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In MasterSeries 2023, we have some exciting new features, including;

• The ability to design Shear Walls within the MasterKey: Concrete Slab Design module (which will now be renamed to MasterKey: Concrete Slab and Shear Wall Design),
• The inclusion of the Eurocode 7 'Direct Method' within the MasterKey: Concrete Design module, for the design of Concrete Pad Foundations
• The addition of Hollow Section Beam-to-Column and Column-to-Beam Moment Connections within the MasterKey: Moment & Simple Connections module
• Useful upgrades and add-ons to the MasterFrame: Space Frame Analysis module such a more comprehensive Frame Statistics feature and P-Delta Analysis options for FE Surfaces

Download your full FREE MasterSeries 2023 trial now and discover all the new features and upgrades today!

Note: If you are a MasterSeries user, please log in to the Client Area of the MasterSeries website and access the installation package from the Download section.

FULL FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

MasterSeries 2023 includes over 30 features and upgrades across many MasterSeries modules.

MasterKey Concrete FE Slab & Wall Design
New Finite Element Surface 'Shear Wall design' features:

• Wall Pier and coupling beam design
• Auto generation of design zones
• Auto design of reinforcement
• High level of control over design methodology
• DXF/DWG export

MasterKey: Concrete Design

• Pad design for EC7 Direct method. Previous version of MasterSeries only designed to the ‘Prescriptive’ method 6.4(5). The includes calculation of ultimate soil bearing pressure from soil properties for Design Approach 1 - Combination (Set B) and Combination 2 (Set C). Included in both Integrated design and stand-alone Pad design.

Read our full Blog Post Entry here.

MasterFrame: Space Frame Analysis

• New frame statistics, giving a much more comprehensive coverage, including FE surface material, areas loading floor plate materials and composite beam pc unit or deck areas. Fine-grained control over filtering and categorisation for reporting.
• Large model speed optimizations
• Concrete and timber design groups included for view filtering

MasterFrame: Finite Element Analysis

• P-Delta analysis now included in models with Finite Element Surfaces.
• In result section diagrams, a new force output for the in-plane moment Mz, which is calculated from the direct force in the direction of the section line x the lever arm perpendicular to the section line over the specified strip width.
• For Mz moment above, option to view the ‘lack or correlation’ of the Mz moment linear stress distribution to the actual stress in the direction of the section line.
• View FE Surface Name label and Edge Restraints label on frame graphics

MasterKey: Steel Moment & Simple Connections

• In ‘Beam to Column’ moment connections the beam can be a hollow section with extended end plate bolts
• In ‘Cap Beam’ moment connections the column can be a hollow section with extended end plate bolts
• Option to specify ‘User designed supplemental shear reinforcement provided’.
• Option to specify ‘Beam to Column’ or ‘Cap beam’ moment connection compression flange as bearing fit, hence negating the need to design compression welds.
• Beams and Column I section splice connections can have a different grade of plate for the flange and web plates.
• New more accurate model for bracing connection gusset plate weld force distribution from brace force.

The Best of the Rest

• MasterKey: Masonry Design - Vertical Load take-down load distribution drawing at wall mid height region.
• MasterCAD: BIM 
  • Revit Link - 2024 update
  • In MasterPort optional dimensioning of purlins/side rails and stays in 2D GA drawing
  • MasterSeries-Tekla link – bi-directional link for cellular beams and beams with discrete opening
• MasterKey: Pile Cap Design - 'Horizontal Column Base Shear Force' times the 'Pile Cap Depth' additional moment, is now taken in the Pile Cap Design moment.

Here’s a complete list of What’s New. To learn more, watch the Launch Webinar of the MasterSeries 2023.

Download your full FREE MasterSeries 2023 trial now and discover all the new features and upgrades today!