There is an option “Include buoyancy and wave load”. This option appears to do nothing when reviewing the results. For the wave load to work properly additional input would be need for the cross-section size and shape factor. Also, “wave load” sho...

The user can select member groups to exclude. However, in many cases it would be more beneficial to have the option to include member groups. In many cases the include list is much shorter than the exclude list.

This way you can see how long each iteration takes.

None of the below criteria reflects the main purpose of a collapse analysis - to get maximum capacity before or at collapse. 1. The load sequence has been completed. 2. The maximum deflection has been reached. 3. The maximum number of iterations ...

Including the latest version of the SACS release, the pressure loadings applied on plate (as a plate pressure) is getting deleted once the loaded plates are undergoing further meshing. It is evident that meshing of plate is a very important featur...

In the current version, SACS only calculates wake encounter for members that are almost vertical (within 15 degrees) if I enter WE or WD in CDM card. However , the option for NOT nearly vertical members (more than 15 degrees from vertical) is not ...

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...

It is suggest that Bentley allows to change the email which is used for log-in to bentley systems and also can provide second email or backup email in case of the 1st email is not available anymore.

Actually, in SACS we have the option to exclude group elements when we use the weight option "footprint weight" by the card EXCGRP (Footprint group exclusion), but sometimes the group list to include is shorter than the exclude list, it will be gr...