Version Information
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Version 2.4.2 (12/16/2007)
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+ Added SimDomain and SimFEAdapter experimental control templates.
+ Moved experimental elements from Line Element to Experimental menu.
+ Fixed a bug with the Geometry Templates that crashed Matlab R2007b.
+ Added support for FullGenEigenSolver that returns all eigenvalues.
+ Added batch processing capability from outside OSN.
+ Fixed a bug in the dSpace experimental control.
+ Multiple instances of the PlotResponse window are now allowed.


Version 2.4.1 (10/16/2007)
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+ Added Clough uniaxial material template.
+ Added box fiber section for built up sections.
+ Added Joint2d element template.
+ Added mass as an input parameter for generating response spectra.
+ Improved hysteretic material interface.
+ Improved nodal selection interface to accept coordinate ranges.
+ Fixed a bug with the add element interface related to shells.


Version 2.4 (07/16/2007)
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+ New geometry template for single solid mesh.
+ Added area and solid mesh.
+ Added the following nD-material templates:
  - ElasticCrossAnisotropic3D
  - FluidSolidPorous
  - MultiaxialCyclicPlasticity
  - NewTemplate3DElastoPlastic
  - PressureDependMultiYield
  - PressureDependMultiYield02
  - PressureDependentElastic3D
  - PressureIndependMultiYield
  - Template3DElastoPlastic
  - user defined material
+ Added the following solid element templates:
  - Brick8N
  - Brick8N_u_p_U
  - StdBrick
  - user defined element
+ New Animate Response post-processing interface:
  - change element color depending on their response (disp, vel, accel,
    stress, strain, pore pressure, etc)
  - display principal stress and strain
+ Fixed several multiple-support excitation interface bugs.
+ Several other bugs have been extinct.


Version 2.3 (01/01/2007)
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+ Added display preferences.
+ Added interface to assign element loads.
+ New elastic response spectra and design spectra generation.
+ Added ability to check and update older OSN models to conform with latest release.
+ Several bugs have been extinct.


Version 2.2 (11/01/2006)
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+ Extended geometry templates for 3D cases.
+ Added multiple-support excitation interface.
+ Updated all the experimental interfaces to conform with OpenFresco version 2.0.
+ Several bugs have been extinct.


Version 2.0a (01/26/2006)
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+ Self-executable version for win32 systems available.
+ New user defined OpenSees material templates.
+ Interfaces for new integrators in OpenSees 1.7.
+ Several bugs have been extinct.


Version 2.0 (03/16/2005)
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+ New graphical user interface (Fonts, Screen sizes……).
+ Ability to load previously defined TCL files (so far Geometry only).
+ New 2D/3D Geometric Templates (CBF,EBF,Shell).
+ New model structure to allow users to add/remove nodes and elements efficiently.
+ More complete OpenSees Material/Section/Element libraries. Including nD-materials, area sections and area elements.
+ Additional functionality to source user defined analysis scripts.
+ Additional post processing functions, such as, user-defined response functions.
+ Additional design toolbox for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE).