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...

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 ...

Currently, SACS does not support prismatic section with Eurocode. This is required when modelling deck with stiffeners wherein prismatic sections have to be modelled in order to capture the stiffness contribution of deck plates.

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...

It would be nice to have the ability to have material types in SACS. This would help when doing material take offs. This would be a new set of cards where the user would specify a material type (name) and all the structural properties (elastic mod...

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...

When plotting UCs in psvdb, SACS 2023 renders skipped members with their original color (unlike prvious versions where they where rendered in grey). This generates quite a confusion because it is not easy to determine if a member is green because ...