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Issue No. 1 Autumn 2002 |
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Contents New pricing structure & discounts Oasys announce availability of
“Archetype” CAD tools and Columbus added to the range of
Oasys software New
release of Oasys GEO including SAFE |
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Important: Unsubscribing from this Newsletter If you want to remove yourself from our mailing list, please send an email to listserv@oasys-software.com with unsubscribe oasys-software-news in the email body. |
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Welcome to the first issue of Oasys News As part
of continuing improvement to our customer services, we have introduced a quarterly newsletter, bringing you news
of software releases together with tips and tricks and advance information on
future developments. |
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Launch of new Oasys web site
On the 24 June 2002 our web site was
re-launched. The web site
has a new look and an easy to use menu system to allow quick navigation to
the section you require. As part of the redesign we have brought our CAD
and Columbus products together with our technical software under one roof at http://www.oasys-software.com. New
features of the web site include downloadable 30 day demonstration copies of
all our software, an ‘Academic
Zone’ for teaching establishments and customer specific personal support
forums. We have also
optimised the site to make it faster and easier to navigate. And lastly we have introduced a
powerful search facility |
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Continuing
improvements
We are
now phasing out our hardware lock devices (dongles) in favour of a software
copy protection system.
This not only makes it easier for you to manage, it can also be a far
more cost effective solution if you take our new network licensing option. All
customers with maintenance and support contracts will soon be receiving
notification of their personal login names and passwords to our new support
services. |
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This service operates as a closed forum, only you, your colleagues and Oasys support staff can see your postings. You can include attachments, and you are automatically emailed responses direct to your office email address. |
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New Pricing Structure & Discount Policy Our price list has now been revised and includes some
major reductions e.g. Basic GSA was £1250, now £500. Prices for a single standalone, network, rental and maintenance
options are now provided in Pounds sterling, Euros and US dollars. Our discount policy has also been reviewed and we
are delighted to offer multiple licences at attractive rates. You can now purchase three
licences for the cost of 2, or 5 licences for the cost of 3, providing even
greater value for money. |
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Oasys announce availability of “Archetype”Archetype is a mid-range
document creation and management system based on Microsoft Access. Although it was written to meet the
needs of Architects, it is ideally suited to any construction related
organisation. Its simple
interface allows you to create and manage documents, drawings, emails,
transmittals, staff, resources etc. Oasys are a primary reseller of
Archetype and will be working with Archsoft to integrate Columbus and
Archetype in the future. Demonstrations We are happy to demonstrate
this software. Please email oasys@arup.com or phone +44 (0) 191 238 7559 in
order to arrange a demonstration.
For more details see http://www.oasys-software.com/archetype/ |
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Oasys welcomes the inclusion of CAD tools and Columbus to our range of software Columbus
is the world’s most widely used document management tool and is available
free from our website at http://www.oasys-software.com/columbus/ |
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Columbus is used by over 16,000 companies in 164 countries. If you need to standardise your electronic filing
system this may be the solution for you
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We are happy to be able to offer a new range of
products under the banner of CADtools.
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Create plots and PDF’s of AutoCAD
drawings reliably from any machine on the network. No need for AutoCAD on the client machines which
have full preview capabilities.
Clients are free. |
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A batch processing tool, used for
automating repetitive tasks on AutoCAD drawings |
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Simple and fast AutoCAD based concrete
detailing and scheduling.
Supports both the BS8666 and BS4466 British Standards |
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Under a new scheme called the ‘CAD Partner Program’ the whole CAD suite is provided on the basis of shared costs. The more who join, the cheaper the quarterly cost becomes. Contracts are for 12 months and can be paid annually or quarterly to spread to cost. This scheme aims to promote standards across the
industry at a cost that is affordable by large and small companies alike. http://www.oasys-software.com/cadpp/ |
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New release of Oasys GEO including SAFE Oasys GEO has just been updated to version
17.8.4. The Oasys GEO suite is a
state-of-the-art suite capable of analysing virtually any geotechnical
problem. It includes programs in
the Windows environment for the analysis of flexible retaining walls,
prediction of soil movement and slope stability, pile design and now, with
the first commercial release of SAFE for Windows, finite element analysis of
soils and groundwater. SAFE has been used extensively in-house by Arup on high profile projects such as Canary Wharf and the Kings Cross redevelopment in London. SAFE is a two-dimensional finite element program
which uses 8-noded quadrilateral elements. Its main features are summarised below: ·
Analysis of plane stress, plane strain or axially
symmetric problems. General loading of linear elastic axisymmetric structures
can be carried out using a Fourier series technique. ·
Linear or non-linear behaviour, using a wide range
of material models: Linear Elastic, Elastic Mohr-Coulomb, an incremental
elastic model as proposed by Duncan and Chang, an elastic/plastic/brittle model
with stress magnitude restriction, Modified Cam-clay, Soil reinforcement, and
a strain history model. ·
Pore pressures and effective stresses are identified
separately, allowing computation for drained or undrained conditions, and
time dependent consolidation. ·
Incremental loading and changes of material
properties, permit the formation of excavations, embankments etc. ·
Extensive graphical input options and in-built mesh
generation facility. ·
Wide range of graphical output and printing
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Other additions for GEO 17.8.4 include some new
features in SLOPE, the well-established slope stability program. These include: ·
Non-linear
strength envelopes for drained materials - power law and hyperbolic
relationships ·
"Exploded"
slice diagrams and force polygons ·
Ability
to add text, soil or slip circle labels to graphical output As SAFE in particular is a relatively complex program with many features, we also propose to offer training seminars and on-line demonstration of typical geotechnical problem set-up in the program. |
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COMING SOON - New release of Oasys GSA GSA is the Oasys structural analysis program,
incorporating integrated steel design and concrete design modules. GSA has been continually developed
since 1984 to meet the needs of a demanding user base around the world. An overview of the capability of GSA
is given on our web site at http://www.oasys-software.com/gsa/ |
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Included on this web site are several online demonstrations. While these are created principally as a means of remote training they also serve as a useful introduction to the program. |
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New
Features in GSA 8.0 The latest release of GSA, version 8.0,
introduces many new features to complement the existing capability. Here are some of the highlights. Integrated
Steel Design A steel
member code checker has been built into GSA. The design model is built in the same data set as the
analysis model, allowing automatic association of analysis results with the
design model. The code checking
can then be carried out on the results of any load case or combinations of
these. Envelopes of design
results can also be produced.
Steel design is currently implemented to BS5950-1:2000. |
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Integrated
RC Slab Design Like the steel member code checker, the
reinforced concrete slab design module is built into GSA to give immediate
display of reinforcement areas for any analysis results or combinations of
these. In-plane and out-of-plane
action is considered and non-orthogonal reinforcement can be defined. The module is written to be code independent
and the program allows the RC slab properties to be assigned as appropriate
for any code of practice. Bridge
Loading The bridge loading facility now offers full carriageway optimisation for UK/HK loading on constant width carriageways, coping with HB vehicles straddling lanes, lane reduction factors, different combinations etc. Additional path loading types have been introduced to simplify lane-by-lane optimisation to UIC, Eurocode, AASHTO and AusRoads standards. Grid
Loading Grid loading is applied to a virtual surface or
‘grid plane’ in the model.
Internally, grid loading is expanded into equivalent beam loads on the
surrounding elements. ·
Grid
point loads, grid line loads and grid area loads can be defined. ·
Grid
loading can be expanded assuming one-way spanning or two-way spanning load
distribution. ·
Grid
loading can be applied to any plane or curved surface of beam elements. ·
Elements
can be excluded from attracting grid loading. ·
The
loading can be specified as acting in any direction, including normal to the
surface. Grid
loading can be specified in tables, wizards or graphically using the sculpt
tools. |
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Driving
GSA from Spreadsheets GSA can now be driven from external programs such
as Microsoft Excel via the published COM interface. A typical use of this facility is where GSA is used as the
analysis engine in a bespoke spreadsheet based structural optimiser. Akin to this is the ability to issue commands to
GSA via a command file, to allow batch operation of GSA. Seismic
Analysis The seismic capabilities in GSA have been
enhanced to include IBC 2000, FEMA 356 and Eurocode 8 response spectra and to
generate equivalent static load and accidental torsion loading to satisfy UBC
1997, IBC 2000 and FEMA 356. GSA
Viewer GSA Viewer is a new application for the viewing
of input data and results produced by GSA. Intended for use by architects and other design team
members, checking authorities, independent checkers, contractors and
clients. The GSA Viewer is
available as a free download from the Oasys web site. The functionality of the GSA Viewer
is the same as GSA except that both analysis and design capability are
disabled. Both
the GSA Viewer and a 30 day demonstration copy of GSA are available for
download from http://www.oasys-software.com/product/downloads/struct/gsa/ |
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Tips
& Tricks
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CADplot Tip No. 1
Increasing throughput. AutoCAD can take a while
simply opening drawings, so one simple way to speed up your CADplot Server is to
run two or more sessions on the same machine. The licensing system permits you to do this without
increasing your costs. CADtools Tip No. 1
Xref path control By creating a simple ProjectSettings.txt file in each project's main
folder containing the paths to the project's Xrefs, CADtools will
automatically set AutoCAD's project profile to the required settings as you
move from project to project. |
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GEO General Tip No. 1In table views to navigate around very
long tables: Use
ctrl-G or move cursor to between table rows in the index column (cursor
changes to double headed arrow), right-click and choose Goto. FREW Tip No. 1Why can't I cut and paste to the tables
beside the wall graphics? The copy and paste functions for these
tables have been disabled. The tables are not spreadsheets and the linking of
the graphics with the tables makes the copy and paste functions inoperable. SLOPE Tip No. 1How do I delete points in graphical input? Points
can be deleted by placing the cursor over the required point and clicking the
left mouse button at the same time as holding down the Shift key on the
keyboard. Whole
strata can be deleted by selecting the strata and then the delete button on
the graphics toolbar. |
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Oasys GSA Tip No. 1
GSA Saved Views You can save time by saving a
Graphic or Output view with the model when you've got it looking how you
want: Use the View menu to save the view and the Views tab on the Gateway to
access your saved views. Saved views take account of any changes you make to
your model, so you won't get caught out with old results being retained.
Oasys GSA Tip No. 2
GSA User Modules, or "How I Learned to Import Results
Safely" You can plot contours of values on nodes or elements that you've
calculated outside of GSA. You do this by importing a "User Module"
which is a simple text file that refers to the node/element numbers. You can
import more than one module, and they can be saved with the model, so you
won't have to re-import them every session. Importing results by this route
is much safer than editing. GWA text files. Oasys GSA Tip No. 3 GSA Sculpting The Defaults tab of the Object Viewer allows you to specify what
attributes new elements, nodes and members have when they're sculpted in.
Keeping the Defaults tab open when sculpting can therefore save you time
later, when you'd otherwise have to correct the properties of your new
sculpted entities. Oasys GSA Tip No. 4 GSA Envelopes for Dummies Save time looking for the worst forces in your model by using an
envelope combination case. A simple envelope looks like: "C1 or C2 or
C3"; this would give you the envelope of results for combinations 1, 2
and 3. Output views for envelopes tell you which part (permutation) of the
envelope is responsible for each result. Oasys GSA Tip No. 5
GSA Zoom & Pan Use the wheel on your mouse to zoom and pan Graphic Views. Rolling
the wheel zooms, and you can pan by dragging the mouse with the wheel pressed
like a button. These operations work in all cursor modes, so you don't have
to stop what you're doing to manipulate the view. |
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