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USER INTERFACE Customizable Graphical User Interface    

Enhanced Direct X Graphics    

Multiple Views    

Quick Navigation and Data Management    

MODELING Wide Array of Templates    

Model Explorer Functionality    

Model Views   

Analytical Model    

Physical Model    

Multiple Grid System Definition    

Enhanced Drafting Utilities    

Plans and Elevations   

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Developed Elevations to Generate Custom Elevations    

Stories    

Comprehensive Interactive Database Editing    

Wide Array of Meshing Tools    

Object Based Meshing   

External Meshing   

Line Constraints   

BUILDING COMPONENTS Towers   

Beams, Columns, Braces   

Section Properties / Section Designer    

Section Designer   

Shell Elements (Walls, Floors, Ramps)    

Shear Walls   

Wall Stacks    

Piers / Spandrels    

Link Elements    

Floor Diaphragms    

Nonlinear Link Elements: Gaps and Hooks   

Nonlinear Link Elements: Plasticity, Dampers, Isolators  

Automated Buckling Restrained Brace (BRB) modeling   

(CoreBrace)

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Friction-spring hysteretic damper and Bilinear Maxwell oil  
damper property

Nonlinear Hinges   

Single Degree-of-Freedom Frame Hinges  

Isotropic PMM Frame Hinge  

Parametric PMM Frame Hinge 

Fiber Frame Hinges 

Fiber Wall Hinges 

Modeling Hinges as Links for FNA 

Nonlinear Layered Shell Element  

Design Strips 

General Design Strips 

Automatic Width Strips 

Post-Tensioning (P/T) 

Autostrip and Layout 

LOADING Automated Code Based Loading    

Seismic    

Wind    

Point, Line, Area, and Thermal Loads    

Cladding    

Live Load Reduction    

Force / Moment    

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Open Structure Wind Loading   

Pattern Loading   

Displacement    

Tendon Loads and Losses 

ANALYSIS SAPFireTM Analysis Engine   

Eigenvector Analysis    

Ritz- Vector Analysis    

Mulitple 64-Bit Solvers   

Wide Array of Dynamic Analysis Tool    

Response Spectrum    

Linear Modal Time History    

Linear Direct Integration Time History  

Static Analysis    

P-Delta    

Buckling  

Pushover Analysis   

Staged Construction 

Single Stage from Initial State   

Multiple Stages  

Change Sections 

Change Stiffness Modifiers 

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Change Frame Releases 

Time Dependent Stiffness 

Creep and Shrinkage 

Load Cases and Combinations   

Model Alive   

Nonlinear Analysis   

Wilson FNA (Fast Nonlinear Analysis) Method  

Direct Integration Time History  

Material Nonlinearity - Frame, Hinges and Links 

Geometric Nonlinearity - Large Displacement  

PERFORMANCE-BASED Stable and Fast Nonlinear Analysis (FNA) implemented for PBD  
DESIGN

Automated Nonlinear Hinges in Shear Walls-Based Upon User/Design 

Reinforcing

Steel and Concrete Material Models with Performance Levels 

(confined and unconfined) 

Steel and Concrete Fiber Models for Shear Walls and Columns  

Automated PBD Hinges and Procedures Based upon ASCE 41-13 

D/C Ratio Plots and Tables for Fast Performance Evaluation 

Material Strain as Performance Measure for D/C Ratios 

Several New Hysteresis Options for Nonlinear Hinges 

Options for Hysteretic Stiffness and Strength Degradation  

Quasi-static (Dynamic) Option for Static Pushover Analysis of 

Complex Models

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Generalized Displacement Constraints for Strain Evaluation 

Output Averaging of Responses over Several Time History Runs 

DESIGN Steel Frame Design    

Concrete Frame Design    

Composite Beam/Column Design    

Shear Wall Design    

Steel Joist Design   

Concrete Slab Design  

Strip Based Slab Design 

FEM Based Slab Design 

Punching Shear Check 

Post-Tensioning Stress Checks 

OUTPUT AND DISPLAY Analysis Results    

Deformed Shape    

Shell Force and Stress Contours    

Reaction Diagrams    

Section Cuts   

Video Animations   

Tabular Output    

Report Generation    

Customized User defined Reports    

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AutoCAD®and BricsCAD®    

Revit®   

Tekla    

IFC    

Application Programing Interface    

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Build Custom Plugins    

Cross Product Development    

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