Version 24.0 Upgrade Guide

Watch the video below to see the new features in VisualAnalysis 24.0 in action.

Top Features

• Added 2024–2025 design code support for concrete, steel, and wood

Model

• Updated the Steel Tube Institute shape database

Load

• ASD Envelope Load Combinations now distinguish between load cases with and without overstrength
• Improved member load display for round sections in the Picture View

Design

• Added ACI 318-25 concrete design specification
• Added CSA A23.3:24 concrete design specification
• Added CSA S16:24 steel design specification
• Added NDS 2024 wood design specification and supplement

• Added option to neglect the size effect factor (λ_s = 1) for ACI 318-19 and ACI 318-25
• Added area reduction factor per ACI 318 Section 10.3.1.2 for minimum longitudinal reinforcement
• Added option to specify γ for ACI 350-20 and ACI 350-06

• Added option to display member deflection ratio (L/Δ) in the Design View
• Added preference to set the default deflection limit type

• Improved cold-formed steel bracing logic for weak-axis bracing and lateral-torsional buckling
• Updated cold-formed steel design to CFS 15, with support for AISI 2024 and AISI 2022.

Report

• Concrete beam flexural check details now indicate when multiple reinforcement rows are required
• Added an Area Soil Spring Results table
• Added a stiffness column to the Spring Support Results table
• Added area identifiers to the Area Side table and flagged sides reversed from the area vertex order with “(rev)”
• Added a Clear Tables button to the Report View to quickly reset the report

Script

• Added ability to paste multiple lines into the Command Line for sequential processing
• Added script commands to define semi-rigid member connections
• Added script commands to modify area load direction
• Added script commands to create/remove design groups and group/ungroup members
• Added script commands to create/remove design meshes and mesh/unmesh plates

Succeed! (Interface, Performance, Reliability)

• Fixed semi-rigid connection issue
• Fixed unit error in the mass table report
• Fixed semi-rigid and end zone filtering in the highlighted view
• Added warning when exporting to QuickFooting if unsupported service load cases are detected
• Fixed bug in the CSA S16 shear check (Section 13.4.1.1)

Upgrade Guide Video

This video provides an overview of updates and enhancements in VisualAnalysis 24.0. Additional training videos can be found on the Training Videos page.