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    12 Jan
    Announcements, Software Tips

    Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Ductility Verification

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

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    11 Jan
    Announcements, Software Tips

    Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Simplified National Building Code Seismic Design

    • February 9, 2021
    • Posted by author-avatar Brad Crumb
    • 0 comments
    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...

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    11 Nov
    Bug Notification, Technical

    Bug Notification: Out-of-Plane Shear Resistance checked only at location of maximum shear

    • January 13, 2021
    • Posted by author-avatar Brad Crumb
    • 1 comment
    While not always calculated at the critical location of a wall, out-of-plane walls are typically governed by flexure.   In cas...

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    11 Nov
    Bug Notification, Troubleshooting

    Known Bugs in MASS

    • April 6, 2021
    • Posted by author-avatar Brad Crumb
    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 ...

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    27 Jul
    News, Software

    MASS Version 4.0 is now available – adds multi-storey design and more earthquake design options

    • July 27, 2020
    • Posted by author-avatar Brad Crumb
    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...

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    27 Jul
    Announcements

    MASS Version 4.0 Release Notification

    • July 28, 2020
    • Posted by author-avatar Brad Crumb
    • 1 comment
    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...

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    05 Jun
    Software Tips

    Version 4.0 Feature Spotlight: Online Activation Restored!

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

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    25 May
    Technical

    Why doesn’t MASS consider Type 6 Structural Irregularities?

    • August 13, 2020
    • Posted by author-avatar Brad Crumb
    • 1 comment
    With MASS Version 4.0 moving into Multi-Storey Shear Wall design, why doesn't the software check for something that seems squarely with...

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    20 May
    Technical

    Failed the Ductility Verification? How to Pick a Higher εmu, the Maximum Compressive Strain

    • July 27, 2020
    • Posted by author-avatar Brad Crumb
    • 1 comment
    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...

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26 Aug
Software Tips, Technical

Why can’t I add stirrups to my masonry beam?

  • January 6, 2021
  • Posted by author-avatar Brad Crumb
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...

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25 Aug
Troubleshooting

What to do about MASS software crashes

  • January 6, 2021
  • Posted by author-avatar Brad Crumb
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 ...

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  • Home
  • Getting Started
    • Introduction to MASS
    • Installation Guide
    • Activation Guide
    • Computer Requirements
    • Where to Get Help
    • What’s new in Version 4.2
      • Version History and Change Log
  • Getting to Know MASS
    • General Overview
    • Assemblage Modules
    • Creating a Project File
    • Adding, Renaming, and Removing
    • Saving a Project File
    • User Interface Overview
    • Design Steps
    • A Complete Design
    • Analysis
    • Printing
    • Masonry Self-Weight
    • Masonry Unit Database
  • Modules
    • Beams
      • Introduction
      • Design Steps
      • A Complete Design
      • Design Strategy
    • Out-of-Plane Walls
      • Introduction
      • Design Steps
      • A Complete Design
      • Loads Analysis Results
      • Design Strategy
      • P-M Interaction Diagram
    • Shear Walls
      • Introduction
      • Design Steps
      • Boundary Elements
      • A Complete Design
      • Load Analysis Results
      • Design Strategy
      • Element Deflection
      • Self-Weight
      • Interaction Diagram
    • Multi-Storey Shear Walls
      • Introduction
      • Design Steps
      • Design Strategy
      • Load Distribution
      • Drift
    • Shearline
      • Introduction
      • Design Steps
      • Load Distribution
      • Pier Generation
      • Design Strategy
  • FAQs
    • Technical FAQ
    • Excluded Features
    • Known Bugs
    • Additional Resources
  • Latest Updates
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