computer programs for warehouse design
computer programs for warehouse design
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what is the best computer program for warehouse design? some warehouse framing using tapered beam and columns. any program can do analysis for those kind of members? thanks
DS
DS






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Professional and Structural Engineer (ME, NH)
American Concrete Industries
www.americanconcrete.com
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Professional and Structural Engineer (ME, NH)
American Concrete Industries
www.americanconcrete.com
RE: computer programs for warehouse design
1) If you're doing tapered members, get a copy of AISC design guide 25.
2) Download a demonstration copy of the program that you're considering and take it for a test drive. Maybe create a couple of simple examples based on Design Guide 25 to make sure the answers it's giving are in the ballpark... or to make sure that you're inputting your design parameters correctly.
Disclaimer: Unlike the other who have responded I actually work for RISA, so I cannot be looked at as an unbiased observer. You can request a demo version of RISA by going to the website clicking on the software you're interested in and then clicking the Download Demo link. My guess is that the other guys STAAD / RAM, et cetera will have a similar option.
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I would tend to vote RISA on this one, and not just because of the licensing stuff (though would be lying if I said that wasn't part of it).
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Most of the "warehouses" you described as having tapered elements are probably PEMB's, and those are usually done with proprietary programs.
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If you are going to try to complete the analysis and detailing pay careful attention to who's links with what. We use Tekla and it has a good link that is being maintained with SAP2000. I would stay far from anything Bentley. I have found them to be an awful company to try and deal with when I tried in the past.
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Dave
Thaidavid
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Which forum are you talking about that Tekla users from Butler are appearing on? I work on a lot of metal building projects and while Tekla is a little bit above my price range I would really like to follow the discussions.
Jim
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Thank You for the very quick response. I was looking at Tekla Structures as a design tool and it was out of my price range but was very impressive for the ease of applying loads and graphic output. I would have liked to follow the discussion and maybe get a feel for how versatile the program would be to use.
Thanks again for the reply.
Jim
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