DesignCalcs 2017.0 Release Notes

New Features

Studded Outlet calculations will now take advantage of the seamless equivalent feature if applicable. The 2015 Edition of the code introduced this in the UG-37 reinforcement calculations. For 2015 and newer vessels, the studded outlet material and the host material will both determine if they need a seamless equivalent (this applies to welded product forms that have a built in 85% joint efficiency for their allowable stress).
If the material needs a seamless equivalent, DesignCalcs will attempt to find one based on a matching protocol - see Seamless Equivalent Criteria. If a seamless equivalent is found, the reinforcement math will use the allowable stress from the seamless equivalent. If a seamless equivalent could not be found, the allowable stress will instead be divided by 0.85. This code change favors a more economical design. DC-437

Issues Resolved

An issue was resolved that was preventing all of the Temerature/Ultimate Strength pairs from showing in the material viewer. DC-484
An issue was resolved that was causing errors to be thrown during nozzle report creation for nozzles that were using custom materials and had lost connection to the custom material. DC-575
An issue was resolved that was causing the extreme fiber elongation calculations from showing the head forms. The may update the status on some heads. DC-535
Removed an outdated reference to UG-45(c) in the nozzle form under Unit Stresses on the Weld Paths tab and also in the nozzle report under the same section. The reference was repaced with just UG-45. DC-579
An issue was resolved that would cause an exception to occur if a WRC analysis was copied several times after WRC reports were run. DC-516
An issue was resolved that was preventing the correct status from showing up in certain cases for heads that triggered the Appendix 1-4(f) calculations. DC-481
Fixed some issues with the head copy to prevent multiple "left", "right", "top", or "bottom" heads to exist. DC-804, DC-806

Miscellaneous