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Faster frame design

The frame design process has been modified in order to make better use of the available processors.

It is difficult to quantify the achieved improvement, however, the example below shows a comparison of the frame design times of various jobs. All calculations have been carried out on a computer with an "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz, 3696 Mhz, containing 6 main processors and 12 logical processors".

JobTotal surfaceTime in previous
versions
Time in current
version
Improvement
6-storey building650 m21'21"65%
ESC-RETICULAR (Example job)1440 m22' 26"1' 38"33%
10 storey building2619 m24' 14"1' 31"64%
19 storey building12208 m251' 19"26' 31"48%
20 storey building46746 m21h 5' 18"36' 58"43%
42 storey building61621 m24h 50' 54"2h 17' 51"53%