Author: Chris Hackney

Chris founded Revolutio in 2012 as a part-time endeavour while working as a consulting structural engineer, but the underlying work can be traced back to his time as an undergraduate at the University of Sydney in 2007. He has worked for Taylor Thomson Whitting, SCP Consulting and Opus International Consultants and was involved in a number of high-profile engineering projects across Oceania, such as retrofitting walkways to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, earthquake assessments in Christchurch, and developing a tablet-based structural inspection application for the Northwest Rail Link.

CHECKWIND v5.2.0 released

October 7, 2020

CHECKWIND v5.2.0 is now live and can be downloaded here. New features and enhancements include:

AS 4055: Significant improvements to shielding building detection and height estimation for Shielding Class.
AS/NZS 1170: Significant improvements to shielding building detection and height estimation for Shielding Multiplier (M_s).
AS/NZS 1170: Fixed incorrect use of “z” instead of “h” in the calculation of the average spacing of shielding structures (l_s) as per Section 4.3.3.

CHECKPOLE v6.4.0 released

September 24, 2020

CHECKPOLE v6.4.0 is now live and can be downloaded here. New features and enhancements include:

LOADS: Specify headframe shape.
LOADS: Microwave dish antennas added to the standard ancillary library.
ANALYSIS: Headframes and ancillaries more accurately visualised based on K-means clustering.
ANALYSIS: Total Effective Projected Area (EPA) of headframes and associated ancillaries displayed.
ANALYSIS: Assumed ice buildup visualised for relevant load cases.

CHECKWIND v5.1.0 released

September 2, 2020

CHECKWIND v5.1.0 is now live and can be downloaded here. New features and enhancements include:

SITE: Ignore detected topographic features for analysis by clicking “Review…” and then clicking on the topographic feature.
PRESSURES: Specify two internal pressure coefficients and let CHECKWIND work out the critical net building pressures.
PRESSURES: View building pressure calculations by clicking on the relevant cell.

CHECKPOLE v6.3.0 released

August 20, 2020

CHECKPOLE v6.3.0 is now live and can be downloaded here. New features and enhancements include:

SHAFT: Introduction of the Geometry Wizard to build simple poles in seconds.
SHAFT: Insert new pole segments above existing segments.
SHAFT: Type 4 openings can now be added to polygonal poles.
CONNECTIONS: Add backing rings to base connections.
SITE: Ignore detected topographic features for analysis by clicking “Review…” and then clicking on the topographic feature.
LOADS: Custom ancillaries are now saved to the *.ckp file to ensure compatibility when sharing files.
CASES: Edit load factors for all standard load cases.
FATIGUE: Gusset plates now accounted for in fatigue design calculations, reducing assumed stress values.
ToolTip text support added; hover your mouse over an input to find out more information about it.

CHECKPOLE v6.2.0 released

June 3, 2020

CHECKPOLE v6.2.0 is now live and can be downloaded here. New features and enhancements include:

View and manage the users/workstations associated with a licence by clicking Licence > Details.
Specify External Corner Radius (r_ext) of polygonal members in Edit > Settings > SHAFT.
Override design wind pressures in Edit > Settings > WIND.
Introduction of triple openings.
Load cases and factors now displayed under LOADING > CASES.
Specify shielding factors for ancillaries.
AS/NZS 1170: Significant improvements to Terrain Category detection and Terrain/Height Multiplier (M_z,cat) calculation.
AS/NZS 1170: Delete specific Terrain Category zones.
AS/NZS 1170: Significant improvements to shielding structure detection and Shielding Multiplier (M_s) calculation.
AS/NZS 1170: Significant improvements to Topographic Multiplier (M_t) calculation.
TIA-222-H: Significant improvements to Exposure Category detection and Velocity Pressure Coefficient (K_z) calculation.
TIA-222-H: Significant improvements to Topographic Factor (K_zt) calculation.
Introduction of AASHTO LRFD LTS-1 wind analysis (USA, Asia, Middle East).
Significant reduction in analysis and design time.
Natural frequency, rotation and deflection analysis for Rocla monopoles.
TIA-222-H: Improvements to connection design.
LRFD LTS-1: Introduction of finite life fatigue calculation.
Automatically determine site-specific Mean Wind Speed for fatigue design based on relevant government data for Australia, New Zealand and USA.

CHECKWIND v5.0.0 released

May 6, 2020

CHECKWIND v5.0.0 is now live and can be downloaded here. New features and enhancements include:

View and manage the users/workstations associated with a licence by clicking Licence > Details.
Introduction of IS 875 wind analysis (India).
Introduction of AASHTO LRFD LTS-1 wind analysis (USA, Asia, Middle East).
AS 4055: Significant improvements to Terrain Class detection.
AS 4055: Significant improvements to Shielding Class detection.
AS 4055: Estimated shielding structure height is more conservative.
AS/NZS 1170: Significant improvements to Terrain/Height Multiplier (M_z,cat) detection.
AS/NZS 1170: Delete specific Terrain Category zones.
AS/NZS 1170: Significant improvements to Shielding Multiplier (M_s) detection.
AS/NZS 1170: Estimated shielding structure height (h_s) is more conservative.
AS/NZS 1170: Automatic internal pressure calculation for permeable/impermeable walls.
ASCE 7-10/ASCE 7-16/TIA-222-G/TIA-222-H: Significant improvements to Velocity Pressure Coefficient (K_z) detection.

Revolutio becomes a sponsor of the Australasian Wind Engineering Society

April 23, 2020

We’re exited to announce that Revolutio is now an official corporate sponsor of the Australasian Wind Engineering Society. The AWES have been involved in some very important work over the years which has helped shape both national and international wind standards, and we look forward to working closely with them into the future.

CHECKSTEEL v3.0.0 released

March 7, 2020

CHECKSTEEL v3.0.0 is now live and can be downloaded here. New features and enhancements include:

View and manage the users/workstations associated with a licence by clicking Licence > Details.

CHECKPOLE v6.1.0 released

December 12, 2019

CHECKPOLE v6.1.0 is now live and can be downloaded here. New features and enhancements include:

AS/NZS 1170: Improvements to Terrain Category detection and Terrain/Height Multiplier (M_z,cat) calculation.
AS/NZS 1170: Improvements to Topographic Multiplier (M_t) calculation including criteria for shielding provided by significant upwind features.
TIA-222-G/TIA-222-H: Improvements to Basic Wind Speed (V) detection.
TIA-222-G/TIA-222-H: Improvements to Exposure Category detection and Velocity Pressure Coefficient (K_z) calculation.
TIA-222-G/TIA-222-H: Improvements to Topographic Factor (K_zt) calculation.
TIA-222-G/TIA-222-H: Improvements to shaft drag calculations.
TIA-222-G/TIA-222-H: Improvements to connection design calculations.
Linear Loads now only contribute to monopole loading for a specific wind direction if TIA-222-H Table 2-8a criteria is met.
Point Loads now visualised in the Analysis tab.
Results can be toggled on/off in Analysis tab.
Introduction of AASHTO LRFD LTS-1 fatigue design.

CHECKWIND v4.7.0 released

November 25, 2019

CHECKWIND v4.7.0 is now live and can be downloaded here. New features and enhancements include:

AS 4055: Improvements to Terrain Class detection.
AS 4055: Improvements to Topography Class calculation including criteria for shielding provided by upwind features.
AS/NZS 1170: Improvements to Terrain Category detection and Terrain/Height Multiplier (M_z,cat) calculation.
AS/NZS 1170: Improvements to Topographic Multiplier (M_t) calculation including criteria for shielding provided by upwind features.
ASCE 7-10/ASCE 7-16/TIA-222-G/TIA-222-H: Improvements to Exposure Category detection and Velocity Pressure Coefficient (K_z) calculation.
ASCE 7-10/ASCE 7-16/TIA-222-G/TIA-222-H: Improvements to Topographic Factor (K_zt) calculation.

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