SOFiPLUS Release Notes¶
Servicepack 2020-10 (11. June 2021)¶
Fixed rare crashes in the start screen of verticals on AutoCAD 2021.
Service Pack 2020-9 (20 April 2021)¶
Release after quality assurance.
Service Pack 2020-8 (12 February 2021)¶
Fixed possible crash when entering invalid values.
Service Pack 2020-7 (04 December 2020)¶
Fixed problem with special characters in some load texts.
Axis from horizontal alignment dialog must not be moved (180325).
Fixed crash with french language (181712).
Service Pack 2020-6 (25 September 2020)¶
Fixed possible deleting of combinations by an opened SOFiPLUS during the analysis in program SSD (177365)
Service Pack 2020-5 (9 July 2020)¶
SOFiPLUS 2020 for AutoCAD 2021 is now available and can be installed with the SOFiSTiK Application Manager.
SOFiPLUS-X 2020 - Français (French) is now available and can be installed with the SOFiSTiK Application Manager.
Prestressing PT Editor: Definition of geometry points without a given distance from the reference axis is not allowed (172032, 173046).
AutoCAD command PURGE: in certain cases after purging the layers the drawing could not be saved. In this case use the AutoCAD command REGEN to recreate the missing layers (164382, 173623).
Service Pack 2020-4.1 (27 April 2020)¶
Analytical Link Preview: SOFiPLUS(-X) can now import data created by the Revit addon SOFiSTiK Bridge Modeler as part of a BIM-oriented workflow. The SOFiSTiK Bridge Modeler can be used to define axis, profile and superstructure component data. This data can be exported to a file, and imported into SOFiPLUS(-X) as axis, secondary axes and structural lines with corresponding cross sections.
This is a preview version of the feature. If you are interested in this workflow please contact: support@sofistik.de
Service Pack 2020-4¶
Solved problem with mixed input of tendons and slab tendons (170651).
Fixed width of the header in Cross Section Editor and Cross Member Editor during the first start (167893).
CABD: Horizontal alignment task had wrong start tangent values (167893).
Show mesh visualisation option wasn’t saved when closing and reopening the drawing.
Additional option
Align items to Pathin command Create Objects along Curve and Create Objects between Placements specifies whether to align each item to be tangent to the path direction.
Service Pack 2020-3¶
Some constraint types create a hinge on one side. For constraints between points this side is now shown as a circle without filling.
A broken background network disabled the opening of drawings (168782).
Fixed import of constraits between structural lines (169427).
Fixed export of secondary axes with random sortening (169649).
Service Pack 2020-2¶
Import to SOFiPLUS left locks onto the database (162948).
New possibilities in command Assign Group: Group numbers can be given a designation.
Note
This feature requires a new file to be installed. Therefore a proxy message is issued, when opening a drawing from Service Pack 2 in Service Pack 1.
Service Pack 2020-1¶
Improvements in handling with axes and tendons
Tendons belonging to one axis can be deleted in one step.
Placement rotations with global 0 degrees were interpreted incorrectly.
Station values were not transferred correctly to the secondary axis.
Missing record when exporting slab tendons (164765).
Load case numbers larger than 999 could be exported incorrectly (164588).
Improvements in the menu files and the documentation. Restored the command
Project Options.Solved problems during import of structural elements (164430).
New Command Create Objects along Curve: The SOFiPLUS and AutoCAD elements are distributed along an AutoCAD curve. The number of elements to be generated or a distance between the elements can be defined.
SOFiPLUS(-X): corrected installation path for pgp file (165205).
Service Pack 2020-0¶
Cooperation With Program SSD¶
Action Manager in SSD
Actions are now also defined in program SSD. Synchronisation of the entries is analogous to materials and cross sections.
Prestressing
There is a new dialog to define prestressing systems.
In program SSD the task prestressing for slab systems is omitted. Therefore tendons in slabs are now created in loadcase number 700.
CABD Workflow¶
Geometric Axes
The order of the entries in the axis definition in the sidebar has been adapted to the workflow.
The dialog for the definition of variables shows the placements in the graphical window.
For each placement new variables create a row in the table space.
Prestressing
There are separate commands for definition of tendons with spline geometry and tendons with polygonal geometry.
Before creating a tendon a prestressing system and a loadcase must be defined.
While creating a tendon with the PT Editor span station is used as default.
New option Copy to a different axis... copies the selected tendon geometry and all assigned tendons and projects it to another axis.
The second axis must have the same number of placements. It is recommended to use span stations for the definition of tendons. Therefore the copied tendon will be set to the right stations.
PT Editor
Improved handling within the dialog PT Editor.
The prestressing system is now on tab tendon geometry
The entries on tendon tab are moved (listed by order of importance)
Entries without effect have been deleted
As far as possible values are taken out of ini files or the boxed values
Note
Some input options are only visible for design codes that also support these inputs. Example: Friction Safety Factor and Effects on Kappa in German design code.
Reparametrisation
Tendon elements and cross sections for beams on the secondary axis take into account a rotated placement on the main axis.
For tendons the use of span stations is required.
Structural Elements On Axis
Additional option to define structural areas between all placements along the axis.
New Commands
There are three new commands to work with objects between placements:
Create Objects between Placements: Command to create elements along an axis. The elements are distributed between two placements to be displayed. The number of elements to be generated or a distance between the elements can be defined.
Edit Objects between Placements: Modifies the number of generated elements between the placements.
Update Objects between Placements: Distributes the original elements back to the path.
Structural Elements¶
Structural Line
When assigning springs as a beam hinge, a distinction is now made between springs and implicit beam hinges.
Rigid Frictional Interface Elements
For structural lines there is a new type on the tab interface elements.
The new type can also be defined between two structural lines (new command Rigid Frictional Interface Element between Lines)
New Command Assign Group
Changes the group number of existing elements. After selecting the desired group, structural elements can be selected in the drawing. The selection of different element types in one step (e.g. structural line and structural area) is allowed.
Modified Default of Visualization Settings
As soon as a mesh exists in the database due to an export, it can be visualized in the drawing. This default is now set to Display Calculation Model When Highlighted.
Cross Section Editor¶
When clicking on a point with more than one element while defining dependencies, a menu appears with the selection of existing items.
Compatibility¶
SOFiPLUS/SOFiPLUS-X 2020 can open DWG files from version 2016. After saving in version 2020, the DWG files cannot be re-opened in the older version!
SOFiPLUS/SOFiPLUS-X 2020 can import projects from version 2018 and 2020 only.
SOFiPLUS/SOFiPLUS-X may have to convert and/or upgrade data when opening a DWG. Any issues, warnings or errors will be displayed in the Messages tab in the sidebar.
