|
|
Wood Design Software for Whole Building Framing! |
|
|
| |
|
FramingWorx is a powerful wood design program for complete building framing design in one 3D model! Design materials include with wood, cold formed steel and structural steel elements. Save days on preparation of structural calculations and framing layout plans.
|
Key Features
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Building Codes |
- International Building Code
- Options for user-defined loads and allowable stresses to accommodate other building codes
|
| Design Options |
- Design of wood beams, headers , posts...etc
- Design of cripple walls and posts
- Design of steel beams, posts and moment frames
- Design for reactions from shear walls (over-strength load cases)
Joist design
- Design of balloon framed walls
- Auto-design based on rules defined by user
- Automatic detection of bearing walls and post locations for beam support
|
|
|
| Drawings |
- Import of architectural drawings in dwg and dxf format
- Control visibility of imported drawings using layers
- Vertical alignment of different floors using control points in from imported drawings
- Export of framing layouts (including bearing walls, beams, joists posts, connectors ...etc)
- All drawings are exported in customizable layer system for ease of incorporation into plans using xref
- Export of complete schedules including beam, joist, post ...etc
|
|
|
| Loads |
- Uniform and non-uniform area live loads on floors and roof
- Non-uniform snow load
- Optional automatic live load reduction
- Assign external loads on floor or wall elements
- Seismic and wind reactions from Lateral Worx
|
|
|
| Modeling and Analysis Options |
- Entire building in one 3D model
- Support for hybrid construction of wood, CFS and steel
- Automatic generation of joists at any angle with automatic support detection
- Simple or continuous joist span layout
- Visual graphic editing of framing elements
- Intelligent beam elements with automatic adjustment for different types of support (posts, walls, other beams ...etc)
- Intelligent wall elements with automatic adjustment after editing connected elements
- Automatic detection of elevation differences between framing elements
- Automatic detection of unsupported elements with graphic display to assist user
- Special provisions for modeling of ceiling and mezzanine framing
|
|
|
|
User Interface
|
- Object property explorer that allows access to all element data including geometry, loads, design information...etc for easy editing
- Automatic adjustment in connected elements after any editing
- Automatic generation of structural components within any structural assembly
- On screen editing of selected elements in 2D and 3D
- Overlay of stacked floors
|
|
|
| Calculations Report |
- Comprehensive reporting of analysis results for quality control and plan check review
- Complete design reporting with reference to applicable code sections
- Export calculations in Excel and Word format
|
|
|
|
|
