QuikEC3 release 0.01 13-04-07 QuikEC3 User's Guide
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1. QS 18 06 12 02 17 The section in the manual and on line help covering program installation is removed and replaced with a link to the Quiksoft web site OS 1S 06 12 03 Software notice xvi QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 1 11 29 01 13 QuikEC3 release 1 11 runs under all versions of Windows from XP onwards and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 111 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration Users are advised to upgrade immediately see item 1 Instructions for program installation upgrade and removal are available on the Quiksoft web site www quiksoft co uk quiksoftdownloads The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 For doubly symmetrical I sections and channels the effects of axial load on moment capacity can be ignored provided that the criteria described by formulas 6 33 6 34 and 6 35 of EN 1993 1 1 are met Unfortunately the program omitted to use the absolute value of Nea causing the combined affect of axial tension and moment to be ignored Axial compression and bending were dealt with correctly Fixed QS 29 01 13 01 2 QuikEC3 s installation now includes Australian sections See www quiksoft co uk component content article 74 3 The HelplAbout form is modified with more detailed text plus a link to the Quiksoft web site QS 08 11 12 01 Software notice xvii QuikEC3 User2. www quiksoft co uk quiksoftdownloads The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 The Quiksoft programs are no longer unlocked by the Setup program Instead unlock codes are requested at program start up QS 29 10 13 01 QS 05 11 13 02 QS 21 11 13 03 2 For network copies QuikEC3 s Help menu now includes a Network licence settings option The new option covers administration options for concurent network copies QS 30 10 13 03 QS 30 10 13 04 3 The Quiksoft installation copied Setup exe into each applications program folder On network server installations this could be started to quickly perform a setup on a client computer Unfortunately many users were confusing it with the full Setup program It is now more correctly named ClientSetup exe QS 05 1 1 13 01 QS 05 11 13 03 QS 08 1 1 13 04 4 The Quiksoft program s Browse For Folder form was found to be unreliable when browsing deep directory structures on a network server It is replaced with the standard windows form QS 08 1 1 13 05 5 The program s introduction form displayed for demonstration copies is generally improved and now includes number of days remaining QS 25 1 13 05 QS 08 01 14 04 6 The Quiksoft Helpl About form now displays the latest Quiksoft logo QS 12 05 14 01 7 The Setup program and program introduction form s now display the new Quiksoft banner logo QS 12 05 14 02 QS 21 05 14 04 8 Using Method 1 for the calculations of kj factors for combined buckling the
3. 03 05 07 QuikEC3 release 0 02 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 onwards right up to Vista and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 002 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal of the QuikEC3 User s Guide The changes in this release are as follows QuikEC3 and its Setup program are modified to address the security changes in Microsoft s new Vista operating system Under Vista by default programs run with reduced privileges That is to say that they are not permitted to write to sensitive parts of the computer The changes necessary to QuikEC3 fall into two categories 1 Program settings that were stored on a per computer basis are now stored per user 2 Functions that were carried out by the Quiksoft applications are now carried out by the Setup program Under Vista s User Account Control the Setup program will require an administrators password It will then run with the necessary privileges to make changes to the computer you don t have to logged in as administrator The Setup program has new options to unlock QuikEC3 as a Demo Full copy or major new release For network installations the old QuikNet program used for setting the number of concurrent users is now obsolete and replaced with a new Network server setup option availa
4. any Eurocode calculations QS 26 08 11 2 QS 18 10 11 2 4 Value of Alphacc for the UK national annex for EN 1992 1 1 was taken as 1 00 but should have been 0 85 Also typo in National Annex change form corrected Note that this value is not used by any program other than Quikjoint QS 4 12 01 1 QJ R7 40 53 5 All Quiksoft executable downloads and applications are now digitally signed using Microsoft Authenticode For additional security the Quiksoft applications now check that the signature is intact and that the executables have not been altered or corrupted QS 04 12 1 6 QuikEC3 s HelplAbout form now displays the file signature status QS 1 04 12 1 7 All Quiksoft executable files now have extended manifest files The WinZipSE program used to produce the self extracting installation file is updated to release 4 0 These changes should avoid the message This program might not have installed correctly after installation QS 23 04 12 1 QS 23 04 12 2 8 Changes to network licensing to simplify deletion of logged on users On start up networked copies of the Quiksoft programs count the number of copies already in use logged on users If these exceed the number of concurrent licenses a warning is produced however from time to time because of system crashes users could remain logged on This can be repaired by rerunning the Setup program and selecting Network server tools and Log off users However now the problem can be fixed more direct
5. calculation for Rho EN1993 1 5 2005 4 4 2 has changed between the final draft and published standard Upon examination it seems very unlikely that there would be any difference in the calculated value QuikEC3 is now updated QEC R1 02 01 Combined capacity check for asymmetrical slender sections Although the actual result was correct the presentation of the intermediate results failed to include any additional moment due to the shift in the elastic neutral axis Fixed QEC R1 02 01 Again combined capacity where there is high shear QuikEC3 adopts the equation in EN1993 1 1 6 2 For class4 slender sections it uses equation 6 44 QuikEC3 is now changed slightly for the purposes of this capacity check its definition of a slender section no longer considers its classification under pure axial compression A UB carrying high shear should be checked using equation 6 2 otherwise the high shear is not accounted for in the combined capacity check However many UB sections when classified for pure compression have class4 webs causing the old QuikEC3 to apply the combined capacity check for slender sections 6 44 QuikEC3 now applies 6 2 QEC R1 02 03 The combined capacity check for class4 sections carrying high shear is modified slightly In the application of the formula 6 44 the values of reduced elastic modulus will be further reduced to account for the high shear See EN1993 1 1 6 29 Where such a reduction is applied QuikEC3 now produc
6. formula taken from Table A 2 of EN1993 1 1 case 2 for Cnio was presented wrongly as 1 0 rather than 1 0 Note the actual calculations performed were correct only the representation of the formula in the on screen and printed output were wrong QS 15 05 14 03 9 QuikEC3 s File menu now contains a Project manager option This brings QuikEC3 into line with other Quiksoft programs QEC R1 13 01 QEC R1 13 02 10 The File Settings Load option now loads the sections file in use when the settings were stored QEC RI1 13 03 11 The File menu now has a Reopen menu option This provides a means to re open recently used sections files QEC R1 13 04 12 QuikEC3 s On line help and manual are updated Software notice xx
7. 1 12 01 Software notice xviii QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 1 13 18 07 13 QuikEC3 release 1 13 runs under all versions of Windows from XP onwards and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 113 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration Instructions for program installation upgrade and removal are available on the Quiksoft web site www quiksoft co uk quiksoftdownloads The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 An unusual error is fixed affecting the combined buckling check of single channel sections with bi axial bending and zero axial load The combined buckling checks for these Mono symmetric sections are supposed to use elastic properties See SNO30a EN EU Unfortunately where a channel section carried zero axial load it was possible for QuikEC3 to wrongly calculate and use W y ett as described in 6 2 2 4 1 of EN 1993 1 1 Fixed QS 17 07 13 01 Software notice xix QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 2 00 21 05 14 QuikEC3 release 2 00 runs under all versions of Windows from XP onwards and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 200 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration Instructions for program installation upgrade and removal are available on the Quiksoft web site
8. QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 0 01 13 04 07 QuikEC3 is a new program for steel design to EC3 Like Merlin which operates in accordance with BS5950 QuikEC3 is delivered with highly comprehensive tables of sections to British European American and Japanese standards and like Merlin the designer may create his own custom section shapes even welded and compound Because Eurocode is new to most engineers the focus of QuikEC3 over Merlin is changed to emphasise detail and clarity It has been developed not just as a serious design office tool but as a learning aid At the time of writing not all the parts of Eurocode are published the bulk of QuikEC3 refers to EN1993 1 1 2005 General rules and rules for buildings whose national annex is not yet available It is expected that this annex will contain considerable guidance and may override some clauses and methods As a consequence this release of QuikEC3 is being offered as a guidance learning and familiarisation tool There is no better way of examining the consequences of Eurocode QuikEC3 release 0 01 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 onwards right up to Vista and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 001 exe This self extracting file will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade or removal See Program installation upgrade and removal of the QuikEC3 User s Gude Software notice i QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 0 02
9. ar area for welded box sections minor axis is fixed The fault caused QuikEC3 to stop with the error message EC3 pas Error 10 Note that all similar calculations have also been checked QEC RO 97 05 7 Right clicking when the section properties are displayed displays a popup menu Selecting Insert before Insert after or Change displays a form where new sections are created or existing sections modified Each section shape has its own form These forms now contain better validation for user input data a Check that section type is not blank b Check that section serial is not blank c To avoid problems in other Quiksoft applications QuikEC3 now checks that the reserved Default serial names have not been used d Checks to ensure widths and thicknesses etc are non zero QEC R0O 97 06 8 Moving the mouse over the section properties column headings displays help hints These hints offer a description EC3 symbol BS5950 symbol and units In prior releases these hints where always on They can now be turned off using QuikEC3 s ViewlShow hints menu option QEC RO 97 07 9 Anew ViewlShow translations to BS5950 option is added This option further controls the help hints described in the previous item By default the help hint that translates EC3 symbols to BS5950 is now off Use this option to turn it back on QEC RO 97 08 Software notice viii QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 1 01 16 06 09 QuikEC3 release 1 01 runs unde
10. astic neutral axis modified for axial load Compression elements are always classified as such By default Part tension elements are dealt with as compression elements However Part tension elements belonging to I sections and tees bending about their weak axis are not classified QEC R1 01 02 3 A fault in the calculation of the interaction factor ky used for combined buckling Method 1 is fixed QEC R1 01 03 4 QuikEC3 is installed along with four data files containing examples Two of these taken from Gardner and Nethercot s blue book referred to an RHS section whose description was changed during an update Fixed QEC R1 01 04 Software notice ix QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 1 02 20 10 09 QuikEC3 release 1 02 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 onwards and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 102 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal in the QuikEC3 User s Guide The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 A fault is fixed in the calculation of reduced elastic modulus for class4 slender sections The fault only presented when the routine was used to calculate reduced modulus for a non class4 section where the dimension from the neutral axis to the extreme fibre was not initialised properly Fixed QEC R1 02 01 The
11. ble on the second page of the Setup program A further benefit is that QuikEC3 will now run under a limited user account with Windows XP Software notice ii QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 0 90 22 05 07 QuikEC3 release 0 90 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 onwards right up to Vista and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 090 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal of the QuikEC3 User s Guide This is the first version of QuikEC3 complete with its on line help system The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 QuikEC3 now has a working context sensitive on line help system 2 Non symmetrical slender sections should be checked with additional moment due to the shift in neutral axis of the equivalent section eNy eNz These are now correctly calculated under pure axial load QEC R0 90 01 3 The headings for the factors for reduced value of moment under axial load are brought into line with Eurocode s axis system QEC RO 90 01 Software notice iii QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 0 91 16 07 07 QuikEC3 release 0 91 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 onwards right up to Vista and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 091 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide
12. electing the File Paper setup option could cause an error message Fixed QEC RO 92 03 3 Options are added to the File menu to cover the National Annexes QEC R0 92 05 4 An error in the calculation of Me as displayed when clicking on the View calculations button in the Elastic critical moment for lateral torsional buckling form is fixed The value of C2 was taken as C3 The value of Ma used elsewhere was unaffected QEC RO 92 02 5 The chosen method for calculation of elastic critical moment for lateral torsional buckling Mer is dependant upon the section symmetry For doubly symmetrical as opposed to mono symmetrical sections QuikEC3 now looks for just Y symmetry not Y and Z Hence channel sections are now treated as doubly symmetrical QEC RO 92 04 6 The clarity of the Elastic critical moment for lateral torsional buckling form is improved QEC R0 92 06 7 There are small internal changes to the calculations of the Ki factors to match those required for Quikframe These changes have no affect on program output QEC RO 92 07 Software notice vi QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 0 96 09 06 08 QuikEC3 release 0 96 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 to Vista and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 096 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal i
13. er Tools The new option requests that the installer select a location on the server for the license folder Applications now check that the program folder and license folder are on the same drive Setup R1 50 1 2 QuikEC3 s Setup program now has stronger validation for the program installation path This should avoid problems where the user types bad characters Setup R1 50 2 3 Within QuikEC3 s setup program entering bad characters for the program group name could cause a crash later in the install The Setup program now properly validates the program group name Setup R1 50 3 4 QuikEC3 s zoom font buttons did not work Fixed This fault also caused some other check boxes to fail QEC R0O 92 01 Software notice v QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 0 95 01 04 08 QuikEC3 release 0 95 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 to Vista and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 095 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal in the QuikEC3 User s Guide Please note that at the time of writing the UK National Annex is not published The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 The Setup program is modified following problems with installation on Network servers QEC RO 92 03 2 When running under Microsoft Vista or Windows XP with restricted user privileges s
14. es an explanatory message QEC R1 02 04 Shear capacity Z axis Where QuikEC3 applied the elastic shear check it would always report the result as being Low shear The fault was in the output only the internal code and subsequent checks were correct QEC R1 02 05 The development of Quikjoint for Eurocode required extensions to the National annex form These are included in this release of QuikEC3 QEC R1 02 06 Software notice x QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 1 03 16 02 10 QuikEC3 release 1 03 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 onwards and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 103 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal in the QuikEC3 User s Guide The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 Error in units under Beam LT tab kN should have read kKN m QEC R1 03 01 2 Hot finished circular hollow section the selection of the strut curve Table 6 2 with regard to the steel grade was the wrong way around Fixed QEC R1 03 02 3 Again strut curve Angle sections now use curve b rather than c QEC R1 03 02 Software notice xi QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 1 04 03 06 10 QuikEC3 release 1 04 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 onwards and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 104 exe This self ex
15. ffect the changes for AC2 are as follows a b c d e f g h i j k D Table 3 1 page 26 values for fa changed No affect in UK as national annex uses the product standard No changes made EC3 AC2 a Table 5 2 page 44 classification of angles becomes and Program checked no changes necessary EC3 AC2 b Clause 6 2 6 3 c page 51 shear area of Tee sections Quikframe updated EC3 AC2 c Clause 6 2 9 1 6 page 55 CHS sections definition of n Mny ra and Mnzra No changes made existing method gives very similar results EC3 AC2 d Clause 6 3 2 3 2 page 62 definition of Xirmoa and f The Quiksoft programs do not use this reduction EC3 AC2 e Table A 1 page 76 formula for np Program modified EC3 AC2 f Table A 1 page 76 formula for C Program modified EC3 AC2 g Table A 1 continued page 77 definition of Cmi and C1 Checked no changes required EC3 AC2 h Table B 3 page 80 last formula in table becomes Program modified EC3 AC2 i Formula BB 5 page 85 Definition of C1 Checked no changes necessary EC3 AC2 j Formula BB 9 and BB 10 page 88 Definition of C1 Checked no changes necessary EC3 AC2 k Figure BB 4 page 90 definition of Betat Checked no changes necessary EC3 AC2 I Where these changes impact on the program s results the calculations are marked thus lt AC1 2 The summary of input under the Calculations tab was not properly representing the buckling le
16. ly from within each application by selecting a new Log off users button displayed within the Licence error form Log off users now produces a report showing each file deletion QS 25 04 12 3 9 The default name and address for new users used to be loaded from Quiksoft ini in the user s Windows folder Quiksoft ini is a legacy 16bit windows file and will no longer be used The default user name and address is now obtained from the program source code QS 27 04 12 4 10 The Quiksoft Setup program no longer copies Quiksoft ini into the user s Windows folder This file was used by the old 16bit Quiksoft programs which are no longer supported QS 27 04 12 5 11 The Quiksoft logo displayed by the Setup program is modernised QS 27 04 12 6 QS 02 05 12 8 12 The Quiksoft logo displayed in QuikEC3 s introduction form is modernised QS 27 04 02 7 QS 02 05 12 8 13 When first run before the user s project folder was set the Quiksoft programs sometimes created an empty folder c quiksoft data quikec3 Fixed QS 08 05 12 9 14 QuikEC3 s Main window now has improved fonts QS 08 05 12 10 Software notice xv QuikEC3 User s Guide 15 The Quiksoft Setup program is extensively modified to automate network installations QS 18 06 12 01 16 On startup if the licence folder is missing the Quiksoft programs now issue an error License folder lt Path gt is missing Prior to this they would report There is a copy of Quik already running
17. n the QuikEC3 User s Guide Please note that at the time of writing the UK National Annex is not published The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 A FilelSave As ASCII Text option is added This option writes a simple ASCII text file containing the contents of the section table as displayed within the Properties tab The default location for the file is the user s desktop The file can then be loaded into Window s Notepad and printed See Help QEC RO 96 01 2 The FilelExport option is added This option will automatically export section files to other installed Quiksoft programs See Help QEC RO 96 02 3 Box sections The Change form now has fields for internal and external radii Previously these where automatically calculated based on simple rules based upon the material thickness However new Corus Celsius355 and Jumbo355 sections complicate matters having differing specifications QEC RO0 96 03 Software notice vii QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 1 00 03 02 09 QuikEC3 release 1 00 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 to Vista and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 100 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal in the QuikEC3 User s Guide The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 The UK national annex is now published As expected this o
18. ngths of single angles and square hollow sections Fixed QEC R 04 01 3 Selecting a class 4 slender CHS section could case an error EC3SectionTools pas 4 Fixed QEC R1 04 02 4 QuikEC3 s on line help and manual are updated Software notice xiii QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 1 06 01 07 11 QuikEC3 release 1 06 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 onwards and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 106 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal in the QuikEC3 User s Guide The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 The following additional options are now added to the Help menu a Visit the Quiksoft website This option opens the Quiksoft home page on the web b Check for latest updates This option displays a Check for latest updates form The form will connect to the Quiksoft website and advise if program updates are available QS WS 1 The Quiksoft programs have encountered problems with compiled HTML help systems chm files running over networks due to Microsoft enforced security issues The recent release of Internet Explorer 9 has made the situation even worse Hence at start up the program will now copy the entire help file from the server to a temporary folder on the client The help system is then run locally This should resol
19. r all versions of Windows from 95 onwards and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 101 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal in the QuikEC3 User s Guide The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 The factor y used for the section classification of Class3 and Class4 webs was wrongly calculated Fixed QEC R1 01 01 2 When classifying an T section about it s weak axis it is considered normal to ignore it s web QuikEC3 s logic did this by detecting that it contained the neutral axis and was therefore in part tension However this logic alone was problematic in that some sections may contain the plastic neutral axis within their top flange Slim floor beams To not consider a top flange or top plate as a compression element is plainly wrong Release 1 00 of QuikEC3 addressed this problem by assuming that elements above the elastic neutral axis where in Compression below Tension and contaning where Part tension It then only classified Compression elements It did not however adjust the elastic neutral axis for axial load and upon reflection this was considered to be less than ideal QuikEC3 is modified as follows elements are now flagged as Compression Tension or Part tension based upon the location of the sections pl
20. s Guide QuikEC3 release 1 12 19 06 13 QuikEC3 release 1 12 runs under all versions of Windows from XP onwards and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 112 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration Instructions for program installation upgrade and removal are available on the Quiksoft web site www quiksoft co uk quiksoftdownloads The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 Table B 3 of EN 1993 1 1 Calculation of Cmy Cm and Cmr These values are used in the calculation of the ki factors for combined buckling checks When making the decision to use either Os Case 2 or Oth Case 3 the program failed to use the absolute value of the moment Mn causing an incorrect value to be selected Fixed OS 03 06 13 01 2 The Quiksoft programs have an option to list the values of the selected National annex Unfortunately the values for the Box national annex were displayed incorrectly Note this affected the display of the Box national annex values only all calculations were correct QS 05 06 13 01 3 Under QuikEC3 s Beam LT tab the following sequence caused the old rather than new value of L to be used Enter a new value of L click Mcr and in the Elastic critical moment for lateral torsional buckling form click View calculations The value of L used in the final calculations would be correct Fixed QEC R
21. tracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal in the QuikEC3 User s Guide The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 Each Quiksoft program now shows the currently selected national annex in it s title bar e g QuikEC3 National annex UK Brit sec QS Cap 01 QuikEC3 s Calculations tab now includes an option to display the selected National Annex s values These will also be available in the printout The printout now includes a drawing of the selected section profile showing its orientation QS Cap 02 On occasions Quiksoft programs have encountered errors reading section files These have been due to poor versioning or user error and usually take the form a message Attempt to load unregistered file QB R4 01 01 Software notice xii QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 1 05 28 01 11 QuikEC3 release 1 05 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 onwards and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 105 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal in the QuikEC3 User s Guide The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 Changes to cover Eurocode 3 Corrigenda February 2006 and April 2009 AC1 and AC2 AC1 has no a
22. ve all known HTML help issues QS HLP 1 Upgrading to a new release will now require a code when the digit immediately after the decimal changes e g Upgrading from 7 01 to 7 09 will not require an upgrade code Upgrading from 7 09 to 7 10 will require a code This does mean that release codes will be required more frequently but better fits our release strategies since the effected releases often contain considerable enhancement QS UPG 1 Software notice xiv QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 1 10 26 06 12 QuikEC3 release 1 10 runs under all versions of Windows from XP onwards and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 110 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration Instructions for program installation upgrade and removal are available on the Quiksoft web site www quiksoft co uk quiksoftdownloads The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 Support for operating systems older than Windows XP is now withdrawn 2 Modifications to enhance software security QS 23 08 11 QS 18 10 11 1 3 The Quiksoft programs show the currently selected national annex on their main window caption However where the national annex had not been selected the programs showed a blank Now before a national annex is selected the caption shows National annex Box and until a new national annex is selected the Box values will be used in
23. verrides the simplified table 3 1 in EN 1993 1 1 2005 suggesting instead values from the relevant product standard QuikEC3 now has options in its national annex section to choose values of f from either Table 3 1 or the product standards Note that the situation with f is less clear since different values are published for steel types with the same strength designation The Quiksoft programs always use the lowest value of f published in either Table 3 1 or the product standard QuikEC3 now includes additional steel grades 235 S275 355 S420 S450 S460 QEC RO 97 01 2 The UK national annex overrides Table 6 5 of EN 1993 1 1 2005 QuikEC3 s UK national annex options and program logic are modified to suite Note that as well as overriding Table 6 5 the UK national annex also implies that hollow sections angles etc should be treated as rolled sections and formula 6 57 used for the calculation of Xir QEC RO 97 02 3 UPE and UPN sections tables added QEC R0 97 03 4 Under the combined buckling tab clicking on the Factors kij button selecting Method 2 and entering zero moments could cause QuikEC3 to crash This revealed a slight logic problem in our implementation of EN 1993 1 1 2005 s Table B 3 Fixed QEC RO 97 04 5 Similar to above but Method 1 Entering zero for M x could cause QuikEC3 to fail See EN1993 1 1 2005 Table A 2 QuikEC3 now ensures that values for M x are non zero QEC RO 97 04 6 A fault in the calculation of she
24. you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal of the QuikEC3 User s Guide The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 When a new user first runs a Quiksoft application the application will request a location for the project folder QEC RO 91 01 2 When a new user first runs QuikEC3 the existing per machine registry settings are copied to his per user system registry and the example files are copied to NoProj in his project folder QEC R0 91 01 3 QuikEC3 is now supplied with a vista aware manifest file that turns off virtualization Virtualization is a Microsoft Vista feature that enables non Vista applications to run under a standard user account However it can lead to incorrect application behaviour particularly when older versions have been installed QEC RO 91 01 Software notice iv QuikEC3 User s Guide QuikEC3 release 0 92 20 08 07 QuikEC3 release 0 92 runs under all versions of Windows from 95 to Vista and is supplied in a single self extracting file QE32 092 exe This self extracting file contains a Setup program that will automatically guide you through program installation upgrade removal and registration See Program installation upgrade and removal in the QuikEC3 User s Guide The changes to QuikEC3 are as follows 1 Anew Network Server Setup option is added to QuikEC3 s Setup program and the old option renamed Network Serv
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