LUSAS 14.

5 Error Fix and Modification Release Note

This document details changes that have been made since the first release of LUSAS 14.5
The Kit No. can be found printed on the installation CD.
Further details of errors that have been fixed can be found in the Knowledge Base on the LUSAS Web site
www.lusas.com where the number given in brackets is the reference number in the Knowledge Base. The
changes apply to all LUSAS application products unless otherwise stated.
For new features see New_Features_in_14.5
For details of errors fixed in Modeller 14.5-0 see modeller_fixed_14.5
For details of errors fixed in Modeller 14.5-0 see solver_fixed_14.5

Kit No. 276 - Released 20th January 2011

LUSAS Modeller 14.5-2
Crash after zooming model with LUSAS View properties dialog open (11447)
Modeller crashes on editing a geometric attribute from the User section library for a particular
section (11454)
Australian Knife Edge load incorrect value (11464)
Section library csv files written with commas as the decimal separator for the Arbitrary Section
Property Calculator (11466)
Extra message box when error with text in Lane Load (HA Load) Length edit box generated (11470)
Crash on Print Results Wizard with entity Force/Moment - Thick Grillage (11473)
Variation defined in error if u not in order (11480)
Problems using non-standard ANSI characters in model name or attribute names (11515)
Print Results Wizard Shows Japanese Characters with Vista and Windows 7 (11517)
TLO key needs ATL key to activate menu item (11521)
Warning help menu defined as invalid (11522)
LUSAS Solver 14.5-2
Strange axial force results with 2d BEAM elements in transient dynamics (11453)
LusasEnv 14.5-1
Expose 14.5-1
PATLUS 14.5-1
LUSPAT 14.5-1
FVLUSAS 14.5-1
AutoLoader 14.5-1
IMDPlus 14.5-1

Kit No. 275 - Released 9th December 2010

LUSAS Modeller 14.5-1
Tied mesh constraint allows slippage between beam and edges of shell elements (11158)
Cannot edit cylindrical coordinates about X or Y , nor select them for transforming results (11197)
Tabulating a model with many patch load attributes takes a few hours and finally no load at all is
tabulated (11349)
Can't copy loadcases using toolbar buttons or Edit menu (11358)
Utilities>Mesh>Distance between nodes does not give values for both deformed and undeformed
mesh (11367)
iges/step export/import reorientates surfaces (11376)
Section Property Calculator - Default section names include commas for a European locale,

causing incorrect section library entries (11379)

Database errors from IMD+ when setup modal history step skipped (11382)
Print results wizard fails when printing slices results more than once (11394)
Modeller crash creating compound Vehicle Load (Australian M1600 & S1600, Eurocode Train
Loads, India Tracked Loads) (11403)
Can't create Loadcase or Loadcurve by right-clicking in treeview (11404)
Invalid error message "Load width must be greater than 0" issued when creating some vehicle
loads (AASHTO Train Load, BRO Type 3, Eurocode Models 2 & 3, Finland Load Types 3 & 6,
Norway Load Type V3, New Zealand Vehicle) (11405)
VBScript error openings in Norway Lane and India Lane Load dialogs (11406)
When using traffic class 2 in Italian implementation of EN1991-2 in the TLO, LM1 alpha factors
should change from 1.0 to 0.8. (The psi factors are not altered). However using Class II does not
generate assigned traffic loads with factors of psi * 0.8 (11414)
BRO Train HSLMB load has N incorrectly computed (11422)
Cannot delete Thermal Support attribute not used in a Structural analysis model - ambiguous error
prevents tabulation (11425)
Korean rail x section files omitted from kit (11456)
LUSAS Solver 14.5-1
Spurious thick shell element results (11422)
LusasEnv 14.5-1
Expose 14.5-1
Expose - Save As missing file formats other than .pic (11418)
PATLUS 14.5-1
LUSPAT 14.5-1
FVLUSAS 14.5-1
AutoLoader 14.5-1
IMDPlus 14.5-1

Kit No. 274 - Released 19th November 2010

LUSAS Modeller 14.5-0
LUSAS Solver 14.5-0
LusasEnv 14.5-0
Expose 14.5-0
PATLUS 14.5-0
LUSPAT 14.5-0
FVLUSAS 14.5-0
AutoLoader 14.5-0
IMDPlus 14.5-0