Sizer

With WoodWorks^® Sizer, you can size beams, joists, columns and wall studs to meet the 2005 National Design Specification^® (NDS^® ) for Wood Construction.

• Specify dead, live, snow and wind loads
• Automatically pattern loads
• Generate a materials take-off summary based on your design
• Design for point, line, area, triangular, and trapezoidal loads simultaneously
• Automatically check all load combinations as per IBC 2009, ASCE 7-05, UBC 1997
• Analyze the critical load cases for reactions at supports, shear, bending, and deflection
• Generate detailed analysis reports and diagrams
• Generate a list of acceptable sections for dimension lumber, heavy timbers, glulam, LVL, PSL, or I-joists
• Use the Materials Database editor to customize the software to your needs

Design Entire Structures – Concept Mode

• Configure and design a complete structure in plan
• Do preliminary designs of structures considering gravity loads using the graphical design and analysis work area
• Perform multi-storey gravity load analysis – sizing all structural members and reporting the reactions at the base
• Export elements from Concept Mode for further analysis into either Beam Mode or Column Mode

Design Beams – Beam Mode

• Design individual wood bending members
• Use Beam Mode to verify the design of critical bending members
• Generate deflection, shear and bending moment diagrams for any beam or joist in your project
• Design single or multi-span beams and joists with or without cantilevers
• Design beams for gravity and uplift loads
• Specify full, clear or design span
• Design supporting members for bearing

Design Columns – Column Mode

• Design individual wood columns, walls, and beam-columns
• Use Column Mode to verify the design of critical compression members
• Design columns and wall studs to resist both axial and lateral loads
• Generate deflection, shear and bending moment diagrams for a single column or wall stud
• Check wall bottom plate for bearing

 Shearwalls

With WoodWorks^® Shearwalls, you can perform complete shearwall design and lateral load analysis.

• Design shearwalls for multi-storey and irregularly shaped buildings
• Determine hold-down and drag-strut forces and display them graphically
• Design shearwalls with or without hold-downs
• Generate an elevation view to show loads and forces on each shearwall
• Assign loads to shearlines following a flexible or rigid diaphragm analysis
• Import CAD .wmf files to establish the building footprint
• Model wood structures up to four stories
• Specify openings in shearwalls such as windows and doors
• Model roof shapes, including hips, valleys, gables, and overhangs

Wind Load Generation

• Generate wind pressure and resulting diaphragm loads as per ASCE 7-05 and UBC 1997
• Input specific site information
• Manually input lateral loads or modify wind loads that were automatically generated
• Report shearwall material designs for all wind load cases
• Check the capacity of wall sheathing and nailing to resist wind suction (components and cladding loads) 
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Seismic Load Generation

• Generate seismic loads as per the 1997 UBC or IBC 2009 (ASCE 7-05)
• Input site-specific seismic information
• Manually input lateral loads or modify seismic loads that were automatically generated
• Report shearwall material designs for all seismic load cases

 Connections

With WoodWorks^® Connections, you can design new connections or check the capacity of existing ones. 

• Produce fully dimensioned, CAD-quality drawings
• Generate a material list for fasteners and steel plates
• Run designs using lag screws, wood screws, bolts, nails, shear plates or top-mount hangers

Post & Beam Connections

• Design connectors for beam-to-beam, beam-to-column, and column-to-foundation connections
• Allows output of beam-to- beam connections as .dxf files for use in AutoCAD

Lapped Shear Connections

• Design single or double shear connections for wood-to-wood, wood-to-steel, and wood-to-concrete configurations