ProStructures for MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 5 (08.11.10.36)

This release includes the following:

• Support of MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 1, 2 and 3
• Support of ProjectWise up to SELECTseries 3
  including Bill of Material, NC files, Detail Center and Detail Center Express
• GUI changes
  Split commands into ProStructures, ProSteel and ProConcrete
• Support of MicroStation Item Browser
  
  
• Support of iModel Composer and creation of iModels out of ProStructures
  
  
• Support of ISM SELECTseries 3
  Structural Steel and Concrete (no Rebar at the moment)

ProConcrete:

To get an overview about the capabilities of ProConcrete, here a link to our eSeminar recorded in June 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-340GDtyke4&feature=youtu.be

• Concrete and rebar modeling in 3D
  • Concrete Columns
  • Concrete Beams
  • Concrete Pad Footings
  • Concrete Continous Footings
  • Slabs
  • Panels
  • Walls
  • Concrete Stairs
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
• Rebar commands for
  • Columns
  • Beams
  • Pad Footings (including Starter Bars and Template Ties)
  • Slabs
  • Panels
  • Walls
• Solid Reference Command
  Use any kind of Solid Object as ProConcrete Concrete Object
• Irregular Dispatch
  Dispatch Rebar based on 3D Smart Lines
  
  
  
  
• Mechanical Devices
  
  
• Automatic Bar Mark Assingment
• Concrete Lists
  
• Bending Bar Schedules
  
  
• Support of Detail Center
  
  
  
  
• Support of Detail Center Express

ProSteel:

Over 250 Fixes!!

• ProSteel MicroStation crashed when 'seed2d' and 'seed3d' have been used.
• The Detail Center Express option dispatch blocks didn't work properly.
  One of the blocks got inserted on the zero point of the drawing instead of inside the frame.
• DetailCenter list didn't updated if the model view was closed.
  In this case the list must have been cleared or the DetailCenter must have been completely closed.
  Otherwise the program crashed if some operations were done (e.g. calling a preview).
• When 'open 2D drawing' got selected in right click context, then 2D detail center dialog closed.
  This removed the flexibility to go back to the model.

• Wrong orientation of curved shapes fixed in PSB import.

• The following crash has been fixed:
  1. Create a new DGN using seed as "PS-S4-US-CDN_Imp".
  2. Place a beam and add web angle connection at both ends using grouping ON.
  3. Open 2D Detail Center (Standard).
  4. Apply Standard detail style to the group.
  5. In 2D Detail Center dialog, go to "Views" tab.
  6. Select the View and click "Preview" from right context menu.

• Using -create clean drawing- on a 2D drawing the holes in shapes and plates disappeared.

• Using -create clean drawing- on a 2D drawing some colors have changed. I.e. for example the position flags.

• Performance issues with 2D views of ProSteel objects have been fixed.

• Using the 2D display option to show different colors for beams, columns, bracings didn't responde right.

•  Import in Microstation Special parts did not transfered via .psb.
  (Before making the special part by PS_create_Spezpart the parts have been volumemodells).

• If a base plate connection have been created and then deleted, then it extended the column at the connection end.

• If a base plate connection have been created, the member properties showed wrong length.

• If a shear plate connection got modified, the connecting members got distorted towards connection
  at each and every modification.

• If a web angle connection got modified, then connecting members got distorted towards connection
  at each and every modification.

• If an end plate connection got applied and then canceled the same, then connecting member
  got extended towards connection end.
  Same thing happened with right click context delete connection.

• If match properties have been used, and a slice connection have been selected as the parent member
  and child member, then it didn't work as expected.

• In some cases connection didn't happen or a wrong connection has been created.
  ProSteel messed up the scale of references sometimes.

• Opening, saving, closing, opening again a dgn with references in pure Microstation everything is fine.
  Doing the same in ProSteel the scale for references got changed.

• If a splice connection have been applied, a modification messed up the members.

• If the move command have been used, it sometimes messed up connected members.

• Installation of the Australian localization has been fixed.

• The following problem has been fixed:
  Open Dgn file>>Go to Prosteel >>Positioning>>Positioning to all parts.
  2)Go to connection center>>Column/Beam connections>>Web
  Result: Unhandled exception while closing "change positioning dialog box".
  Abnormal termination of Prosteel.

• The following problem with StrucLink has been fixed:
  1. Open a new DGN file.
  2. Place a member.
  3. Go to Connection center>>StrucLink>>Export.
  4. Go to PSMS main menu, File>>Close.
  5. Click New file button icon.
  6. Create new file. Input some name.
  7. Click Save>>Open.
  8. Go to Connection center>>StrucLink.
  Command prompt says "Unknown key-in or command"

• When using the option in the model to place elevation flags,
  if a different value has been selected for the origin point, this value got lost.
  Closing and reopening the dialog box, even simply closing the dialog box, caused the origin point value to reset to 0.
  This caused the 2D output to appear with incorrect values.

• Issues with Line Weight in Detail Center has been fixed.

• The following Detail Style Settings have been fixed:
  1- Height above ToS markings.
  Using the text parameter $(E) in 'Descriptions-->Additional Text --> Views' with the '2D Display
  --> Views --> Object Display' setting 'Global Format String' to display elevation did display incorrect heights.
  2- Also to use the $(E) method, labels needed to be enabled in the model before they appeared in the 2D drawing.
  3- If “Name and Elevation" from '2D Display got selected
  --> Views --> Object Display',
  the same problem with incorrect elevation, plus the fact the option to remove the prefix was needed,
  or change it to something else than the default “EL=” that came automatically.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION !!!