Facility to create and save user-defined Beam Section Library. From the opening window, select File > New > Beam Section Library.

Facility to select the Beam Sections from user-defined Beam Section Library or from the built-in AISC Library. From the Layout window, select Misc > Beam Sections, and then File > Beam Library or File > AISC Library in the List window.

The normalized vector for Beam Elements can now be displayed when the user clicks on a Beam Element in the Graphics window or double clicks on Beam to display the Beam dialog (in the Layout window or List window).

Option to Show/Hide the "Deformed State Coordinates" in the Displacements results window along with the Displacements in global coordinate system via Results window > View > Show/Hide Deformed State Coordinates or mouse right click > Show/Hide Deformed State Coordinates.

New graphics utilities have been introduced. These utilities help a user see pipes hidden from view by making the pipe in front "transparent or hidden." In the past, a user had to rotate the model to see hidden piping in a congested piping layout.

1. Hide the current element from the Rendered Graphics Window via View > Hide Current Element or mouse middle click > Hide CE, or press F6.

2. Make the current element transparent in the Rendered Graphics Window via View > Make Transparent or mouse middle click > Make CE Transparent, or press F7.

3. Select and hide the element via mouse middle button click on element > Hide from Graphics.

4. Select and make the element transparent via mouse middle button click on element > Make Transparent.

5. Show all Hidden objects through Graphics Window > mouse middle click > Show all or View > Show all, or press F9.

6. Make all objects Transparent via View > All Transparent or mouse middle click > Make all Transparent, or press F10.

7. Make all objects Opaque via View > All Opaque or mouse middle button click > Make all Opaque or F11.

Option to print all input and results data to a comma separated values file (.csv) through File > Print > Print to File in addition to printing to a plain text file. This .csv file can be imported into spreadsheet software (e.g., MS-Excel).

When Piping Code = NONE, in-plane and out-of-plane loads and SIFs for tees are calculated based on B31.3 (2002). Earlier version calculations were based on B31.1.

When Piping Code = B31.1 (2004), the analysis option "Use liberal allowable stresses" is always turned ON.

In this version, when Piping Code = B31.4 (2002) or B31.8 (2003), stresses for the buried piping portion are calculated against allowables as per the code equations for "Unrestrained Piping." In other words, the code stress equations for "Restrained Piping" (or Buried piping) are not yet implemented and hence, the code stress results displayed/printed for buried portion of piping should be ignored.

Warning message issued when the Bend Radius is less than the outer diameter of the pipe section.

Warning message issued when peak pressure factor exceeds 1.10 for Piping Code = B31.4(2002). This is a code requirement as per para. 402.2.4 of B31.4 (2002).

Warning message issued when user tries to delete an element that is referenced by another element via connected node.

Bug correction: When Piping Code=NONE was chosen, Von Mises stresses were missing from the text file generated by using the "Print to file" command.