The elastic plastic ratio was used for BS. It enabled to restrain the maximum ratio between elastic and plastic capacity for the bending capacity of the section. When the ratio is set to 1, the section is designed with the elastic capacity.
This ratio is not taken into account anymore for Eurocodes. Hence, if a section is Class 1, it is automatically checked for bending with its plastic capacity.
However, some countries prefer to design the sections as Class 3 (elastic capacity) even though they are Class 1. So the elastic/plastic ratio option is convenient.
Is it possible to keep the option of plastic/elastic ratio and implement it for Eurocodes as well?

• It was useful to have Nodes/Elements/Section library in a tab easy to access. Now if we want to access section properties, we need to go in data explorer/properties/section library (3 clicks).




• In section library, it was great to see the section properties - so we can easily see the area and inertia of the section and see when we modify a section what is the impact on the area and inertia.




• In the design layer, it was useful to have design properties like section library - so we could assign easily effective lengths to a group of sections and design all these sections at once.




• Output contours reset after each analysis - Is it possible to keep them on between analysis to avoid reswitching them on after each analysis

Would be great to include and extract accurate reinforcement detailing designs from GSA into Revit models for all structural elements, flat slabs being the biggest challenge. I appreciate the restrictions on placement of placing rebar within revit may be a problem at that end too but somehow finding a way to map reinforcement from GSA to Revit would improve efficiency in :
- translating designs into published / buildable information.
- reduce misinterpretation of design to detailing.
- improve efficiency of production of rebar drawing and bending
schedule information.
This may even require a Cadtools add-in within Revit to transfer the information from GSA also.

Allow for storeys to be isolated and worked with individually (I think that the current "Views" and "Curr. Grid" approach is confusing and doesn't isolate levels properly. Similarly allow for views on gridlines or other defined vertical sections or sloped surfaces.
Allow for .dwgs or .dxfs to be imported only a level or a section to be used as an underlay to compare or trace structure. This will help with line loads for walls for example.
The automatic mesh gen should include the shape of the columns on a floor slab to create rigid column/slab connections based on actual column shape, not just the nearest mesh nodes.
Adsec, ADC and compos should be linked into GSA to allow for design of all building elements, plus a batch design function for rationalise repeated elements, like columns, or only designing one floor where there are many of the same.