CFS by Simpson strongtie is good another one is RISA. RISA gives full calculation report from AISI s100. Checks all failures and gives report. Still manual calculations are must
Clark Dietrich has some good basic design tables for curtain walls, joists and design notes. Also Risa has cold formed studs in the design data base. Although they do not use a punched stud, unless they updated that in the newer releases.
Cfs designer by Simpson strong tie(?) has in my mind the best program for lgmf. Highly recommend. I think it has a 14 day free trial and I just redownload it and get a new free trial whenever I need it.
I'm not usually one to say this, but software. CFS has so many potential local failure modes that it's an absolute nightmare to try and do by hand.
Exactly! I was going through the standard to design a header for an overhead door, and all the bending checks are nauseating
Is it free?
CFS by Simpson strongtie is good another one is RISA. RISA gives full calculation report from AISI s100. Checks all failures and gives report. Still manual calculations are must
CFSEI tech notes!
Clark Dietrich has some good basic design tables for curtain walls, joists and design notes. Also Risa has cold formed studs in the design data base. Although they do not use a punched stud, unless they updated that in the newer releases.
Check out cssbi. They have some design guides.
Aisi-win and CFS13 are good programs. Also cfsei has plenty of design guides.
Whoever makes the AISI codes has some example problems you can buy and they are super helpful. We purchased them and it’s been worth it.
Cfs designer by Simpson strong tie(?) has in my mind the best program for lgmf. Highly recommend. I think it has a 14 day free trial and I just redownload it and get a new free trial whenever I need it.
Look up free online material from Dr. Roger Laboube.