12 Jan Announcements, Software Tips Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Ductility Verification Posted by Brad Crumb January 11, 2021 0 Moderately Ductile and Ductile shear walls can now be designed within MASS to satisfy the ductility verification (required by CSA S304-... Continue reading
11 Jan Announcements, Software Tips Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Simplified National Building Code Seismic Design Posted by Brad Crumb February 9, 2021 0 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... Continue reading
11 Nov Bug Notification, Technical Bug Notification: Out-of-Plane Shear Resistance checked only at location of maximum shear Posted by Brad Crumb January 13, 2021 1 While not always calculated at the critical location of a wall, out-of-plane walls are typically governed by flexure. In cas... Continue reading
11 Nov Bug Notification, Troubleshooting Known Bugs in MASS Posted by Brad Crumb April 6, 2021 Bugs are found from time to time and in our effort to be trustworthy and transparent, they are posted here as well as appearing on the ... Continue reading
27 Jul News, Software MASS Version 4.0 is now available – adds multi-storey design and more earthquake design options Posted by Brad Crumb July 27, 2020 Version 4.0 adds to the scope of what MASS is capable of handling It's real, and it's spectacular! We are very excited to anno... Continue reading
27 Jul Announcements MASS Version 4.0 Release Notification Posted by Brad Crumb July 28, 2020 1 Version 4.0 adds to the scope of what MASS is capable of handling It's real, and it's spectacular! We are very excited to anno... Continue reading
05 Jun Software Tips Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Online Activation Restored! Posted by Brad Crumb June 5, 2020 0 Oh yes we did! The title speaks for itself and engineers (or their I.T. professionals) everywhere rejoice Due to some behind the scene... Continue reading
25 May Technical Why doesn’t MASS consider Type 6 Structural Irregularities? Posted by Brad Crumb August 13, 2020 1 With MASS Version 4.0 moving into Multi-Storey Shear Wall design, why doesn't the software check for something that seems squarely with... Continue reading
20 May Technical Failed the Ductility Verification? How to Pick a Higher εmu, the Maximum Compressive Strain Posted by Brad Crumb July 27, 2020 1 The addition of boundary elements to MASS Version 4 (as well as CSA S304-14) means that failing a ductility verification is not the end... Continue reading
26 Aug Software Tips, Technical Why can’t I add stirrups to my masonry beam? Posted by Brad Crumb January 6, 2021 Want to place stirrups but the options are greyed out? This is one of the most common question we get having to do with masonry beam d... Continue reading
25 Aug Troubleshooting What to do about MASS software crashes Posted by Brad Crumb January 6, 2021 Before you light your computer on fire, try these fixes to get you back up and running While the majority of our users are using MASS ... Continue reading