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After installing Esteem 7 on a 64-bit Windows XP, the software might not be able to find the eLock and thus cannot be started. Additional steps need to be done to resolve the problem.

1. Install Esteem 7 as usual.

2. Plug in eLock. If it is already connected to the USB port, unplug it and then plug in again.

3. You will see the following dialog. Select “Yes” and then click “Next”.

4. You see then see the following dialog. Choose “Install the software automatically” and then press

“Next”.

5. Then the system starts to search for relevant drivers on the computer. This may take a while.

6. After that you a “Hardware Installation” dialog appears. Just click “Continue Anyway” to proceed.

7. You will come to the final dialog which indicates that the driver has been properly installed. Click

“Finish” to complete the installation process.

7.0.337.0 C .Net 1 (9 October 2008)

1. Pin Support (Column) parameter default value set to TRUE for 3D Analysis.

2. A message will appear to non-existence of hardware lock.

3. Flexural shear check on most critical section included in foundation design report.

4. Pile coordinates based on local axis as shown in Pile Design form.15598

5. Correction done to enhanced shear capacity calculation which was halved in release 7.0.301.0 C. Additionally, pile force is based on cut off of pile profile area as illustrated in the example below:

Full force of pile no. 1 and 3 is used when the cut line goes beyond 50% of the pile profile area.

6. "Use Torsion Perimeter Bar" Default Setting is now set to "TRUE".

7. vc (design concrete shear stress) = 0 when thetension force of beam > 0.05fcu.Ac where Ac is the gross sectional area of the beam section.

8. Column offset dimension featured in "Column Detailing" form under "Plan-Base Detailing"

tab.

9. Application ofm = 1.15 when high yield steel grade greater than 499 eg. 500 N/mm2 is specified in the material parameter as in accordance to Amendment 3 of BS8110:Pt. 1 1997.

10. Depth of beam between joined beam section to adopt the shared depth (d) but not less than 100mm in the design of section.

7.0.301.0 C (28 August 2008)

1. Dimension line and dimension text are now in different layer to facilitate production of hardcopy line thickness according to colour.

2. In Pad footing detailing, the loading shown is themost critical load combination which is used in

the design of the pad footing (see user manual topicDesign Results > Pad footing >

Detailing).

3. Bug in DXF/DWG files labels of detailing entities (multiple or redundant line or other entities) resolved.

4. Slab marking for single sub-slab now appears as eg. "FS1" instead of "FS1:1".

5. General UI speed improvement due to platform optimisation.

6. Added "Analysis Info" into "Tools" on main menu.

7. User input flange beam parameters from beam properties grid for flange beam design implemented.

8. Option to have beam section name to follow beam marking. This will have to be set from the beam property grid of the object viewer.

9. Checking of unused gridlines: performance improvement.

10. "Service Load" button added to "Pad" foundation results form called out from Project Explorer.

11. Brickwall loads with similar begin and end height, UDLs and Point loads will not be deleted when a beam with these loads applied is broken. See online help topic, "Loadings on a broken beam" for further details.

12. New feature in 3D Analysis. The "Alternative Model" parameter will employ a

"closed-form" beam model.

13. New parameter introduced in Design>Floor>Beam>Shear Reinforcement, "External Loop".

14. New feature introduced: Compare Gridlines in Tools>Gridlines Utilities

15. Batch Export Report.

16. Column grid mark now shown in Column Summary Report or Column Failure Report.

17. Curtailment Dimension Style can now refer to gridlines in slab cut sections details.

18. "Check Project Free Node" feature is introduced. This command is available from

Verification->Project->Check Project Free Node.

19. Batch Export Drawing to include colum plan based detailing

20. "Watermark" on display when either Elevation or 3D View out of synchornization with the plan. The text "Out of Sync. Press F12 to refresh" will be shown in Elevation Input view or the 3D View.

21. Gridlines of two floors can be compared with command, To ol s- >Gr id li ne s Utilites->Compare Gridlines

22. Column dimensions are now shown in Column Calculator.

23. Batch exported drawings files will have version suffixes.

24. "Bend down of bottom bar" feature allowed by parameter setting

25. Slab cut mark can now be renamed by editing on the object viewer after double clicking the mark.

26. Slab cuts can be found using "Search Element" command from the "View" menu.

27. The "Search Element" button is implemented on the standard toolbar, . 28. Slab drop is displayed on floor plan.

29. New command from right click upon gridline selection that is "Copy grid to floor above".

7.0.188.0 C (23 April 2008)

1. Beam mark interpretation explanation added for the architectural import feature in the help file. Search using keyword "beam mark import".

2. Pressing F1 calls up help file topic when cursor is at any individual parameters of its category (Grid, Beam, Column, Brickwall, RC Wall) for Architectural Import parameters.

3. DEL key can be used to edit gridline dimension text.

4. Improvisation in the Save As... command (saving specification as per Microsoft Word concept).Check online help for further details.

5. Some bugs fixed for roofline load distribution method.

6. Reference Height in Wind Load Value form validation fixed to half-height of each floor.

7. New feature: Column detailing on plan.

8. Grid regions can now be individually selected to be shown or not through

from the Grid toolbar. A selection window will appear when theRegion Selec tion is clicked.

9. Beam failure message in report are now more specific eg. "Failure due to Bottom Bar Clear Spacing".

10. Footing detailing: Column starter bars links. It willl now show at least two links.

11. Individual grid region can now be selected to be visible or not. Also each grid region element's colour can be customised.

12. Element design results available fromPro ject Expl orer

13. T-Beam Effect parameter can be assigned onto individual beams through the property grid.

14. Column mark is now shown in foundation key plan.

15. Beam design bypass: If a beam for some reason cannot be design (program logic issues), the design process will bypass it and proceed to the beam element rather than halting the whole process.

16. Wall opening group selection editing in elevation input is now possible.

17. A label denoting the program is in theMeasure mode will appear as a useful reminder.

18. Introduction of feature "Free end node". This feature will assist user to diagnose structural instability or disconnected meshing. Available in "2D SubFrame View".

19. Beam Cut Section applies to beam span between supports; see "Beam Property under Beam Design->Cutline. (Previously was between sections of beams).

20. Curtailment Dimension Style can now refer to Grid.

21. Provision of "Closed Link" label for link designed for torsion.

22. Identifying close nodes in 2D mesh. Use in 2D mesh view over key plan to locate nodes which are closer than specified in the 2D Analysis parameter to diagnose quality of mesh as and when required.

7.0.133.0 C (22 February 2008)

1. Individual slab design report can now be called out.

2. Beam names in "Beam Group Detailing" (Design Results->Mutiple Beam) is now sorted according to ascending order.

3. Modified Basic Span Depth Ratio parameter is introduced. This modified basic span/depth ratio will be use in the design to identified a cantilevered behaviour beam in the deflection check. To view the formulation, search for "MBSDR" in the online technical documentation.

4. MyApplied and MzApplied column moments are added to the "Design/Analysis Result"

table of the Full Column Design Report.

5. 3D meshing of bridging beam at wall/column intersection revised.

3D View of model

3D mesh of bridging beam of wall/column intersection 6. Able to printout hardcopy for 2D contour cuts.

7. Thickness of beam UDL increased.

8. General bug fixes to the roofline method of load distribution.

9. "Fl y" option in 3D View. When this option is checked, the model can be "spin" by clicking the mouse and drag in the direction intended.

This feature required high end graphics hardware. By default is is unchecked.

10. Slab stiffness reduction parameter is added.

Default from preset value in Parameters.

11. T-beam property and slab stiffness property can now be individually edited. For example, for a beam not monolithic to any slab,

we can edit the "T-Beam" parameter from the object viewer.

the project is opened. If for some reason user is able to delete any project files, there would be no guarantee the file(s) will be restored. As a matter of factly, the project could be corrupted and nothing could be done to retrieve the deleted file(s).

13. Failed elements to be listed automatically when its design form is called out.

7.0.113.0 C (4 February 2008)

1. Layer names for pad and pile footing is now differentiated.

2. Gridline granularity 25 and 50mm precision added.

3. Column IDs are now shown on the pad and pile foundation plan detailing.

4. Revised UI for Safety Factor

5. Differentiation of presentation between failed and passed pad/pile design in 3D View.

6. Pile Selection list can now be saved as templates.

7. Introduction of beam label based on gridline system.

8. Introduction of parameter to control the grid mark & dimension lines distance.

9. Slab nodes moment release at wall edges.

When there is a slab discontinous supported by a wall, the slab nodes will have moment release. The following parameter will effect this feature.

Set the "Release Slab Nodes On RC Wall" to TRUE. Slab nodes will be pinned according the specification mentioned above with the exception of cantilever slabs.

The circular symbols denoting releases will be shown in the mesh view.

7.0.91.0 C (28 December 2007)

1. Given the condition below, slab element stiffness will be reduced by 100 (default value).

[Column not shown for clarity]

Below is an example of the effect of this change in specification between version 7.0.91.0 C to 7.0.77.0 C

Version 7.0.77.0 C compare to 7.0.91.0 C Keyplan

Version 7.0.77.0 C compare to 7.0.91.0 C Moment and

Shear Diagram of beam "gb3"

version 7.0.77.0 C

version 7.0.91.0 C

Conclusion Version 7.0.91.0 C provides a more accurate mesh model to obtain the results.

2. Minimum link spacing. Should the link spacing requirement (due to torsion check) go below the set value (100mm as in the example below), the program will overwrite this constraint for the beam concerned.

3. Lean concrete text can be adjusted by using Label layer which share with bar detailing text. The lean concrete text will use the Label layer which also share with bar detailing test.

4. Support dimension in beam detailing can be turn off.

5. Solving beam link design problem (beam that need more link loop will fail in intial

stage)

In document ESTEEM NOTE (Page 73-104)