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Fix the known bugs in the SACS software

Fix the known bugs, issues, and user requested enhancements before developing AI further.
10 days ago in  0 Needs review

add more boundary joints to dummy structures

There are only 40 boundary joints for dummy structures. It would be better to have more, maybe even no limit.
10 days ago in  0 Needs review

Changing parameter ' a' and ' m' for Centre of Damage seastate calculation

SACS has capability to calculate Center of Damage seastate. However, SACS internally used a=1.8 and m=3. Currently, we face the problem with DNV to use other parameter i.e. a=1.0, m=5 Can SACS provide option to change this parameter ? At the momen...
8 months ago in  0 Needs review

P-delta Effect

Currently, it is possible to perform just only 1 load combination using Delta effects (one stiffness matrix per structure), and as far as the comments by technical support of SACS, this is the way in which SACS was planned and designed, Usually in...
7 months ago in  2 Needs review

Flooded/Unflooded Segmented Member

Add features to allow change flooded/unflooded for vary segmented member in single member
23 days ago in  0 Needs review

Postvue - Plot Plate Stress Contours at Membrane Layer

I would like to ask the SACS developers to consider implementing the following enhancement. In PostVue, it would be very useful to be able to plot von Mises stresses not only for the top and bottom fiber layers, but also for the membrane layer.
5 months ago in  0 Needs review

Fatigue damage calculations at the conical transitions

The SCF at conical transitions is calculated correctly by SACS using the DNV formulation. However, for transitions where the cylinder and cone have different thicknesses, the fatigue damage calculation is not fully consistent with the DNV methodol...
about 2 months ago in  0 Needs review

Create options in Precede to display SPAN IDs and highlight SPAN lines that are connected in different colours

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 ...
over 3 years ago in  1 Planned

An idea to minimize a model modification for various design conditions

Dear Bentley, I request to expand SACS capabilities for model adjustment/modification to be more flexible to user. As you known, offshore structure is subjected to variety of load condition since it is loaded out from the fabrication yard. The bou...
6 months ago in  1 Needs review

Synchronized Update of Multiple Selected files from a Single Open File

This is for Bentley SACS. Latest being used and for Upcoming versions. The improvement ideas are : Live update of multiple selected files from SACS Precede GUI of a single open file (Such as, one In-place file edits must repeat in all pre-service ...
2 months ago in  0 Needs review