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3D Lateral Analysis for Wood?

3D Lateral Analysis for Wood?

3D Lateral Analysis for Wood?

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Is there a program (similar to Ram Structural System) that will aid in the design of wood shear walls?

I'm looking for a program where I can build a 3D model of the building (with window/door openings in the walls), apply the lateral loads, and get the most efficient shear wall layout.

Any tips?

RE: 3D Lateral Analysis for Wood?

WoodWorks Shearwall does this if you are considering wood frame shearwalls

RE: 3D Lateral Analysis for Wood?

Check out Lat-Pro.

RE: 3D Lateral Analysis for Wood?

The RISA products (RISA-3D and RISAFloor) have recently invested a good amount of development time for wood framed buildings. We now do wood shear walls by the three common methods (segmented, Force Transfer Around Openings, and Perforated). It's still probably not as straight forward as steel frame optimization, but it is moving in that direction.

If you are interested, there should be a number of Movies and Tutorials on our website (www.risatech.com). Or, you can always download a Demo version of the program and try it out for yourself. If you have trouble finding any of that stuff, just send an e-mail to the info@risatech.com account. They should be able to point you in the right direction.

RE: 3D Lateral Analysis for Wood?

BuildingWorx by StructuralSoft is by far the best 3d wood design software I have found. You can perform both gravity and lateral analysis. It will generate and distribute loads for you similar to Ram SS.

It can analyze perforated shear walls as well.

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