Rev. 7.04 Bug Fixes


REV NO: REV 7.04.001

DATE: August 28, 2009 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

One gets an infinite loop in POVRAY unless one has a wind velocity specified.


REV NO: REV 7.04.002

DATE: September 01, 2009 Discovered By: Andy Zhu

Description Of Problem

The buoyancy of the load group attributes #BUOY, #PLATE, and #TUBE are not properly accounted for when doing Longitudinal Strength.

Because this release is so new, we have broken a rule here and databases created with versions before are not compatible with this and later releases.


REV NO: REV 7.04.003

DATE: September 03, 2009 Discovered By: Kelvin Frazer

Description Of Problem

If one has too many rollers, he does not receive a nice error message, but aborts in an ugly manner.


REV NO: REV 7.04.004

DATE: September 08, 2009 Discovered By: Manoj Menon

Description Of Problem

The force on an LMU connector may not be correct.


REV NO: REV 7.04.005

DATE: September 08, 2009 Discovered By: Zhaohui Wang

Description Of Problem

The hardware key may not work properly.


REV NO: REV 7.04.006

DATE: September 09, 2009 Discovered By: Zhaohui Wang

Description Of Problem

In some cases the annotation of points may be in the wrong place on pictures.


REV NO: REV 7.04.007

DATE: September 11, 2009 Discovered By: Ray Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

If one "stores" a CSV table, it does not import properly in MOSES


REV NO: REV 7.04.008

DATE: September 17, 2009 Discovered By: Georgina Maldonado

Description Of Problem

If one has a really large model, hitting the graphics options button may close the MOSES window.


REV NO: REV 7.04.009

DATE: September 18, 2009 Discovered By: Ray Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

If one creates a drift force with G_MDRIFT and then immediately does V_MDRIFT, the results reported will be incorrect.


REV NO: REV 7.04.010

DATE: September 22, 2009 Discovered By: Marcelo Canga

Description Of Problem

The interpolation of statistical multipliers is not quite correct.


REV NO: REV 7.04.011

DATE: September 30, 2009 Discovered By: Adrian Noordermeer

Description Of Problem

The first token of the option -LOCATION on the &DESCRIBE BODY command is ignored.


REV NO: REV 7.04.012

DATE: September 30, 2009 Discovered By: Georgina Maldonado

Description Of Problem

Cones are not converted as the SACS manual says.


REV NO: REV 7.04.013

DATE: October 15, 2009 Discovered By: David Wundrow, et al

Description Of Problem

Sometimes MOSES "crashes" while initializing.


REV NO: REV 7.04.014

DATE: October 15, 2009 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

Making a movie does not produce a movie file.


REV NO: REV 7.04.015

DATE: October 15, 2009 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

-COLOR MODELED does not work for connectors.


REV NO: REV 7.04.016

DATE: October 15, 2009 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

If one deactivates a connector, then animations do not show the connectors correctly.


REV NO: REV 7.04.017

DATE: October 16, 2009 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

The -EVENTS option is not treated correctly when viewing an animation interactively.


REV NO: REV 7.04.018

DATE: October 16, 2009 Discovered By:

Description Of Problem


REV NO: REV 7.04.019

DATE: October 20, 2009 Discovered By: Georgina Maldonado

Description Of Problem

The drift force in head seas may be too big if it was computed with 3d diffraction.


REV NO: REV 7.04.020

DATE: October 28, 2009 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

&BODY(F_W_DRIFT) is broken.


REV NO: REV 7.04.021

DATE: December 08, 2009 Discovered By: Marcelo Canga

Description Of Problem

One may receive a "strange" message and MOSES may abort if one does a structural analysis after a restart.


REV NO: REV 7.04.022

DATE: December 28, 2009 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

The RP2A 21st edition supplement joint check is not quite correct.


REV NO: REV 7.04.023

DATE: January 05, 2010 Discovered By: Tim Nolte

Description Of Problem

Limiting a plot with -EVENTS does not work.


REV NO: REV 7.04.024

DATE: January 12, 2010 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold

Description Of Problem

If one uses &PARAMETER for items that now are on &DEFAULT, and he does it before INMODEL, and he has no &DEFAULT commands before the INMODEL, then the changes will not be registered.


REV NO: REV 7.04.025

DATE: January 15, 2010 Discovered By: Herm Bussemaker

Description Of Problem

If one uses comma delimiters in the &STRING(SUBSTRING string function, he will get the wrong answer.


REV NO: REV 7.04.026

DATE: January 18, 2010 Discovered By: Herm Bussemaker

Description Of Problem

If one does not have the same number of headings and periods for an RAO than for the G_PRESS, then the mean drift force contribution due to motions will not be correct.


REV NO: REV 7.04.027

DATE: January 22, 2010 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold

Description Of Problem

The option -SCFB on a beam command does not work.


REV NO: REV 7.04.028

DATE: January 25, 2010 Discovered By: Herm Bussemaker

Description Of Problem

The -COLUMN option of ADD_COLUMN is not reliable. Sometimes it adds a column, sometimes it does not.


REV NO: REV 7.04.029

DATE: January 28, 2010 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

Escaping a character does not work with &FILE.


REV NO: REV 7.04.030

DATE: January 28, 2010 Discovered By: Ray Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

The parsing of the commands C_SHIFT and C_SCALE in the Disposition Menu is not correct.


REV NO: REV 7.04.031

DATE: February 04, 2010 Discovered By: Ray Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

Sometimes the state is not correctly initialized when the command FR_2TIME is issued.


REV NO: REV 7.04.032

DATE: February 16, 2010 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

On Windows, string functions may report numbers which are exact powers of 10 incorrectly.


REV NO: REV 7.04.033

DATE: February 18, 2010 Discovered By: Roy Koo

Description Of Problem

If one inputs dimensions for a tanker when using #TANKER, he will get bad results.


REV NO: REV 7.04.034

DATE: March 09, 2010 Discovered By: Barry Miller

Description Of Problem

Network security does not work in WIN7_64.


REV NO: REV 7.04.035

DATE: March 10, 2010 Discovered By: Roy Koo

Description Of Problem

The results one gets with -do_plot for &STATUS SEA are not properly scaled.


REV NO: REV 7.04.036

DATE: March 15, 2010 Discovered By: Georgina Maldonado

Description Of Problem

The reporting of a "tension" SN curve is not correct.


REV NO: REV 7.04.037

DATE: March 19, 2010 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold

Description Of Problem

Sometimes the SCF for the "B" end of the beam is not correct.


REV NO: REV 7.04.038

DATE: March 31, 2010 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold

Description Of Problem

The POINT SCF SUMMARY is broken.


REV NO: REV 7.04.039

DATE: April 23, 2010 Discovered By: Georgina Moldonado

Description Of Problem

The option -SCFB does not work properly. In fact, it is not possible to change the scf at the B end of a beam.


REV NO: REV 7.04.040

DATE: April 26, 2010 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

If one is using -cs_curr on a piece which is above the mean water level and one is using waves, the drag is not correct.


REV NO: REV 7.04.041

DATE: April 28, 2010 Discovered By: Georgina Maldonado

Description Of Problem

Some output lines are missing from the beam fatigue report.


REV NO: REV 7.04.042

DATE: April 30, 2010 Discovered By: Georgina Maldonado

Description Of Problem

The previous fix did not quit fix it.


REV NO: REV 7.04.043

DATE: June 01, 2010 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

You cannot make a movie unless you first view the animation.


REV NO: REV 7.04.044

DATE: June 02, 2010 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

The added and contents inertia's are not listed in &status force and body_force.


REV NO: REV 7.04.045

DATE: June 10, 2010 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold

Description Of Problem

The sliding check for a FOUNDATION is not correct.


REV NO: REV 7.04.046

DATE: June 17, 2010 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold

Description Of Problem

Making movies still does not work,


REV NO: REV 7.04.047

DATE: June 23, 2010 Discovered By: Herm Bussemaker

Description Of Problem

If one changes beam SCFs in the MEDIT menu, some of the joint SCFs may not change.


REV NO: REV 7.04.048

DATE: July 02, 2010 Discovered By: Greg Hook

Description Of Problem

The R_DETAIL force report is off by a column.


REV NO: REV 7.04.049

DATE: July 09, 2010 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

The command ADD_COLUMN XXX -FILTER PERIOD is broken, but ADD_COLUMN XXX -FILTER FREQUENCY is not.


REV NO: REV 7.04.050

DATE: July 15, 2010 Discovered By: Greg Hook

Description Of Problem

The previous fix for the -FILTER option was not correct.


REV NO: REV 7.04.051

DATE: July 20, 2010 Discovered By: Roy Koo

Description Of Problem

The title is incorrect when one does FR_CFORCE and the results are for SRESPONSE.


REV NO: REV 7.04.052

DATE: July 27, 2010 Discovered By: Tom Smith

Description Of Problem

The tolerance to using "small springs" when defining a dashpot are too large.


REV NO: REV 7.04.053

DATE: August 10, 2010 Discovered By: R.Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

The Inertia and total columns of the BODY_FORCE report are not correct for a time domain.


REV NO: REV 7.04.054

DATE: August 23, 2010 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

The previous fix did not work completely.


REV NO: REV 7.04.055

DATE: September 01, 2010 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold

Description Of Problem

One may get an incorrect error "#PLATE is not convex" when the #PLATE is defined with three nodes.


REV NO: REV 7.04.056

DATE: September 20, 2010 Discovered By: Adrian Noordermeer

Description Of Problem

On some installations MOSES may not be able to find ethernet addresses.


REV NO: REV 7.04.057

DATE: October 27, 2010 Discovered By: Lars Rune Helland

Description Of Problem

In some cases the acceleration reported is incorrect.


REV NO: REV 7.04.058

DATE: October 27, 2010 Discovered By: Ray Nachlinger

Description Of Problem

No waterplane area is added for a vertical tube.