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Orion V18 What's New: (Essential Reading For All Users)
Orion V18 What's New: (Essential Reading For All Users)
Whats New
(Essential Reading
for all users)
2013
Version 18.0sp3
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Contents
Contents
Contents ............................................................................................................................................ 2
Whats New in Orion 18.0 sp3 September 2013................................................................................ 3
Enhancements in sp3 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Beam detailing ................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Adjusted shear area properties in FE column head model ............................................................................................. 3
Editing beam level data in data tables ............................................................................................................................ 3
Fixes in sp3 ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Run time error after analysis of piled mat foundation .................................................................................................... 4
Un-rounded link spacing in beam design ........................................................................................................................ 4
Eigenvalue analysis number of modes ......................................................................................................................... 4
Eigenvalue analysis failure............................................................................................................................................... 4
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Enhancements in sp3
Enhancements in sp3
Beam detailing
On the detail drawings, extension and lap dimensions are now rounded to the total bar length rounding step, whereas in
previous releases they were being rounded to the nearest 5mm.
To illustrate the effect of this change, consider the example below:
Typical 18.0sp3 detail (in which the bar length rounding step has been set to 50mm)
This enhancement has been made in response to user feedback so that drawings do not have to be manually edited in order
to indicate more rounded lapping and anchorage lengths.
Although the extension and lap dimensions are now displayed differently on the drawings, the total bar length reported in
the schedule is unchanged from previous releases.
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Fixes in sp3
Fixes in sp3
Run time error after analysis of piled mat foundation
Following FE analysis of a piled mat foundation, closing the post-processor by clicking OK to transfer the results would cause
a run time error 9 to be displayed. This error has now been corrected.
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Highlights
vt
vt-min =
minimum torsional shear stress, below which the effects of torsion can be ignored
As-T
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T-min
t-RdC
Str.Ratio =
combined stress ratio - if less than 1.0 then only min. shear reinforcement needs to be provided.
As-T
Torsion Detailing
In the above detail you can see that, to meet torsion design requirements:
torsion links are indicated on the elevation by inclusion of (T) in the bar mark
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When checked - the specified layout and bar sizes are both fixed.
When designed - the specified layout is fixed, but the bar sizes are incremented to achieve a solution.
The main benefits of using the new Polyline Column Editor are:
It is no longer necessary to perform an initial design in order to access a first pass steel layout, (which can often turn
out to be unsuitable, needing to be reviewed and amended interactively).
Using the new editor, bars can rapidly be positioned, either automatically or manually.
It can be used to specify the layout in rectangular or parallelogram columns as well as polyline columns.
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The buttons on this toolbar enable you to set up a practical steel layout efficiently in advance of a check or design.
Button
Command
Automatic
Containment
All Links
Function
Automatically positions longitudinal bars and links
within the section.
Automatically positions links within the section.
All Bars
Move Origin
Delete Steel
Bars
Delete Steel
Bars and links
Corner Bar
Web Steel
Mesh Steel
Closed Link
Straight Link
U Link
Notes
Displayed for rectangular/
parallelogram columns only.
Displayed for non-rectangular
columns only.
Displayed for non-rectangular
columns only.
The origin defines the section
location in relation to the
insertion axes
When a four sided column is passed into the Polyline Column Editor the Automatic Confinement button becomes available.
When it is clicked, the dialog shown below is opened; this can then be used to specify both the layout and bar sizes for the
selected column.
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The model is created in release 17.0sp6 and then analysed - the results are then compared with those obtained in release 18.
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In release 18.0sp1
Because the analysis wire is always shifted
to the true column centroid, the out of
plane moments are generated without
having to refine the original model.
Note: Although the analysis wire is shifted
for analysis, in the post-processor view, as
can be seen, it is still displayed at the
original insertion point.
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Consequently during analysis it is much less likely that any cantilevers needing to be marked will be found but if any
are located the messaging at this point is improved to give a printable list, making it then easier to check which potential
cantilevers need to be marked.
The operation of the Set Beam Support Conditions option you get when you right click on the beam group in the
structure tree is changed previously it only deleted all cantilever marks now it will delete them and reset them to the
automatic selections.
Bug Fix - The analysis setting option to switch off the checking of cantilevers (shown below) now works, it had stopped
working in the previous release.
Enhancement/Adjustment where two potential cantilever beams meet at a point, only one is marked automatically;
however in previous releases, the one that was chosen was not always the most obvious. In response to user feedback
the method of selection in this specific situation has been improved.
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Rigid members are added around the column boundary, which also connect to the column centroid, (in the same way as at
upper storeys). Note that load from the column is always applied at its centroid rather than at its insertion point,
(irrespective of whether column sections are included or not).
To illustrate this point, consider the two rafts shown below. Both are loaded at their exact centres by a single centrally
positioned column. The only difference being that different insertion axes are used for each as follows:
Insertion axes for the left hand column are at the column centre (e1 = e2 = 500)
Insertion axes for the right hand column are at the top right corner of the column (e1 = e2 = 1000)
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Other Enhancements
Other Enhancements
FE Meshing
A number of previously logged meshing issues have been resolved in the release.
In release 18 you now have added flexibility to perform the analysis if required using a uniform subgrade coefficient, without
having to reset the individual values previously assigned to specific slabs.
When the above option is checked, the individual soil subgrade coefficients specified on each slabs property dialog
are used so that you can cater for different soil conditions across the site.
When the above option is unchecked, the soil subgrade coefficient specified on the Floor Mesh and Analysis dialog is
applied to all slabs, over-riding slab specific values.
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Other Enhancements
Member Tables
Top level of slabs (Del-Z) has been added to the Slabs member table to facilitate editing. Also, column editing in
member tables has been enhanced when a drop down is offered so the user is not restricted to the drop down
values.
An export option for SAP2000 R15 has been added for both the Building Analysis and FE Floor Analysis models.
When the button is checked (as shown above) and the Update button is pressed, a dialog is displayed listing beams with the
same label in other storeys.
This is a multi-select list; if you mark the other floors, cross-section properties are also updated in all the beams marked.
During wall generation to other storeys, the beams in the target storey can now be deleted automatically (when the
replace existing elements in target storey option is checked).
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Other Enhancements
In beam design the Ctrl key can now be used to select multiple rows to paste steel to in a single operation:
The keyboard shortcuts Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are now supported for copying and pasting steel bars.
Beam Axis Editing was previously prevented for axes containing curved beams. Beam not included in any axis
messages would be displayed incorrectly if you attempted to add/remove curved beams from axes. In response to
user feedback the program has been enhanced to allow beam axis editing for axes containing curved beams.
A number of fixes/adjustments have been implemented in the wall detailing - many bar clashes have been
addressed in the wall detailing and splicing of lateral bars added when length exceeds 12m.
In column/wall design the Ctrl key can now be used to select multiple rows to paste steel to in a single operation:
The keyboard shortcuts Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are now supported for copying and pasting steel bars.
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Other Enhancements
For column design the detail drawing settings now include a new Starter Bars Length Factor. The starter bar length
will be calculated as a multiple of the bar diameter, or according to code requirements when the field is zero.
Templates
In the Ireland (Eurocode) template, the default load combination set is now based on a Max. G Factor of 1.35 instead
of 1.25.
In all of the Eurocode templates, the default factors for slab steel extension lengths at interior and exterior supports
have been standardised at 0.30xL and 0.2xL respectively.
Slab Design
The slab steel bob length which was previously fixed at 300mm is now user definable on the Steel Bars tab in Slab
Design Settings.
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Fixes in 18.0
This has now been enhanced to consider all load combinations and not just the (G+Q)*F combination.
Based on initial feedback the reinforcement overstrength factor is no longer fixed at 1.25; refer to the revised design
procedure section 1.1 on page 363 of the Engineers Handbook.
Foundation Beams
At the foundation storey you can now insert multiple beams in one go by dragging between grid points under walls
and columns. When a wall running in the same direction as the beams to be inserted is encountered, a Yes/No
prompt is issued to ask whether these beams are for a strip footing insertion. If the answer is Yes then a beam is
inserted from the start of the wall to the next support (which ensures the wall load is correctly handled in strip
design). If the answer is No then a beam is inserted directly under the wall (and a warning is displayed if a strip is
subsequently inserted).
When you use FE beam load decomposition in order to calculate slab loads, any isolated columns attached to the
slab have FE nodal loads applied automatically. If you subsequently switch to yield line decomposition, in previous
releases you would have been required to manually remove these loads. A new feature has been added which
detects the FE nodal loads and gives you the option to remove them.
Column Labelling
On the Settings menu, the Member and Steel Bar Label Templates form contains a new option under Column Label
Settings which allows you to control the location of the column size text in relation to the column label.
Fixes in 18.0
A number of stability issues and fixes with non-critical design consequences have been addressed.
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