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The repetitive member factors for wind loads on wall studs from the 2015 edition of the Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS) Table 3.1.1.1 apply to studs that are spaced up to 24" on center, rather than 16" as in previous editions, but Version 11 of Sizer continued to restrict their application to 16" spacing.
Consequently, the bending strength Fb values for studs spaced at 24" were factored by 1.15 when they could have been factored by a value ranging from 1.20 to 1.50 depending on stud width.
The program now activates the checkbox setting in Column view allowing you to specify this increase when the joist spacing is 24" or less.
Starting with version 11, beams rotated 90 degrees using the Oblique angle input were no longer designed for shear. Shear results were not shown in the Analysis vs Design table, nor was the critical shear point in the shear analysis diagram, and a shear was not considered when evaluating a section for design. This has been corrected, and shear results now appear for members rotated 90 degrees.
For short cantilever spans, the design span dimension values shown below the beam overlapped, rendering them unreadable. Now, for beams with end spans less than 1/10 the length of the beam, the rightmost dimension is offset downwards to be visible, and for left end spans, the "0" is not shown.
In the beam drawing in the Design Check report, the number representing the length of the beam appeared below its dimension line instead of aligned with it and overlapped with the drawing of the beam. This did not occur in the beam view drawing and has been corrected.
The Design Setting for using multi-ply vs. single-ply lateral stability for built-up beams could not be saved as a default for new files. This has been corrected.
The program now shows the length of each clear span in the Design Check output report next to the total beam length, as this information does not appear in the diagram in this report
The number of decimal places shown on the beam drawing has been increased from one to two decimal places for inches and from two to three decimal places for feet, so that 1/4' appears as 0.25" rather than 0.3". For feet output, a value like 3.5" will appear as .292 rather than .29. This change has been applied to the drawings in both Beam view screen and in the Design Check output.
The alignment of the Design Ratio output in the Design Check report for percentages greater than 100% has been improved.
Under the materials specification in the Design Check Output, the program now indicates which faces are exposed to fire, rather than just indicating 3 or 4 faces are exposed.
For beams, it now shows Exposed top or bottom and sides instead of 3 sides, and Exposed all sides instead of 4 sides.
For columns, it shows Exposed on two d-faces and one b-face instead of 3 sides, and Exposed all faces instead of 4 sides,
Note that this is just a temporary measure, and we intend to implement a new feature allowing you to control what surfaces are exposed to fire, and the descriptions will change again at that time.