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Option for Shear Design Method (v9 - Feature 135)
For glulam columns and glulam beams less than 2.0 m3 in volume, the program used to evaluate both CSA O86 6.5.7.2.1 (b) and 6.5.7.2.1 (a) for shear design, and show the value that provided the best (lowest) design ratio. Now, in the design settings, the program offers a choice of using (a) or (b) for columns, and for beams less than 2 m3 in volume, you can use (a), (b) or whichever of these provides an advantage, as per the note to 6.5.7.2.1 (a),
The default setting is to use (b) for columns and for beams less than 2 m3 if the resulting resistance Vr is greater than that for (a).
Case 1 and Case 2 Terminology (v9 - Change 165)
The Case 1 and Case 2 glulam design cases in Force vs. Resistance table of the Design Check output have been changed to (b) and (a) respectively. The terminology in CSA O86 6.5.7.2 had changed with the 2009 edition.
Point Loads at Left End of Rightmost Support (v9 - Bug 2857)
Point Loads in the region over the fixed bearing length of the rightmost support, but to the left of the support point, were being included in shear analysis over the design span rather than going directly into the support. These loads were being included in the calculation of Wf for glulam shear design using when they should have been excluded. This has been corrected and these point loads are no longer included in the calculation of Wf.