Sesam GeniE 6.4 Release Note
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1. DNV SOFTWARE A LEADING PROVIDER OF SOFTWARE FOR MANAGING RISK MANAGING RISK NRY Safeguarding life property and the environment RELEASE NOTE DOCUMENT ak i Innovative offshore ere S AN tengint ring R A sy AZ made easy wa Sesam Geni E Version 6 4 2 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM 9 March 2013 Prepared by DNV Software an independent business unit of Det Norske Veritas Det Norske Veritas AS All rights reserved This publication or parts thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including copying or recording without the prior written consent of Det Norske Veritas AS WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS LINTRODUC TION erisso eicantaosecansaagsaandosuasdenmnrimsahscnataesocdiGnode E T E cueomsoontnets 4 2 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW RELEASE s csmscwndcsmncodesrancssdduensnacebeooteanacstacsaneenddanaubenrshwestceaneeniasnndeddynooncoumees 4 HOW TO UPGRADE oreren e a tne snecsnetusasoGuausen bese lenteesaependaaioauuGeasunctinensewansats 5 SAA E OW OA E A antes E E septs E E A E A gee E a ee taoeoncs 5 3 2 Upgrading from previous Sesam GeniE versions ssesssseeeccceccecececeaaaseseesseeesecceeeeeeeeeeeeaaaeasseseeeeeeeeess 6 3 3 Other Sesam applications used by Sesam Genk cccccessseeeecceeeeeeeeeeaaeaesesseseeeccceeeeeeeeeasaaaaasssseeeeeeeeeess 6 A DOCUMENTA TON erining donre2. The new feature is available by using the script language It is easy to do and in the example below there are disconnections between PI8 amp P120 P110 amp P121 and P112 amp P122 In addition there are disconnections between PI17 amp Bm20 and Pl118 amp Bm20 The necessary input is as follows dc ManualOverlapManager dc Disconnect PI8 PI20 dc Disconnect PI10 Pl21 dc Disconnect PI12 PI22 dc Disconnect Pl17 Bm20 dc Disconnect PI18 Bm20 dc SetActive The pictures to the right show a typical structure simulating three cracks and deflections based on the actual pressure loading Before this required the use of superelement modelling so such modelling tasks are much easier now WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM 02 Mar 2013 10 11 FEM Loadcase 2 Force KN Length m Displacements All doda Cracks in model where plate edges are disconnected UU 4 2192518 001 WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Code checking of piles to API formula 3 3 1 5 amp 6 02 Mar 2013 12 39 jack Analysis We have implemented a new functionality for code checking of piles according to API without the need to specify buckling lengths This will require the use of formula 3 3 1 5 amp 6 only If you want to do an API code check using the traditional member code check using the additional formulas you need to specify buckling length To activate the simplified pile code checking you select Pile when creating or editing a code check
3. Prime tools Clea rance J T Managing your ship diraughout iiei for predicting performance and _ Information system to assist the impro your production Secure Customer Login efficiency Please enter your User Name User Name Password For r word Login Don t have an account Enter your email address to register Email 6 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Please notice the following e You need your own user id and password to log in to the Customer Portal If you don t have one enter your email address for us to validate you as a user e There are two installation kits of Sesam GeniE one for 32 bit and one for 64 bit operating system e The installation kits are self contained and there is therefore no need like before to install other Sesam programs or services If you have a program or service installed from before the installation program will detect it 3 2 UPGRADING FROM PREVIOUS SESAM GENIE VERSIONS Before you upgrade please make sure you have relevant data of journal files or xml files to be used when regenerating your models in the new Sesam GeniE version There are three alternatives for migrating data from a previous version of Sesam GeniE For a full description about data transfer capabilities and limitations please consult Section 9 2 in Volume III of the User Manual You can download the user manual from the Customer Portal before installing the programs The
4. The picture to the right shows a model that has been converted and imported into Sesam GeniE Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 15 16 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM 5 2 HULL AND SURFACE MODELLING Faster surface modelling It is now possible to graphically or from the browser e Copy select several guiding curves to do a curve net a e e DY Eer interpolation based on the selection PEI Create Beam To do curve net interpolation before it was necessary to Ciee Sippie individually select curves one by one in one or two directions The new feature will thus help you to be more effective in surface modelling Join Divide Convert to NURBS Create Feature Edge The new feature is available from the context sensitive Cover Cues menu The picture to the right shows that 6 curves have been selected by rubber band select by selecting the Cover Curve option a curve net fitting is performed and one single surface is created Sweep Curves Delete Rename Properties Labels b ColorCode d Mamed set View options Visible model Faster creation of guiding curves There are two new options to create guiding curves S KGI Structure Loads Tools Help based on intersections between plates and dividing Points i a t lt Iga planes or directly from the plate edges These options Lines Erg will ease your work to define such guiding curves as Pol
5. GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 17 yy Cutting the Selected Surfaces with a Plane Jy Z Point vector 3 Point XCoord 55m km ee ekaa Structure Loads Tools Help Points Lines Polylines Conic Sections Free Form Curves Split Join Curves Curves on Surfaces te Model Curve SF Plate Shell Intersection with Plane Transformations Advanced ee Model Curve Plate Shell Intersection with Plane 18 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 Circular fillets A new and more robust algorithm for creating circular arcs between linear segments of splines has been implemented It replaces the previous algorithm The old algorithm will still run but only by defining the commands in the script file This means that if you import a previous model the same circular fillet as before will be created The command is available from the pull down menu as well as from the tool bar menu Select the two incoming curves prior to using the command A typical circular fillet between two incoming guiding curves is shown to the right See User Manual volume 1 to learn more WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Cee eee structure Loads Tools Help 2 tl ci e daa ZEC Conic Sections Free Form Curves Split Join Curves Curves on Surfaces IBS Circular Fillet Circle from Center and Radius cy Circle from Three Points ay Circular Arc from Three P
6. NOTE 11 HEY Edit Wave Load Run _ S ee p 2 3p run SEES v Wave load condition Conditi yl Load calculation Added mass and damping only Data check only IV Automatic generation of input files 9 Deterministic seastates Added mass and damping Rules sora urson ve Seen IT Use MacCamy Fuchs formula O In phase Phase lag Eliminated structure 7 Exdude eccentricities in calculations Additional still water level 92 sitwaterieveriri a o o o y O c fi Wind profile Ignore Breaking Wave Height Limit m When this option is selected the Wajac analysis will proceed even ifthe estimated breaking wave height is exceeded m Note that for these waves results must be evaluated with great care and the wave load analysis program may fail New Edit existing WindProfileRelDir 1 Direction relative to wave heading F Direction relative to x axis Average wind velocity m s x Wind direction deg X Gust factor Mean period ratio x c o 12 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 Disconnect beams and plates The new functionality will let you decide where plate edges are connected to beams or adjacent plate edges The default is still full connection Since the plate edges are disconnected they are connected in the corners of the plates it is possible to also have different mesh settings along the disconnected plate edges
7. Truss element is now called Tension and Compression The second step is to define the analysis to be of type T C This is done by either defining a new analysis activity or editing an existing activity Before the T C analysis can be done it is necessary to specify which load cases shall be part of the T C analysis This is done by right clicking the analysis activity and edit To learn more on how to do it please see User Manual volume 1 or the new tutorial A9 E M Analysis Ei Activities El analysis1 H E Environment s Analysis1 step 1 Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 9 02 Mar 2013 09 13 Tension elements contribute when element is in tension FEM Loadcase 1 Force KN Length m Compression elements contribute when element is in compression i Beam Type E Comp_only E Jens_only Nonstructural Truss Shim Inner Beam T_only New truss Tension and Compressic w eye Ay A oe Tension Ony Name Analysis 1 V Automatically import global loadcases Available activities i Mesl iC TM ad Activity Linear Structural Analysis I Tension Compression Analysis Pile Soil Analysis Fields Save HTML Report 10 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 Equipment modelling for dynamic eigenvalue analysis When performing a dynamic or eigenvalue analysis the mass from the equipment is used in the analysis The equipme
8. benefits The user gets full control of the connection as well as doing all in Sesam GeniE before this needed to be done in a superelement analysis Tension compression analysis can now easily be done inside Sesam GeniE before it was necessary to run the analysis from a utility tool before manually loading the results back to Sesam GeniE The alternative equipment mass modelling is used to ensure a proper load transfer of the mass to avoid false lateral forces in dynamic analysis Users can now decide to ignore the breaking wave height limit check point so that wave load analysis can be carried out typically for shallow waters Before now this has not been possible The new functionality for disconnecting beams and plates easily models structural components that have common boundaries but not connected This has simplified the modelling process as this was only possible using superelement analysis before Code checking of piles according to the API standard has been made easier as two new code checking options have been added without the need to specify buckling lengths of the piles The import of model data from Sacs is now more complete and includes import of wishbones piles soil data segmented beams and up to 1000 basic load cases WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 5 The user interface for importing Sacs data models has been made more easy and intuitive as it focuses the most common import options All othe
9. first one is by using the journal file make sure that it runs safely FilelRead Journal File in the previous Sesam GeniE version before importing to the new version The journal file is complete and may also contain analysis runs the code checks and the report generation The other alternative is by use of the condensed journal file the so called clean js file This file is more or less complete for jackets and topsides where there are no curved structures The environment as well as analysis set up is also included but please note that code check data is not part of the clean js file The final option is by use of the XML import and export feature The XML file contains a neutral definition of the workspace it is complete except for code check details and reporting The functionality is available from FilelExport XML and FilelImport XML If you are upgrading from Sesam GeniE 6 3 the xml file includes code checking of beams You can use your existing license file to run the new version of Sesam GeniE Please note that there are features typically code checking and modelling of curved structure that require a license key in addition to the basic program version 3 3 OTHER SESAM APPLICATIONS USED BY SESAM GENIE The following versions of Sesam applications should be used when running Sesam GeniE 6 4 08 Wayac 6 3 02 or later Splice 6 5 01 or later Sestra 8 6 00 or later this must be used if you want to do tensio
10. inner pile as well as between a conductor and its frame connection The same applies to general overlapping beams The connection can either be specified as fixed free or with a spring characteristic and is represented as a two noded beam When using the spring characteristics the stiffness of grout between leg and inner pile can be included in a linear static analysis also Before this was only possible using super element modelling meaning that you will save modelling time Furthermore it will ease the data transfer to non linear analysis in Usfos as the connections now are part of the data transfer from Sesam GeniE to Usfos In other words you do not need to remodel the connections in Usfos unless you want to add non linear characteristics Ci N om Po Inner pile Outer segmented leg Pile and segmented leg only connected in joint Spring connection 8 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM The feature for point connection management will detect which is the outer beam and which is the inner beam Hence it is easy to select a connection point and add the relevant connection data as shown below 11 Feb 2013 21 11 Define Stiffness FEM Loadcase 144 Fixed Free Force kN Length m No valid mesh available The point connection management feature is available from the pull down menu or from the toolbar menu Its functionality is
11. run In the example to the right the code checking of the piles are done using the new functionality As can be seen the utilization factor is based only on 3 3 1 5 amp 6 the maximum Uris based on the worst of these formulas It was not possible to do this before hence pile code mes checking has been made easier 0 09 1 33 Create Code Check Run Capacity Cc2 Code Check API WSD 2005 7 Include V Members V Joints 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 uf3313ax uf3313mo uf3312 uf3312ax uf3312mo Loadcases General Member Joint apr wsD Asc g gt el gt O Treat code check members as Pie lt Beam From Structure Pile 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 ox ce ay uf3315 Geom OK API WSD member Cc1 run 1 Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 13 c AN vy A ANIN W Y 7 AA Description Water Name Locationl water LoadCase SouthMaxShear Failed uf Results based on 3 3 1 5 or 3 3 1 6 only 0 07999999821 0 09329999983 14 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 Import model data from Sacs The import of model data from Sacs has been made more complete and easier to do In addition there is a Sacs import guideline that describes challenges that may occur related to import and how to solve them This document is found under Sesam Geni Help Guiding Documents The import capa
12. user judgment A warning will be given in the output file from the wave load analysis For shallow waters typically 15 25 meters the breaking wave height limit is often exceeded The new functionality will therefore allow such analysis to be performed whereas before it was stopped To overrule the breaking wave height limit you open the wave load analysis activity and tick off the option Ignore breaking wave height limit as found under the Special options tab API 21 wind profile formula The most recent API formula Extreme API 21 edition for wind profile is supported in addition to three previous options Extreme API 1 edition General and Normal More information may be found in the User Manual volume 2 m Wind Profile Formula General eq 2 28 ZZ r P v i cos i sin6 Hy m Wind Profile Formula Normal eq 2 29 Zo Z T 1 R 0 047In i cos i sin H T ie 1 v r 0 1371a fio m Wind Profile Formula Extreme API 1st edition eq 2 30 Zo l 0 417 Z 1 Ta i cos i sin H J ul o 7 1 COS nsin v fi Cln C 0 0573 1 0 157 i _ Z Z 92 1 Z 0 06 1 0 043 a m Wind Profile Formula ExtremeAPI21 API 21st edition eq 2 31 1 cin 1 0 417 z n ins v os 0 o Z in i cos 6 i sim 6 a C 0 0573 1 0 04577 Z Zg 02 I Z 0 06 1 0 01317 0 H Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE
13. a leg and it s inner pile tension compression analysis inside Sesam GeniE alternative equipment mass modelling ignore the breaking wave height limit disconnect beams and plates code checking of piles according to API standard easier and more comprehensive import of model data from Sacs make a surface by simultaneously selecting multiple curves create guiding curves from intersection between shell and plane create guiding curves from the boundaries of a surface export of guiding curves to Rhino format the graphic driver DirectX9 is now the default Your feedback is important to us and the above improvements are a result of such We thank you for your continuous support to Sesam If you have any suggestions questions or problems please send an email to software support dnv com or contact one of our local offices The continuous investments in Sesam lead to new and improved products that help our customers become even more productive and at the same time to achieve a higher degree of quality during import of data from other sources This release can be characterized as easier and more says Ole Jan Nekstad Product Director Sesam 2 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW RELEASE The benefits for our valued end users may be listed as see also Section 5 for more details The point connection management used to model the connections between a leg and its inner pile as well as between a conductor and its frame has two clear
14. a to continue to produce results In such a case the result evaluation must be based on user judgement e The Sestra listing file will now list all elements with bad element shape previous versions of Sestra would list one element and then stop Wayjac version 6 3 02 Relax wave breaking limits to allow wave load calculations even if the given waves are beyond the breaking limits The default is still program stop but the user can override this setting By doing so Wajac will continue with a warning message printed in the listing file e Using wave theories beyond their range of validity can give invalid results e The use of results when ignoring breaking wave height limit must be based on user judgement Wind profile formulation according to the 21st version of API can now be used It is now possible to specify smaller wind mean period ratio T T 0 WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Create Edit Wind Profile Wind profile Direction relative to wave heading Average wind velocity Wind profile exponent Wind direction New C WindProfileRelDir 1 Direction relative to x axis Reference height _ E x ims x deg x Gust factor WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Xtract version 4 1 02 64 bit version gives unlimited memory when viewing results of finite element analysis e Limitations on model size relaxed and or removed Performance boost when working with large models having many l
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16. bilities have been extended with import of pile data soil data wishbone elements and segmented beams In addition the number of imported basic load cases has been increased from 500 to 1000 The increase in capabilities will lead to less manual re modelling when importing the model and in particular the conversion of wishbone element to 2 noded spring elements see point connection management since this data can be automatically re used when performing a non linear analysis e g collapse in Usfos The pictures to the right show an imported model where wishbone elements were assigned at given locations between leg and its inner pile Furthermore the same connection types were used to specify connections between conductors and the conductor frames Finally the user interface of the import has been made easier as the advanced import options have been hidden for the regular user they are available from the tabs Options Tolerances and Soil as shown on the pictures The default of each option is also shown Basic Tolerances Soil V Properties 1 1 J Element Plate 1 1 p JV Import mesh into analysis Name Pref a Analysis Analysis 1 isforma o Y Import existing concept information from FEM file V Import named joints I Allow FEM file to be updated with concept information I Import wishbones E oo Wishbone name mask W B 2 node spring Linear dependenc 4s basic load cases _ pImport load
17. combinations 4s load combinations Import plate elements as Shell C Membrane Basic Options Tolerances Minimum layer thickness 0 1m V Refine soil layers Maximum layer thickness variation Depth z1 m xX Max thickness Z1 m x Depth z2 m x Max thickness Z2 m x Subdivide soil layers Make new soil layers WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM SACS import guidelines Guidelines on how to import SACS models into GeniE EPresentation 30 Nov 2012 10 55 Bekok B x Analysis1 Connections between inner and outer on the analysis model Connected Th Not connected AU Connected Z V Import wave load data V Import pile and soil data PSIA Browse HY Auto detect disconnected inner beams Angular tolerance 2 deg deg J Change point tolerance during import Point tolerance 0 0im m Enable model repair Angular tolerance 2 deg deg Length tolerance 0 002 m m WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Import model data from StaadPro The import of section libraries has been made easier because information from the StaadPro section libraries can be displayed if you have local copies of these libraries This can help you to understand the profiles in question The converter will attempt to make a best guess for the EUROPEAN BRITISH and CHINESE sections as displayed Furthermore the data conversion identifies tension compression members and converts them to Sesam GeniE format
18. described in User Manual volume 1 rial Loads Tools Help Beams and Piles Flat Plates Free Form Shells Shells from Point Nets Feature Edge E Create PointPoint Connection es Connection par Point Point Connection Dialog Point Point Connection l Local Coordinate System Define end footprints Point Mass Beam Point Footprint Beam Z Bmi De X C Parameter C Length from end 1 Point S m 5 m 0 m R m Position Beam Point Footprint Beam Bm2 Ry Parameter C Length from end 1 Point 5 m 5m 0 m m Position M Define Stiffness Fixed Free Spring Stiffness e e a 0 o WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Tension compression T C analysis T C analysis will help you to compute more precise results where truss elements are either active in tension only or compression only modus Such analyses are often used in lifting transportation and jack up analysis and the special components simulated may typically be wire cable absorbers connectors slings This was not possible to do before without manually deactivating truss members that should not contribute to the stiffness and the force distribution T C analysis is easy to perform First step is to define if the truss member is a tension only or compression only This is done from the browser Properties gt Beam types Please note that the previous
19. hich affects the implementation e API RP2A LREFD 2003 withdrawn by API e API RP2A WSD 2002 e API RP2A WSD 2005 inclusive Errata Supplement 2007 e Danish Standard DS412 1983 DS449 1983 member code check only e Eurocode 3 EN 1993 1 1 2005 AC 2009 with National Annexes o Norwegian NS EN 1993 1 1 2005 NA 2008 AC 2010 o Danish EN 1993 1 1 DK NA 2007 e ISO 19902 Ist Edition 2007 e NORSOK N 004 Rev 2 2004 You may find more information about supported code check standards from Sesam GeniE Help either in the user documentation Volume 4 or from the associated reference documents THIS IS DNV SOFTWARE DNV Software is a leading provider of software for managing risk in the energy process and maritime industries offering solutions for design engineering strength assessment risk and reliability QHSE and asset integrity management DNV Software is part of DNV and almost 300 DNV offices in 100 countries enable us to be close to our customers and share best practices and quality standards throughout the world DNV SOFTWARE OFFICES Contact e mail dnv software dnv com Support software support dnv com Oslo NO 1322 H vik Norway Tel 47 67 57 99 00 Beijing 7 F East Tower Prosper Centre Chaoyang District No 5 Guang Hua Road Beijing 100020 P R China Tel 86 10 6562 7792 Busan 7th Floor Kolong Bldg 36 7 Namcheon 1 Dong Suyong Gu Busan 613 815 Republic of Korea Tel 82 51 610 7792 Du
20. lysis frequency domain can also be carried out e Graphic card Open GL compatible May be integrated with PC If not use DX9 as provided with the Sesam installation e Memory 2 GB e Processor 1 75 GHz e Storage 100 GB e Display 17 supporting 1280x1024 alternatively laptop 15 supporting 1280x1024 Preferred hardware recommendation This configuration should be used for all other tasks than mentioned above e Graphic card Separate Open GL compatible graphics card NVIDIA or ATI with 512MB graphics memory If not use DX9 as provided in the Sesam installation e Memory 4 GB e Processor 3 0 GHz e Storage 250 GB e Display 24 supporting 1900x1200 or 1080 alternatively laptop 17 supporting 1900x1200 or 1080 26 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Terminology This documentation refers to graphics drivers and GeniE graphics drivers The graphics driver is the system level software provided by your Graphics Card supplier most likely Intel NVIDIA or ATI to interface between Windows and the GPU This is supplied with your operating system or graphics card The GeniE graphics driver is the software used by GeniE to interface with the graphics driver defined above and is supplied with GeniE Use of DX9 DirectX 9 0 DX9 is the preferred GeniE graphics driver and it is the default on installation DirectX 9 0c Runtime version 9 27 1734 distributed on June 2010 or a later versi
21. n compression analysis Xtract 4 1 02 or later DNV Rule Service 15 20 53 requires a separate installation WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM 4 DOCUMENTATION The new features are explained in updated user manuals and tutorials The user manuals update is explained in the release note part of Sesam GeniE 6 4 There are two new tutorials one concerning tension and compression analysis the other focusing on import of data models from Sacs Finally two more guiding training documents have been updated The document Sacs import guidelines helps the user in trouble shooting while the GeniE Rhino plugin documentation includes export of curves to Rhino format Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 7 Bil Example of how to import a Sacs file into GeniE A9 Tension Compression Perform T C analysis on a small model 5 MAIN NEWS OF SESAM GENIE 6 4 A more detailed description on the main news in this release is given in the following They are categorized under Jackets amp Topsides Hull and Surface Modelling and General updates There is also a short description of new features as part of the most recent releases of Sestra Wajac and Xtract More details may be found in the status Lists in the Customer Portal or as part of Sesam GeniE 5 1 JACKETS amp TOPSIDES Point connection management Point connection management will give you full control of connection proper stiffness and load transfer typically between a leg and
22. ndosed by rubberband DX9 has shown to be the best performing option also V Advanced snap IV Integrated segment editing IV Preview copy move default IV Rotate around dosest object for modern High Performance cards like NVIDIA or Rroperty __ vae id ATI Font Alignment left bottom aligned O Hardware Acceleration on DX9 is from version 6 4 the default graphic system device If DX9 for some reason causes problem on your computer you can easily set the graphics device back to OpenGL2 or OpenGL SocedCr ss eae DX9 O Show Rotation Center false O sho The Sesam Installer for GeniE will install DX 9 if not fasceq Point Size 1 already installed on your computer st Pe Select Graphics Device OpenGL2 O Show Rotation Center false See also Section 7 2 Recommended hardware configuration of this release note for more information 22 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 5 4 SUPPORTING PROGRAMS Sesam GeniE uses other Sesam programs to perform analyses or to do advanced post processing Some of these are listed below At the time of writing of this release note Sestra and Xtract are in the process of being approved for release For more details about each product please see the Customer Portal Sestra version 8 6 00 The installation kit comes with the necessary functionality to do a tension compression analysis based on Sestra The user can override error messages related to bad element shape and force Sestr
23. nt mass is connected with the structure by using artificial beams The new feature Vertical Beams and Mass will ensure that only correct forces are imposed to the structure from the connecting artificial beams As can be seen to the right the connecting beams now are vertical and are eccentric to the equipment mass The length of each vertical beam has been set to 1 m In addition there is a hinge at the bottom of each connecting beam to avoid any moment transfer Previously false lateral forces were introduced when using the other mass options With the new functionality this should not be a problem anymore To learn more see the User Manual Volume 3 WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM E Load Case Properties LC eqpm 2 m General Equipment Loads Rotation Field Design Condi Environment Acceleration field Vector3d 0 m s 2 0 m s 2 9 80603 Structural Analysis Load and Mass management Delete Explicit Loads Represent Equipment as loads Footprint Mass Vertical Beams And Mass Eccentricities on top of vertical beam M 1m Vertical beams with i Hinges at reduced shear stiffness connection to deck Compression Tension m Compression WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Ignoring the breaking wave height limit This functionality will allow the use of wave theories when they are beyond their range of validity The use of such can give invalid results and the use of these must be based on
24. oad cases Combined dialogue improved with selection of attributes More intuitive user interface Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 23 24 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM 6 OTHER PRODUCT INFORMATION A number of reported program bugs have also been corrected For more details please consult the technical release note part of the Sesam GeniE 6 4 installation or from the Status List as found on the Customer Portal WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 25 7 TECHNICAL NOTES 7 1 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS This version of Sesam GeniE has been tested on the following operating systems e Windows XP 32 and 64 bit operating systems Service Pack 3 is required for XP 32bit e Windows 7 32 and 64 bit operating systems e Windows 8 32 and 64 bit operating systems are not supported as the testing on these has been limited as compared to the other operating systems We recommend the use of 64 bit computers 7 2 RECOMMENDED HARDWARE CONFIGURATION This chapter gives two recommendations on hardware as well as more details on graphic drivers that should be used together with Sesam GeniE Minimum hardware recommendation This configuration is typical for tasks normally limited to beam jacket and topside design analyses including wave and pile soil analysis The configuration is also applicable when making super elements built up of shell and beams Furthermore hydrostatic and hydrodynamic ana
25. oints Planes lt gt Ellipse from Center and Axes Ends Transformations Advanced Folder Oa A BM gt Elliptic Arc from Center and Two Points Cs Circle from Center and Radius cy Circle from Three Points from Three Points Ellipse fron Center and Axes Ends gt Ellipt WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 19 Import and export of curves Sesam GeniE now supports import of curves DXF NURBS from any CAD system You may also use the Rhino3D plug in for import and export of curves from Rhino Edit View Guiding Geometry D New Workspace Ctrl N a Open Workspace Ctri O al Save Workspace Ctrl S Close Workspace Default settings for Backup Manage Backups Set Default Workspace Folder Explore Current Workspace Set External Applications XML Concept Model Save Graphics As FEM file Print Graphics SACS file STRUCADSD file Old Save report ACIS SAT file er Intergraph PDS SDNF file CadCentre PDMS SDMF file Export Section library Read Command File Rule Loads XML file 7 External Results SIN file Recent Command Files GENSOD file Recent Workspaces WAJAC file Et DXF file The new Rhino3D converter can be installed from Sesam GeniE hel
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27. on of DirectX 9 must be installed on your system The Sesam installer will install DirectX 9 0c Note that although Windows 7 and 8 come with DirectX pre installed GeniE uses extra components and so DirectX must be explicitly installed using the Sesam installer or from the Microsoft website The GeniE DX9 driver is supported on any DirectX 9 0 compliant graphics hardware Microsoft Shader Model 3 with the latest vendor supplied drivers DirectX 9 0c was first released in August 2004 so older systems will not support the DX9 driver Use of OpenGL GeniE supports two different OpenGL drivers The standard GeniE OpenGL driver OpenGL is a legacy driver that attempts to support all OpenGL 1 1 hardware The GeniE OpenGL driver OpenGL2 is a shader based driver that is offered as an alternative should a user encounter problems with other drivers It attempts to support all OpenGL 2 0 hardware Driver Fallback OpenGL on Intel GPUs Each time a workspace is opened GeniE detects if there are any problems reported with the current GeniE driver and if so falls back to another GeniE driver until eventually software rendering is used The word Fallback will be shown in the title bar if this has happened Due to problems with Intel s graphics drivers GeniE also attempts to detect if it is being run on an Intel GPU Graphical Processing Unit and if so it falls back to the GeniE DX9 driver if possible or to the GeniE OpenGL Softwa
28. p pages under Guiding Documents The guiding document has also been updated to include export in addition to import Import Export Curves between Genie and Rhino BPresentation D Input files GenieRhinoConverter Plug in for Rhino 4 0 5 0 20 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 5 3 GENERAL UPDATES Context sensitive selection of data A new way of rubber band select has been implemented i which will help you to do your selections quicker It is context sensitive since the direction of the rubber band expansion will determine enclosed with or touched ti Select Visible by selection H Select Automatic The new selection method is now the default but you can choose to use the old selection methods as before It is called Select Automatic The following pictures explain how the new selection method works Direction of rubberband selection Enclosed with Direction of rubberband selection Touched by WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 21 Supporting other graphic devices than OpenGL Several computers come without support for OpenGL Sesam GeniE now supports DirectX9 DX9 to ensure proper execution on such computers DX9 corrects the display errors and instabilities that have been observed during interactive selection e g with Intel HD embedded graphics card where the i Selection OpenGL support is poor Touched by rubberband C E
29. r a o iae a EEEE 7 gt VIAIN NEWS OF SESAM GENIE GA ssscisscueseisedsavndentaisesdussadabetnivensvedaanelealiaiavaddousesabotesetedandaavnbuatisebosdostaennctaaeneles 7 SAPE e e 105 ON e E AE E A A A EAE E E A EEA E N A E EA EA 7 3 2 Hull and Surac IMIOG CITING sa ccnsvcenncocustanseeeseevaeechastuducsuacteusbueebieseatenesstanebcecamregeusiacemindeesendncteseecsmedeesnaste 16 Di Ge Mle AL WI AU seat secs gale E E E oh coe tee bacnsedo sian etpeieansied tecohyeceausautaceesdeneass 20 IA SURO ORI PO 1 NS erg scp rotate sen Sedea Eae arera aE eae dasi 22 6 OTHER PRODUCT INFORMATION svssianssnavsnrowcicereswialecansieonperensinndaaionnis EEEE AERE EEEE EEE 24 LC UNLA C NOTE erae E ee eosin tac ee ped tied ai gain We Nose Meh nes Wetted ueanissaguaenaeancctinas 25 1 1 Supported operating SysteMS wccsnncionceiatnesediaduicewosednawediaddaneshetmesab sad EEEa ENa Ea i iai 25 7 2 Recommended hardware configuration cccccssssssssssseeeecccccceccceeaaeesssseseeeeeececeeeeeseesaaaessssseeeeeeeeeeeeseeeqqags 25 7 3 Supported beam code check standards icaccsaziacceccascatesacadeceionchadavaddcceeincs sadensredoeusanedeseearhstessons sadeeatedacebenebacees aT 4 RELEASE NOTE Sesam GeniE 6 4 WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM 1 INTRODUCTION The release of Sesam GeniE 6 4 is a major release that will enable thousands of users to do more as well as to do it more easily The main new features can be summarized as full control of the connections between
30. r options can be found under the advanced options tab The improved StaadPro data import now includes tension and compression members and it is thus not necessary to manually edit the imported model for such It is now easier to make a surface by simultaneously selecting multiple curves Before this could only be done by selecting curves individually in one direction before selecting in the other direction Guiding curves can now be made from intersection between shell and plane Before it was necessary to divide the shell with the plane before making guiding curves from the shell edges Guiding curves from the boundaries of a surface can now be made by a single operation instead of double clicking the surface prior to generating individual guide curves from surface edges The new context sensitive rubber band select allows the user to be in the same modus to perform either an enclosed with or touched by selection Before it was necessary to shift selection modus each time The data transfer to Rhino is now more complete as Sesam GeniE can export guide curves to Rhino format in addition to importing from Rhino The graphic driver DirectX9 is now the default to support Intel embedded graphic cards or other high performance cards The OpenGL2 graphic driver is also supported Before the only option for graphic driver support was OpenGL 3 HOW TO UPGRADE 3 1 HOW TO DOWNLOAD The new version of Sesam GeniE can be downloaded from our Customer Portal located
31. re driver The latter provides no GPU hardware acceleration and so will be slow for large graphical datasets This test is done each time a workspace is opened so that on hybrid systems where an Intel GPU is paired with NVIDIA or ATI GeniE will run the driver specified in the GeniE options on NVIDIA or ATI card but will fall back if a workspace is opened with the Intel GPU active When to consider upgrading your graphics driver It is strongly advised you upgrade your graphics driver if you are using an old system gt 3 years and have not upgraded the driver you have installed Windows 8 on hardware introduced prior to Windows 8 you encounter graphics problems within GeniE WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM Sesam GeniE 6 4 RELEASE NOTE 27 Although it is perhaps stating the obvious if you have no graphics problems using GeniE there is no need to upgrade your graphics driver It is always possible that a newer version of a driver may have bugs not in your current version Upgrading the graphics driver is usually best done via the Display Adapter properties dialog in Windows Device Manager 7 3 SUPPORTED BEAM CODE CHECK STANDARDS Sesam GeniE v6 4 supports the following standards and their revisions for beam member code check and punching shear check of tubular joints e AISC LRFD 2005 2010 version also supported no changes in 2010 which affects the implementation e AISC ASD 2005 2010 version also supported no changes in 2010 w
32. ylines i i TERR A He compared with before when more manual steps where Conic Sections needed Free Form Curves sarea gt Te Curves on Surfaces d ad Model Curve The first option is to intersect a surface s with a plane fg Plate Shell Intersection with Plane and automatically create guiding curve s without the acs db Plate Shell Edges need to divide the surface and select each edge to create Transformations T Folder the curve s Perea Folder The functionality is available either from the pull down menu or from the toolbar menu WWW DNVSOFTWARE COM The example to the rights shows that a surface has been selected and that the guiding curves are automatically created by the intersection between the surface and the user defined plane The guiding curves may now be used as a reference for typically inserting beams or new surfaces The other option is to automatically create guiding curves without the need of double clicking the plate select edges and create guiding curves This operation is thus much easier with the new functionality Simply select the surface and create guiding curves by using the functionality from the pull down menu or from the tool bar There are also several other improvements related to making guiding curves and surfaces For more details see the User Manual volume 1 The picture to the right shows a single surface where guiding curves are automatically inserted Sesam
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