CSC Fastrak Analysis &Design

Whats New for

Fastrak Analysis & Design
CD 15.0

Version 1.0

May 2007

Prepared by David Sanderson

FASTRAK Product Development Manager

Whats New FASTRAK 15.0 Page 1

CSC Fastrak Analysis &Design

What's on the CD!

FASTRAK Products Product File Version

Version

Portal Frame Design (1,2,3,5 and 7 Span Versions) 5.0 5.0.0.1

Portal Frame Wind Loading 5.0 5.0.0.0

Portal Frame Snow Loading 5.0 5.0.0.0

Portal Building Modeller 5.0 5.0.0.0

Portal Frame - Design of Moment Connections 5.0 5.0.0.1

Portal Frame - Design of Column Bases 5.0 5.0.0.1

Portal Frame - Design of Crane Beams 5.0 5.0.0.0

Simple Beam Design 7.0 7.0.0.22

Simple Column Design 7.0 7.0.0.22

Composite Beam Design 7.0 7.0.0.22

General Beam Design 7.0 7.0.0.22

General Column Design 7.0 7.0.0.22

Building Designer 7.0 7.0.0.22

Floor Designer 7.0 7.0.0.22

Wind Load Modeller 7.0 7.0.0.22

Connections Container 7.0 7.0.0.22

Design of Simple Connections 7.0 7.0.0.22

Design of Moment Connections 7.0 7.0.0.22

Design of Column Base Connection 7.0 7.0.0.22

Design of Column Splice Connection 7.0 7.0.0.22

* Denotes new product first time on CD

Whats New FASTRAK 15.0 Page 2

CSC Fastrak Analysis &Design

Documentation which can be found on this CD Version Notes

Manuals

Building Designer Engineers Handbook. PDF 7.0 Updated

Building Designer Quick Start Guide. PDF 7.0 No Change

Column Bases Manual 2.1 No Change

Composite Beam Manual. PDF 7.0 No Change

Connect Manual. PDF 3.5 No Change

Connections Documentation. PDF 7.0 No Change

Crane Beams Manual. PDF 2.0 No Change

General Beam Manual. PDF 7.0 Updated

General Column Manual. PDF 7.0 No Change

Portal Manual. PDF 4.0 No Change

Simple Beam Manual. PDF 7.0 No Change

Simple Column Manual. PDF 7.0 No Change

Wind Modeller Quick Start Guide. PDF 7.0 No Change

Advisory Notes

Building Designer Designing for Second-order effects 1.0 No Change

Advisory Note V 1.0.PDF

Building Designer FRC in Composite Beams Advisory 1.0 New

Note V 1.0.PDF

Composite P C Slabs and SCI P287 Release Note. PDF 1.0 No Change

FABSEC Advisory Note. PDF 1.1 No Change

FASTRAK Connection Design Advisory Note 1.1 Updated

FASTRAK Truss Design Advisory Note 1.0 No Change

Whats New FASTRAK 15.0 Page 3

CSC Fastrak Analysis &Design

Integration Advisory Note. PDF 1.2 No Change

Link between Portal Frame and Kingspan Toolkit. PDF 1.0 New

Multi Storey Floor Vibration Advisory Note. PDF 1.0 No Change

Portal Frame Base Stiffness Advisory Note. PDF 1.0 No Change

WESTOK Advisory Note 2.0 No Change

To read the manuals, install the Acrobat reader found in the Support\Adobe Reader
folder on the CD. In the Documentation\Manuals folder double click on the
appropriate PDF file to view it.

An Electronic copy of the current set of FASTRAK Product Bulletins can found in
the Documentation\Product Bulletins folder on the CD. To read the bulletins install
the Acrobat reader found in the Support\Adobe Reader directory on the CD.

An option has been added to the installation process to copy the manuals to your hard
drive. They can be found in the <Program Files>\CSC\Fastrak\Documentation
folder.

Whats New FASTRAK 15.0 Page 4

CSC Fastrak Analysis &Design

UPGRADING TO FASTRAK 15.0

Upgrading to FASTRAK 15.0 will automatically uninstall earlier versions of FASTRAK. The new default
installation locations have changed to be in line with current Microsoft guidelines. There is no longer a server
based installation option.

EARLIER VERSIONS
In earlier versions of FASTRAK files were stored in three key locations:
} Application Files Program files and documentation

} FASTRAK Data Files Section size order files and example models

} Common Files Program and data files used by multiple CSC applications

Old Default Locations for Local Installations:

} Start Menu
} Application Files
} Building Designer
} Portal Frame
} FASTRAK Common Files
} Documentation
} FASTRAK Data Files
} Building Designer order files
} Portal Frame order files
} Example models
} Common Files
} Access Databases
} Data Lists
} Security Files
Start > Programs > FASTRAK
C:\Program Files\FASTRAK\
Building Designer\
Portal Frame\
Shared\
Documents\
C:\Program Files\FASTRAK\
Building Designer\ cbm\, gbm\, gcm\, sbm\, scm\
Portal Frame\OrderFiles\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Fastrak\Examples\
C:\Program Files\Common Files\CSC Shared\
Dlists\
Dlists\
Security\

Old Default Locations for Server Installations:

} Application Files \\<company_server>\CSC\FASTRAK\
} FASTRAK Data Files \\<company_server>\CSC\FASTRAK\
} Common Files \\<company_server>\CSC\Shared\
Sub folders as for Local Installations.

Whats New FASTRAK 15.0 Page 5

CSC Fastrak
FASTRAK VERSION 15.0
FASTRAK files are now organised in line with current Microsoft guidelines:
} FASTRAK Program Files
} FASTRAK Data Files
} Common Program Files
} Common Data Files
New Default Locations:
} Start Menu
} FASTRAK Program Files
} Documentation
} FASTRAK Data Files
} Access Databases
} Order Files
} Example models
} Common Program Files
} Security Files
} Common Data Files
} Data Lists
} Data Tables
Whats New FASTRAK 15.0
Analysis &Design
Files required to run FASTRAK
Section size order files, databases and example models
Files required to run modules used by multiple CSC applications
Data files required by multiple CSC applications
Start > Programs > CSC >FASTRAK
C:\Program Files\CSC\FASTRAK\
Documentation\
C:\...\All Users\Application Data\CSC\FASTRAK\
MDB\
CBM\, GBM\, GCM\, PFD\, SBM\, SCM\
Examples\
C:\Program Files\Common Files\CSC\Common\
Security\
C:\...\All Users\Application Data\CSC\Common\
Dlists\
Tables\
Page 6
CSC Fastrak Analysis &Design

What's changed, whats New and whats Hot!

The following text details the most significant changes and enhancements, which
have been made to the products for this release: -

General

This release incorporates all the service packs currently posted on

www.Fastrak5950.com web site.

We would like to remind all users that when using CSC software it is vital that they
are familiar with the scope, limitations and assumptions used within the software. We
recommend as essential reading the sections on Scope, Limitations and Assumptions
to be found in the Engineers Handbooks in the Help file.

Whats New

General

Corus Advanced UK sections

The new Corus Advanced Sections have been fully integrated in to the whole of
FASTRAK.

Building Designer

Shear Walls

A new element type Shear Wall has been added. This enables the modeling of
concrete walls within the structure to resist lateral loads. Multiple doors and windows
can be placed within each shear panel. These are analytical significant resulting in the
panel being split in to separate mid-pier panels either side of the opening, these are
then connected by using joining beams.

Once analysis is complete you can view the appropriate force, moment and deflection
diagrams for these walls, and the details are included in reports and material listings.
Exporting shear walls to S-Frame and STAAD is supported and they are also included
in the links to 3D+ and Revit.

A mid-pier analysis model idealization of the shear wall is used consisting of a

vertical member at the centre of the wall which has a support at the base level and
horizontal members (to collect load in to the wall) at every construction level that has
been set to be a floor.

Undo/Redo

It is now possible to undo any action as you build your model. Mutiple undos can be
performed up to either 25 steps or back to a point at which the model was last saved.
There is also a redo command to reapply an operation that you have undone.

Whats New FASTRAK 15.0 Page 7

CSC Fastrak Analysis &Design

Gravity/Lateral Elements and Design Combinations

A new attribute has been added to the elements. You can now specify if the element is
to be gravity or a gravity & lateral designed element. Simple and Composite Beams
default to being gravity designed elements, whilst General Beams, General Columns
and Simple Columns default to been lateral & gravity designed elements. Simple
columns can be changed to be gravity elements.

This same attribute has been applied to Design Combinations, i.e. the user can set if
the combination is either Gravity or Lateral. At least one combination must be defined
to be Gravity. On opening existing models, all combinations will default to being
lateral and thus on perform validation will fail. You will need to set one existing
combination to be a gravity combination.

This can substantially speed up the design time for you model as elements which are
to be designed for gravity only are only designed for these combinations.

Axial Releases

You can now define axial end releases for General Beams\Members and General
Columns\Members.

Selection Groups

We have added a new feature selection groups. Selection groups are automatically
set up based on the Attribute set from which they were created. A new tree view
workspace has been added to enable control of these selection groups. Within the tree
view new groups can be created and elements drag and dropped between groups. Note
this can also be done graphically. Selecting a group, automatically selects all the
elements in that group and in all the elements in any groups below. These are then
listed in the properties window, where are number of attributes can be changed e.g.
section size, steel grade, design properties etc. Some specialized view options have
been added for selection groups, which enables only those groups selected to be
shown.

Pre-cambering of composite beams

A pre-camber can now be specified for composite beams. The properties for this are
accessed via the Beam Design Properties.

Composite Beam Dramix Steel Fibres

Dramix fibre reinforced concrete can be used as a substitute for transverse

Reinforcement.

Composite Beam Strux Polymer Fibres

Strux fibre reinforced concrete can be used as a substitute for transverse

Reinforcement.

Whats New FASTRAK 15.0 Page 8

CSC Fastrak Analysis &Design

Reports

The new report engine has been added in to FASTRAK Building Designer. Any
previously defined header you had defined for FASTRAK Connections or the
FASTRAK Steel Design Element packages will be used. However, you company
specific logo will need to be redefined.

Splice Connections

The splice connection design engine is now integrated in to FASTRAK Building

Designer.

Revit Link

This link supports Revit Structure 2008 only.

Whats Changed

Building Designer\Floor Designer\General Beam Design\General Column

Design\Simple Beam Design\Simple Column Design\Composite Beam Design
Resolved Issues

Issue No. Description

We have changed the way that we round the length of beams. As a result
of this some stud spacing layouts may now become invalid. To correct
this, adjust the stud spacing and apply to all affected beams. Adjusting
the stud spacing by only 1 mm will fix this issue. The effective width of
the beam can also be affected by this change and you may need to run
the Recalculate Effective Widths command found under the building
menu, which will automatically repair this issue.

As a result of the introduction of Lateral and Gravity Design

Combinations, the validation process checks to see that at least one
combinations is set to be a Gravity type. In existing models all Design
Combinations default to being type Lateral. This will generate a
validation error. To resolve this issue make one Design Combination
type Gravity. A gravity combination can not include any lateral load
(NHF,Wind). There can be more than one gravity combination type in
the model.

Numerous tolerances associated with the collision of elements

validation check and load decomposition have been fine tuned.

Portal Frame Design Resolved Issues

Issue No. Description

Whats New FASTRAK 15.0 Page 9

CSC Fastrak Analysis &Design

No Significant Change

Portal Frame Design of Moment Connections Resolved Issues

Issue No. Description

No Significant Change

Portal Frame Design of Column Base Connections Resolved Issues

Issue No. Description

No Significant Change

Portal Frame Design of Crane Beams

Issue No. Description

No Significant Change

Regards

FASTRAK Development Team

END OF DOCUMENT

Whats New FASTRAK 15.0 Page 10