SOFiPLUS Release Notes#

Service Pack 2025-4 (01 April 2025)#

Tools#

Command Import Support Reactions:

  • In rare cases, support forces were not imported (233855).

  • Improved updating of the load directions for each load case.

Tendon Manager#

Minor improvements for drawn tendons.

SOFiPLUS-X#

The AutoCAD kernel has been updated to an improved version, which fixes various security issues.

Service Pack 2025-3 (04 February 2025)#

Cross Section#

After mesh generation, a new warning appears for cross section interpolation if a structural line is not assigned to an axis (233274).

Tools#

Expanded input options for loads via the scripting command (232843).

Service Pack 2025-2 (10 December 2024)#

Structural Elements#

  • Supports for structural points can get a group number.

  • The Loads for Structural Area dialog now takes loads with a value of 0 into account.

  • In certain cases it was not possible to set the meshing properties of structural areas (231436).

Loads#

Deleting load cases now results in a warning if load cases from running imposed loads are deleted but the load distribution is not completely affected.

Tendon Manager#

Some more improvements in the Tendon Manager:

  • A newly defined prestressing system is preselected.

  • The export of the groups of affected elements has been corrected.

Tutorials#

Released new tutorials for Curves between reference lines command (https://docs.sofistik.com/2025/en/tutorials/sofiplus-modelling/curves-reference-lines/curves-reference-lines.html) and the Tendon Manager (https://docs.sofistik.com/2025/en/tutorials/sofiplus-modelling/tendon-manager/tendon-manager.html)

Tools#

Improved text when scripting command results in an error (232082).

Service Pack 2025-1 (11 October 2024)#

Tendon Manager#

There are several improvements in the Tendon Manager:

  • Allow to create new loadcases and prestressing systems.

  • Numbers of tendon and tendon geometry can be changed.

  • Effected groups can be controled and modified.

Structural Elements#

Loads#

  • The accuracy for exporting elementbound area loads has been adjusted (153837).

  • Command Import Support Reactions: Support forces were not imported if load case number 1 was missing (228243).

Import#

  • If possible, the original number of the materials and cross sections is used (226816).

Release 2025 (July 2024)#

Prestressing#

Numbers for tendon and tendon geometry can be found in the PT Editor dialog and the dialog for drawn tendons.

New command Tendon Manager.

This opens a two-part dialog box. The upper section provides a graphical overview of the system and the defined tendons. The lower section contains a table listing all the defined tendons, where you can modify the properties of multiple tendons simultaneously.

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Parametric Workflow#

New command Curves Between Reference Lines for the parametric creation of linear elements between two distribution curves.

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Axis Based Workflow#

There is a new option to define a linear element between two selected placements. These are structural lines, design elements and linear loads.

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Cross Section Editor#

Generation of an elliptical cross section is now supported.

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For more information see: https://docs.sofistik.com/2025/en/fea/release_notes/2025-0/index.html

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Structural Elements#

Renumber Elements:

New command Renumber Elements renumbers existing SOFiPLUS(-X) elements based on a specified direction with a given start number and an increment.

Design Elements

Implemented alternative selection method for Design Element.

The input option via a bounding box eliminates the tedious search for the center of the wall. The design element can be placed in the corner of the wall and then collects the elements eccentrically. The cross section assigned to the design element is used for the analysis.

The bounding box is visualized during creating and editing of the design element and also with the orbit command. In this way the input can be checked.

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Design elements in the middle of the wall

New position of the design elements with the option bounding box

The input option via concurrent beam does not require its own cross section but collects all beams and adopts their properties.

Structural Lines

New options centric column and column with reference for structural lines.

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Import#

Tower and storeys can be imported.

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Improved Behavior#

Design Elements show the eccentric cross section during the Orbit command.

Command Import Support Reactions has been redesigned. Unit-dependent entries are now supported.

Improved the synchronization of load cases between SSD and SOFiPLUS.

Command Export has a new option Preserve rigid diaphragm stiffness. This is only available if the checkbox above has been activated.

The name and orientation of attribute areas are taken into account during mesh generation.

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Compatibility#

SOFiPLUS/SOFiPLUS-X 2025 can open DWG files from version 2018. After saving in version 2025, the DWG files cannot be re-opened in the older version!

SOFiPLUS/SOFiPLUS-X 2025 can import projects from a .cdb file of version 2025 only.

SOFiPLUS/SOFiPLUS-X may have to convert and/or upgrade data when opening a DWG. Any issues, warnings or errors will be displayed in the Messages tab in the sidebar.