بالاخره ورژن جدید نرم افزار ارزشمند SAP2000 با محیط گرافیکی و کاربری جدید توسط شرکت CSI وارد بازار شد. ویژگی های جدید شامل موارد زیر است:
- New graphical user interface with tabbed windows.
- New DirectX graphics.
- Display and output of frame stresses.
- Load optimization feature to determine the optimal loading scale
factors to achieve goals and limits on displacement and force response
throughout the structure.
- Built-in European concrete and steel material properties.
- Canadian NBCC loading for wind, seismic, and response-spectrum.
- American ASCE-7 loading for wind, seismic, and response-spectrum.
- Italian NTC 2008 response-spectrum functions with geographic database.
- Indian steel frame design code IS 800 2008.
- New Zealand steel frame design code NZS 3404-1997.
- Canadian steel frame design code CSA S16-2009.
- Updated Hong Kong concrete frame design code to include Supplement 1.
- Australian concrete frame design code AS3600-2009.
- Enhanced Eurocode 3-2005 steel frame design, including design for Class 4 sections.
- National annexes for Eurocode 2-2004 concrete frame design for Singapore, Germany, and Portugal.
- National annexes for Eurocode 3-2005 steel frame design for Singapore, Germany, and Portugal.
- Hybrid steel frame section property.
- Simple arc for tendon profile definition.
- Updated API functionality.
- Import of StruCAD*3D design parameters and wave acceleration loading.
- Note that the Bridge module has been moved to the CSiBridge product
with expanded features and capabilities. Basic moving-load analysis has
been retained for non-bridge applications.
- Other minor enhancements.
