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1 New Features of Main Programs 2
2 New Features of Add-on Modules 2
3 New Features of Stand-Alone Programs 4

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 1 New Features of Main Programs
RFEM and RSTAB

Implementation of the load combinations of

Eurocode according to the National Annex of Greece
as well as the combinatorics according to
DIN 1055-100 + DIN 18008 for the design of glass
elements
Extension of ASME B31.3 materials with steel group
properties (austenitic, austenitic-ferritic)
Implementation of the materials according to
the standard EN 13480-3:2013
Implementation of an imperfection load irrespective
of the standard
Implementation of the "Virtual Joist Girder" cross- Combinatorics according to DIN 1055-100 + DIN18008 (glass)
sections from the Steel Joist Institute
Implementation of the Vietnamese cross-sections
according to the standard TCVN 7571

RFEM

Implementation of generator functions to create

releases between several lines or surfaces
Implementation of a function to consider influence
lines and surfaces in a load situation
Implementation of an automatic mesh refinement
for member elements concerning the determination
of eigenvalues and the import of strains Generation of line releases on several surfaces
Implementation of an option to control the average
regions with the COM interface
Extension of the result table "Surface - Contact
stresses" with the resultant per surface

2 New Features of Add-on Modules

RF-CONCRETE

Implementation of an option to control the average

regions with the COM interface

RF-/FOUNDATION Pro
Display of soil layers and settlements in the graphic

RF-FOUNDATION Pro: Display of soil layers and settlements in RFEM

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2 New Features of Add-on Modules
RF-/CONCRETE Add-on Modules,
RF-/FOUNDATION Pro, RF-PUNCH Pro

Implementation of the National Annex of Belarus

RF-/STEEL EC3

Implementation of the National Annex of Greece

25th National Annex in RF-/STEEL EC3: Greece

RF-STABILITY

Implementation of a function to control the type

of solver with the COM interface

RF-PIPING

Implementation of the action categories "Wind"

and "Snow"
Implementation of branch connections according
to EN 13480-3
Release of the load situation "Expansion" for user-
defined result combination inputs
Description of variables in the menu "Branch
Connection Factors"
RF-PIPING: New action categories"Snow and "Wind" for piping design

RF-PIPING Design

Implementation of a description of the correspond-

ing page in the standard
Display of the final design formula at the end
of the calculation
Implementation of an option to consider liberal
expansion stresses according to the relevant
standard
Release of the thermal cycle input for the value
0 and 1E+10
Adjustment of the stress calculation for the situation
"Occasional"

RF-SOILIN

Display of groundwater level in the stress diagram RF-PIPING Design: Thermal cycle input from 0 to 1E+10

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 2 New Features of Add-on Modules
RF-CUTTING-PATTERN

Implementation of an option to display the front

or back of the pattern
Implementation of input and output tables
to organize the patterns
Release of the allowance specification for negative
inputs

RF-/TOWER Design

Implementation of an option to control the aerody-

namic damping for the situations without frost, frost
G and frost R RF-CUTTING-PATTERN: Optional display of front or back of the pattern

RF-/JOINTS Timber - Steel to Timber

Implementation of a design option for nailed steel-

timber connections according to ANSI/AWC

RF-/LIMITS

Implementation of joist hangers of the Simpson

StrongTie company in the database

RF-GLASS

Implementation of modification factors k_mod

depending on the glass type for soft shock loads
according to DIN 18008-4
Implementation of a function to reduce the strength
at the border of the surface for non-thermally RF-/LIMITS: Joist hangers of the Simpson StrongTie company
toughened glass according to DIN 18008-1, 8.3.8

3 New Features of Stand-Alone Programs

CRANEWAY

Implementation of a fatigue design for the bottom

flange

PLATE-BUCKLING

New function "Calculate All" Calculation of several cases in PLATE-BUCKLING

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