set of modules is geared to a specific market of users. The demand for more structural engineering features is being noticed and StruCalc is looking into expanding or partnering to offer these features to it's user's in future updates. If any of these types of options are going to become available we would make sure our users knew about it well in advance. At this juncture it doesn't seem anything will happen while the 2009 IBC is in effect, so most likely not the next two years.

Thanks,

DE

And in response to the second post, StruCalc will design an axial loaded stud wall with a perpendicular wind loading.  There is actually a video on the column page that will walk you through the features.

In the footing module you can actually just click the "=" sign in order to get it to update.

I was able to replicate this error. We will ensure a fix for this is put into the next patch that will be out this month. Sorry for any inconvenience.