The program provides a new report that shows the drifts in columns, shear walls and walls, as well as the average drift between floors, due to the seismic loadcases considered. These drifts are verified according to the limits specified by the user under "Project menu" > "General Options" > "Limit drift between floors due to seismic action".
Polish National Annex to Eurocode 1: Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-4: General actions - Wind actions
Implemented in CYPECAD and Portal frame generator.
CYPECAD version 2023.b includes other minor improvements and corrections of the program for certain cases:
The "Shear resistance calculation" option has been implemented in order to optimise the check and design of the transverse reinforcement of beams. It can be accessed from the "General data" panel (General data > Bars > By position > Beam options > Design / Code checks).
If this option is activated, the calculation of the shear resistance in beams will always be carried out considering the contribution of the transverse reinforcement and the additional provisions according to the criteria of the code for this type of reinforcement will be taken into account. Otherwise, a check is first made as to whether the element resists the shear resistance without considering the transverse reinforcement.
The interface of this submenu has been updated. It consists of the following options:
In previous versions, the construction elements that could be entered in CYPECAD were defined between groups ("Beam definition" tab > "Loads" menu). Now the possibility to enter "Parapets" has been implemented. Parapets are defined in the same way as the construction elements between groups, but instead of specifying the end group, the height of the parapet must be defined.
Parapets will not be included in seismic analyses, as opposed to partitions.
When importing a BIM project, elements whose "IfcWallTypeEnum" property is "PARAPET" shall be automatically marked to be imported as construction elements of the "Parapet" type. If they do not have this property, they can be marked manually in order to be generated correctly.
As of version 2023.b, CYPECAD exports the quantities of the IFC standard ("IfcQuantitySet") related to structural elements with steel sections to the BIMserver.center project. These quantities can be read by other applications integrated in the Open BIM workflow via the BIMserver.center platform.
For example, the Open BIM Quantities tool can use this information for generating the bill of quantities.
In version 2023.b, three options have been added for editing the deflection groups of beam frames. Up to this version, deflection groups were generated automatically and no changes could be made. These options are as follows:
Polish National Annex to Eurocode 2 (Design of concrete structures. Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings).
Implemented in CYPECAD, CYPE 3D, Reinforced concrete cantilever walls and Embedded retaining walls, for the analysis and design of concrete structures.
CYPECAD version 2023.a includes other minor improvements and corrections of the program for certain cases:
Two options ("Slope angle of the compression struts" and "Tolerances in spacing checks") and several improvements have been implemented in order to optimise the check and design of beams and columns. These options and improvements are available for the following codes:
These new options can be accessed via the “General data” panel:
The new options and improvements are detailed below:
The “Beam intersections references” option has been added to the “Groups” menu of the “Beam definition” and “Results” tabs. These references can now be generated automatically according to the order of the frames.
For jobs created from version 2023.a onwards, this will be the default option. For jobs that have already been created, the order in which they were generated is maintained, but the "Beam intersections references" option can be used to change the order.
