FREE 1 month trials of TRADA design software modules
Two new design software packages for engineers are now available from TRADA, timbersizerPro EC5 &timberconnectionsPro EC5. We would like to offer you the opportunity to trial these design tools FREE for 1 month from the date of application, so that you may see the benefits yourself. To take advantage of this great offer visit the link below before 31st August 2010.
Based on TRADA calculations, timbersizer EC5 covers all domestic structural timber members:
- Joists for domestic floors, ceilings or flat roofs
- Binders supporting ceiling joists
- Rafters
- Purlins supporting rafters, sheeting or decking
Designers can enter design values for given criteria such as the span, spacing and dead load. timbersizer EC5 instantly calculates the results, stating whether or not the design meets the requirements of EC5. Calculations are consistent with the revised EC5 edition of TRADA's well known publication Span tables.
timbersizer EC5 is based on standard design criteria, while timbersizerPro subscribers can further refine their design using advanced controls to adjust more parameters, for example: - The strength class
- Breadth or cross section depth
- Bearing length
- Distributed imposed load
- Concentrated imposed load
timbersizerPro generates custom reports in PDF format for records and Building Control purposes. These reports demonstrate where the design meets or fails to meet the requirements of Eurocode 5, and provide more detailed feedback for the user, including numerical strength/stress comparisons of timber performance. The report is further customised with the user's company name.
According to the renowned timber engineer Peter Ross (formerly of Arup), "If you meet a 50-year-old timber designer, they have spent 25 of them working on the connections." Allowing some 20 years for growing up and education, that's a lot of time devoted to nut and bolts, nails, screws and devilish edge distances!
While designers have got by with BS5268, many will struggle to cope with the new formula-driven Eurocodes. Under EC5, timber connection design has become more flexible but a lot more complex too. Do you have the time for all this new number crunching? And can you afford to do it over and over again? Fortunately, TRADA has done most of the sums for you in its new software for timber designers: timberconnections EC5.
timberconnections EC5calculates the load capacity of nails, screws, bolts, dowels and coachscrews in two- and three-member connections of timber and steel. Furthermore, you can apply the load at any angle to the grain. With the Pro version, design in any grade of softwood or hardwood, and then print out a comprehensive report that tells you the spacings and edge distances along and across the grain. timberconnections EC5pushes connection design to the limit because TRADA's engineers have delved deep into EC5 to give you the advanced tool you need to squeeze out those last few Newtons and millimetres.
Price Structure:
timbersizerPro or timberconnectionsPro individual modules
Single User:
TRADA members £199.00 + VAT
Non-members £350.00 + VAT
Additional users £250.00 + VAT (non-members only)
Multi-user:
TRADA members £499.00 + VAT (members only)
Both timbersizerPro or timberconnectionsPro together
Single user:
TRADA members £299.00 + VAT
Non-members £599 + VAT
Additional users £399.00 + VAT (non-members only)
Multi-user:
TRADA members £799 + VAT (members only)
** Multi-user, multi-site licences are also available for corporate TRADA members bands G-H. Price on application.
If you have any questions regarding this, would like to book your free trial, or would like to make a purchase, please contact Ross Palmer on +44 (0)1494 569602/
