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March 2008
CONTENTS
GENERAL.................................................................................................................................... 1 NEW BATCH FE CHASEDOWN ....................................................................................................1 NEW ANALYSIS STATUS CLARIFICATION ......................................................................................1 COLUMN AND WALL DESIGN AND DETAILING.................................................................................3 BEAM DETAILING.........................................................................................................................6 USER INTERFACE ........................................................................................................................8 MODELLING ..............................................................................................................................10 LOAD DECOMPOSITION BY FE....................................................................................................11 BUILDING ANALYSIS ..................................................................................................................11 FE ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................12 PUNCHING SHEAR .....................................................................................................................13 MATERIALS EXPORT ..................................................................................................................13 NEW DESIGN CODE SUPPORTED ...............................................................................................14 DOCUMENTATION ......................................................................................................................14
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The batch FE chasedown can also be used without meshing for beam and slab models, when used in this way it can provide a much faster way of designing transfer beams for worst case loading.
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Green Tick = Pass Amber Tick = Pass (based on previous analysis result)
Orion r15s model status tracking will allow you to easily manage changes and keep on top of your projects.
Design Status Window
We hope that this in conjunction with the batch FE chasedown will mean that previous issues which arose when design was attempted based on old analysis results are avoided.
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Whats New in Orion Release 15.0 Column and Wall Design and Detailing
Wall design has been significantly enhanced with the following reinforcing styles have been added: Option to use mesh reinforcement
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Note that the reinforcement application plan is immediately updated as columns are designed.
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New options to print the detailed design when designing interactively and also to see full design detail.
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New option to set a tension lap factor Common practice would be to adopt a factor of 1.4 as this would cover the vast majority (if not all) cases. Should you reduce the factor to 1.0 then it is your responsibility to increase the lap where necessary when detailing the beams.
Anchorage length of end bob bars is reduced in some cases where it was previously excessive.
Other items which are improved relating to detail presentation: Enhanced avoidance of overlapping text.
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Enhanced automatic merging of top and bottom bars with same size. Enhanced visualisation of members at back and front of the beam.
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As previously, you can include a table of reinforcement quantities on each sheet created but in release 15.0 this information can now also be placed in a report, or exported to either Excel or Access. The above two enhancements mean that you can quickly create all the sheets in a single run hence giving you the option to report quantities for the entire building or broken down on a floor by floor basis. You can still create drawing sheet arrangements manually by selecting/arranging beam lines so in total you can report the quantities broken down in 3 different ways (note that bar marks will be different in each method).
User Interface
Style Options have been added These can be selected from the Graphical Editor Settings, General tab these provide 4 options for toolbar style settings plus an option to have the properties dialog fade after specified time delay (set to 0 to avoid fading). Re-ordering and re-naming of options in Run menu is clearer. Definition of Material Properties has been moved from the Building Parameters dialog to the Building Analysis dialog. New easier way to apply/edit column nodal loads New option to display column design forces for any/every case/combination in plan view. New option to display total added beam loads on each beam in plan view.
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New options to print the column and beam design summary status lists.
Summary Table Report for Beams
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When selected you pick axis intersection points to define the perimeter of the slab. As soon as you click an intersection where a grid is found that goes back to the start point the slab is inserted. Therefore, for simple boundaries this option requires one less click per slab than the Pick Axis option.
Slab insertion by "Beam Region" is enhanced as follows: If you click within a region that is not totally enclosed by beams, the program will attempt to detect an Axis Region instead - if found, a slab will be inserted within the axis region. If you click within a region whilst pressing the CTRL key, Axis Region is automatically assumed - you can pick more than one axis region and the slab is inserted when CTRL is released. (i.e. Slab is not inserted to Beam Region if CTRL is pressed so this changes the insertion method to Axis Region on the fly).
Slab Insertion by Pick Axis is changed as follows: When "Pick Axis" is first selected the axis list will be cleared so that you can immediately start picking axes. (i.e. it no longer goes into an editing mode). At this point you can close the slab insertion dialog and continue with repeating steps below to insert as many slabs as you want. You can then start picking axes sequentially (no need to press the control key). If/when you click the first axis for a second time a slab panel will immediately be inserted (if valid) and the axis list will again be cleared so that insertion of the next panel can begin. (Optionally, if you have kept the slab insertion dialog open you can insert the slab by clicking on "New Slab Panel" rather than re-clicking on the first axis as noted above.)
Enhancements to Beam Insertion Methods: Inserting beams that overlap other beams - a new question is asked about whether you want the beams split to become secondary beams.
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Load Decomposition by FE
Navigation between floors is now possible from the dialog Automatic prompting to apply FE decomposed loads when the feature is used. Automatic warning at start of building analysis if FE decomposed loads are to be used but the FE decomposition is not up to date.
Building Analysis
Building analysis can be quite a bit faster for larger models. Axial load comparison is enhanced to cope with case where len-storey 2 columns which finish at the foundation level are used. A completely new building Analysis Post Processor including: o o
Find Icon (circled)
Interface that is standardised with the FE floor post processor. New "Find" feature
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FE Analysis
If a column has a del z applied to raise the base level - this is now recognised in the FE model. New options to "copy" graphics to windows clipboard implemented in FE and BA Postprocessors. Can then "paste" into other applications. FE Post-processor - Option to filter and show contours for specific slab depths.
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Materials Export
Quantity Extraction Reports have been significantly enhanced to allow reporting of reinforcement for all member types. Quantity tables can be exported to Microsoft Access or Excel.
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Documentation
Engineers Handbook is updated and includes several new chapters on design methods etc. Revised Quick Start Guide to reflect new program version.
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