| Building Codes |
| 2006 International Building Code |
| 2007 California Building Code |
| 2005 National Design Specification |
| Plus 15 Legacy Building Codes!!! |
| Design Modules |
| Uniformly Loaded Floor Beam |
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Simple span floor beam with one uniform load |
| Roof Beam |
| Simple span roof beam |
| Combination Roof & Floor Beam |
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Simple span beam with roof and floor loads |
| Multi-Loaded Multi-Span Beam |
| Input up to 3 spans, with 2 cantilever |
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Add 6 point loads, and 4 trapezoidal loads per span |
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Use the trap load wizard to add quickly add multi-span loads and auto calculate interior reaction loads |
| Multi-Span Floor Beam |
| Up to 3 spans with 2 cantilevers |
| One point load per span |
| Multi-Span Roof Beam |
| Up to 3 spans with 2 cantilevers |
| One point load per span |
| Floor Joist |
| Up to 3 spans with 2 cantilevers |
| Design with I-Joists |
| Two wall loads and one partially distributed load per span |
| Moment of Inertia increases for glued and screwed plywood |
| Apply the code required concentrated load for commercial design |
| Roof Rafter |
| Simple span with one cantilever eave |
| Design with I-Joists |
| Add peak and base notching calculations |
| Column Design Module |
| Stud Wall Design |
| Laterally Loaded Columns |
| Has a uniform load, 3- point loads and 2 partially distributed lateral loads |
| Built-up columns |
| Footing Design Module |
| Rectangular, continuous and square footings |
| Calculate reinforced or non-reinforced footings (plain) |
| Load calculator auto sets your live and dead loads! |
| Add soil surcharge over footing |
| Building Materials |
| Solid Sawn Lumber |
| All 2005 NDS solid sawn wood species and grades |
| Choose western or southern types |
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Design with round lumber for log homes! |
| Create MEL/MSR lumber |
| Glulams |
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All 2005 NDS glulam wood species and grades |
| Choose western or southern types |
| Structural Composite |
| APA EWS LVL Stress Classes |
| Boise Cascade |
| Georgia Pacific |
| iLevel Trus Joist |
| International Paper |
| Louisiana Pacific |
| Pacific Woodtech |
| Roseburg Forest Products |
| I-Joists |
| APA EWS LVL Stress Classes |
| Boise Cascade |
| Georgia Pacific |
| iLevel Trus Joist |
| International Paper |
| Lousiana Pacific |
| Pacific Woodtech |
| Roseburg Forest Products |
| Steel |
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All AISC 13th Edition Steel Shapes & Calculations (W, M, S, HP, C, MC, L) |
| Use equal and unequal steel angles |
| Tube Steel |
| Rectangular |
| Round |
| Square |
| Design beams and columns |
| Plus Enter your own custom materials!!! |
| Flitch Beams |
| Solid Sawn & Structural Composite Beams |
| Choose flitch plate width |
| Choose flitch plate width |
| Build multi-material composite wood flitch plates! |
| Hip/Valley Beams |
| Individual or linked roof pitch |
| Individual or linked side length |
| Auto-calc the slope adjusted beam length |
| Add an intermediate support for a two span beam |
| Cantilever hip beam with point load at cantilever end |
| Loading Diagram |
| Quickly view 2-d scaled models of your beams, columns, and footings |
| Mouse interaction with models allows quick access to detailed loading information |
| Shear, Moment & Deflection Diagrams |
| Calculate and view controlling shear, moment, and deflection at specifc points of your beam for specific load cases |
| Project Manager |
| Save time by quickly copying designed members from project to project to cut down on repetitive work! |
| Quickly and easily search and update version 5, 6, & 7.0 project files to StruCalc 8.0 |
| Printing |
| Print Previews |
| Each designed member prints to one professional page including a loading diagram and all associated calculations and conclusions |
| Quickly print, save to .pdf, or auto-email to client's and building officials your calculated members |
| Project Files |
| Do the same printing and email features with entire projects full of individual members in seconds! |