Release Notes

This page contains the release notes for GeniE version 8.0.11.281.

 

Release Compatibility

Supported operating systems:

·        Win 10 64bit

The following versions, or later, of Sesam applications should be used with this version of GeniE:

·        Sestra 64 V10.12.0

·        Splice 64 V7.6-00

·        Submod V3.3-00

·        Wajac V7.6-00

·        Xtract V5.3-02

·        Nauticus Hull x86 - January 2018 - 18.15.97

·        Nauticus Hull 64 – Oct 2020 - 20.14

 

New features

·        Feature 15487: Support modelling and meshing of tubular tapered members / conical sections

·        Feature 19621: Stiffener concept (dual assembly)

·        Feature 88738: Support p-Delta for dynamic analysis (Sestra 10 only) in GeniE

·        Feature 118351: Hull design tools - Improvements (Modelling stiffeners on shell)

·        Feature 137079: Customizable GUI, further improvements to ship mode

·        Feature 138790: Surface Temperature Loads - minimal solution

·        Feature 142445: Extend Usfos Export with Joint Modelling control feature

·        Feature 142909: Calculate bending stresses of double-symmetric IorH section in AISC 9th code check using the section moduli from Section Library if available

·        Feature 144241: Enhance the feature to support ESL (Equivalent Static Loads) for ULS in GeniE

·        Feature 144682: Enhance Z-varying corrosion additions for analysis and code check of frame structure

·        Feature 152939: Support generation of first-order thick shell elements

·        Feature 154730: In ESL (Equivalent Static Loads) analysis, specify piles as a set so that Sestra can fixate pile nodes in the dynamic analysis

·        Feature 155216: Join feature edges

·        Feature 165428: Convert Joint to Shell(s): Improvements

 

Bug fixes

·        Bug 16838: API is incorrectly selected in Sacs import

·        Bug 123374: Make Annotations Maximum work for all labels

·        Bug 128456: Strange behaviour of Insert button in Regular Wave Set dialog

·        Bug 132888: Rotating a plate with a traction load 90 degrees doesn’t work

·        Bug 136486: PPC (Point Point Connection) elements missing when meshing subset

·        Bug 138522: ESL (Equivalent Static Loads) for ULS: GeniE doesn’t allow to use load combinations in Beam Result Diagram, Beam/Joint Code Checks, and Save Report

·        Bug 141049: ESL for ULS: ESL Load Combination table does not show all load combinations if two or more load combinations contain the same wave for wave load calculation

·        Bug 144440: Buckling length units problem in code check detail report when length units = mm

·        Bug 144441: Buckling length units problem in code check detail report when length units = inch-kipf

·        Bug 146630: Wrong display scaling of FEM point load vector (based on concentrated line load BELOAD1, not nodal load BNLOAD)

·        Bug 152255: Code check problem in AISC 9th for IoH section in tension + bending

·        Bug 152941: [Javascript] Calling pop on an empty array caused unknown error

·        Bug 153077: Effective bending stress should be used for slender web I-section under combined axial compression and bending in AISC 9th

·        Bug 157594: Low meshing performance of model with hole concepts

·        Bug 163703: Mesh priority no longer working

·        Bug 163986: Different summary of results showing in Sestra listing file with and without BSELL option

·        Bug 165639: In SACS import set SesamQuadMesher as default, suppress all Wajac warnings and add LinearAnalysis/LoadResultsActivity if missing

·        Bug 166799: Wrong permissible Uf for rods on vertically corrugated bulkhead

·        Bug 166928: Error in computed torsional shear stress for Box section

·        Bug 168834: Adding loads does not trigger remeshing

·        Bug 170122: In Usfos export, linear dependency card BLINDP2 is not created for point-point connection when “Prefer linear dependencies” option is checked

·        Bug 170127: In Usfos export, element transformation card ELMTRANS not created for point-point connection when “Prefer linear dependencies” option is un-checked

·        Bug 172017: Linear Pressure Function for compartment loads is not working (due to incompatibility of GeniE Script from previous version)

·        Bug 173600: AISC 9th reduction factor Qs was applied incorrectly on bending allowable stress of I Shape

·        Bug 175643: Incorrect axial allowable stress for slender web on I shape section in AISC 9th due to section reduction factor Qa

·        Bug 176224: Crash in checking applied load after divide beam at fraction and update mesh

·        Bug 176956: When divide a beam, the sum of breakdown should not be allowed to exceed the length of the beam

·        Bug 179774: Shutting down when deleting “active” load case

·        Bug 181070: Generate incorrect segment ratio for the beam with a cone segment in the exported js file

·        Bug 181290: Uf-StiffenerBuckling difference between GeniE and SPBT (Single Panel Buckling Tool)

·        Bug 181484: Member section name extraction failed for segmented members when Loop Sets is selected

·        Bug 186135: Wishbone elements with eccentricity defined relative to beam local system fail in Sacs import

·        Bug 188901: In redesign changing “Buckling Length, Factor” may have no effect until clicking Apply

·        Bug 209686: Can’t reopen gnx after inserting compartments for specific model

·        Bug 209745: Point load with beam point footprint may have wrong values after transformation

·        Bug 209746: Stiffener Buckling different between “Capacity Panel” and “SPBT (Single Panel Buckling Tool)” for DNV GL rules for panels with stiffener on one side and rigid girder on other side

·        Bug 209749: Line load with beam footprint may have wrong values after transformation

·        Bug 210492: Z-varying corrosion addition is not recognized correctly in code checks

·        Bug 211218: The selected load cases are displayed twice when a load combination is revised

·        Bug 212870: Corrosion addition tab is missing when right click a plate to open the properties

·        Bug 214345: Some FEM elements on a cylinder face sometimes loosing thickness value

·        Bug 214794: The “Load combinations with BSELL on first level” option does not work when all loadcases selected

·        Bug 215259: Create guiding curve with point reference does not work in GUI

·        Bug 218657: The User’s Manual doesn’t have clear explaination to the default Joint Grouting Option in the tubular connection capacity model code check run

 

User stories

·        User Story 217551: Auto-detect connection type (grouted/not grouted) for overlapping beams in capacity model

·        User Story 211359: Updated tutorials - corrected errors, included new features and general improvements

·        User Story 210207: Access to the array holding the plates forming a compartment (js script)

·        User Story 175636: Geometric characteristics of the compartments in Genie-browser

·        User Story 165396: Support option for results generation for a subset using Sestra10

·        User Story 188966: Modal superposition in time domain dynamic analysis: Change the default max number of load cycles from 50 to 100

·        User Story 113942: Easy access to display deformed shape (toolbar button)

·        User Story 186700: During Sacs import messages from log file are routed to Message tab with notification in Command Line tab

·        User Story 186271: Make generated Point Point Connection Local Coordinate System default to the first beam footprint

·        User Story 114961: Active set - Concepts created will be added on the fly

·        User Story 177641: Add “Import GRUP cards as named sets” option in Sacs import dialog

·        User Story 177161: Save JS file as part of the GNX model

·        User Story 174021: Do not insert a feature edge if there exists another one in the same position

·        User Story 157668: Show content of .mlg file with license error message directly instead of reference to the .mlg file

·        User Story 146127: Add a Reset LJF (Local Joint Flexibility) command for joints

·        User Story 41925: Make it possible to use relative paths between script files

·        User Story 16190: Split a curve at a point in an easier way

·        User Story 156906: Increase max number of load combinations from 1000 to 3000 in Sacs import

·        User Story 116104: Create a Flat Plate from a Curved Shell that is planar

·        User Story 152155: Trimming guiding-curves by other curves

·        User Story 151334: Show the same model that the mesher will see when double clicking on a plate