{"id":2285,"date":"2018-01-18T10:36:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T10:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2285"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:54:00","slug":"release-notes-diamonds-2012-until-2019","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/knowledge-base\/release-notes-diamonds-2012-until-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Release notes Diamonds 2012 until 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The overview below shows the main new features over the years in Diamonds. For the total list, check the release documents at the bottom of this article.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-tabs su-tabs-style-default su-tabs-mobile-stack\" data-active=\"1\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-tabs-nav\"><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2019<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2018<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2017<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2015<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2014<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2013<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2012<\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-tabs-panes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"2019\">\n<ul>\n<li>Selection based on the support conditions<\/li>\n<li>Turn off the Level Manager<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/is-it-possible-to-change-the-point-line-or-plate-numbers\/\">New element properties &#8216;Label&#8217; and &#8216;Comment&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Window &#8216;Section Dialog&#8217; made foldable<\/li>\n<li>Window &#8216;Section Dialog&#8217; expanded for cold formed sections<\/li>\n<li>New boundary conditions for walls<\/li>\n<li>Scale factor for the loads<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/which-codes-standards-are-implemented-in-diamonds\/\">Swiss\u00a0standard\u00a0for load factors and timber (SIA 260, SIA 265)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Steel verification for bars covered with fire resistant paints<\/li>\n<li>Module to define the practical reinforcement in detail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"2018\">\n<ul>\n<li>Filter in Section and Material library so you can only set the relevant materials and sections visible<\/li>\n<li>Import of curved surfaces through dxf<\/li>\n<li>Additional shape for tanks\/ vessels in the Wizard menu<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/which-codes-standards-are-implemented-in-diamonds\/\">Swiss standard for wind\/ snow, concrete and steel (SIA 261, SIA 263, SIA 262)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Show resulting fector for pointloads and point reactions<\/li>\n<li>New print preview<\/li>\n<li>Summary in the results table<\/li>\n<li>Italian\u00a0interface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"2017\">\n<ul>\n<li>Database orientated section and material library (= introduction of Gateway &amp; Gateway Server)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/different-plate-types-and-their-properties\/\">Extension of plate types: diaphragm, hollow core slab, plate based on stiffness matrix<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-do-fire-design\/\">Fire design for concrete<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Parametric connections<\/li>\n<li>Link with Tekla Structures through BIM Expert<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/what-is-kdef\/\">Creep for timber<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lanczos solver for modal analysis replaced with Jacobi solver<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: because the section and material library are now managed by Gateway &amp; Gateway Server, there is no backward compatibility between Diamonds 2017 (or newer) models and Diamonds 2015 (or older). Meaning: you can open a Diamonds 2017 model in Diamonds 2015, but the sections and materials will be lost. If you assign them again, the model can be calculated in Diamonds 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"2015\">\n<ul>\n<li>Thermal utility<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-do-fire-design\/\">Fire design for steel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Stress tolerance for soil calculations<\/li>\n<li>Detailed window for stresses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"2014\">\n<ul>\n<li>Expansion of the intelligent cursor snaps<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/what-is-the-global-buckling-factor\/\">Global buckling factor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shear deformation for beams<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/different-plate-types-and-their-properties\/\">Torsional rigidity for plates bearing in one direction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-define-a-moving-load\/\">Moving loads (crane loads)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"2013\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/how-does-the-projection-function-work\/\">Projection function<\/a><\/li>\n<li>New lay out for loadgroup window<\/li>\n<li>Seimic\/ linear dynamics\/ modal analysis<\/li>\n<li>New calculation core<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"2012\">\n<ul>\n<li>Variable grid for drawing or mesurements<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-use-physical-groups\/\">Physical groups<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Variable sections<\/li>\n<li>C-section<\/li>\n<li>Minimum edge division and minimum element size refinement factor for the mesh<\/li>\n<li>New soil layer calculations<\/li>\n<li>Optimization for timber and cold formed sections<\/li>\n<li>Lateral buckling curves according to equivalent method<\/li>\n<li>Logo in header\/footer of report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The overview below shows the main new features over the years in Diamonds. 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