Software Tips Archives - MASS User Documentation

10 Jan

Deflection Check for Out-of-Plane Walls

January 30, 2023
Posted by Gurparam Kang
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When designing out-of-plane cantilever walls subjected to lateral loads, the MASS software can be used to check the wall’s deflection a...

12 Jan

Announcements, Software Tips

Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Ductility Verification

January 11, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb
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Moderately Ductile and Ductile shear walls can now be designed within MASS to satisfy the ductility verification (required by CSA S304-...

11 Jan

Announcements, Software Tips

Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Simplified National Building Code Seismic Design

February 9, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb
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Added to the 2015 National Building Code of Canada is a new design pathway that can be used for areas with very low seismic hazard leve...

05 Jun

Software Tips

Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Online Activation Restored!

June 5, 2020
Posted by Brad Crumb
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Oh yes we did! The title speaks for itself and engineers (or their I.T. professionals) everywhere rejoice Due to some behind the scene...

07 May

Software Tips

Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: New Zoom and Pan Functionality for Drawings

June 5, 2020
Posted by Brad Crumb
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New to Version 4 is a more intuitive way to navigate drawings The interface for navigating drawings using anything other than the scro...

18 Feb

Software Tips

How MASS Aligns Vertical Bars in a Multi-Storey Shear Wall

December 2, 2020
Posted by Brad Crumb
1 comment

The method used by MASS to get bars to align is fairly complicated but gets the job done. One early point of feedback in the...

06 Jan

Software Tips, Technical

Protip: Use the Multi-Storey Shear Wall Module to Design… Single Storey Shear Walls?

January 8, 2020
Posted by Brad Crumb
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Yes, you did read that right! The Multi-Storey module can be used to break a single storey design into multiple shear wall elements. &...

09 Feb

Software Tips, Technical

How to use MASS to help with Pilaster Design

January 6, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb

While there is no "pilaster module" within MASS, the walls module can be adapted to assist with their design This article or...

10 Nov

Software Tips, Technical

What is the Difference Between Fixed and Cantilever Pier Designations in a Shearline?

January 6, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb

When designing a Shearline using MASS, the software relies on you to determine how the wall behaves This article originally ...

03 Nov

Software Tips, Technical

How to model individual storeys of a multi-storey shear wall within MASS

January 6, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb

In the absence of a true multi-storey MASS module (Update: added in V4.0), there are steps that can be taken to use MASS effectively fo...

Conventional Construction Comprehensive Analysis Example

Change Notification: Axial Load Limit for Conventional Construction Walls

MASS Version 4.2 Release Notification

Deflection Check for Out-of-Plane Walls

Change Notification: Lambda Values for Beam Density and Shear

Bug Notification: Drift Values instead of Elastic Deflections used for Inelastic Rotational Demand

Bug Notification: Seismic reinforcement spacings applied to all shear walls resisting an earthquake load

Notification: Seismic Shear Forces Amplification Change for Elements Above Critical Section

Bug Notification: Non-Seismic Lateral Companion Loads Amplified for Seismic Effects

Software Tips

Deflection Check for Out-of-Plane Walls

Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Ductility Verification

Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Simplified National Building Code Seismic Design

Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Online Activation Restored!

Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: New Zoom and Pan Functionality for Drawings

How MASS Aligns Vertical Bars in a Multi-Storey Shear Wall

Protip: Use the Multi-Storey Shear Wall Module to Design… Single Storey Shear Walls?

How to use MASS to help with Pilaster Design

What is the Difference Between Fixed and Cantilever Pier Designations in a Shearline?

How to model individual storeys of a multi-storey shear wall within MASS

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