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Bentley Institute Student Ambassadors are campus leaders who encourage students to learn and get acquainted with Bentley software, and thereby how technology can benefit infrastructure projects and lead to better outcomes. They are key organizers of activities related to infrastructure that encourage the use of technology in a fun and creative way amongst fellow students on each Student Ambassador's campus.

This month, we are glad to introduce you to Asif Mohammad Shaikh, our Student Ambassador from Sanjivani College of Engineering, Kopargoan India. Asif is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. It was in his third year, in May 2017, that he voluntarily took on the role of being the Student Ambassador for his campus.

As a highly self-driven student, Asif has always gone the extra mile to help his peers explore their field of interest in civil engineering. After his appointment, Asif has taken the initiative to plan, organize, as well as present in six workshops and training sessions on STAAD.Pro, MXROAD, and ContextCapture.

As an ideal Student Ambassador would do, Asif regularly takes feedback from students on the nature of workshops and training sessions required by them to amp up their technology skills. Considering students’ interest in STAAD.Pro, three workshops were arranged for civil engineering students of Sanjivani College. Owing to all these sessions, students of civil engineering from his campus are now well acquainted with STAAD.Pro and analysis for trusses, plane frames, and continuous beams. Apart from STAAD.Pro, sessions on ContextCapture and MXROAD were also organized so that students could learn about reality modeling and transportation design, in addition to structural design and analysis.

To promote these sessions, Asif regularly touched base with peers through emails, one-on-one conversations with various classes, and via promotion on internal WhatsApp groups. As a result, almost every Bentley Institute session in Sanjivani College was attended by a minimum of 30-35 students each time.

As a learner and a Student Ambassador, he says this opportunity has helped him to enrich and expand his knowledge to fully explore future opportunities in the civil engineering industries. He also mentions that he can confidently guide his peers on several aspects of digital advancements in the civil industry. In future, Asif plans to complete his Masters in Civil Engineering and further aim towards a career that involves  Information Modelling (BIM).

At Bentley Institute, we are glad that we have a such a self-driven Student Ambassador like Asif, who is highly engrossed in persuading his peers to go beyond their curriculum studies in order to enrich their career propsects. We wish Asif all the best in all his future endeavors!

SACS 11.3 CONNECT Edition release includes enhancements including:

Foundation Design for Large Monopile Structures

• Base shear is the result of skin friction of the pile tip cross section and end moment is the result of the soil compression in one side of the pile due to rotation of pile tip. Base shear effect is significant specially for rigid piles. This effect is significant for gravity type with large diameter pile and may increase its lateral stiffness. PSI program calculates base shear using displacement of the pile tip and t-z curve. It also calculates the End Moment using the rotation of the pile tip and p-y curve and considers both effects in calculation and pile analysis.

Add stream function theory to be used in WVINS

• Added stream function theory in Wave Response to be used in constrained wave.

Precede Labeling Enhancements

• Better control of label visibility
• Align text with element direction without the problem of text size altering by orientation. 
• Ensure that the font is (much) the same size as other label fonts.
• Allow for the member labels to be hidden while rotating, zooming
• Improved titles labeling
• Add orientation markers to Fatigue
• Add damage labels [max per joint, max per element, all] to Fatigue

Added ability to create Sets in Precede

• Precede now can create multiple “lists” or Sets. These sets can be used to group joints, members, plates, shells, loads, etc. and save and loaded from the model file. These sets will replace “Lists” in coming releases.

Added ability to export and import built-up sections in the ISM interface.

Built-up Sections in SACS

Built-up Sections in ISM

Implement detailed report for PGB, PGD and PGU sections for AISC 9th edition in POSTVUE

Enhancements to Precede/Interactive Fatigue

• Added context menus for fatigue items in the graphical view window. These allow direct production of reports and charts and the isolation of a joint within a view.
• Damage and Orientation labels are available for fatigue elements in the graphical view windows.
• Added ability to open fatigue extract summation files in the interactive fatigue module. These files are produced by the GHBladed and SACS Wind Turbine processes.
• Added support for mid-member interactive fatigue design where a fatigue extract file contains data from an EXTRACTM command.

Added 3D Moment/ Shear diagrams

Precede can now display the moment/shear diagram in the 3D model.

Wave Response compiler update

Wave response has been upgraded to a new compiler. This will cause some differences in some of the results. Please refer to Appendix A in the Enhancements Manual for a detailed discussion of the differences that could occur.

LEAP Bridge Steel CONNECT Edition V18 contains enhancements and bug fixes.

Enhancements

• Response Spectrum Analysis (RSA) 

• Design Optimization for Tub-Girders 

• New Cross-Frame Locations Wizard 

• Phase I for PennDOT Design Manual - Part 4 Design Checks (it will be followed by Phase II and III for full compliance)

• Z Type Cross-Frame Definition 

• Double Sections for Cross-Frame Members

Bug Fixes

This release fixes a number of issues including:

• Defect regarding analytical model generation for some models
• Incorrect placement of double bearings for tub-girder bridges
• Error in section compactness check in AASHTO 6.10.6.2.2
• Incorrect location of field splice in field splice design report

LEAP Bridge Steel CONNECT Edition V18 contains enhancements and bug fixes.

Enhancements

• Response Spectrum Analysis (RSA) 

• Design Optimization for Tub-Girders 

• New Cross-Frame Locations Wizard 

• Phase I for PennDOT Design Manual - Part 4 Design Checks (it will be followed by Phase II and III for full compliance)

• Z Type Cross-Frame Definition 

• Double Sections for Cross-Frame Members

Bug Fixes

This release fixes a number of issues including:

• Defect regarding analytical model generation for some models
• Incorrect placement of double bearings for tub-girder bridges
• Error in section compactness check in AASHTO 6.10.6.2.2
• Incorrect location of field splice in field splice design report

Easily handle water surfaces in your 3D model
With the Surface Constraints feature, you can create high quality 3D reality meshes on water areas and other challenging surfaces.

Deliver the exact spatial area you need for your projects
Quickly define your 3D model boundary regions and remove artifacts with the new polygon clipping feature.

Export and analyze 3D models in the new ContextCapture Web Viewer 2.0
Share your 3D models with a user-friendly web interface that gives you navigation modes, surface measurement tools, base map capabilities, and more.

Learn more about recent updates in the following tutorial videos:

• Production clipping box from DGN
• Import ground control point wizard
• Surface constraints

LEAP Bridge Concrete CONNECT Edition V18 (v18.00.00.34) is now available to all users on Bentley Software Downloads. This release contains enhancements and bug fixes.

Major Enhancements

• Concurrent loads in shear/torsion design
  • LBC now offers an option for shear and torsion design check for substructure using the maximum shear with concurrent torsion, and the maximum torsion with concurrent shear.

• Extension of Response Spectrum Analysis
  • Support Canadian CHBDC code
  • Support static live load
  • Seismic reports in enhanced format
• Extension of the new graphic engine of the 3D viewer for
  • Main module
  • Precast/Prestressed Girder module
• Pennsylvania option for the State Specifications
  • Compliance with PennDOT DM-4 (phase I)
  • Skew angle reported in PennDOT format
  • Support design live load PHL-93
  • Support permit live load P-82
  • Dynamic load allowance for permit live load
  • No reduction in load distribution factor of moment for skewed bridges

Additional Enhancements

• Intraoperability with OpenBridge Modeler
  • Stepped cap pier
  • Support different material properties of column and drilled shaft
  • Modified definition of H-pile
• An option to use equal shear force distribution in shear design
• Vertical wind load auto-generation per FDOT SDG
• GUI cleaning for dead and vertical soil pressure loads
• Live load generation details in final design reports
• New input for material property of drilled shaft
• End diaphragm design for India market

For the detailed release notes, see the attached PDF file.

Dear gINT Users,

Bentley released gINT version 10.00.00.64 believing that it had fixed the registry issue as seen in gINT version 10.00.00.60.

We have heard from 2 users of the registry error still occurring. It was decided to pull the version to prevent further issues.

If you are using gINT version 10.00.00.60 or 10.00.00.64 please remove the version and revert back to 10.00.00.50, which is available for download at our Software Downloads page here.

Please be assured that this error does not affect your data.

We are currently investigating the issue.

If you have questions or concerns, please email me at katie.aguilar@bentley.com. Please include your name, company, contact information, and question/concern. I will get back to you.

Sincerely,

Katie

Let’s talk gINT and growth. In short where have we been and where are we going.

Where we’ve been

gINT was founded in 1985 to provide centralized data management and reporting for geotechnical subsurface projects of all types. The software automates many repetitive tasks, eliminates redundant data entry, and dramatically increases productivity.  Over time it has changed from a DOS to ACCESS base, adding SQL server.  And even though gINT is 34 years young, it’s still a workhorse of a database management system with a powerful reporting engine.

As technology and workflows advance and continue to do so at rapid pace. gINT is staying in step so geoprofessionals can continue to easily communicate and collaborate with other civil professionals. In 2016 Bentley released gINT Civil Tools. This sister product has added 3D visualization and analysis and is the first member of what will be an expanding gINT family of applications, bridging the gap for geoprofessionals to enable the BIM workflow.

Where we’re going

Looking forward, we will be moving gINT from a desktop application to an enterprise application with the addition of cloud based modules. The first module will be announced at our upcoming Year In Infrastructure (YII) event this fall.

Want to stay up to date on gINT enhancements, best practices and connect with Bentley experts/ industry peers? Check out some of our upcoming virtual events: 

• Instructor lead gINT Classes: gINT Classes
• Monthly gINT Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings
• Right here on the gINT Blog

by Sabrina Tedeschi

Updating to STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition? The Transitioning from STAAD.Pro V8i to STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition learning path will allow you to upgrade seamlessly as you explore the new, modern graphical user interface and learn how to use the latest program enhancements.

Navigating the STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition Graphical User Interface

STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition includes a new Ribbon-Based Graphical User Interface. All the STAAD.Pro V8i tools/commands are available in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition, but through the Ribbon, the tools are organized in a very logical, workflow-based layout. Through this course, we will walk you through the new graphical user interface to help you maintain your productivity while upgrading to STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition.

Using the STAAD.Pro Physical Modeler in your Workflow

STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition includes a new Physical Modeling Workflow. Through the Physical Modeler, you can model structural elements as they will be physically constructed, allowing you to model elements such as girders, multi-story columns, and slabs/walls quickly and accurately. (STAAD.Pro V8i includes an Analytical Modeling Workflow only.) Through this course, we will introduce you to the new STAAD.Pro Physical Modeler and we will show you how to can incorporate a physical model into your analysis/design workflow.

Sending Model Data between STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition and ISM

Through the STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition Physical Modeler, we can transfer data between STAAD.Pro, ISM (Integrated Structural Modeler), and a BIM application to increase your productivity in creating accurate construction documents. Structural members, such as beams/columns/braces, concrete walls, and concrete slabs can be transferred into the STAAD.Pro Physical Modeler from ISM and from ISM into the STAAD.Pro Physical Modeler. Through this course, we will introduce you to the new workflows that are available for integration between ISM and STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition.

These exciting training courses can be found on the Bentley LEARN Server and through CONNECT Advisor. If, after watching these videos, you would like more information on STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition or on STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition training opportunities, please contact a Bentley expert at Sabrina.tedeschi@bentley.com.

There have been some changes in the terminologies used in CONNECT versus the previous versions of MicroStation. Let us look at them.

WorkSpace is now Configuration

What was previously called as WorkSpace is now called Configuration. The root folder containing MicroStation related content is now called Configuration, instead of Workspace. In CONNECT, WorkSpace is part of the Configuration and you can have one or more WorkSpaces. The label “WorkSpace” can be renamed.

The above diagram will give you a brief idea of the high-level changes. There are more details to the folder structure and contents that will be described in the next blog.

Project is now WorkSet

In V8i, grouping of files and associated data was referred to as projects. This term has been problematic as MicroStation users use the term Project for business purposes. This confusion has been removed by replacing Project with WorkSet.

User means a real User

In V8i, User field pointed to the UCF file, which contained your function key menus, button assignments etc. Now the User in CONNECT means actually a user who is signed into with his Bentley user account.

Standards is now Organization

The organization-wide standards that previously was the Standards folder within WorkSpace is now called Organization in the Configuration directory. You can have different sets of standards at various levels such as Organization-level, WorkSpace-level, and WorkSet-level.

"Site" and "Project" Configuration Levels Renamed

The “Site” and “Project” Configuration levels have been renamed to “Organization” and “WorkSet”. Two more Configuration levels have been added in CONNECT, viz, “WorkSpace” and “Role”. We’ll learn more about them in later blogs.  

In the next blog, we will have a look at the folder structure changes in CONNECT.

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We are happy to announce the release of STAAD Advanced Concrete Design (SACD / RCDC) UPDATE 7.0

The new IS:13920-2016 is been incorporated in this release.

To find out more about the features that are added in this update, refer the attached release note.

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