"Struware - Code Search" Software reviews
"Struware - Code Search" Software reviews
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Does anybody here have enough experience using the Struware's "Code Search" software to relate their experiences using it, and give a review of it, with your opinion as to its worth and utility? I'm trying to decide if it is a worthwhile purchase for our small engineering office.
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Dave
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Dave
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Dave
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It's like a bunch of other spreadsheet based things. If it's set up to meet your workflow and you have the time to go through and verify that it gives you the correct answers, go for it. They seem to have a full demo.
Personally, I don't need a fully generalized code load generation spreadsheet. When they're locked down I can't add the custom things I need to add and I can't copy sheets out to put into my analysis sheets. So it's not necessarily all that helpful.
If you're doing low rise buildings and stuff that's cookie cutter code work it's the sort of thing that would likely save you a bunch of time. But it's also probably something you've already made for yourself. If you haven't, then this might be something you want?
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American Concrete Industries
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Dave
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Overall, it is good for saving some time as the load generation portion of the project and tries to automate as much as it can. Like any computer program or spreadsheet it is still very vulnerable to garbage in and garbage out. Also I cannot really comment on anything larger then One and Two Family or smaller Commercial-style projects, as to how well it can help.
My primary use is to check against loads in calculations review for 3rd party Plan Review in Modular Program States and any calculations requested from the PE's I work with.
EIT, Modular Building Industry
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All in all, it is a good spreadsheet for wind & seismic, but is also useful in tabulating design dead loads for floors and roofs, as it has built-in weight of materials tables that you can customize to fit your needs. I would definitely recommend it. It is worth the price.
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It's a fairly simple tool, but we've easily saved the $300 we spent on a site license many times over.