I found this very useful when originally learning to use AnalysisEngine to get reassurance that it was actually running after setting it off. Otherwise, if output files aren't created where expected, it is hard to figure out what has gone wrong

Add some description to the Precede documentation on how to manipulate these eg the Bentley response to my case CS0356047

Make all the data that can be included in the results list(ing) file also available in the SQLite database. The SQLite database in SACS V16.1 is incomplete.

Recently, the following programs have been developed using the SACS API function. - Automatic modeling/analysis program and optimal design program based on SACS API - Various data sets generated through SACS API-based automatic interpretation func...

When ordering SACS to do the unity checks according to the Eurocode 3, the SACS manual states in section 3.6.4: “1. It is extremely important to define physical members as a span using SPAN lines.“ However, the current version of Precede has very ...

In the current input file structure in SACS there is an option to set the buckling length of the bottom flange of wide flange beams separately in the GRUP card. This means that for every physical member separate GRUP cards need to be created to se...

Under the current SACS versions, SACS uses annex F table F.1.1. of the Eurocode ENV 1993:1-1:1992 to determine the C1 factor in the elastic critical moment equation. Setting the C1 factor accurately is of paramount importance to determining the el...

Offshore structures are code checked to the AISC 9th edition for W-section. In the case where there are no beam failures for Cb = 1.0, there is no issue. However, where there are beam failures and the application of Cb is used to enhance the beam ...