New option to automatically generate the icons for *.lir files (as well as *.spf, *.kcc files). Instead of seeing the typical application icon when you preview files in Explorer in medium, large, or extra-large icon modes, you will see a screenshot of the program window right before the file was saved. With the help of this feature, files can be distinguished more visually and uniquely, which makes it simpler to identify them and navigate their contents.

When the input data is defined, you can now use a decimal point and a decimal comma as separators. The update will make it easier to use the program in many locations that accept decimal fractions in different formats.

Moreover, there is an option to automatically replace the Cyrillic characters "e" and "E" with Latin ones; this avoids errors in the exponential form of numbers.

New option to select the background colour of the working window of the program (White or Black). In this case the colour settings of objects, symbols and notes corresponding to the selected background are automatically replaced.

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For the Black background, the ranges of the default colour palette for mosaic plots are selected so that the most extreme result (max for forces, reinforcement, or min for reserve factors) is displayed in a light colour that stands out against a dark background.

New settings for measurement units of velocities and accelerations.

Unicode is now supported. Previously, the LIRA-FEM program was limited to working only with certain languages and localizations of operating systems. And the VISOR module used ANSI encoding, which could lead to problems with text display when switching between languages or when transferring data between different systems. Now LIRA-FEM 2024 completely supports operation in any language and with any localization on any operating system. Users can freely switch between languages and interact with the program in their native language without any restrictions. Text and symbols in several languages, including a range of alphabets, special characters, and symbols written in other scripts, are supported by LIRA-FEM 2024.  

LIRA-CAD module (user interface) is now available in Polish language as well.

There is a new option to generate the drawings in Georgian when the working documentation is prepared.