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Previous improvements

Version XE11

• New wizards that make it quick and intuitive to create structures
• Floating structure diagram window. Multiple monitors can be used.
• Substantial improvement in the reports. More detailed and easier to interpret
• Dynamic filter with the option to extend the range with a trackbar
• The Estructura Script program is included to generate all input data by programming in the Basic language.
• Mediest - Structural quantity take-off. Can be exported to Excel.
• Resulgrid - Internal forces and member utilisation results in table form. Can be exported to Excel.
• Structure composer. There is no limit to the structures that can be joined.
• Ability to generate sloping trusses
• Increased number of cases in which mechanisms are detected
• Improved import of DXF files. Arcs and circles in any position in space can be imported, as well as polylines made up of straight segments.
• Option to print or not print the notes in the General Data report
• Calculation of shear stresses in steel sections
• The number of crane runway beams is increased to 6. An option has been added to indicate which column carries the greatest load, and the data of one overhead crane can be copied to another.

Version XE6

• More detailed reports
• Fire: ability to specify the fire resistance time
• Fire design of steel members in Estrumad
• Round timber (logs)
• Eaves: generation by length, horizontal projection length or level
• Ability to specify fire delay time
• New improvements in the member editor: copy members, splice members and split members at a given distance from their lower-numbered node.
• Clearer descriptions in the section tables
• Buckling is calculated in beams if a buckling coefficient is defined or the program is asked to calculate it
• Two new options have been added to node alignment: vertical alignment and horizontal alignment
• Improvements in breaking members that cross each other
• Update of the lateral-torsional buckling calculation formula
• The material tables have been completed and improved
• Improvements in equalising lateral-torsional buckling properties in members
• Improvements in the DXF viewer. More text types by alignment
• Structure composer extended in number of planes and improved in speed
• In the section tables, sections with equal area are sorted by the greater moment of inertia
• Fix in the import of 3D DXF files (the direction of the Z axis is changed)
• Fix for the deflections of steel members in Estrumad
• Double-clicking the middle button (wheel) zooms to extents, like other similar programs
• Check of the tie rod thread for solid circular section members (Table 18)
• Ability to change the behaviour of the mouse wheel for zooming
• Shift adds to and removes from the selection
• The project title is carried in the FIE file

And from version XE5

• Document manager. Customise your reports by adding the images you want, as well as your company logo in the headers.
• Download examples/templates from the cloud, so you can have a project ready in minutes.
• Use of all processors in the calculation. Analysing a structure is even faster.
• Description text on members.
• Simplified input for members with a constant section.
• Drawing of stresses and envelopes with colour grading.
• Improved import of DXF files.
• Tables created by users are carried in the FIE file, so there is no need to pass on the table files.
• Assignment of the worst section classification if the one in the table is more favourable
• Improved editing of load cases and combinations, as well as automatic renumbering
• Improved import of DXF files for calculating the mechanical properties of sections
• Improved calculation of members with semi-rigid connections
• Drawing of reactions in the graphical results output.
• Improved calculation of the self-weight of tapered members
• Autosave. Set how often you want the program to save your structure automatically
• Aids for fire design
• Improved PDF export with the option to embed fonts in the document
• American sections. Design structures in other countries.
• New export options in the results display (HTML, Word, PowerPoint…)
• Validation of loads on members

And from version XE3

• 32-bit and 64-bit versions, the latter up to 25% faster than the 32-bit version
• Ability to upload structures to the cloud and view them from a mobile device (tablet/smartphone)
• Complete design of any steel structure, including automatic sizing
• Automatic generation of common typologies: trusses, industrial buildings, buildings, towers…
• DXF import and export
• Base plates and footings
• Crane runway beams
• Dynamic and buckling analysis
• Automatic load generation and purlin design for industrial buildings
• Fire design
• Seismic design
• Design of semi-rigid members
• Calculation of the mechanical properties of sections from their DXF drawing
• Link with Revit 2016 and 2015 (separate module)