GeniE Release Notes

Version V5.0-17, 12 Nov 2009

Official release

List of changes after D5.0-16

Bugfixes

· Opening an old Genie database occasionally fails, reporting that database is incompatible (IM5474).

· Genie will report ‘os_err_path_does_not_exist : Missing license file if the user’s APPDATA path is an UNC path (IM5473).

· Increased member segmentation in Wajac cannot be specified above SWL (IM5465).

· Failure in defining plate when database unit is in ‘mm’, but this ok when database unit is in ‘m’. Tolerance for the planar polygon check is now increased for ‘mm’ models. (IM 5463).

· Buckling factors assigned to concept model lost in xml export (IM5443).

· Redesign doesnt work if Isotropic shear material is in the database (IM5446). Shear materials were not transferred to codecheck, while they were flagged if missing from codecheck.

· AISC Bug Fix concerning Chapter G: Design of Members for Shear (G7 - Weak Axis shear in single and doubly symmetric shapes) where b/2 is slenderness parameter for flange in I sections

· Fixed script error when comparing value containing null with null

· Meshing rules scantling not set during XML import (IM5399). If scantlings were set to : DNV 1A1 or CSR Tank, no mesh options at all were exported.

· Improved algorithm to identify shortest path between two points on the model. The current implementation will always find the shortest path and should be less prone to infinite looping (IM5413 and IM5410)

· T-profile (defined as I in GeniE) gets negative values when net-scanlings is used (IM5409) .

· Now using gross thickness value if net thickness value becomes negative. A proper warning is given. The warning is NOT given is gross thickness is < 1.e-5 m (e.g. when a T section is represented as a collapsed I).

· Crash while deleting waveload condition in GeniE (IM5405).

New features

· Implemented JS command to get the property "segmentCount" on beams, that is to return the number of segments on a beam.

· Implemented JS methods to access the Beam used by a Line load with Beam footprint (IM5459).

· New wizard for creating different types of parameterised models (Tubular K-joint, Box joint, Tank Ship, Semisub and Corrugated bulkhead).

· BS section library. This has not been validated by a 3^rd party. Use at own risk.

Version D5.0-16, 21 Sep 2009

Development version

List of changes after V5.0-15

Bugfixes

· Corrected XML export/import problem on Chinese Windows XP (IM5401).

· Corrected crash when full path of workspace name exceeds 132 characters (IM5392).

· Corrected problem with set names on ELIM card for Wajac in incorrect case when long set names option used (IM5396).

· Corrected error that occured while creating capacity members for mm model (IM5388).

· Corrected crash when using snap plane (IM5374).

· Corrected crash when importing XML file that contains sets with a lot of guide curves. A problem with import of guide curve references caused the program to run out of memory when importing this XML file (IM5390).

· Corrected missing tooltips related to "Import Rule Load XML" and "Read command file" dialog.

Version V5.0-15, 25 Aug 2009

Official release

Accumulated list of changes after V4.0-21

Documentation

The following volumes have been updated with description of new functionality

Updated volume 1 :

· Corrected info regarding pictures in report, 3.1.12.1

Updated volume 3 :

· Curve-Net functionality, 3.3.1.6

· Corrosion addition, 6.2.1.5

· XML export/import, 9.3

· FEM file, 9.4

· SAT import, 9.5

Updated volume 4 :

• Danish Standard member check, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3.1.8, 3.3.1.16
• Beam redesign, New chapter 5

Updated volume 5 :

· Table of Contents now clickable again

Updated volume 6 :

· Reporting of beam forces and stresses, 2.1.8.5, 2.1.8.6

Examples B2 and B4 have been updated

Example B6 updated with redesign tutorial

New Features

Modelling

• Added dialog for creating load footprints for a single plate (IM5074).
• Beam redesign
• Curve-Net functionality
• Line and point loads on flat plates (without underlying beams)
• DNV 1A1 Rule Loads XML import
• Support curves with springs

Graphics

• Point loads on nodes – display point moments on FEM with double arrows.
• Hotkey combination for toggle background color (Alt+B).

Import/Export

• Exporting a subset to XML also includes guiding geometry that is not part of the set (IM5149).
• XML export/import enhanced – now including Analysis (mesh, pile soil and wave load analysis settings).

Report

• Explain names of force and stress components used in the tables from File | Save Report ... is now added above each table when using MS Word and HTML reporting (IM5207).
• Allow the user to specify "Fixed" format for the whole report from the File | Save Report dialog.
• Compatibility problem between Genie and Office 2007. File types of reports are now changed from .DOC and .XLS to .XML for Office 2007 compatibility. (IM5179 )
• Beam force and beam stress reporting

Frame Capacity Checks

• Danish standard (DS) member check.

Other

• Select licenced features to be used when starting program.
• Save/Restore Default Window Settings in Registry (IM5171).
• Start Xtract from Genie.
• Genie (optionally) to be started with a js-file when new database is created. The last preference selected is now stored in registry (IM4947)

Bugfixes

Modelling

· Again possible to modify a linearly varying point load from GUI (IM5258).
When editing a linear varying line load, only clicking the linear varying check box value would not modify the load intensities.

· Fixed error conserning generation of compartments.

• Now possible to specify a local system for support point rigid links in the properties dialog (IM5020).
• When user tries to create a Plate from 4 collinear points, he get a warning. (IM4951)
• Guiding geometry is now considered when filling up a dynamic set
• Added warning to message log when trying to mesh beam point moment that does not lie on vertex (IM5090)
• Fixed crash when using dynamic sets with a name limit that matches the set name.
• Pressure load on some elements in regular plate reduced to half or completely missing (IM5041)
• Error in subdividing guide-curves with planes - fixed bug (IM5150).
• Error in Dividing Beams with Planes - fixed bug. (IM5173)
• Genie crashes when adding new contour color to a palette (IM5164)
• Crash when working with guiding geometry and snap tangential (IM5160)
• Problem with snap tangential and reference point modelling (IM5159)
• Warning Message for coincident masses (IM5000)
• Switching curent loadcase causes program to crash (IM5128)
• Equipment representation as Beams and mass doesnt create all beams at the footprint (IM5121)
• Unable to select guide points on a guide curve (IM5059)
• Assign permeable information to beams leads to crash (M4946)
• Define load combination leads to program hang (IM5038)
• DB Unit set to millimeter causes crash when selecting Feature Edges (IM3802)
• Added support for modifying "includeAllEdges" for scSupportRigidLink.
• This was earlier only available from the create dialog + from scripting. Also changed name in dialog of Include all edges in region to Include all nodes in region, which is more accurate. (IM4863)
• Modifying the orientation of a support rigid link causes the box region to become invalid (IM5293) Wen creating a box footprint, the local system orientation was not set to the center of the box, so rotating the local system would rotate around the global origo.
• Fixed crash in debug when looking at temperature load properties. (IM5273)
• Fixed crash when modifying polycurve. Caused by setting start/end tangent to 0 after first setting it to a value (IM5289)
• Crash when doing undo/redo/undo of composite curve join when object selected in browser. (IM5282)
• Redo history disappears when modifying guide curves (IM5280)
• Straight beam does not match the LimitLine criteria (IM5320)
• ACIS error when dividing a curved shell along a plane (IM5321)

Analysis/Meshing

· Properly summing up combinations of traction and pressure loads (IM5239)

· Meshing issues on simple model - again adjust number of elements is enabled as default (IM5233)

· Mesh density around holes is wrong when AdjustNumberOfElements is disabled - now computing the appropriate density based on the plate mesh density, unless aleady specified on the internal edge. (IM5243)

· Point load gets duplicated on mesh. This was a problem when two nodes lay within 0.01 model units apart and there was a point load on one of the nodes. (IM5231)

· Assigning Local Joint Flexibility causing crash - fixed (IM5236)

· Beam forces not displayed for certain beams using 2nd order elements - corrected error on BELLO2 for point loads on 3 node beams (represented as equivalent uniform line load over whole beam) (IM5214)

· Meshing crashed when nodes that were eliminated during meshing were members of named sets (IM5221)

· Inconsistent beam force values comparing FEM Results in different contexts (IM5219)

• Distribution of rigid link nodes is now done inside Gamesha, by verifying if a node lies inside or outside the rigid link region. (IM4863)
• Line and surface loads are now also displayed on 3 & 4 node drilling elements (special shell elements, sesam element type 59 and 60)
• Corrected node-order problem with varying surface loads on six node shell elements.
• More on beam stress and force evaluation. Avoid crash for Truss and Non-structural beams.
• Fixed bug in evaluation of line loads on second order shell elements
• Simplify topology in meshing should be system default (IM4524)
• GeniE/Wajac hangs when wave high equals water depth (IM5120)
• Logging target mass when using scaling of masses (IM4026)
• Journal execution of an analysis as a comment (IM4990)
• Origin in WAJAC input file (as created form GeniE) is inconsistent (IM4979)
• Using mm as database units causes error in Gensod for soil layers (IM4941)
• Slicer integration bug fix. (IM5239) Fixed problem with instability for linear slicer setPositions.

Graphics

• The Beam Force/Stress Diagram tools does not handle all beam types. Dialog text extended with following: This is most probably due to that the beams either are curved or of type General Section. (IM5009)
• FEM surface loads are now displayed without the load arrows (but with pologons on the sides of the load), as displaying the arrows caused program slowdown.
• Fixed crash when modifying contour color palette (IM5164)
• Show last line and jump around in command line window (IM5040)
• Rotate around model centre / closest object has no effect (IM4915)
• Error in topology display of arcs (IM5066)
• Incorrect display and feedback from cyclic curves when splitting (IM5019)
• FEM Shell Edges Colour disappears (IM5002) Scattered quad8 stresses: - changed facetting of 8 node elements to be consistent with Xtract (IM5181)
• Unable to display beam forces for Certain Load combinations (IM5001)

Import/Export

· Error when importing XML from NED. (IM5201).

· Support curve is incorrectly imprinted on face if only two points are found in the plate on the intersection between plate and rigid link plane - consistently write composite curves to XML by adding the sense of the curve as an optional argument to the XML schema. (IM5200)

· Genie reports license problems when not able to open .MLG file – now opening this file on TEMP folder (IM5241).

• Try to deduce direction of original guide curve from old XML's. (related to IM5200).
• Added button for verifying model in the export XML dialog (JIRA Genie-419)
• Bug fix in reading the composite guide curves from XML file. (IM5200)
• FEM loadcase number now transferred on XML, avoiding different FEM loadcase numbers used after import.
• Fixed debug assertion during import of transformations from XML.
• Snap point load to closest model point (when reading from Rule Load XML)
• Error when importing model from V4.0-21 (IM5176)
• Fixed GeniE crash when importing FEM file. (IM5189)
• Fixed bug regarding unnamed hinges. These are now not exported under "hinges", but exported as an element under the beam that owns it. Hinges with names are handled as before.
• Load export and import in XML turned on as default (IM5153)
• Genie XML – cone thickness override option not transferred via XML (IM5151)
• Inconsistent/error in sign for mirrored load & XML (IM5022)
• XML export: Liquid pressure flag is missing in XML (IM5145)
• Inconsistent/error in sign for mirrored load & XML

Frame Capacity Checks

· Crash show stop when showing cc results for tubular joints. (IM5216)

• Eurocode Member Check: avoid divison by zero when computing MyFactor.
• Rename "Frame Code Check ..." in Tools > Analysis menu to "Frame Code Check (Framework) ..." (IM5154)
• Code check in GeniE API LRFD 2003 (IM5021)
• Genie will not generate code check loads (IM4925)
• Buckling factors set on concept model are not transferred to capacity model (IM4999)

Report

· Exponent is some times truncated in Genie report on Text format – removing insignificant part of exponent instead (IM5240).

• Integers not written to report when Text format selected (IM5168)
• Displacements not part of report when multiple analysis (IM4956)

Other

• OS_PSE_AS_SIZE set to 256MB if OS_PSE_AS_SIZE has not been set in the system environment