A new video, “ADAPT-ABI: Effect of Reinforcement on Stresses” has been added to the Videos page. A companion technical note has been added to the Technical Notes page.
The technical note, “TN386 – Honk Kong Code Implementation in ADAPT-ABI Software” has been added to the Technical Notes page.
Many of you who have received or requested upgrade instructions for the latest release of ADAPT-Builder 2010, ADAPT-PT 2010 or ADAPT-RC 2010 should have received an email with HTML attachments containing instructions to extract the required license files.
In some instances, after clicking on the link, no PDF document appears. Adobe Acrobat 10 is not compatible with 64-bit OS using Internet Explorer as a browser. For those users experiencing this issue, you can right-click and save the documents to another location and open them with Acrobat or Windows Media Player (NOTE that one of the files is a .wmv). The instructions are also located here:
The following videos have been added to the ADAPT-Floor Pro page
ADAPT – Builder 2010 – Rebar extending through openings (rename file extensions to .wmv after saving)
ADAPT- Builder 2010 – How support line vertices effect reinforcement output (rename file extensions to .wmv after saving)
A bug related to the the concise report output for provided, required and base reinforcement has been reported. A graphical anomaly exists when no calculated reinforcement is required for a design and base reinforcement has been user-defined. See the ADAPT-PT 2010 “Bugs and Limitations” page for additional information.
The ABI Extraction Manual has been added to the ADAPT-ABI page. This manual describes the commands EXTRACT, FREEZE and others used for the extraction of time-dependent effects at specific days in a construction sequence.
The actions and displacement from the following effects can be explicitly extracted at any stage: Creep, shrinkage, prestressing (including relaxation and secondary effects), temperature, externally applied loads and current.
An input file example is included with the document.
ADAPT has released the 2010 versions of PT, RC and Builder this year. The most recent releases were RC and Builder. Due to an overwhelming response and demand for the upgrades, the current turnaround time is 5-10 days. We apologize for the delay and appreciate your patience.
We are in the process of updating active support and maintenance clients to the latest versions. If your support contract was active when the programs were officially released, you should have received or will be receiving upgrade information.
