New Features in Version 4.0
Enhanced Functionality
- AISI Effective Section Properties Analysis
- Export to VisualAnalysis, VisualDesign, etc.
- Advanced Stress Analysis for Non-Merged Shape Groups
- Units and Layout Saved with File
- Resultant Shear Stresses Calculated and Plotted
Robust Reporting
- Report total shear stress
- Adjustable report margins
- Adjustable report fonts
- “Flyby Tips” for stress values in result views
- Repositionable legend in result views
Enhanced Engineering
- Create dimensions for concrete results
- Advanced stress analysis for shapes with ‘notches’ (holes on the edge)
- DXF file import and export improvements
- Yield-stress weighted plastic modulus for composite shapes
Flexible Editing Capabilities
- Mid-point snapping (also 1/3 points, 1/4 points etc.)
- Dimension creation and editing
- Lock Shapes in place to prevent accidental movement
- Hole creation based on shape intersection
- Deform shapes by vertex editing
- Polar grid in sketch view, for radial editing and snapping.
Productivity and Ease of Use
- Import “x-y points” or centerline
- “Mouse-wheel” and “Area” zooming
- “Mouse-wheel” scroll/pan.
- Property calculations no longer slow down editing.
- Single-step “Mirror & Copy” command
- Mirror multiple shapes about a common point
- New parametric shapes
- Improved Preference settings
- Plus dozens of other minor improvements over previous versions
Reliability
- ShapeBuilder 4.0 is the most flexible, stable, and robust version yet.