1. Major Enhancements
3D and render view related
• Selection & editing of elements in 3D view
• Display of all types of loads in 3D view
• Improvement in 3D render view
• Facility of rotation about Z axis in 3D view
• Dynamic pan command in 3D view
• Section and elemental load creation and attach options in 3D view
• Slab fill effect in render view
• Changing colors of structural elements as well of background in render view
• Creation of vertically inclined element by clicking nodes
• Display of edge elements in 3D view

2. Preprocessor related
• Notional method for wind load generation
• Floor load command for creation of slabs in single command for CAD imported
files
• Orientation of columns to any angle
• Facility to Modify shear wall on all floors regarding grade of concrete and thickness
• Under modify menu option to change the grid name is introduced
• In modify menu only the option to copy the newly added grid names on higher
floors using copy grid name option is given.
• STAAD file import is made easier and much stable
• Optimization resulting in element delete faster for high rise buildings
• Display of line and point loads in 2D view
• STAAD file export related problems solved for shear wall buildings

3. Design related
• Improvements in Shear wall Design
• Improvements in detailed drawings
• Modification of beam design when fails for minimum stirrups spacing
• Detail design report for shear walls provided for user selected floors
• Improvements in Column design

4. 3D render view display improvements
• Option provided for
changing colors of
structural elements as
per requirement in
render view
• Option for changing the
background is also
provided for 3D view

5. Introduction of rotation about z axis and
dynamic pan command in 3D view

6. Selection toolbar for selection and unselecting elements to
see details.
• Select element option is
given for single selection.
Using this you can select
an element of which you
want to check the
properties or modify
those. Double click to get
the dialog box.
• By window selection you
can select few elements
which you want to
highlight.
• Active all is given to
activate all elements. This
can be used after selecting
few elements to
discontinue this
command.
• Active selected is used to display the selected elements only.
• Active previous option is used to activate the previous selected elements.
• Inactive option is used to inactivate selected elements. Those elements will not be displayed
on screen.

7. Display of loads in 3D view
• Display of loads in 3D
view is given
• Selection of floor in 3D
view option is also
given using which you
can see the loading on
a floor.
• Select the option of
load which you want to
display
• You can set the scale
factor to enlarge the
loading diagram

8. Introduction of floor load command
• Option of floor load is given to
create slabs in single step on a
floor in the file which is
imported through DXF format.
• Here you have to insert the start
and end dimensions and
loading as shown.
• On pressing F7 you will get
rectangular and general slabs
created on that floor.

9. Introduction Notional Method for wind load generation
• Total wind load acting on
single floor is calculated and
assumed to act at CG of that
floor. Depending on this the
load is distributed on all nodes
of that floor through diaphragm
action.

10. Introduction of scale factor in earthquake loads
• Concept of scale factor is
introduced by default for
earthquake load calculation by
response spectrum method. The
loads are calculated
accordingly.
• If you don’t want to consider
this effect you can make the
flag off.

11. Display of slab loads in 2D view
• Option to display
Line load and point
loads on slabs in 2D
view is provided
• Option to display
other loading on slab
is also given
• Slab properties
display is improved
compared to previous
version

12. Modify grid names and copy them on higher floors
• Option to modify the
grid name as per
requirement is given
under Modify ->
Building -> Grid
Name.
• Option to copy these
modified grid names
on all floors is also
given under Modify -
> Building -> Copy
Grid Names option
Which will give you
the copy multiple
floors dialog box on
the screen

13. Column Orientation to required angle

14. Modify Shear wall option
• Using this option
You can modify the
thickness of shear
wall for every floor
also you can change
the grade of concrete
used for shear wall
for required floors
• Based on those
values the shear walls
will be designed

15. Beam user defined detailing parameters
• In beam
design
parameters
user defined
detailing
option is
given
• All beam
DXF drawings
show detailing
according to
those
parameters.

16. Designing of beams when failed for spacing
• Dialog for beam design when it
fails in stirrups spacing is
changed
• Here you can increase the
diameter of bars or legs of
stirrups to overcome the
problem

17. Shear wall detail report for selected floors
• Facility to view the shear wall detail
report for selected floors by selecting
default levels for that particular floor
is given
• On unselecting the level the report will
not come for that particular floor.