Rev. 6.01 Bug Fixes

REV NO: REV 6.01.001

DATE: February 26, 2003

Discovered By: Tim Welch

If one enters MEDIT, defines a piece with PGEN exits MEDIT, enters MEDIT and defines another piece with PGEN, MOSES will report an error even when one does not exist.

REV NO: REV 6.01.002

DATE: March 13, 2003

Discovered By: John Windus

Description Of Problem

If one fills a compartment having shape via a &COMPARTMENT -SOUNDING command, the results will not be quite correct.

REV NO: REV 6.01.003

DATE: April 24, 2003

Discovered By: R. Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

If one has inactive bodies a time domain may stop with an incorrect message about capsizing or instability.

REV NO: REV 6.01.004

DATE: April 24, 2003

Discovered By: Yvan Leipold

Description Of Problem

If one dynamically changes the length of a sling assembly, the length will change at twice the specified rate.

REV NO: REV 6.01.005

DATE: May 29, 2003

Discovered By: Mathieu Picq

Description Of Problem

For a big problem (25,000 nodes 1000 load cases), one may get an error message Ran out of Space when entering the STRPOST Menu.

REV NO: REV 6.01.006

DATE: June 03, 2003

Discovered By: Nelson Galgoul

Description Of Problem

If one has a sling, he may get an access violation on a WINDOWS machine.

REV NO: REV 6.01.007

DATE: June 13, 2003

Discovered By: R Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

The string function &info(c_path) does not work properly if used from a root.dat file.

REV NO: REV 6.01.008

DATE: June 13, 2003

Discovered By: R. Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

If one adds marine growth, the added mass is slightly incorrect.

REV NO: REV 6.01.009

DATE: June 16, 2003

Discovered By: Greg Hook

Description Of Problem

The command &CONNECTOR ! -lwa_angle xx does not work properly.

REV NO: REV 6.01.010

DATE: June 17, 2003

Discovered By: R. Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

Defining a load group multiplier that varies with time does not work.

REV NO: REV 6.01.011

DATE: June 19, 2003

Discovered By: Yvan Leipold

Description Of Problem

The rotational stiffness of a gspr is 12 or 39.45 too small.

REV NO: REV 6.01.012

DATE: June 21, 2003

Discovered By: Greg Hook

Description Of Problem

The fix on launch way angle can cause a numerical exception on a WINDOWS machine.

REV NO: REV 6.01.013

DATE: June 30, 2003

Discovered By: R. Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

A SN thickness correction without use_brace is not correct.

REV NO: REV 6.01.014

DATE: July 03, 2003

Discovered By: Mathieu Picq

Description Of Problem

The thickness used for thickness correction for non tube sections may not be conservative if the section has different thickness flanges. This changes it so that the thickness used is the maximum of all thicknesses for the section.

REV NO: REV 6.01.015

DATE: July 07, 2003

Discovered By: R. Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

The standard beam fatigue report is not broken down by cdr correctly.

REV NO: REV 6.01.016

DATE: July 07, 2003

Discovered By: Mathieu Picq

Description Of Problem

The fix 6.01.14 was not correct for several shapes.

REV NO: REV 6.01.017

DATE: July 10, 2003

Discovered By: Barry Miller

Description Of Problem

The G force report in the time domain has a sign error so that the static contribution and the dynamic one are not properly combined.

REV NO: REV 6.01.018

DATE: July 15, 2003

Discovered By: Greg Hook

Description Of Problem

The diameter reported in the TUBE TANK SUMMARY is really the radius.

REV NO: REV 6.01.019

DATE: July 17, 2003

Discovered By: Bill Elwell

Description Of Problem

The rod stress status does not say the results are in ksi or mpa.

REV NO: REV 6.01.020

DATE: August 01, 2003

Discovered By: R. Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

If one is using -cs_drag on a piece in the time domain, he may get an instability.

REV NO: REV 6.01.021

DATE: August 03, 2003

Discovered By: Roger Burger

Description Of Problem

The &point string function with an action of ratio and the &str_post string function with a type of j_check are not correct if joint crushing has been checked.

REV NO: REV 6.01.022

DATE: September 02, 2003

Discovered By: David Kummer

Description Of Problem

The title for the Hydrostatic Coefficients report says "load to change draft 1 unit" when it should say either 1 inch or 1 mm.

REV NO: REV 6.01.023

DATE: September 10, 2003

Discovered By: Yvan Leipold

Description Of Problem

Sometimes a "&local" variable which has a name too long or too short will cause a problem.

REV NO: REV 6.01.024

DATE: September 11, 2003

Discovered By: Peter Lai

Description Of Problem

The apparent CG returned by the &BODY string function is slightly different than that reported by &STATUS B_W.

REV NO: REV 6.01.025

DATE: September 16, 2003

Discovered By: Peter Lai

Description Of Problem

In some cases, the weights do not add up correctly in the &STATUS B_W report.

REV NO: REV 6.01.026

DATE: September 16, 2003

Discovered By: Ketil Roaldsnes

Description Of Problem

One can only have a single load which varies with time.

REV NO: REV 6.01.027

DATE: September 24, 2003

Discovered By: R. Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

The -send option is ignored for sling element classes.

REV NO: REV 6.01.028

DATE: October 06, 2003

Discovered By: Mike Prestley

Description Of Problem

There is a maximum number of lift increments of 30 that should not exist.

REV NO: REV 6.01.029

DATE: October 06, 2003

Discovered By: Andy Zhu

Description Of Problem

If one has more than one sling changing length dynamically, then the results will not be correct if the slings have different boom lengths.

REV NO: REV 6.01.030

DATE: October 08, 2003

Discovered By: Andy Zhu

Description Of Problem

The previous fix did not completely fix the problem on a WINDOWS machine.

REV NO: REV 6.01.031

DATE: October 11, 2003

Discovered By: Mike Priestly

Description Of Problem

Dynamic length change does not work with an sl_elem.

REV NO: REV 6.01.032

DATE: October 28, 2003

Discovered By: Marcelo Canga

Description Of Problem

The class reference is not properly initialized.

REV NO: REV 6.01.033

DATE: November 05, 2003

Discovered By: Mathieu PICQ

Description Of Problem

The offsets on REST elements with zero length are not treated correctly.

REV NO: REV 6.01.034

DATE: December 11, 2003

Discovered By: Jennifer Going

Description Of Problem

If one has a bad launchway definition, they may get a numerical error from atan2.

REV NO: REV 6.01.035

DATE: December 15, 2003

Discovered By: Roger Burger

Description Of Problem

The &file_exi string function will not be correct if the path contains over 80 characters.

REV NO: REV 6.01.036

DATE: January 09, 2004

Discovered By: Ketil Roaldsnes

Description Of Problem

Sometimes one needs more that 50 bodies. This fix allows for up to 200 bodies.

REV NO: REV 6.01.037

DATE: February 04, 2004

Discovered By: Matt McCorkle

Description Of Problem

The section reduction in Appendix B5B of the working strength AISC code is not correct. Thus one has incorrect code checks for non compact and slender box sections.

REV NO: REV 6.01.038

DATE: February 11, 2004

Discovered By: Xiaoming Mei

Description Of Problem

In some very rare circumstances the wrong members may be chosen as the chord in a tubular joint.