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CYPECAD

Code implementation. CIRSOC 102-2005 (Argentina)

Reglamento Argentino de Acción del Viento sobre las Construcciones.

Code implemented in CYPECAD.

CYPECAD

Published on 13/09/2012
2013.d

Code implementation. SANS 10162-1:2011 (South Africa)

South African National Standard. The structural use of steel. Part 1: Limit-states design of hot-rolled steelwork.

Code implemented in Metal 3D.

CYPE 3D, CYPECAD, Portal frame generator

Published on 13/09/2012
2013.d

Improved code application. Norma Técnica E.030 (Peru). Static analysis method and correction due to base shear

Norma Técnica E.030 (Peru). Static analysis method and correction due to base shear.

Peru’s E.030 code (seismic design) was already implemented in previous versions in CYPECAD and Metal 3D for the dynamic analysis method (spectral modal).

For this code, the 2013.c version includes in CYPECAD:

A static analysis method (equivalent lateral force)
Users can select the analysis method (dynamic or static) using the Analysis method option within the dialogue box in which seismic action is defined.
The correction due to base shear
This correction is applied when the seismic design is carried out using the dynamic analysis method (spectral modal).

CYPECAD

Published on 10/08/2012
2013.c

Code implementation. NV 65:2009 (France)

Règles NV 65. Règles définissant les effets de la neige et du vent sur les constructions et annexes.

Implemented in CYPECAD. This code was already implemented in the Portal frame generator.

CYPECAD

Published on 10/08/2012
2013.c

Export to IFC format

As of the 2013.b version, the export to IFC format (Industry Foundation Classes) includes the forms of joist floor slabs and lattice reinforcement of reinforced joists. These elements are not visible in the 3D view generated by CYPECAD but are exported to IFC in any of the four available formats (IFC 2x3, Archicad IFC 2x3, Revit IFC 2x3, Allplan IFC 2x3).

CYPECAD

Published on 01/08/2012
2013.b

Code implementation. NEC -11 (Ecuador)

Norma ecuatoriana de la construcción. Capítulo 2.- Peligro sísmico y requisitos de diseño.

Implemented in CYPECAD and Metal 3D. In CYPECAD, users can choose to carry out a dynamic (spectral modal) or static (equivalent lateral force) analysis method. The base shear check is included in the dynamic analysis undertaken by CYPECAD.

CYPE 3D, CYPECAD

Published on 01/08/2012
2013.b

Improved code application. B.A.E.L. 91 (France). Detailed Ultimate Limit State check reports for concrete columns

Règles techniques de conception et de calcul des ouvrages et constructions en béton armé suivant la méthode des états limites.

This code was implemented in CYPE programs in the 2009.1.a version. The following new features have been implemented in the 2013.b version of CYPECAD:

Detailed Ultimate Limit State check reports for concrete columns in CYPECAD’s new column editor.
CYPECAD’s new column editor.
Automatic generation of column reinforcement tables.

More information on the detailed U.L.S. checks generated by CYPE programs, can be found in the Detailed ultimate limit state check reports page.

CYPECAD

Published on 01/08/2012
2013.b

Advanced export to IFC format

The 2013 version and successive versions will count with an advance export to IFC format (Industry Foundation Classes). Included in this export are the various components of the structural elements which are designed in CYPECAD. For example, joists, forms, infilled zones of the different types of floor slabs; the elements constituting the steel joints, etc. This way, users will be able to visualise in their CAD/BIM program, all the components of the structural elements which are designed in CYPECAD.

The first step in the process has been achieved in the 2013.a version, whereby the joists of the different types of joist floor slab are exported to IFC format (reinforced, prestressed, in situ, steel and open-web joists). The export of these elements to IFC format also implies they are represented in the 3D views provided by CYPECAD.

Within the Export to IFC dialogue box (File > Export > IFC), users can activate the export of the joists and choose amongst four IFC format variations for generating the export file:

IFC 2x3
Generic format
Archicad IFC 2x3
Specific format for Archicad
Revit IFC 2x3
Specific format for Revit Architecture
Allplan IFC 2x3
Specific format for Allplan

In the export process, CYPECAD assigns different colours to the materials of the structural elements which are exported (concrete, steel, aluminium, timber, masonry walls, generic bars from integrated 3D structures). When exporting to Archicad, textures are also generated for each material.