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Welcome to the ENDUROCADD® November Update!

We’ve been hard at work cramming ENDUROCADD® Version 9.14 with a heap of useful timesaving features.

Headers can now be created from ENDUROWALL® 90mm components, and these can be rollformed as components with the rest of the job. These are an economical alternative to trussed headers and have some excellent spans!

Beams also receive several important updates this release. ENDUROWALL® beams can now be oriented in a direction of your choosing, and any new beam can be treated as a void block that instructs ENDUROCADD® to build trusses around the beam.

Layouts, meanwhile, can now be completed after detailing and sign-off.

You can get all these new features and more by updating to ENDUROCADD® Version 9.14. See Updating ENDUROCADD®.

We’ve laid out all the details and links below, so grab a cup of coffee, sit down in your most comfortable chair, and read on...

Rollformed opening headers

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ENDUROCADD® now supports using ENDUROWALL® 90mm materials as opening headers in non-cyclonic regions. This means that opening headers can be rollformed using the ENDURO® rollformer, which streamlines your production process and allows you to get on with what you do best – creating great buildings!

ENDUROWALL® opening headers are available as:

• Boxed (BOXD)
• Double boxed (DBOXD)
• Back-to-back (BTB).

Simply check the Channel Lintel tables to determine which material is right for your job then select the appropriate option using the Header field when creating the opening. These are a cost-competitive option to trussed heads, and are also good candidates for surplus material

For more information on this enhancement, see Editing wall opening options.

Layouts at your leisure

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Layouts have been set free!

Previously, if you wanted to create layouts after a job had been detailed and signed off you needed to unlock the job, make the changes and then re-detail the job.

Now the Layout button has been moved from the CAD menu to the Main menu and can be clicked even after your job has been detailed and signed off.

Not only does this save you the time previously spent unlocking the job, which could be considerable depending on the size of the job file, but it also gives you more flexibility in the way you approach the job creation process.

For more information about this enhancement, see Using the side menu.

Beam orientations

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We’ve made numerous improvements to the way ENDUROWALL® beams are handled by ENDUROCADD®.

Most importantly, we’ve added the ability for users to specify the orientation of ENDUROWALL® beams.

For jobs involving masonry work, such as double brickwork jobs where beams are placed along the tops of walls, this promises to simplify the job creation process. Tie-down details and span tables with the capacities of ENDUROWALL® beams on masonry walls are available at the following link.

We’ve also added a host of enhancements to improve the way ENDUROCADD® handles and displays ENDUROWALL® beams.

For more information about this enhancement, see any of the following topics:

Beams treated as void blocks

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Inserting beams within trusses previously involved creating the beam and then also creating a void block to prevent the beam from intersecting the trusses.

Now you can choose to treat any new beam as a void block during the creation process. When trusses are created that intersect the beam they are simply built around the beam exactly as if a void block had been added.

Remember, you need to ensure that beams are inserted before trusses are setup to ensure the void is applied.

For information about this enhancement, see any of the following topics:

Adding and aligning multiple DXFs

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We have added the ability to insert multiple DXF files into jobs then move them within ENDUROCADD® so they are aligned.

Each DXF file can then be turned on and off using the visibility options so you can always see what you need. Each DXF file can even have their colours changed! For example, architectural drawings could be seen in red and M&E drawings in green.

For information relating to this enhancement, see:

Additional enhancements

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As usual, there are almost too many things to include in one email!

Here is a brief summary of some of the other enhancements implemented during this release:

Roof face and ceiling plane colours

When raising the height of a wall it can be difficult to determine whether you have selected a roof face or a ceiling plane. Now roof faces and ceiling planes are highlighted in different colours so you can instantly tell whether your selection is correct.

Remember, ceilings are green because they’re close to the grass and roofs are yellow because they see the sun!

See Raising or lowering walls to one or more planes.

Adding construction lines parallel to pitching perimeter lines

Now you can select pitching perimeter lines when creating construction lines by copying lines parallel. This is helpful for setting up lines for trusses or for designating the location of cantilevered trusses.

See Copying construction lines parallel to existing lines.

Ability to move and flip noggings added

We’ve updated the Nogging menu with new buttons for moving and flipping noggings.

For information on these enhancements, see:

Did you know?

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Helpful tips

  • Need to provide drawings of structural steel to get it detailed in another program? Easy! Export your model to the 3D viewer, click on the View Menu, and go to Visibility Options. Turn off all items other than posts and beams, export the model into a 3D DXF, and voila! A customised, accurate model of your structural steel that can be imported into most major steel detailing packages.
  • We recently conducted a survey of licensees asking about their experience with screw guns and fasteners from various suppliers. The results are some great tips and feed back. Click here to read the results of the survey.
  • Want to specify the minimum number of screws per connection? While the ENDUROCADD® will accurately calculate the number of screws for the truss structural integrity for the final installation, sometimes additional screws may be required for handling purposes. Click here to find out how to use this very useful new function.