CSiXCAD v19.0.

0 Release Notes
© 2021 Computers and Structures, Inc.

Notice Date: 31-March-2021

This document lists changes made to CSiXCAD since v18.1.1, released 28-July-2020. Items marked with
an asterisk (*) in the first column are more significant.

Detailing
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
5889 An enhancement was made so that now the reinforcement of circular columns can be
displayed in plan view.
6132 The Elevation Snapshot command for exporting exploded drawings has been expanded and
renamed to Create Exploded Snapshot. The enhanced command now exports any wall,
column or beam reinforcement shown on elevations. In addition to working with elevation
drawings, it now also works with concrete beam elevations and wall reinforcement plans.
6206 The plan-view depiction of column reinforcement and wall reinforcement has been
improved. When column-reinforcement objects and wall-reinforcement objects contain
intermediate ties along their longitudinal rebars, the ties are now drawn with a 90-degree
bend at alternating ends, instead of 135-degree hooks at both ends as was the case
previously. The new graphics are displayed whenever a drawing prepared in an earlier
release of CSiXCAD is opened in this release.

External Import and Export

Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
5417 An enhancement has been implemented such that curved steel beams can now be imported
from ETABS or SAP2000 into CSiXCAD along with their curvature.
5706 An enhancement has been made so that frame objects with a non-prismatic section can now
be imported from SAP2000. Some restrictions apply, such as the type of section must be the
same at both ends of the member, and the section dimensions must vary linearly from the
start to the end of member.
* 5781 CSiXCAD is now compatible with Bricsys® BricsCAD® Version 21.1.05 (x64), Pro or higher
level.
5964 An enhancement has been implemented such that it is now possible to install CSiXCAD on
computers where neither ETABS or SAP2000 has been installed and then be able to work on
existing CSixCAD drawings. When ETABS or SAP2000 are not present, the New Project from
ETABS, New Project from SAP2000, Re-Import Design Model, and Compare to Design Model
menu items are disabled as appropriate in the CSiXCAD portion of the pull-down menu of
the host CAD system. Later installing ETABS or SAP2000 on the computer where CSiXCAD is
present will then enable these features next time CSiXCAD is run.
5997 An enhancement was made which affects the import of ETABS models in which some walls
have both a pier assignment and a spandrel assignment. Models in which some walls have
both a pier assignment and a spandrel assignment can now be imported into CSiXCAD. The
imported reinforcement is computed based on the spandrel reinforcement requirements.

Installation and Licensing

Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
* 5015 The version number has been changed to v19.0.0 for a new major release.

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* 5707 CSiXCAD now utilizes cloud licensing by default, allowing access to the license by multiple
users and/or from multiple machines. The number of simultaneous users corresponds to the
number of licenses owned. Cloud licensing requires connection to the internet while using
the software, either directly or through a proxy. Connection to a company network or VPN is
not necessary. Licenses can be checked out for a limited time period to allow use while
disconnected from the internet. Legacy licensing options (Standalone and Network) are still
available upon request.

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Detailing
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
5782 An incident affecting the duplication of CSiXCAD beams in BricsCAD with the BricsCAD Offset
command was resolved. When the BricsCAD Offset was command was used to duplicate a
CSiXCAD beam, the newly created beam did not have any material or section assigned to it,
and a material and section had to be explicitly assigned with the CSiXCAD Change-Design
command. This occurred in all previous versions of CSiXCAD running in BricsCAD and when
this occurred, the omission was obvious. The duplication of CSiXCAD beams in AutoCAD with
the AutoCAD Offset command worked as expected.
5783 An incident affecting the Steel_Column, Steel_Beam, Steel_Cantilever and Brace commands
was resolved. None of the forms displayed by these commands listed any choices for the
grade of steel field, and as a result, the newly drawn members did not have any material
assigned to them. To complete the definition of these members, the user need to assign to
them a grade of steel with the CSiXCAD Change-Design command. This omission, which
occurred in all versions of CSiXCAD prior to v19.0.0, created ambiguity only when the
structure combined different grades of steel. The Steel_Column, Steel_Beam,
Steel_Cantilever and Brace commands now display the grades of steel defined in the parent
ETABS or SAP2000 model and assign the selected grade of steel to the newly drawn
members.
5880 Two incidents were resolved which affected the graphics generated for the column
reinforcement of columns: (1.) The reinforcement of columns from ETABS with a cardinal
point other than 5 was drawn slightly outside the column. (2.) The spacing of the rebar ties
along the width of the rectangular columns was shown incorrectly in plan view. When either
of these two incidents occurred, the problem was visually obvious. These affected all
previous versions of CSiXCAD.
5894 An incident was resolved which affected object snap to project grid lines. The mid-point and
end-point object snaps to navigation grid lines have been removed since these are
undefined for navigation grid lines, which are unlimited in length. It is still possible to snap
to the end-points of trimmed project grid lines and to the mid-points and end-points of grid
lines that are shown in grid and elevation grid callouts, since those do have limited extents.
6030 An incident affecting the display of end-zone wall reinforcement on elevations was resolved.
End-zone wall reinforcement of thick walls was labeled but not drawn in elevation views.
This affected walls more than 1 ft thick when working in US customary units, or more than
40 centimeters thick when working in metric units. This problem could be avoided by using
the Edit Elevation Grid command to increase the backside clipping depth of the elevation to
a value at least half the thickness of the thickest walls. In addition, the labels calling out the
end-zone wall reinforcement on elevations were not properly centered: they were
horizontally away from the middle of the end zones and vertically they were at the base of
the walls, instead of at mid-height. End-zone vertical wall reinforcement is now properly
displayed irrespective of the wall thickness or elevation back-clip depth, and the labels
calling it out are now properly centered.
6067 An incident was resolved which affected the display of concrete girders in projects in which
the AutoCAD drawing unit was the millimeter. The graphics generated in isometric view for
concrete girder supporting more than one intermediate beam on either side were missing
some edges in the vicinity of the supported beams. This was a display problem only. It
affected all released versions of CSiXCAD. The graphics generated for these girders now
include the edges that had been missing.

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6077 An incident was resolved which affected the display of concrete beams in plans defined in
metric units. The drawing template file CSiXCAD_A1.dwt used for metric units set defaults
such that concrete beams were drawn in plans as solid lines instead of dashed lines. This
problem did not occur in plans defined in US customary units, nor did it typically occur with
user-specified drawing templates. The linetypes have been redefined in CSiXCAD_A1.dwt so
that concrete beams are now drawn as dashed lines in plans for newly imported CSiXCAD
projects defined in metric units. The linetype of concrete beams in plans for existing
drawings can be redefined by selecting the AutoCAD or BricsCAD linetype command,
selecting the HIDDEN2 linetype, and then reloading the linetype from the acad.lin file
instead of the from the default acadiso.lin file.
6153 An incident affecting the display of rebar-spacing dimensions on plans and elevations drawn
in U.S. customary units was resolved. When the rebar spacing included a fractional part,
CSiXCAD did not leave a space between the integral and fractional parts of the distance,
making the numbers hard to interpret. This displayed values were correct but could be
ambiguous.
6545 An incident was resolved which affected the display in 3D view of concrete beam
longitudinal reinforcement. When the top or bottom reinforcement contained two or more
layers of rebars, some of the rebars were drawn in 3D view outside the extents of their host
beams. This was a display problem only. The affected reinforcement is now displayed within
the extents of the beam whenever an affected drawing is open.

External Import and Export

Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
5418 An incident was resolved where diagonal spandrel reinforcement was not being imported
into CSiXCAD from ETABS. When this occurred, the error was obvious. This is now corrected
for ETABS v19.0.0 and later.
5738 An incident was resolved where SAP2000 frame objects with joint offsets specified in local
coordinates or in any alternate coordinate system other than the global coordinate system
were not imported at their correct location. Frame objects with joint offsets specified in
global coordinates were correctly imported. When this occurred, the error was obvious.
ETABS line objects with joint offsets were correctly imported.
* 5870 An incident was resolved which affected the import of column reinforcement as computed
by ETABS for columns in column stacks for which the bottom column had a base elevation
other than zero. The transverse reinforcement of such columns was shifted and was missing
at some of the lower levels or top levels in the concrete column schedule. In addition,
attempting to visualize the column reinforcement on the Columns and Lateral drawing in
CSiXCAD projects that featured such columns would cause AutoCAD to terminate
unexpectedly. Longitudinal reinforcement was properly imported. This affected all released
versions of CSiXCAD. Transverse reinforcement is now properly imported for columns in
column stacks for which the bottom column has a base elevation other than zero. Re-
importing the ETABS model will correct this problem in affected existing CSiXCAD projects.
5890 An incident was resolved which affected the retrieval of concrete beam reinforcement when
the tie zones were not symmetrical in one of the beams because the extents of the beams in
the ETABS model did not coincide with the spans in the line of reinforced concrete beams.
CSiXCAD mirrored the tie zones from the first half of the beam into its second half. When
this occurred, the error was conservative and obvious. Modeling beams spanning from one
column or intermediate girder to the next column or intermediate girder prevented the
problem from happening in the first place. This affected all previous versions of CSiXCAD.
The problem can be corrected in projects where it occurs by re-importing the ETABS model.
5899 An incident was resolved which affected the comparison of CSiXCAD floor plans with
concrete beams to the ETABS design model. The ETABS Compare form erroneously stated
that the concrete beams were not at the same z-elevation in the drawing and the ETABS
model. When this occurred, the error was obvious and the drawings were not affected. This
incident affected CSiXCAD Version 18.1.0.

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* 5901 An incident was resolved which affected the comparison of drawings containing concrete
columns in projects imported from SAP2000 models to the originating SAP2000 model.
Attempting to compare the two caused AutoCAD to terminate abnormally. This affected
CSiXCAD version 18.

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