Start page in the LIRA-CAD module:

• Updated command for project generation: now you can select the required template for a new project.
• Modified command to open the project: it enables you to quickly display and open previously closed projects.
• Enhanced command to import files: now it is possible to specify the type of imported files at once, it speeds up the process. The selected type is temporarily saved for subsequent import operations.
• New commands Case Studies and News are added.
• Enhanced interface for the Start page.

LIRA-CAD Interface:

• All main tools to customize the program options are moved to the Options tab.
• The Shaft and Ventilation duct commands are gathered to one panel.
• New options are added to the Display visualisation command: Tag Colour, Colours for Sets of Subproblem, and Linked by Parameters.
• In the Section parameters dialog box, the list of cross-sections used in the project is now expanded by default.
• Double-click a section to assign it to an element and automatically close the dialog box.

'Materials' dialog box:

• Enhanced functionality of the Materials dialog box: support for SHIFT and CTRL keys, the option to move a group of materials to a general project library, to copy materials and save their GUID.
• When creating custom materials for concrete and reinforcement, you could now specify your own unique name instead of the one suggested in the program.

New option to customize the number of design sections of bars that should be added by default for the current and new problems.

Modified output of mixed format for numbers. Now you can define the number of significant digits and the number of significant digits for integer part only.

The new option to define the acceleration of gravity is added. So the user could change the default value (g=9.81054 m/s²), when transforming masses for dynamic analyses and when generating the response spectrum for earthquake analyses (SP RK EN 1998-1:2004/2012, NTP RK 08-01.1-2017).

Now it is possible to use shared memory for CPU and GPU. The corresponding option is added to the General program settings. This option will be useful for laptops with integrated video cards.

• 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.

  Note.

  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-SAPR 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-SAPR 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.