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• Intro to Frequently Asked Questions
• ENERCALC SEL
  • Installation, Activation, Updating & Syncing
    • How It Works
      • Glossary of Installation, Activation & Licensing Terms
      • Installation Guide
      • Activation Guide
      • Downloading the Installer
      • Installation Limits
      • Install for Many Users
      • Activation Limits
      • Internet Activation System
      • Manual Activation
      • Activation Options
      • Share your Flex license seats between computers
      • Use of the Product Control Code (PCC)
      • Connecting to the Internet Activation Server
      • Proxy Settings
    • Automating Installation
    • Automating the Process of Updating Multiple Installations
    • Automating the Process of Updating the PCC on Multiple Installations
    • Advanced Installation Info for IT Pros
    • Force all installations to use the "Automatic Activation/Deactivation"
    • Turning Off SEL Sync
    • Having Build 20 Installed Concurrently with Older Versions
    • Making Changes
      • Changing the Activation Type
      • Moving the Activation to a Different Computer
      • Moving ENERCALC SEL to a Different Computer
      • "Checking Out" an Activation
      • Changing Licensee Name
      • Installing to a Drive Other Than C:\
      • Getting Updates
        • Web Updates
        • Can't Access the Latest Update
        • Keeping your Installations Up-to-Date
    • Troubleshooting
      • Determining the currently installed build from a registry key
      • Disabling Proxy
      • Transport Layer Security (TLS)
      • Difficulty with Internet Activation
      • My Indefinite Activation seems to go away on occasion
      • Could Not Initialize
      • Can't Run SEL from Another Computer
      • Server Can't be Reached
      • Message Says Software is Already Activated
      • Hard Drive Crashes and Other Nasty Occurences
      • Using DebugView
      • Screen Resolution in Cloud Version
      • Target Directory is not Writable
      • My PCC is Expired
  • Cloud Application
    • Network Security Considerations
    • Incompatibility with Opera Browser
    • Printing Issue with Safari
    • Cloud App vs. Installed App
    • Cloud Link
    • Simultaneous Use with Installed Version
    • Can we use one installed version and one cloud version at a time?
    • Accessing Cloud-stored Projects with the Installed Version
    • Downloading Cloud-stored Projects
    • Uploading Local Projects to the Cloud
    • Historical Activation and Usage Records
  • Files
    • Converting RPX Files to EC6 Format
    • Large Project Files
    • Storage Location
    • Version 5.8 files
  • General Operation
    • Changing Default Values
    • Supported Building Codes and Design Standards
    • Specifying the Governing Code for the Current Project File
    • Specifying the Default Governing Code for Future Project Files
    • Specifying the Load Combination Set for an Existing Calculation
    • Specifying the Default Load Combination Set for Future Calculations
    • A Few Words Regarding Load Combinations in SEL
    • Requirements for Internet Connection
    • Issues with PDFs as External Items in a Project File
    • Issues with Printed Reports
    • Issues with Mapped Network Drives
    • Resolving Printing Issues
    • Resolving Network File Speed & Lockup Problems
    • Sluggish Behavior in SEL
    • 3D Renderings
  • Project Manager
  • Subscription / Maintenance & Support Plan
    • Subscription versus MSP
    • Maintenance & Support Plan Description
    • Allowing my MSP to Lapse
  • Calculation Modules
    • 2D Frame Analysis
      • Design of Single-Angles in 2D Frame Module
      • Assigning Properties and Materials
      • Assigning Proper Fixities
      • Module Limitations
    • ENERCALC 3D
      • What is ENERCALC 3D?
      • Diagnosing Instabilities
    • Beams
      • General
        • Printing Shear and Moment Diagrams
        • Deflection Results
        • Documenting the Values of Sds, Rho or Omega
      • Concrete Beam
        • Eliminate Detailed Shear Information
        • Concrete Beam Discrepancy Between Moment Check and Steel Area Check
      • Steel Beam
        • Design of a steel beam with vertical gravity loads and lateral wind loads
      • Beam on Elastic Foundation
        • No Shears or Moments Indicated in Beam on Elastic Foundation
        • No Results are Displayed
      • Wood Beam
        • Designing a Wood Beam in the Flat Orientation
        • How is Wood Beam calculating Fb* and Fb’ for glulam beams
    • Columns
      • Design of Single-Angles in Steel Column Module
      • Design for Stability in Steel Columns
      • Column Slenderness Definition in ENERCALC
    • Retaining Walls
      • Cantilevered Retaining Wall
        • Effects of Sloping Backfill
        • Zero Values on Stem Tab
        • Calculation of Factored Soil Pressures
        • Passive Pressure to Neglect
        • Default Value of 0.0018 for Asmin in Footing
        • Calculation of Minimum Vertical Steel in Concrete Stems
        • Default Value of 0.0018 for Min Stem Temp & Shrinkage in IBC 2021
        • Treatment of soil-wall friction angle
        • No more reduction in lap splice length or development length
      • Restrained Retaining Wall
        • Calculation of Top and Bottom Lateral Reactions
        • Calculation of Soil Pressures
      • Segmental Retaining Walls
        • Factors of Safety in Geogrid Design
    • Beam on Elastic Foundation
      • No Results are Displayed
      • No Shears or Moments Indicated in Beam on Elastic Foundation
    • General Footing
      • Overburden Versus Pedestal
      • Rebar Placement and the Minimum Steel Calculation
      • Percentage of Edge Length for M&V
    • General Footing by FEM
      • Why won't my model run?
    • Pole Embedment
      • Depth of Embedment to be used in Nonconstrained Pole Formula
      • Moment entries removed for nonconstrained poles
      • Restraint Force
    • Project Load Group Builder
      • Migrating data to a new installation
    • Section Property Calculator
      • Importing Section Property Calculator Results into a Beam or Column Module
    • Seismic Loads
      • Seismic Base Shear and Design Methodology
      • Discrepancies between program results and USGS tool results
      • Diaphragm Forces Due to Seismic Load
    • Slender Walls
      • Bischoff's Method
      • Use of the 0.75 stiffness reduction factor in the Concrete Slender Wall module
      • Determination of Pu/Ag in Concrete Slender Wall Module
    • Steel Base Plate
      • Steel Base Plate module won't display results
      • Why is the applied bearing stress equal to the allowable bearing stress?
      • Calculation of anchor forces when multiple rows are used
    • Wood Shear Walls
      • Aspect Ratio Adjustment
• ENERCALC for Revit©
  • General
  • Link to User's Manual
• Useful Forms
  • Useful Forms
• IT Security Questionnaires

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