• Denotes Fixes / Improvements

• Denotes New Features

08 February 2025

• Quad Mesher tool required some additional libraries to run on some systems, now fixed to work for all

07 February 2025

• Occasional solid extrusion bug fixed where section coordinates were not found

05 February 2025

• Manual input methods improved, and options added for dynamic model updates
• Node and Element labels remains on after model update

• New 'Project Frames' function to align analytical model elements
• Discretization now done by Design Group selection
• CSV Import extended features to help align imports from external sources
• New and Updated Dynamo scripts for Revit model exports

30 January 2025

• Minor symbol display bug fixed

29 January 2025

• Units conversion bug fixed when switching units in existing projects
• Occasional error with removing cached data fixed
• Reaction symbols now show moments symbol and direction of moment
  
• Plot View now updates with selection automatically
• Form Close event checks projects if they have changed before closing

• Dynamic select now selects entire row in Input Workbook
• Manual Input Workbook options added in Context ribbon
• Split Element tool now also supports splitting into equal segments using "/" followed by number
• Dynamic on-screen tooltips for results option added to lower menu after Analysis is completed

26 January 2025 - New Version (2025.1.0)

• Undo / Redo improved with full bi-directional actions history and restoration
• Improved Units converter tool
• IFC export now supporting native Revit elements
• Move tool enhanced to match Copy tool (by coordinates)
• Showing load symbolics prior to analysis fully supported
• Auto Lumped Mass conversion updated and corrected for all units
• DesignPad DOCX and PDF export enhanced
• Multiple element selection retaining IDs of selection when adding loads
• Improved meshing procedures and mesh cancellation actions
• Multiple Self-Weight cases supported

• New DesignMate version supporting latest LLMs
• Stress/Strain inputs for Non-Linear materials supported by Non-Linear analysis
• Improved Modal, Response Spectrum, and Buckling analysis and outputs
• New XLSX Project file format, supported by project upgrader tool
• View analysis output results by Design Group
• Restore project operation after crash
• Performance enhancements

11 December 2024

• Start-up online services will no longer prevent other local services from running if internet connection is blocked
• Major performance improvements in model generation, analysis, and results processing

08 December 2024

• Occasional mirror tool bug fixed
• Framing elements recombined when exporting to IFC, with options

• New DesignMate web service (version 4) available from DesignMate workspace
• IFC export now supporting native Revit elements

21 November 2024

• Selecting multiple objects slowed down performance, now much faster
• Deleting elements consecutively caused random model errors, now improved

• Export to Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis

17 November 2024

• New Nodal Lumped Mass calculation options for Dynamic and Response Spectrum Analyses
• UI improvements

• Refresh DesignMate template lists when adding new templates
• Refresh Response Spectra list after data edits
• Improved response spectrum analysis result output

31 October 2024

• Fixed Graph Plot tool to correctly display Moment Z-Z results
• Fixed MemDes Export tool to correctly display Moment Z-Z results

24 October 2024

• Fixed 'Select Chain' shortcut tool
• Fixed 'Select Group' shortcut tool

21 October 2024

• DesignPad automation template updated for DesignMate
• UI improvements
• DesignMate primer function improved for improved model summary

• New DesignPad example templates
• Convert DesignPad script to template function

28 September 2024

• Mass calculation methods improved and adjusted for correct automatic mass conversion
• Response Spectrum Analysis step change bug fixed
• Response Spectrum Analysis input- and output methods improved and bugs fixed
• Results contextual menu now only shows when Output Results palette is visible

• Import DWG / DXF into Section Editor
• Chinese section database added

12 September 2024

• Support Reaction value labels did not update when changing Load Case from results (graphically only)
• DesignPad now checks that all minimum required parameters are specified before attempting to insert mapped variable

• New and improved quad meshing features including mesh preview, more mesh control options, improved (and faster) workflow
• DesignMate no longer requires local node server, 100% online from this version (faster)
• New results labelling style for improved results visualisation

07 September 2024

• Empty Load Case caused error message when selecting active case
• Report generator hides solid shell element visibility afterwards
  

• In-App What's New dialog replaced by this web page

30 August 2024

• Statusbar load case selector shows loads in ‘model’ mode
• Auto Lumped Mass now asks for load cases to include
  
• Missing sections from DB detected and handled
  

• DesignPad replaced older report editor. Many improved features and flexibility
• Plot options added and improved
  

25 August 2024

• Second Order Analysis option enabled
• More than one planar section caused issue
  
• Switching theme colors improved
  
• Plot function template improved
  
• Chain select shows selection in context menu items
  
• Area loads not added to combinations
  

23 July 2024

• Improved IFC export and optimisation
• MemDes segmentation identification
  
• Improved plot results using new plot component
  

• Light Model background style option
• Bill of materials tool added in Reports dialog
  

29 May 2024

• IFC Export improved
• SAP2000 Export improved
  
• Prokon Export improved
  
• Results Export tool fixed
  
• Clear Results tool improved
  
• Switch Load Cases with Non-Linear cases bug fixed
  
• Export after analysis bug fixed
  

21 June 2024

• Torsion-Pinned end release fix in templates
• Occasional ‘QuadRes Layer Not Found’ error fixed
  
• Remember Frame Group settings when modelling new frames
  

• Selection improvements (Multi-select and Chain-select)
• SESOC MemDes export functions
  

09 June 2024

• Concurrent analysis runs causing error issue fixed
• New project dialog and routine improved
  
• Circular cross sections centroidal offset corrected
  

• IFC Export improved (Optimisation added)

28 May 2024

• Element Property editor selection update
• CHS section extrusion display fixed
  
• Section Extrusions for UB, UC where r = 0 fixed
  
• Example projects sorted by number order
  
• Tension / Compression only members fixed
  
• New Project command not populating new project info sheet fixed
  

• Non-GenFEA Project Workbooks detected

24 May 2024

• Mirror tool improved
• Tension / Compression only members improved
  
• Node renumbering improved
  

• Timber design CalcPad example added

05 March 2024

• GenFEA Public beta released!!