Release Date: (COMING SOON)
Full Version Number: 10.00.00.10
New Features in Microstran CONNECT Edition
In addition to minor error corrections and enhancements, Microstran CONNECT Edition introduces the new features discussed below.
CONNECT Licensing
Microstran now uses Benltey's CONNECT License system, Bentley's new process for product activation and usage tracking, improving our licensing capabilities with features such as:
- License alert notifications when you are approaching a custom usage threshold
- Replacing site activation keys with user validation, enhancing security around your Bentley licenses and subscriptions
With traditional SELECT Licensing, product activation has been through an activation key that an Organization distributed to all users. With CONNECT Licensing, product activation is managed by user sign in through the CONNECTION Client, which is installed on each machine that uses Bentley applications. This offers a more secure and manageable system as it offers usage alerts, notifying your users when they are about to reach a certain usage limit set by the Administrator.
Detailed information is available at Bentley Communities Licensing and Activation Wiki: https://communities.bentley.com/products/licensing/w/licensing__wiki/37813/connect-licensing for detailed information.
Free Design Codes and Features
In previous versions (prior to Micostran CONNECT Edition) the below design codes and features required additional purchase. With Microstran CONNECT Edition these codes and features are now freely available to all tiers of Microstran.
- AISC ASD 9th
- AS 1250/AS3990
- SSCJ/AIJ
- BS 5950:2000
- BS 8110:85
- Integrated Connection Design – Design Connections directly in Microstran
Export to STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition
Microstran now have direct export capability to STAAD.Pro allowing users to leverage many more advanced features in STAAD.Pro.
Improved Interoperability
Bring your microstran design into another application or even to site, using ISM and iModel Publishing.
Import and Export Models to Microsoft Excel
Microstran now have the ability to allow users to modify any aspect of the model in a tabular manner via import/export to Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet.
Export Analysis Results to Microsoft Excel
In previous versions of Microstran, results were only accesible on screen or text files. Now, Microstran can have all results exported to one Microfot Excel Spreadsheet, each sheet withing the Spreadsheet holds 1 table of the results.
Member Summary Query
In previous versions of Microstran, queried results (Member Forces, Member Deflections Enveloped results) were only viewable on screen, it was not possible to copy these results for further processing. With Microstran CE, users can now select
Section Summary Viewer
Analysis Results grouped by section can now be quickly viewed in Section Summary Viewer on screen and also Exported to Excel.
Linear Copy (Optional Load Factor input).
An optional load factor box in Linear Copy is included in Microstran CE, this applies a load factor to all the loads being copied. This helps users that create 3D portal frame models from a 2D frame, where loads are progressively reduced from one frame to the next (manual application of wind loads).
Supply in-context help messages.
Microsoft Windows 10 removed support for Winhlp32, in previous operation system (Windows XP and Vista) in-context help was available by clicking the question mark icon in the top right of most dialog box.
We have re-introduce this back into Microstran CONNECT Edition by displaying these messages in a message box format.