2018 NDS® Standards Wood Design Software
SkyCiv Engineering offers steel design and analysis software for AISC 360-10 and AISC 360-16 specifications, allowing you to design, analyse and test your steel structures. It’s also fully integrated with SkyCiv Structural Design and Analysis Software, you can directly load design codes inside of the program, and directly load design codes from the platform.
The National Design Specification Standards® (NDS) for Wood Construction (ANSI/AWC NDS-2018) incorporates design provisions for both allowable stress design (ASD) and load and resistance factor design (LRFD). This specification is adopted in all model building codes in the United States and is developed by the American Wood Council (AWC). With this add-on module, SkyCiv Structural Design Software allows users to design timber structures modeled with member elements according to this standard. Complement your NDS® workflows with our full suite of Timber Design Software.
The module performs all cross-section resistance designs, stability analysis, and deformation analysis provided by the national design specification for wood construction. In timber construction, the serviceability limit state represents an important design. The conservative limit deformation is preset, but can be modified if necessary.
Wood Design Software Features:
- Rectangular and Round Wood Shapes
- Supports both ASD and LRFD provisions
- Multiple material type, including Lumber and Glulam
- Auto calculation of all adjustment factors for all members
- Detailed Documentation to help you get started
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Structural analysis software that runs the full workflow
Easy and powerful FEA analysis
Run linear, non-linear, buckling and dynamic analysis within a single solver. No separate modules for complex analysis types.
Integrated design checks
Steel, concrete, timber and cold-formed design modules run directly on your analysis results. No exporting, re-entry or version mismatches.
Detailed calculation reports
Every formula, design check and
reference is shown in full, so you can defend every number, not just the result.
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What Product title Offers
A full-featured online structural analysis software, including beams, plates and cables
Automatic Calculation of NDS® Adjustment Factors for all Members
Calculating the adjustment factor for each wood member can be a tedious process. This design module (implementing the NDS® standards) automatically calculates these adjustment factors for both ASD and LRFD provisions, saving you time and allowing you to turn projects around faster.
Fully Integrated with SkyCiv Structural 3D Analysis Software
To make the job easier, SkyCiv has powerful 3D structural analysis software that is completely integrated with your NDS® wood design module. Build your model, import ASCE load combinations, run the analysis and with a click of a button run an NDS® 2018 wood beam design. Work quickly and easily by having your analysis and design completely integrated in one workflow.
Clear and Easy Output
Reviewing the results can be half the battle. With this design module, the NDS® results specifically show the adjustment factor and relevant checks being performed. SkyCiv has clear reporting, including this summary table in PDF format. The simple green, yellow and red highlights help users to distinguish between passing and failing members.
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supported standards
Globally Supported Design Standards
Capabilities for modelling and analysing simple to complex structures.
DESIGN STANDARDS
Structural design codes
Complete support for local design standards across steel, concrete, timber and more
| Category | Supported Codes |
|---|---|
| Steel design | AISC 360, AS 4100, CSA S16, BS 5950, Eurocode 3 (EN 1993), IS 800, NZS 3404 |
| Reinforced concrete | ACI 318, AS 3600, Eurocode 2 (EN 1992), CSA, BS |
| Timber design | NDS, AS/NZS 1720, Eurocode 5, CSA |
| Cold-formed steel | AISI, Eurocode, AS/NZS 4600 |
| Connection design | AISC 360, Eurocode, AS 4100 |
| Wind and seismic loading |
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It was easily the most intuitive package available to learn; it is particularly easy to build the 3D model and define nodes, members, supports, materials, sections, then apply loads & combinations.
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