SDC Verifier 5.2 | SDC Verifier

Current Version

SDC Verifier 2025 R1.1

Old Versions

- SDC Verifier 2025 R1

Improvements:

Crane Standard EN 13001-3-1+A2 Limits States and proof competence of steel:
DNVGL-RP-C203 Recommended Practice: Fatigue design of offshore steel structures, April 2016:
AISC 360-10 Chapter J3: Bolts and Threaded parts:
EN 1993-1-8 Chapter3 Connections made with bolts, rivets or pins (beta);
Ansys 2019 R1 is supported;
Beam Deflection Check;
AISC 360-10 circular and rectangular bars are implemented;
ISO 19902 Chapter 13.2 and Chapter 13.2 Tubular members subjected to combined forces with hydrostatic pressure:
Combined standards (AISC 360-10 with API RP-2A LRFD / Norsok N004 / ISO 19902, AISC ASD 89 with API RP-2A WSD), API, ISO, Norsok for tubular shapes, AISC for non-tubular shapes:
Unit System is used for input (materials, sections) and results (tables, plots):
Standard split on built-in (formulas not editable) and custom;
Built-in standards can be edited using wizards;
The Standard menu is organized by the Classification Societies:
Standard input is grouped together:
The Standard wizard offers to fill characteristic / classification automatically by pressing OK if it was not defined:
Weld Checks – elemental method is added (beta);
Selector – manual selection of structural items (members, welds, buckling plates) by element (one element is enough to pick one member):
Selector – new rules for Welds;
Labels over structural items (member, welds, etc.) with limits; Min/Max labels;
Labels on components extreme tables over selections;
Components – new colored plot (also in the report);
Automatically reruns recognition recovery (joints, beam members, buckling plates, welds) if the model was changed:
Materials and Components colored labels plots in the report:
Export SDC Load Combinations to Mechanical into a separate solution (Ansys). Forces are multiplied on factors and defined in the correspondent steps:
Create Base cases (Ansys) – create a copy of solution with each force acting on a single step (can be used to analyze the influence of individual loads and create load combinations in SDC Verifier according to the standards);
Freebody tool – calculates a balanced set of forces/moments on a chosen part of a model;
Import Word document into SDC report;
Solve command for all jobs and standards;
Peak Finder – improvements plot options, label size;
Load Set – individual loads can be added with 0 factor. It can be used to create a pulsating stress range;
DNV Plate Buckling (2010) – update calculation of combined buckling factor. Tension stresses are included in combined formula instead of compression only (Chapter 6.5, formula 6.18);
Plate Buckling table –labels plot for selected section/buckling plates results;
Beam Member Finder – settings for default member names, user names for beam members;
Beam Member Finder – filter is updated: apply to selected and not all members, select members by elements (one element is enough to pick the member)
Beam Member Finder – button to jump to edit multiple for the selected beam member (with sub-members). Pick member by element for edit multiple feature:
Report Check, Uncheck, Revert;
Standard tables – rows and columns;
Copy formulas between the checks;
Annotations (block with text, arrow, rectangle/ellipse) on pictures from files:
If user action (e.g. updating classification, editing factors in load set, update recognition tools) requires to clear results the warning message will be shown:
Edit Safety Factors for all Jobs at once:
Import predefined legend colors scheme from Femap including Gray and Gray + No Magenta (Femap):
Enhanced parameter limits – highlight cell in the table with red when the condition is not satisfied (below value, in range, outside the range, equal):
Save project from the report designer;
Edit all constants in standard at once;
Demo version (with limitation to 2000 nodes/elements) is removed, it is required to request a trial license in order to run SDC Verifier;
It is possible to select the license file during the installation;
SDC Verifier can be installed on a network share (path has to be pasted from the clipboard, browse option does not work);
Use different license files for SDC Verifier under different CAE programs (Ansys, Femap, Simcenter3D);
Automatically select Load Group in a selector for new table/plot. Store last selected load and select it for new table/plot;
Panel Finder – option to split plates on the section with different thicknesses;
Plot objects are created with descriptive names in Mechanical (Ansys);
Different version of SDC Verifier can be used in different version of Ansys, e.g. 5.1 in 19.1 and 5.2 in 19.2 (Ansys);

Bug fixes:

#Bugfixes

Eurocode3 – stress overshoot check calculation of m parameter;
Section Library – swapped dimensions for channel section;
High DPI issues with controls. Two monitors with different DPI settings;
Contour plot failed for fatigue summation check;
Autoscale option issue in View;
Results were cleared for fatigue summation check when Fill Table button was pressed on Table form;
Load Group results in fatigue summation check was not stored to files if check could not be completed due to lack of RAM memory;
Results for the load was not cleared automatically when safety factors were modified on Load Group control;
Results were not cleared automatically when torsional length in Beam Member Finder was modified;
Recognition issues in Weld Finder and Panel Finder for parabolic plate elements;
Wrong type for parabolic beams in Joint Finder;
Fix result categories for all Joint Checks parameters;
Unexpected error when applying direction in classification for the full model condition;
Unexpected error in standard data tables;
Failed to change the selection in the report for peak finder table/plot using Apply to All menu;
Classification types were not saved into the Standard library;
Results were cleared if user press OK on characteristic/classification/standard table form even if the data was not modified;
Get picture from Femap, when it is minimized (Femap);
Plot with elements shown with white color instead of criteria color (Femap);
Import results from analysis study – output sets were ordered by ID and by Analysis study (Femap);
Wave load – unit system added (Femap);
Multinodal force editing issues (Femap);
Split buckling plates using all line elements (rods and tubes) and not only beams and bars (Femap);
Contact description failed to read (Femap);
Geometry objects were shown on results plots (Femap);
Unit System issues (Ansys);
Create a plot under the correct solution to show relevant displacement (Ansys);
Duplicate Plot in Mechanical does not work (Ansys)
Elements with mapped I-shape were not added into selection with I-shape condition (Ansys);
Project save on network location was not shown in the list during open project command (Ansys);
New project wizard – steps were not imported automatically when user press Finish on the first step (Ansys);
Select elements/nodes in Mechanical from SDC – popup dialog is not on top of all windows (Ansys);

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