Software Release Notes

 

This month's highlights:

 

Aug 26, 2022 8:22:50 AM

 

 This month:

• Update maps to ensure readability
  

Jul 1, 2022 11:00:00 AM

 

Here is a list of items that we completed in June 2022.

• Update Q-BM-FORCES templates - This allows customers to generate many types of Maps within the Map tool in button 3.  You can use the selection criteria  to limit what will show on the map like just doublers or just joints where the force is missing
  
  
• List of prefs that should have a picture associated with them - We have added many pictures to preferences to clearly define what the tricky preferences mean.  Just click on the ?.

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May 1, 2022 2:46:00 PM

 

Coming soon:

• Utility ratio preference to offer a percentage gap between the required force and the designed capacity.
• Total control of designed angles and plates to match inventory and mandated requirements.
• Advanced washer control to use preferences to meet engineering requirements.

On its way

• Ability for Qnect to use connections designed in earlier sessions when designing groups of joints.
• End plate connections - AISC
• Single Angle Bracing connections - AISC
• Double Angles - CISC
• Advanced MAPS capability to filter what you want to show on a MAP.

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Release Notes: March 2022

For conventional shear plate connections with vertical bolt spacing > 3”, should Qnect always use full eccentricity = “a” instead of reduced eccentricity = “a/2”?

Default to “no”.

ENGINEERING:
IF the answer to the question above is “yes”, AND the shear plate design is “conventional” AND with vertical bolt spacing > 3”, THEN force the use of e=a instead of allowing e = a/2.

 

New Qnect Model Review Tool

This tool is for EORs to quickly and easily review and approve the model within Tekla.

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Dec 10, 2021 9:07:00 AM

 

CISC building code is now live.  We have also completed the ability to run Shear Plates using Imperial, Metric and Metric (imperial sizing).

 

• Added method to locate angle brace to the LEFT/RIGHT side of gusset plate for Vertical Bracing...

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 Sep 6, 2021 10:00:00 AM

 

Overall working on CISC with engineering using metric (imperial sizes).  To be safe this will be 2 more weeks (may be earlier).  We are in QA with AISC-15 which we are targeting end of September.  Also working on Single Angle bracing and End plate connections.  They still need a bunch of time.  In the meantime we are working on customer requests.

• Short span UDL table issue - On the Forces web page there was an issue where one entry was required.  Now it can be saved with zero entries.
• Follow up to QNT-6879

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Aug 12, 2021 9:01:00 AM

 

This month has been spent mostly on finalizing CISC and delivering customer requests.  The full list is below of what we did but this is a good customer facing summary.

 

• Duplicates: Review and fix issues.  
• When running Qnect, we first check to see if the joint was already designed in the same model with the same preferences to ensure we keep the number of unique connections to a minimum.  We enhanced the system to capture a bunch of corner cases that were.missed previously.
• Update weld clearance from thin doublers and angles. - 
• When we have fillet welds around thin beam web doublers and angles, we should not subtract 1/16 (2 mm) from edge of doubler/angle to weld.
• Imperial: angles/plates < 0.25", clear = 0, else clear = 1/16
• Metric: angles/plates = 5mm or 6 mm, clear = 0, else clear = 2mm

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Jul 8, 2021 1:00:00 PM
 

We have been focused on delivering the Canadian Building Code.  There is one feature left that was just finalized yesterday from the engineering perspective.  We are now developing that.  It should be completed early next week.

 

We have also been working on getting AISC-15th edition developed as well.

 

• Current UNDO/REDO improvement.  Qnect designed a full work around to alleviate the performance issue with working with large model and the UNDO/REDO process in the model.  This issue has now been resolved.
• Update custom coping preferences override.  We added one more choice for cope depth of kdet beam + 1/8".

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Jun 5, 2021 10:00:00 AM

 

 

In addition, we have been preparing to launch the AISC 15th edition which will launch in July 2021.

 

We have also been working on increasing our Vertical Brace capabilities with the launch of HSS brace to column flange last month. We are now working on Single Angle bracing for launch in Summer 2021.

 

Below is a list of customer enhancement requests, bug fixes and Tekla desktop work that we have been working on this year...