WFCM vs. SDPWS
WFCM vs. SDPWS
(OP)
I've taken a lot of my wood engineering methodology from "Design of Wood Structures" by Breyer which heavily references the NDS, NDS Supplement and SPDWS as well as a handful of APA references for most of its design problems. Up until now I've never really used the WFCM. This morning out of curiosity I thumbed through the entire engineered section of this reference and found what appeared to be a lot of parallels and overlap with my other standard wood design references. I am just wondering what other residential structural engineers opinion of the WFCM is and what information from this reference (engineered and prescriptive) is actually utilized in their daily practice.






RE: WFCM vs. SDPWS
Maine EIT, Civil/Structural.