Installation and General Program Operation

1. XML Transfer to Other Programs (Feature 186, unless otherwise noted)

   The following capabilities have been added to the XML file link that allows Sizer to communicate with other software, such as Revit and Cadwork.

   1. New Program Features

      The following features first implemented in version 8 now can be passed via the XSML link

• Span type (Design Span, Clear Span, Full Span)
• Supporting member Type, Material, Species, Grade,  Bearing length, Bearing width, Bearing at support end, Point load bearing length, Point load bearing width, column Lower support
• Unknown bearing length options ( Use exact minimum, round to closes fraction, pick from section list, round exterior but use list for interior)
• Member description
  1. Project File Save Location

     Indicate to Sizer the name of the project file created from the XML data, and what folder to save it in, for Interactive Mode only.

  2. Width And Depth Input

     The program was sometimes interpreting width and depth inches as feet. This has been corrected.

  3. Roof Joist vs. Floor Joist

     The XML transfer can now distinguish between joist types.

  4. Automatic vs Manual Self-weight

     The Sizer program was disregarding the setting passed as to whether the self-weight was automatically included by Sizer in loads analysis.

  5. Company Info

     The four lines of company info were offset by one line; this has been corrected.

  6. Design Search Failure Warning after XML Transfer (Change 124)

     The warning message during the design search that says a section cannot be found is suppressed when running in silent mode after XML file transfer.

  7. Version Info (Change 125)

     The XML file transfer now includes the version information, in the form Major Version, Minor Version, Update Number, Build Number, and Country, with country being Canada.

  8. Combined Axial and Bending Results (Change 126, Bug 2613)

     The XML file transfer was not including the results for column or wall stud combined axial and bending, so that if a column failed this check it was not evident in silent mode. This has been corrected.

1. Project Settings Saved As Default (Bug 2255)

   Starting with version 8.0 of the program, the Project Settings were saved when you selected Save as default under Settings, when they shouldn’t be because one can expect them to be different with each new project. Now each new project, or each new beam, column or concept file created outside of a project, has blank Project information by default. However, you can create new beam column, and concept files with the same project information by including them in the same project (i.e. by File, New Project).

2. Retaining Default Loads from Previous Installation (Change 116)

   It is now possible to retain the default loads created while using a previous installation of the program when installing Sizer 8.2. They are now included when you indicate during installation that you want to retain program settings. The installation includes an empty default loads file to facilitate this.

3. Default Values Settings*

   A new settings page has been added called Default Values, and the Deflection Limits settings have been moved from the Design Settings to that page