SAP2000 Version 10.0.

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Release Date: 2006-06-02

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It contains important information that is more current than what is in the Manuals.

Contents
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Installation Instructions for SAP2000 Version 10.0.7 File Compatibility Updating older Version 10.xx from the ftp Significant Changes from Version 10.0.0 New Features in SAP2000 Version 10

1. Installation Instructions for SAP2000 Version 10.0.7

The installation instructions are available in three places: The SAP2000 Installation Card link on the SAP2000 CD browser. A printed document included with the program package. In the file SAP_Install_Instructions.pdf in the root folder of the CD. The instructions include information about the software protection system used and installation options and instructions. You can choose between a Standalone or Network installation. For new Network installations, see the License Manager System Administrators Guide for more detailed information about the License Manager and the License Manager Administration program WlmAdmin.exe. This installation contains the License Manager program SentinelLM 7.2.0.23. If you are currently running an earlier version of SentinelLM then it should be uninstalled prior to installing this version. IMPORTANT! All commuter licenses should be checked in before uninstalling the old version. For Network installations you can create a text file, Level.txt, and put the Program Level in it. Save this file to the License Manager sub-folder of the SAP2000 folder. This file will cause the program to find the license faster. Note that this file will be included when a new license is sent. If you experience problems with the license please refer to the appropriate License Trouble Shooting Guide... located in the SAP2000 folder.

2. File Compatibility
SAP2000 Version 10 can open model files (*.SDB) from older versions of SAP2000, as well as import older SAP2000 database files (*.S2K, *.$2K, *.XLS, and *.MDB.) Note that once you save or run these models in Version 10, they will not be usable by older versions of the program, so you may want to save them under a new name after opening or importing them in Version 10.

3. Updating older Version 10.xx from the ftp

SAP2000 Version 10.0.7 is also available on the ftp as a patch from V9.0.0 and up. When applying the patch, only updated files are included in the zipped patch file. These should be extracted in the folder where the current program is. When using the full installation the setup will automatically uninstall previous version 10.xx and install the new one. Workstation installations being served from a file server do not need to be updated for V10.0.7.

4. Significant Changes from Version 10.0.0

Changes from Version 10.0.5/1 to Version 10.0.7 (issued 06/02/2006) - Two new Caltrans vehicles have been added: the LRFD P15 permit vehicle, and the MHE materials hauling equipment vehicle. - The AASHTO LRFD Low Boy vehicle has been added. - The axle loads for all AASHTO and Caltrans vehicles have been changed from a 10 foot wide knife edge to two wheel loads 6 feet apart. Because of this change, moving-load analysis results may differ somewhat from previous versions of the program. The 1 to 2 foot edge restriction has not yet been implemented, so these axle loads are allowed to move across the full width of the lane. - Five new Indian vehicles have been added. - Convergence behavior has been considerably improved for nonlinear static analysis of cable and tendon models using no-compression behavior. - A bug has been fixed that sometimes caused reactions for linear analyses to be incorrect when restarted using a saved stiffness matrix. - Mass source has been changed so that, for each joint of each element, when the specified sum of element mass and vertical element loads (divided by g) is negative, the result is set to zero. In other words, only net downward loads are used to calculate mass. This is a change from previous versions where upward loads were set to zero for each load case rather than for the net sum. Models where upward loads were included in mass-source combinations may need to be re-run. - A bug has been fixed in calculation of the linear effective damping coming from link elements and used in response-spectrum and linear modal time-history analysis cases. Models using this type of damping in these types of analysis cases should be re-verified. - Changes to Chinese steel design. - Other minor bug fixes. Changes from Version 10.0.5 to Version 10.0.5/1 (issued 04/17/2006) - Minor bug fixes affecting design.

Changes from Version 10.0.4/1 to Version 10.0.5 (issued 03/30/2006) - A bug that caused Area Loads assigned to be distributed to Frames to crash the program has been fixed. - A bug that caused Area Loads assigned to be distributed to Frames to be corrupted when load cases were deleted has been fixed. Models with this type of loading should be checked. - Automatically generated Hinges in concrete members using default assignments have now been given the same strain hardening properties as in SAP2000 V9. They were coming out with essentially with no strain hardening in v10 causing models to show premature failures under pushover. - The general mesher for area objects has been enhanced to be more sensitive to the local distances between selected points and lines. - A bug was fixed that sometimes caused stresses in the shell elements to be incorrectly reported for nonlinear analysis cases. Shell forces and moments were not affected. Models where stress values in shells for nonlinear analysis cases have been used should be checked. - A bug was fixed in which the joint reactions and base reactions due to acceleration loads in linear analysis cases was in error by the amount of acceleration load coming from elements directly connected to the restraint. This error is usually small, but such models should be checked. This error was introduced in version 10.0.4. - A units bug in Section Designer that sometimes caused a generated Caltrans PMM hinge to be scaled incorrectly has been fixed. - Some incorrect Caltrans default rebar and concrete property values have been fixed in Section Designer. - The calculated Caltrans idealized yield curvature is now reported in Section Designer. - Other minor bugs and display issues that do not affect results have been fixed. Changes from Version 10.0.4 to Version 10.0.4/1 (issued 02/22/2006) - A file operation that caused the latest version of McAfee Virus scanner to give a false alarm has been reprogrammed. Changes from Version 10.0.3 to Version 10.0.4 (issued 02/10/2006) - A bug that caused post-tensioning loads to be sometimes incorrectly computed when the tendon was entirely in the Y-Z plane has been corrected. Affected models should be rerun. - Bridge Section cut force computations have been expedited. No affect on results. - Import/Export using CIS/2 has been updated. - Other minor enhancements and bug fixes. Changes from Version 10.0.2 to Version 10.0.3 (issued 01/31/2006) - A bug that caused Area Loads assigned to be distributed to Frames not to be distributed correctly has been fixed. Models using this newly added feature need to be rerun. - A bug that caused Auto Wind Loads specified on Area and Frame objects at the same time not to be applied has been fixed. - An installation problem that caused Pushover Tables not to be displayed for Network installations has been fixed. - Other minor enhancements and bug fixes.

Changes from Version 10.0.0 to Version 10.0.2 (issued 12/31/2005) - A bug that in some cases caused User specified Wind Loads to diaphragms to be reset to zero has been corrected. - A bug that in some cases caused partial rerun of analysis cases to give obviously wrong results has been corrected. This problem only happened when partial reruns were done, the advanced solver was used and stiffness solutions from previous analysis were available. Full reruns or runs using the standard solver were correct. - A bug that in some cases caused pushover curves to be incorrectly reported has been corrected. It was missing the base shear caused by loads applied to frames. Loads applied to joints and other types of elements were included. This was only a reporting problem affecting pushover curves. The analysis itself was correct. - Other minor enhancements and bug fixes that do not affect results.

5. New Features in SAP2000 Version 10

SAP2000 Version 10.0.0 is a new version, and is a direct upgrade from Version 9.1.9. New features include the following. An advanced equation solver has added for extremely efficient runtimes and storage utilization. An automatic shifting option has been added to the eigen-solver for efficient solution of large systems with many closely-spaced eigenvalues. Layered shell properties are now available. Area loads can be applied to frame elements, such as for accurate transfer of floor loading to beams. Wind loading for ASCE 7-02 can be automatically created in multiple directions. Pushover analysis in the Advanced level of the program has been enhanced by adding: o FEMA 356 hinges o Force-controlled hinges o Caltrans column-section hinges o Fiber hinges o Hinge results graphical display o ATC 55 and FEMA 440 pushover curve plots Interactive database editor now has undo capability after applying changes to model Fast OpenGL graphics can now be used for drawing and display For concrete shell design, analysis results can now display required rebar intensity and maximum concrete stress ACI design code has been updated to 318-05 New import/export options include: o Support for ProSteel o Support for Tekla and ArchiCAD through IFC Bridge Modeler has improved the template for steel composite bridges Bridge force and moment results can be displayed on a girder-by-girder basis. A new Soil-Structure Interaction add-on module is available. It includes:

o Multi-linear springs (e.g., P-y curves) that can be assigned per-unit-length on line objects and per-unit-area on area objects. o Models created in SAP2000 can be exported directly as House models for program SASSI. o SAP2000 can create animated deflected shapes (*.AVI files) for the time-history results from program SASSI.