Releases Tagged: Concrete Beam

Increased bottom margin on printed report in Concrete Beam.  (2025-07-28)

Coordinated the units on applied loads in the Loads All Spans tab.  When a uniform load has a tributary width of 1 foot, the program displays units of k/ft.  For any other tributary width, the program displays units of ksf. (2025-07-21)

Corrected an issue where a specific set of modeling steps would cause a temporary phantom load until the calculation was reloaded. (2025-06-24)

Added a warning to verify beam stability and lateral bracing per Section 9.2.3.1 when any span exceeds 50 times the minimum beam face width. (2025-06-13)

The following updates have been made to the "Cross Section Values" and "Design Shear" tabs (2025-06-03):

Resolved an issue that incorrectly triggered a warning message for "Vu > φVn,max" when Vu was actually less than φVn,max. Also fixed a problem where the φ character was being displayed incorrectly. (2025-04-30)

Added right-click context menus to the Multiple Simple Beam module for quick expand/collapse of results tables, along with the ability to export or copy/paste data to Excel or CSV. 

As part of this update, the underlying context menu logic was refactored and standardized for improved consistency and maintainability across several other modules that already included similar functionality. (2025-04-04)

Added a right-click context menu for easy expand/collapse of results tables as well as the ability to export or copy/paste of data from to Excel or CSV. (2025-03-14)

This feature was already available in Wood Beam and Steel Beam, and with this update, it is now supported in all beam modules.

Several updates regarding deflection and effective moment of inertia (Ie) calculations have been implemented (2025-01-16):

Addressed some issues with the visibility of results, particularly when skip loading is used, and load combinations needed to identify the loaded span(s). (2024-11-14)

Modified the program behavior so it will remember the option to apply skip loading of live loads, even when the beam contains more than five spans. (2024-11-12)

Clarified the calculation of fr on the General tab. (2024-09-27)

Resolved an issue where the status message above the Calculations tab would become stuck with a hanging message when opening a calculation. (2024-08-20)

Revised the shear design logic for ACI 318-19. The updated provisions of section 22.5.5.1 create a cyclical dependency between determining concrete shear capacity, Vc, and required shear reinforcement, Av. The revised logic evaluates both scenarios outlined in Table 22.5.5.1 by calculating Vc per equations (a)/(b) and (c). The required stirrup layout for each scenario is then calculated, and that which yields the most favorable results is reported in the Calculation Report. (2024-07-10)

Repaired an issue that was causing the module to disregard a negative sign on the End Magnitude of partial-length trapezoidal loads. (2024-02-23)