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SACS ROARK RING ANALYSIS

Dear Bentley, I request to update SACS ring utility programme based on latest Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain book. Further, the following update is desired. The unit system of present Roarks program should be updated for MKS/SI system The ...
over 2 years ago in  0 Needs review

Combine damage results from 2 fatigue extraction files

This feature will be usefull if for one set of joints you need to use two (or more) distinct SN curves along the jacket life time (typically a S-N curve with paint in the first 15 years and free corrosion at the end of the jacket life) This way we...
over 2 years ago in  2 Already exists

Partially fixities

I proposed SACS to have an option to put PARTIALLY FIXITIES on the beam end or the boundary conditions. Currently, SACS has only option to specify fully fixed or fully pinned at the beam end or boundary condition. If it is allowed user to specify ...
over 2 years ago in  0 Needs review

Labels for more than just LOADCNs

Having labels for additional categories of data would be useful for multiple reasons. Something like LOADLB for more data groups (i.e., Load Combinations (LCOMB), Areas (area), etc.).
about 2 months ago in  0 Needs review

the ability for automated execution to support parallel MultiRun behavior in the same manner as the SACS interface

MultiRun Parallel Execution in Automation i have raise a ticket asking whether the subject feature availability and received the below response from support team. "However, the documentation does not explicitly state that the MultiRun parallel beh...
2 months ago in  0 Needs review

Wind Coherence Function and Decay Factors

Refer to Section 3.4.3 of Dynamic Response Manual, only Davenport Coherence Function is available. Moreover, the decay factors are fixed at 12 and 8 for Cy and Cz. The suggestion is Allow user to change the Decay factors for Davenport Coherence Fu...
over 2 years ago in  0 Needs review

Add a more accurate (F.E.M. based) methodology to determine the elastic critical moment for lateral torsional buckling in the Eurocode calculations

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...
over 2 years ago in  0 Needs review

SACS 2023 skipped members colors in pstvdb

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 ...
over 2 years ago in  2 Needs review

Improve the searchability of output listing

Status quo: Most users have to guess the number of spacing between letters when trying to search certain sections from the output listing. An example is shown in attached Suggestion: Improve the searchability. The table of content can also act as ...
about 3 years ago in  4 Needs review

Multiple precede graphical color settings configurations

I would like to have the possibility to save and easily switch between 2 display color settings configurations (not model dependent), for example one with dark background for modelling and one with white background for taking screengrabs.
over 2 years ago in  3 Needs review