Our March updates are live, with several changes driven by your feedback!
This month includes new features in SkyCiv Structural 3D, Foundation Design and Connection Design, along with improvements across analysis tools and reporting.
SKYCIV STRUCTURAL 3D
New Load Combination Generator
The Load Combination Generator has been rebuilt from the ground up! Load groups can now be defined, assigned to load cases, and combined, all within a unified workflow. The new Patterns feature provides greater flexibility when multiple load groups are associated with the same load case. Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Updated Summary Report
As requested by many of you, we’ve added Aggregate Results to our Summary Report. These cover Reactions, Node Displacements, Member Displacements and Member Forces. Aggregate Results fetch the maximum or minimum value in a selected column (highlighted in light blue in the table). Compared to Envelope Results, this enables more in-depth analysis.
SKYCIV FOUNDATION DESIGN
This month, the following releases have been incorporated into the ACI and CSA codes:
New Strip Average Method
A new approach that utilizes predefined design strips in calculating internal forces. This update provides an alternative to FEA-based results which is more conservative considering its use of peak values. This method presents a practical and better representation of the footing behavior through shear and moment diagrams reflected on both the graphics and the calculation report.
Reactivated One-Way Shear checks
A rebuild to incorporate average strip forces in determining shear demand. Users have the option to enable or disable it in the solver settings.
Updates on flexure calculations based on the strip average method
Moment demand on each direction is defined by perpendicular strips placed on the midspan of the footing dimension for an isolated footing, while one x-direction strip and two z-direction strips are considered on a combined footing.
Additional solver settings
New solver settings have been introduced for self-weight, one-way shear, punching shear, and moment demand calculations.
Users can now configure whether soil and footing weight are included in service and ultimate load cases, enable one-way shear checks, and select between mesh-based or corner-based punching shear results. For flexure calculations, both peak Wood-Armer and strip average methods are now available.
Last but not least, the new ACI 318 – 2019 code was added to keep the module updated with the latest code provisions.
Stay tuned for upcoming updates on Australian and Eurocode standards!
SKYCIV CONNECTION DESIGN
New Connection! This month, we released Channel to Channel directly welded web connection for AISC 360-16 ASD/LRFD.
This allows engineers to:
- Design welded channel-to-channel connections for shear loading.
- Model channel configuration for back-to-back connections.
- Check weld capacity.
- Generate a clear, downloadable design result.
See SkyCiv Changelogs for more and vote for features on SkyCiv Upvoty.
