There has been an update on the position taken by SEAOC who is not urging support of all SEA Chapters through NCSEA to change from a Title Act (Structural Engineering License) to a Practice Act (SE-I and SE-II license) as well as support of the NCEES standardized examinations.
Three documents...
There are a number of Structural Software questions on various forums and Listservices. I have started to compile some of the messages on STAAD and about 19 other popular software including a number of FEM programs which is available on our Structuralist.Net Professional Discussion Forum under...
JAE
Playing Devils advocate here - It is my opinion (and that of most terms and conditions on the software) that the user is responsible for the accuracy of the software. Whether it is free or for sale, problems do occur in software that may not be found until pointed out by the developer or a...
Enercalc 5.1 is the latest versions which does not include an FEM module. The work that was done with FastFrame was to compete with other FEM programs on the market but, as Mike Brooks explained (the developer of Enercalc) the delays in getting Fastframe on the market left a lot of dissatisfied...
There are presently two volumes of the Seismic Design Manuals (SDM) Volume I and II) published by ICBO which offer examples and solutions to problems using the provisions of Chapter 16 of the 97 UBC.
Enercalc's Fast Frame was never actually released on the market as part of the Enercalc Library. The software was very late on the market due to it's conversion from spreadsheet based design to a compiled version. To make up for the delays, Mike Brooks,SE the developer of the software released...
