• API 4F 5th Edition 2020
• AISC 360-22/AISC 341-22

Frame design has now been parallelized for increased speed. Multiple members can be designed at the same time, while respecting the sequential nature of certain design checks.

Cloud Sign-in licensing is now available

1. • Access CSI software using secure user credentials — no more activation keys
2. • Access licenses anywhere with internet access
3. • Option to create License Groups to manage who has access to your licenses
4. • Option to remotely terminate an active license session
5. • Option to federate your identity provider (IdP), allowing users to use their familiar company credentials instead

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Frame hinge assignment presets, including distributed plasticity, are now available.

Auto-wind load, auto-seismic load, and response-spectrum functions based on ASCE 7-22 have been added.

• Speed improvements made in the recovery of Element Nonlinear Energy by Group and Base Reactions tables for load cases with a large number of output steps.
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• Speed improvements made for nonlinear static, nonlinear multi-step static, and nonlinear direct-integration time-history cases using the advanced or multi-threaded solvers.

Cloud-based licensing is now standard for SAP2000.

1. • Cloud-based server requires no setup
2. • Access licenses outside of company networks and VPNs
3. • Share licenses between users (non-simultaneous)
4. • Check-out a license to work offline

• Speed improvements for nonlinear cases with multi-threaded solver
• Speed improvements in the recovery of analysis results

• AA-2015 aluminum design has been added
• Russian steel frame design has been updated and enhanced to the SP16.13330.2017 code from the 2011 version

Faster display of results from modal time-history load cases, including FNA, for large models with many modes.

Design by Russian code SP 16.13330.2011 has been significantly expanded and enhanced.

Import of DXF and DWG files now allows multiple drawing layers to be selected for each object type.

Steel frame design has been added according to the Chinese 2018 code

Auto seismic loading and response spectrum function have been added according to the Turkish Seismic Code (TSC-2018)

Linear time-history analysis can now be performed in the frequency domain allowing the consideration of frequency-dependent properties, sub-systems, and/or boundary conditions.

Strain results are now available for shell and solid objects

Soil pressure results are now available in the database tables

Auto wind loading, auto-seismic loading, and response spectrum function have been added according to the NTC 2018 code.

The Singapore national annex has been added for auto-seismic loading and response spectrum function

Steel frame design according to AISC 360-16 has been added.

• Auto-wind loading according to the ASCE 7-16 code and Korean Building Code (KBC 2016) has been added.

• Auto-seismic loading according to the ASCE 7-16 code, Korean Building Code (KBC 2016) and IS 1893:2016 code has been added.

• Automated response spectrum functions according to the ASCE 7-16, Korean Building Code (KBC 2016) and IS 1893:2016 codes have been added.

The effect of reinforcing steel on the axial creep and shrinkage behavior of concrete in columns and walls is now included in the time dependent staged-construction analysis.

A pure event-to-event option has been added for nonlinear static analysis.

DirectX

DirectX graphics has been enhanced for quality and speed.

Time-dependent material behavior now available per Eurocode 2-2004, AS 3600-2009, NZS 3101-2006, JTG D62-2004 codes and the GL2000 model. This includes creep and shrinkage strain as well as age-dependent stiffness.

Vietnamese Material Libraries

Vietnamese concrete and rebar material libraries now available.

Steel Frame Design

Steel frame design per the API RP 2A-WSD 22^nd Edition code has been implemented.

Measurements

On-screen measuring tools available for measuring length, area, and angles.

Hysteresis Models

New and enhanced hysteresis models for nonlinear materials, hinges and links have been added.

ASCE 41-13 Guidelines

Updated frame hinge definitions follow ASCE 41-13 guidelines. Performance point calculations for pushover curves updated to ASCE 41-13 as well.

PMM Hinge

Parametric P-M2-M3 frame hinge implemented for use with performance-based design and other nonlinear analyses.

Energy Plots

Step-by-step energy plots available for nonlinear direct-integration time-history load cases and for nonlinear static/staged-construction load cases.

Model frame nonlinear hinges as links, allowing for use of nonlinear modal time-history analysis (FNA) for faster analysis.

Size of the saved analysis results files is reduced for multi-step nonlinear static and nonlinear direct-integration time-history load cases.

NBCC 2015

NBCC 2015 automated wind load, seismic load and response spectrum function added.

Several edit menu forms enhanced to allow them to remain open for repetitive use with an apply button.

Import Geometry

Import geometry from a DXF file into Section Designer.