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1. North jo 0 asl South jo 0 West 130 0 r Ridge ft Elevation 28 57 Location 20 75 r Overhangs ft IV Jan Comers North B East 2 South 2 West 2 3 Select the Garage block Set the ridge direction to E W set the north and south slopes of the roof at 30 degrees and set overhangs of 2 ft on all sides of the roof N D S jae N a 3 jae a 182 Shearwalls Generating Loads 1 Before generating loads click on the Site Information toolbar icon From the Load Generation Site Information input dialog you can set the parameters to be used to generate wind and seismic loads To change the Design Code selec tion go to the Settings Design tab Load Generation Site Information Design code from settings IBC 2003 Occupancy Category II All others Wind load generation Seismic load generation ASCE 7 02 General analytic method for all bldgs ASCE 7 02 Equivalent lateral force Wind speed 100 mph Period T sec a es Use calculated we oak tae Exposure C v V approximate fo 17234 0 1 7234 Partly Enclosed w period Ta Speed up over hills and escarpments Response modification factor R None East West North South te e e M Exposure Enclosure Hill shape ft Site class D Seismic design category fi Spectral response accelerations g s 1 1 second period 0 4 Ss short period fo 75 Fa
2. The Concept Mode Data toolbar is the box below the menu bar and ws to the right of the Concept Mode te pen zhom tre I toolbar This toolbar gives a variety of information depending on the selected view This includes informa tion such as group names member names gridpoint elevations grid line locations load magnitudes load locations or joist direction ja j 0 N YN jemi 0 N oe gt b Sizer The status bar is located at the bot The tool bar status bar and data bar tom of the Sizer window The status are turned on or off through the View bar indicates the function of a given menu When Concept mode is active toolbar button the current level and a checkmark is displayed next to height and the X and Y cursor posi Concept in the Mode menu tions us data bar to change load name magnitude or type Roof 10 X15 Y 45 A WoodWorks Design Office 1 2 Settings Settings Dialog Choose Settings from the main menu and then click Change to open the Settings dialog m WoodWorks Sizer Concept1 Loads t File Mode PAO Edit Design View Window Help WN Change Ctrl Q Fry AT fl g Save as default Ctri alt s LLL Fa Restore factory Ctrl Alt R Maa 50 plf Type Dead v Distribution Line ia Level Roof v Company Information Tab Choose the Company Information tab from the Settings Dialog This tab allows you to e
3. Click gridpoints A 1 F 1 F 5 and A 5 to load the area WoodWorks Design Office F A Dim 0 ot a er me i eN r r 1 sy u m r mir k Pe a i lasa arn Sat ang t i L Cairbar of EPE Djam amp ia aia m te i aM lM 113 Design the Members 1 Click Design on the toolbar Sizer designs all of the members in your structure and then displays the results View Results 1 Click the up or down arrows to scroll through the results 2 To close the results window click on any of the view toolbar buttons J O N punto ya D junio te ab N g E A gt 114 Sizer More Practice To further familiarize yourself with Concept mode try the following 1 Move some gridlines and click Design on the toolbar to re design the structure 2 Try using transfer beams columns supported on a beam 3 Create an addition to your project What is Shearwalls 1 1 About Shearwalls 1 2 Design Methods 1 3 Input and Output 1 4 Toolbars 1 5 Data Bars 1 6 Menus 1 7 Views and Results 1 8 Settings 117 118 119 120 IPA Is 124 130 WoodWorks Design Office 1 1 About Shearwalls Shearwalls is an engineering design aid for lateral wind and seismic load determination and for the design of shearwalls for buildings subject to these loads Shearwalls will e Import CAD wmf files to estab lish the building foo
4. z W 184 Shearwalls ese i advanced tutorial D07_after extendUP wsw Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage Il Add Delete Delete all showing Applied to South Building Face 2 To we ve ft wi d s r P FWT HAYLE direction Leeward ka 4 m ft From Magnitude plf From 65 8 To 55 8 Modifying amp Manually Applying Loads l 2 Click on the Loads and Forces button Select the south wall A 1 on level 1 All generated loads act ing on wall A 1 will appear in the Load Input form Generated loads can be modified or deleted at this stage based on your judgement Loads can also be added With wall A 1 still selected click on the Add button Select a seismic uniform line load with a magnitude of 10 plf applied ys the selected walls only Click K Add a New Load Profile Point Load Line Load Type Seismic Wind Shear C Wind amp C f Aree Lead Wind Uplift Dead Load Building Mass Selected Walls Levells From i Th fo To X 20 ef ieee erdt pel Magnitude plf From To fi 0 Irplement at a Force applied directly itretibution Method Both zj a7 ares WoodWorks Design Office 185 Plan View To view the various loads and forces applied use the Show menu 1 Select Show Loads Masses eee e
5. Jha Ving where P factored uplift restraint force at the top of the end stud of the segment calculated as shown below kN Note P lt 0 Vid sum of the factored basic shear resis tances on both sides of the shearwall seg ment calculated with Jng 1 0 KN see ove 163 Shearwalls 2 16 Deflection of Shearwalls m WoodWorks Shearwalls Shearwalls Plan View Structure A File Edit Settings Diels ai how K View if settings Hold downs i Log file a7 Current Level T3 Zoom In T Undo fe Hold downs Action view Window Help Shearwalls calculates the deflection of each wall segment between open ings for each design case It uses this deflection to determine the storey drift and check that the drift is within allowable limits for seismic design Shearwalls also distributes loads to shearlines and within shearlines to segments based on equalized deflec tion of segment That is rather than using the capacity of the shear walls to approximate the rigidities for distributing loads to and within Shear lines the software includes the option to determine rigidities based on deflection derived stiffness The option to Use shearwall deflection to calculate rigidity is available only if the Settings Design Include deflection analysis is selected Default Values Views Design Hold downs F Design procedures wind load ASCE 7 054 design standard W Includ
6. Standard Walls while a wall is selected all of the properties for the standard wall are transferred to the selected wall If you change a wall so that it becomes identical to a Standard Wall that Standard Wall name will appear If you make a change so that it is no longer the same as a Standard Wall a blank space will appear Press the Edit Standard Walls button in order to add delete or modify standard walls Existing walls will not be affected by changes made to standard walls other than to cause the Standard Wall field to be cleared 4 Wall Dimensions You can Change the location of the wall This has the same effect as mov ing the wall graphically as described under Moving Walls earlier in this section Change the start or end of the wall with the same impact as resizing the wall graphically 5 Wall Materials To change the material properties of the wall First you must specify which sheathing surface the changes apply to exterior interior or both sides Selecting Exterior Only indicates that there is no interior sheathing 2 O N p 0 ya j 0 te Ss oN amp UN j 0 N 3 py oe O O N Shearwalls e Next specify the type of sheath ing material This causes a new list of choices for sheathing thickness to appear These thicknesses are the ones that yield differences in design strengths U S only If you are usin
7. juni 0 D e N Sg rN Shearwalls 4 2 Design Settings Design Procedures Wind Load De sign Standard Use this drop down to choose which design procedure to follow in the generation of wind loads Design Procedures Include deflec tion analysis Selecting a deflection analysis not only activates the calculation of shearwall deflections it also acti vates the option of distributing forces based on stiffness derived from deflections Load Combination Factors U S Only Use these boxes to set Allowable Stress Design ASD load combina tion factors for combinations of dead Default Values View Design Hold downs Format Design procedures Project Description Loads and Forces Company Information Options Maximum shearline offset Plan Elevation mz Collector forces based on Wind load design standard ESSERE IEEE I Include deflection analysis Hold down Drag strut forces forces Load combination factors 0 6 dead 1 0 wind 0 6 dead 07 seismic Wind capacity increase factors Allowable shear C amp C load duration for stress adjustment nails and sheathing Coe ee Local building code capacity modification Wind 1 Seismic 1 B Disregard shearwall height to width limitations Shearwall cC capacity Applied loads G G r Shearwall rigidity per unit length e Use shearwall capacity to approximate rigidity C Shearwalls have equal rigidity
8. When snow loads are present S and s represent full and half snow loads respectively e g pattern SsS When both snow and live loads are present X represents the full application of both types e g pattern XsX U S Only Wind loads are not patterned since they are assumed to apply to all spans simultaneously For more information on load combi nations or on pattern loading refer to Online help You can check obscure load combinations by manually adjusting the load duration factors U S only or performing individual load combinations and load patterns Deflection Factors U S Only There are two leniencies offered in the IBC related to deflection These optional IBC deflection factors can be selected using two checkboxes The first allows the deflection result ing from L D to be calculated using L 0 5D for wood structural mem bers having a moisture content under 16 percent at the time of installation and used in dry conditions The second option is related to compo nents and cladding wind loads where deflection may be calculated using only 70 percent of the wind load The NDS provides guidance on considering the effects of long term deflection by increasing the contribu tion of dead load by a creep factor Kcr that typically ranges from 1 5 to 2 any value can be entered if the Include creep factor 1s checked 29 O Nn p 0 ya punt 0 te e9 ee oO 30 Sizer Load Du
9. e From the Windows Explorer select your CD ROM drive and double click on setup exe or e Go to the Start menu and choose Run e Type d setup d being your CD ROM drive and press ENTER e Follow the instructions on screen il Downloading Electronic Version e A link will be provided to purchas ers e Complete Registration information e Save appropriate Design Office exe file to hard drive or Run e Click on Downloaded File and fol low Installation Procedure instruc tions Downloading Demo Version e Go to www woodworks software com Go to Software Downloads and select Begin Download Now You will be directed through the registration page Save appropriate Design Office exe file to hard drive or Run Click on Downloaded File and fol low Installation Procedure instruc tions Use DEMO as the keycode Installation Procedure The installation program allows you to specify the installation folder and the start menu folder on your computer The installation folder is C Program Files WoodWorks USA or Cdn you need to change this if you wish to also retain previous version of Wood Works 5 Welcome Retaining Database and Custom Settings You can retain database custom izations made with WoodWorks Database Editor from an existing installation by specifying the same in stallation folder as the existing instal lation choosing the Custom Install Setup Type then uncheckin
10. 14 If you close an Input form click on the Forms button to restore the appropriate form WoodWorks Design Office 3 2 Advanced Tutorial In this tutorial you will create a two story wood frame structure with a one story garage and design it for automatically generated wind and seismic loads To begin start the Shearwalls pro gram or select File New to start a new file if you are already in Shearwalls Settings Define the initial settings and prefer ences for your project Company Information 1 From the Settings menu select the Company Information tab 2 Enter your company information Design Format Options Loads and Forces Default Values View Company Information Project Description Lines 1 4 will appear on text and diagram output for ALL projects Enter your company name address contact etc Maximum 36 characters per line hey Woodworks Sotwae Line 2 1 800 844 1275 Line 3 Jim Woodworks Software com Line 4 o OE NOTE This information is NOT I Save As Default For New Files saved with the project file cancel 173 Check out our online video called Advanced tutorial from User Guide to see this ad vanced tutorial demonstrated Project Description 1 Now click on the Project Description tab 2 Enter the relevant project descrip tion Settings x Design Format Options Loads and Forc s Default Values Vie
11. 2a ee me i The first time you click in the work area Sizer creates a North South gridline designated A and an East West gridline designated 1 The intersection of these gridlines is at gridpoint A 1 Gridline intersections are referred to as character num ber If you specified a snap increment the gridpoint snaps to the nearest incre ment To create more gridpoints along an existing gridline click at the required position along the existing gridline You can place as many gridpoints as you wish in the work area J O N punto ya D j 0 e UN g e om ig gt 70 Sizer Moving Gridlines To move a gridline click on it and hold the mouse button and drag it which changes to red to the position you want Use CTRL click to select multiple gridlines Dragging any one of the selected gridlines moves all of them To deselect a gridline CTRL click it To deselect all selected gridlines click any blank spot in the work area Removing Unwanted Gridlines To delete individual gridlines select them by clicking on them so that they appear in red and then press the DELETE key on the keyboard You cannot delete a gridline that has a wall or column located on it Should you accidentally generate a screenfull of gridlines you can eas ily delete them First make sure that the Grid button on the toolbar is the active button From the menu bar select EditlSelect All Then press
12. File menu This will print the text or graphics image that is currently shown on screen Depending on the mode you are in you will have the choice of print ing various text and graphics files as described below Concept Mode Results by Group This text file contains the suggested sections for each group in a given structure after Sizer has designed them This is the default design out put when Sizer performs a design WoodWorks Design Office 15 Results By Members The Results by Member output con tains design results by group or by individual member depending on the setting used in the Settings Prefer ences tab In both cases Sizer identi fies how each individual member has performed in the design stage Materials List This file contains a materials list per floor of all the framing elements used in your design Graphics The Concept mode allows you to print the plan and elevation views of the structure as they are displayed on the screen Beam and Column Modes Analysis Results Text This file contains the analysis results computed by Sizer This includes such things as the maximum shears and bending moments Design Results Text This file contains the suggested sec tions for a given beam or column after Sizer has designed it Design Check Text This file contains the design results computed by Sizer for a specific sec tion It includes such things as allow able shear and bending stresses
13. J O N punto ya D junio te ab N g E A gt 80 Sizer b2 Beam s ba bear b1 Beard 20 Examples of Beam Supports in Concept Mode Beam supported by 2 other beams In this example beam group Beam1 has a load transfer number of 0 In order to create b3 its beam group Beam2 must have a higher load transfer number than the supporting beams In this case a load transfer number of or higher for Beam2 would work The load transfer num ber is entered in the beam groups dialog press the Groups button after pressing the Beam button on the toolbar while in Concept mode Sloped beam supported by 2 other beams Gridpoint elevations of support points must be entered explicitly when they differ from the elevation of the floor level From the previous example the elevation of beam b2 has been increased by 2 feet In order to create beam b3 it 1s also necessary to raise the elevation of the support point C6 to the same elevation as the rest of the supporting beam b2 WoodWorks Design Office 81 Sloped beam supported by more than 2 other beams The slope of a beam with more than 2 possible supports is now defined by the elevation of the two extreme supports In this example the slope of beam b4 is defined by the eleva tion of beam b1 at elevation 10 feet and the column at gridpoint C7 with an elevation of 15 feet The column at gridpo
14. MWERS Main Wind Force Resist ing System loads can be generated as either line loads or area loads Line loads is the default but both produce the same results Loads can be generated individually for walls roofs and gable ends Gable ends are considered as the portion of the wall at the gable end that is above the eave The portion of the wall below the eave is con sidered in the Walls selection C amp C com ponents amp cladding wall loads can also be generated In the US WoodWorks allows you to select the option of generating a 10 psf minimum wind pressure In the All heights method the 10 psf mini mum option is selected automatically and the generated pressures will be the higher of the wind speed gener ated loads and the 10 psf pressure In the Low Rise method the 10 psf minimum pressure is not selected as default and must be analyzed sepa rately from the wind speed generat ed cases by selecting and deselecting the 10 psf minimum option For Rigid Diaphragm Analysis using the All heights method the Settings form allows you to select between two separate cases full wind pres sures without torsion and reduced wind pressures with torsional effects This analysis requires separate runs and must be compared to determine the worst case Refer to Section B 4 for further information on Shearwalls Settings WoodWorks Design Office Seismic Loads The loads generated correspo
15. Non shearwall The wall is not designed as a shearwall All segments Hold downs are placed at each end of the wall and on either side of every opening except where there is no net overturning Ends of shearwall and where required Hold downs are placed at each end of the wall as well as at the end of any shearwall segment where required based on material selections and anchorage restriction settings Ends of shearline and where required Hold downs are placed at each end of the shearline as well as at the end of any shearwall segment where required based on material selections and anchorage restric tion settings WoodWorks Design Office Where required only Hold downs are placed only where they are required based on material selections and anchorage restriction settings Note There is a trade off between the use of hold downs and the materials required for shearwall design For example designing without hold downs may require thicker panels and or a tighter nail spacing to achieve the required resistance Use the Hold down Configuration pull down in conjunction with the Anchorage Restriction Settings from the Design Tab of the Settings menu to specify which should take precedence in the design use of hold downs or the materials selected for shearwall design Refer to the on line help for a detailed description 141 Standard Walls If you select from the list of
16. Reset orginal settings I Save as default for new files Cancel Apply Help Go To Table Level f Project Information Structural Data Loads Design Results ao Shear Results w Deflection w Hold down Displacement w Storey Drift 7 CRC Results w Seismic Design yi Wind Design w Rigid Design s Flexible Design J ig N p 0 ge j 0 ga Ss amp UN j 0 N 3 py O s ig N z N 156 Shearwalls OERS E TE E corse iia _ a elle hall ji in T a _ WoodWorks Shearwalls SOFTWARE FOR WOOD DESIGN Wooorks Shoarwaile 3 0 Alpha 5 SHEARWALLS US dit 30 A00 Wedd iE Propect Informatie DESIGN SETTINGS Destan Code Wind Standard iene Standard 5 Lahts Wind Capacity increase ASD Load ain Building Code nara Patien CAC Panels de oo i Fi Lal lea ne i Ji es ee aa Service Conditions and Load Duration meee Shearw all Offset Guraipan Temperabire Woi iure Content Olevalion Factor Range Fatneation Esnie Ea Ibetween alogies ior S Lk DIF ra iid taimu Meigen Ralio Wion panels Fiberbonrd Lume Gypsum iiri wind Salant et Unbtiocked o shoar resistance contribution Callector forces based on vrini Seismic Holdaiowns Apiplisd ima a Huet Dragairute Applied icid Shearwall PENANG O gaet spat urimg Fda de di tril itiur Design Shearwail Forew
17. exported for use in CAD export Print Click on the Print button in the toolbar to print the diagram or print the design results These screens must first be open 201 Geometry Click on the Geometry button ak in the toolbar to change to the geometry Geometry view In this view you can change the current connection geometry Load Material Click on the Load Material button in the toolbar to change oad material to the Load Material view In this view you can specify the applied load and the material parameters a Method El a oper Click on the Method button a in the toolbar to change to the method Method view In this view you can change specify the type of connector to be used Details Se Click on the Details button in the toolbar to change to the details Details view In this view you can spec ify connector parameters Diagram Click on the Diagram button dz in the toolbar to change to diagram the Diagram view This view displays the current connection detail diagram Click on the Results button E Results in the toolbar to change to the results Results view This view displays the design results output Accept Click on the Accept button to accept the current design results and to input this information into the details screen accept NQ z Q O e O N B
18. fim teow ain m rmi oe _ a my ikapiga Tes maa Mms t iana a mmg m TELE We Pi ori kon Cm re S lre E fami E d min ta rien a Sy a i L ie B wi ama i i enm md ma a at l ym ams a rd m r sR Tibar ait Dir Fe Bell p aTa qpa emi erig eh a ae E Taa sgh D Daraa a GA a cad 2 Peast beet bes ey Fa a i a ce L a A Lee n Bap r Libete Lb Ee A A E i E o Seu cares EDF Be eg u aa i hast 7 he z ee a We i dhain T a isidi bem iisi i 1 mhie image coomptennicn 4 a Care betaine oO T LOTR ear Ba J aden Date Picross Pye r Fr i T Fy a 7 ater at t Lull 73 i iT sahii a a Sikt k By Hi ete i Hin i iimm iy Lbr k Epe i aix iar a ALIT af ak Le a u reas bert jar A i hres rtm ok ried b 74i be mi i ml L Pa Pall fades ja ins Smmm Oe a oes Ss ee Gf ers Perform a Detailed Design on a Specific Section 1 Choose D Fir L gt No 2 gt 6 x 8 from the Suggested Sections drop down list on the status bar Sizer automatically performs a detailed design for this section 2 Click the up and down arrows to scroll through the results 3 Repeat step to perform a detailed design on any other section listed in the Suggested Sections drop down list Designing a Structure 4 1 Concept Mode 4 2 Levels 4 3 Design Groups 4 4 Gridlines and Gridpoints
19. yee te ia ome Peering as pome Wa ws wee gt erie t awe io jew ari iey 4 T Pe P te At Pit diami per Beasa Dirie e cea m i fewer ot Ina 1 De iD rem Pice Dasip rde Mja bpo oinera few bse bbas sai beai ios gt meim bemes sacar bag ant beer eae Pintas meee arth Ao per Pest ee ta wa oc foes br Dier utom ots b strei heer fee ene sai bree beg tie rege Sarsi e we ew on Stow Connections Connection Detail 1 Click on the Diagram but ton 2 To print the connection detail click on the Print button Design Results 1 Click on the Results button to view the design results for the connection 2 To print the design results click on the Print button z WoodWorks Design Office 209 SS amram ARI saie 3 You can scroll up and down to AS cassie fel St 7 view more of the design results output 4 Click on the Accept but ton This will automatical ly accept the parameters chosen by Connections during the design and will place you in the Details view You will notice that all of the parameters now have specified val ues Spacing Between Rows and Spacing Within Rows will remain as unknown when there is only one row of connectors or only one con nector required OQ z O O g O N T 210 Connections Ei a Se ae Re Designing the Connection emis If at this point
20. 202 Connections Connection Types Connections can design for both Post amp Beam and Lapped Shear connec tion types Connection Type Ea Enter Connection Type Cancel Lapped Shear Beam to Beam Beam to Column Column to Baze Post amp Beam Connections Post amp Beam connections include the following configurations e Beam to Beam e Column to Base piii The Post amp Beam connections can be designed using any of the follow ing connector types e Bolts e Shear Plates e Rivets Canadian only e Heavy duty Hangers e Lag screws WoodWorks Design Office Connection Type x Enter Connection Type Post amp Beam Cancel Wood bo Concrete 203 Lapped Shear Connections Connections designs for the follow ing Lapped Shear connections using nails or bolts e Wood to Wood SUOT OOUUO T 204 Connections Post amp Beam Connections Introduction In this tutorial you will create and design a bolted bottom hanger for a post to beam type connection as shown below Connection Type 1 Click the New button on the toolbar 2 Select the connection type Post amp Beam with a Beam to Column configuration Connection Type a Ed bi Fo E p E A A Ma l reae ll d F i wer ji men t j Li Heam to Colom 1Column to Base 3 Click on OK WoodWorks Design Office
21. Delete Delete All Showing Apply Chenges Applied to West Building Face From Y 235 To v as ft Wind Tributary Direction nd wtih ft Magnitude Ibs arl Sni Distibuton Method direct forces Both e Opening Input Form Available when the Opening action button is depressed It is used to specify opening locations and dimensions e Roof Input Form Available when the Roof Block action but ton is depressed It 1s used to specify the roof geometry e Generate Loads Form Available when the Generate Loads action button is depressed It is used to generate wind and seismic loads e Load Input Form Available when the Load action button is depressed It 1s used to add and modify seismic wind shear C amp C suction building mass dead and uplift loads to wall lines and building faces The Form View displays the data for whatever object the user has selected in Plan View An item is selected by clicking on it with the mouse to highlight it in red When visible the Form View remains on top of all other windows so that the user can see the building elements and their data simultane ously Pressing the Form View button makes the form disappear or reap pear WoodWorks Design Office 3 Elevation View Elevation view shows a drawing in elevation of the shearwall or walls selected in plan view e It will only show multiple walls if they are along the same shearline
22. Graphics The Beam and Column modes al low you to print the reaction shear bending moment and deflection diagrams P N YN jemi 0 N a a gt a 16 Sizer Designing a Beam 2 1 Beam Mode 2 2 Beam or Joist Parameters 2 3 Loads 2 4 Points of Interest 2 5 The Design Process 2 6 Tutorial 19 20 25 all 32 3 2 1 WoodWorks Design Office Beam Mode What It Does Beam mode allows you to quickly enter and design individual wood bending members Beam mode pro vides extensive information about a single beam or joist in your project Typically you would use Beam mode to verify the design of critical mem bers To select Beam mode choose New File from the File menu and select Beam Mode or click on the Beam button on the toolbar When Beam mode is active a check mark is displayed next to Beam on the Mode menu Transfer of a Beam or Joist from Concept Mode If you are operating in Concept mode and you wish to further ana lyze a particular beam or joist click on the beam or joist to select it and then choose Beam from the Mode menu or click the mode button on the toolbar Sizer first determines the design loads for the member in question based on the structure entered in Concept mode Sizer automatically transfers the load information to Beam mode s input fields 19 Note The transfer from Concept to Beam mode is one way Any changes made to the transf
23. In the Roof Input form under Construction select Hip for the north and south sides of the build ing and enter overhangs of 2ft for all sides of the building WoodWorks Design Office 171 10 Click on the Generate Loads button to automatically gener ate wind or seismic loads Loads will be added manually for this example therefore do not gener ate loads and proceed to step 11 11 Click on the Loads amp Forces button click Add select Wind Shear West Building Face Line Load apply from level 1 to 3 Magnitude 100 plf and click OK Add a Hew Load Type Profile C Seismic Point Load Wind Shear Line Load C Windt amp C Area Load wind Uplift Dead Load Building Mass Building Face west JO tov F850 Both Ways SY Implement as a Force applied directly iirstitution Wetton Both ka Pree eT eee ete teeta srrerrrerrr ete vate YUN D i S jae Nn a O jab 5z W 172 Shearwalls ike iw Daal eae 12 Click on the Run Design but cg epee eerie l n H ton and view the Results report You can navigate directly to the desired table using the Go To Table button tebe en daa smoke 13 Click on the Loads and Forces eae eae button highlight wall A 1 and click on the Elevation View but ton to see the load distribution graphically on a shearwall or entire shearline
24. Maximum 36 characters per line Line 1 Tin Pines Office Complen Line 2 Hin Valley Lunea Mr Woodworks Line4 fJobMNumbzr l J O N junio ya j 0 e N g e om 4 gt 100 Sizer Snap Increment and Display Options 1 Click on the View tab 2 In the Viewing Area field increase the North South limit to 75 0 ft and the East West limit to 100 0 ft 3 Enter North South and East West Snap Increments of 15 0 ft 4 Switch the Display Group Names option to on so that an x appears in this field Settings ee x Company Information Project Description Design Motes Preferences Design Settincs Format View Viewing Area North Siouth E f Oo These settings apply to Concept Mode Plan view East West Display Snap Increment North South fi 5 V Snapped Coordinate Member Names I Gridpoint Elevations East West 5 Click OK 6 Optional To save these settings as default settings select Save New Settings under the Settings menu Levels Above Grade 1 Click on the levels button from the main toolbar Floor and Roof Levels Elevation E i Level W Copy selected level when adding Add Modify Delete OK cancel 2 Enter a roof elevation of 20 ft Click Add Click OK 3 Click on Floor I so that it is highlighted Click OK This will change the current level to
25. Must be manually input as load Beam supports area load from con tinuous joists When continuous joists rather than simply supported joists are load ing on a beam the reaction from the continuous joist is greater than the reaction that would be imposed sim ply supported joists that end at the beam In other words the reactions the continuous member imposes are not based on the tributary area alone For example when a continuous joist spans over the supporting beam and the joist length is equal on both sides of the designed beam the reaction imposed on the designed beam is 1 25 times greater than would be calculated by the tributary area alone as per below Figure 29 from AWC s Design Aid No 6 Beam Design Formulas with Shear and Moment Diagrams The general case where the joists are continuous over the designed beam with unequal spans is also shown below from Design Aid No 6 Figure 31 ee BEAM DESIGN FORMULAS DIAGRAMS S canm mm fati DESIGN AID We G Figure 29 Continuous Beam Two Equal Spans Uniformly Distributed Load ar ad La 1s TA jar 2 i fesla y Figari 21 Contingows Danm two Unequal Spans Uniform Di tribistod Load 44 Accounting for the increased load a beam should be designed for when joists are continuous over the beam is done by selecting the Beam supports area load from continuous supports checkbox and either indicating the ratio of th
26. shear and deflection resistance of wood treated with fire retardant chemicals ee oe balela zis aiB i aig 1 ome a ee YE OS ee l a s e l Treatment Canada Only When you select Fire retardant treatment or Preservative treatment from the drop down an input field becomes active for you to input the corresponding modification factor Stud Spacing Active for walls only this drop down list specifies the stud spacing You can select one of the three standard spacings of 12 in 300mm 16 in 47 400mm or 24 in 600mm or enter your own value Repetitive Member Factor U S Load Sharing Canada This control allows you to specify if a sharing factor is to be applied Incising Factor U S Only This field allows you to specify whether an incising adjustment fac tor should be applied Selecting Sections for Design Check Sizer provides you with an extensive list of suggested sections for the column it is designing To get more details about a single section size you can perform a design check on that section After running an initial design select the section you want to check from the drop down list entitled Suggested Column Sections at the right side of the toolbar Sizer automatically fills in the Species Grade Width and Depth fields with the appropriate values Sizer also automatically performs a design check on the selected section The list of suggested
27. type of load distribution Axial Full Uniform Line Partial Line Full Uniform Area Partial Area Triangular Trapezoidal Point and Applied Moment Axial loads are applied to the top of the column where a positive value loads the column in compression The remaining loads are applied laterally and load the column as a beam For walls an axial load is entered as a uniformly distributed line load along the top of the wall Sizer applies lateral loads to the face identified in the Load Face box of the Column screen Magnitude This field specifies the magnitude s of the column load at the beginning and end of the loaded portion of the member For a Point load only one load magnitude is specified True Uniform loads should have the same magnitude at point a and b Trapezoidal loads usually have dif ferent values for the two magnitudes WoodWorks Design Office Note that area loads are converted to and displayed as line loads plf or kN m on the load diagram Eccentricity This field applies only to axial loads with the same eccentricity for all The bending effect is the same for an eccentricity and a lateral load when both have positive values Location From Bottom This field specifies the location of the selected load The information required depends on the type of load distribution For lateral loads distance 1s mea sured from the bottom of the col umn For axial loads eccentricity is measure
28. zmin epsilon bar 0 20 c 0 20 1 500 zg 900 alpha 9 5 hE 15 units ft lbs Main EW x NS 21 00 x 26 50 Mean Roof Height 23 70 Type Level Face Direction P q GCp cp Gz Z G KZ z K Kzt z Kzt theta L B h L MWF 1 North windward 9 45 18 5 0 68 0 80 0 85 12 7 0 85 12 7 1 00 23 7 90 0 1 26 0 89 MWF 1 North windward 12 60 18 5 0 68 0 80 0 85 12 7 0 85 12 7 1 00 23 7 90 0 1 26 0 89 MWF 1 North windward 9 45 18 5 0 68 0 80 0 85 12 7 0 85 12 7 1 00 23 7 90 0 1 26 0 89 MWF 1 North windward 12 60 18 5 0 68 0 80 0 85 12 7 0 85 12 7 1 00 23 7 90 0 1 26 0 89 MWF 1 North Leeward 5 80 20 3 0 38 0 45 0 85 23 7 0 93 23 7 1 00 23 7 90 0 1 26 0 89 v J ig N pani 0 ge j 0 te Ss on amp N j 0 N 3 py O O ig N z N 158 Shearwalls 2 14 Perforated Shearwalls U S Only FIGURE 1 Typical Shearwall Composed of Three Traditional Shearwall Segments FIGURE 2 Typical Perforated Shearwall with Unrestrained Openings Shearwall segment with _ unrestrained openings SSS ee a ee a a ee Traditional Shearwalls Type I Wood frame shearwalls are tradition ally designed using shearwall seg ments that extend the full height of the wall Shearwalls containing openings are treated as multiple shearwall seg ments as shown in Figure Each segment requires fasteners to trans fer shear and provide overturning restraint resulting in additional ho
29. 165 pif Add Modify Delete Delete all Repeating point load Save as default loads WoodWorks Design Office CO StS CCC a a a ar a a Sm fai OD a Hat gt it foe eee Gt lemp i Emm g A Siem a wa e 97 Reactions at Base Select this option from the View menu or from the right button context menu to display wall and column reactions at the base of the structure Wall loads are output as line loads plf or kN m and columns loads as point loads lbs or KN Due to the way Sizer designs walls it is possible that for some layouts the sum of the reactions will exceed the sum of the applied loads This occurs when the intensity of loads applied to the top of a wall is not uniform along the entire wall length Sizer designs walls by determining the largest load on a single wall stud within the wall This same design load becomes the reaction that is transferred to a lower story as a uniform load along the entire length of the wall This is a conservative approach since the single largest load at the top becomes the uniform reaction at the bottom Materials List Select this option from the View menu or from the right button con text menu to display a list of materi als All the materials used in the struc ture are listed in a table organized by group The table includes the number of pieces for each length of the mate rial area of floors roofs
30. 205 Efi Covet Yow eon Heb Connection Geometry Well 1 Click on the first left most con tt 4 Jke De nection geometry as shown Note that a description of the con nection geometry appears on the status bar Beams framing into sides of column Beam to Column G ae ar Load and Material Details 1 Click on the Load Material button 2 Enter a width b of 8 anda depth d of 8 for the column ji ee ee ee ee OQ z O O g O N T 206 Connections 3 Click on the beam which is shown graphically in the plan view This allows you to specify the beam parameters 4 Specify a width b of 6 and a depth d of 14 for the beam 5 Enter a Force Y of 3000 lbs and a Force X of 800 lbs WoodWorks Design Office H Woodworks Connections Details Untitled E File Connection View Window Help Bolt Diameter inches Rows per Plate Bolts per How unknown Spacing Between Rows in Spacing Within Rows unknown in Plate Thickness in Plote Stel Grade AST A363 Maz Plate Length ase in Selecta bolt shat diameter fran standard baltsizes Bolted Beam Hanger Used in multistorey applications with continuous columns Beam loads are transferred to column through concealed face plate bolted side plates resist pullout load Face plate may be extended above top of beam if necessary Side
31. 4 5 Columns 4 6 Walls 4 7 Beams 4 8 Joists 4 9 Loads 4 10 Elevation View 4 11 The Design Process 4 12 Advanced Features 4 13 Tutorial 61 62 63 69 73 15 78 82 90 93 94 96 99 WoodWorks Design Office 4 1 Concept Mode By default Sizer starts in Concept mode If you wish you can recon figure Sizer to start in Beam mode or Column mode by changing the default Startup Mode option in the Settings menu under Preferences To switch to Concept mode at any time choose Concept from the Mode menu The Concept mode graphical work area allows you to quickly design a complete structure using columns walls beams and joists The Concept mode will only design for grav ity type loads These loads must be applied as uniformly distributed line or area loads 61 The Concept mode is meant to be used as a preliminary design step For a more detailed design individ ual members can be imported from the Concept mode to the Beam or Column modes Click items in the work area to select them If you hold down the CTRL key when you click you can add or remove items from the currently selected set You can choose Select All from the Edit menu to select all of the items in the current view A i 4 AD a J O N punto ya D junio te ab N g E A gt 62 4 2 Sizer Levels Click on the level button on the tool bar menu The Levels dialog opens
32. A gt 76 Sizer Deleting Walls Click a wall to select it Selected walls appear red To delete a wall select it and press the DELETE key on the keyboard Concept Mode Data Bar The Concept Mode Data toolbar 1s active in the Wall view when a wall is selected The Concept Mode Data toolbar will display information on the selected item including the wall name and the wall group name Concept Mode Data Bar Name w1 Groups wal Wall Name If a wall is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar will display the wall name As a default the wall name is wl for the first wall w2 for the second and so on This can be changed however by typing over the existing name included in the toolbar Wall Group If a wall is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar indicates which wall design group it belongs to The group of a wall can be changed by selecting a different group from the drop down list included 1n the toolbar Examples of Walls Supported by Joist Areas Basic Rules are 1 A Wall cannot be supported by a 3 sided joist area 2 A wall can be supported by a 4 sided joist area on the floor below if the wall extends exactly from one edge joist to the other This ensures that it is fully sup ported and that it loads all of the joists oS If the wall spans the interior of the joist area it must be parallel to all but possibly one of the underly ing supports of the joist are
33. Auto Stat X End X Height if Location ft 28 5 3 5 28 E Shearwall materials for shearline B level 1 Both sides the same Fastener Type Common wire nails Spiral or threaded T Size fsd Edge spacing unknown in Field spacing funknown in Width l Depth l 2 Ei a 4 zl an Stud spacing 116 n Exterior side Interior side Sheathing Material Structural T Thickness unknown l in Plies 3 OSB T Span rating End mamn lehi 2 Right 2 Right end HDS bd l Double bracket Double bracket V Apply to openings A Edit standard walls Edit database Hold down settings Horizontal and vertical fastener information as appropriate for the hold down is entered in the fastener section llold down Database Hold down HDS New Cnletre achanears aborda depane Vertical halt ack elongation inks M fads WoancherSolt wWeh anchor holt Diameter 1 Si Diameter 113 in Number 3 i 2 aak acide is 64 i There are four check boxes that allow the user to specify what will be taken into account for the dis placement e Elongation and slippage com bined as single hold down dis placement If this is checked the displacement value entered in the table below includes displacement from all sources of deflection related to the connection assem bly including the elongation of the connector itself the horizontal fastener slippage used to con
34. C Manual input of relative rigidity Use shearwall deflection to calculate rigidity v Distribute forces to wall segments based on rigidity Ignore non wood panel contribution forall o when combined with walls blocked structural wood panels ASCE all heights wind load case for rigid analysis Wind Seismic E EE TE C Case 1 full loads no torsion fiberboard Seismic wood panels and fiberboard V Allow 3 5 1 height to width ratios Out of plane sheathing assumption f 2 span 3 span Save as default for new files Case 2 75 loads torsion Service conditions Fabrication In service Moisture xfs 10 X Temperature T lt 1 OOF Reset original settings load with seismic or wind loads as per your building code Factors may be applied to dead loads to reduce their contribution to overturning resistance in the calculation of hold down forces Seismic loads are also normally factored in ASD design to account for the fact that the calcula tion of E is based on strength prin ciples 1 e the factor is to convert E from LRFD to ASD Wind Capacity Increase Factors U S only Various design codes recognize higher resistance values for wood panels for wind design than for seis mic design Use the allowable shear stress adjustment to increase the base shear capacity for MWFRS wind design The default value of 1 4 con forms to the 40 increase in capac ity both IBC and SDPWS allo
35. Combinations The dia gram view results shown are based on the load combination selected in this pull down menu When Critical Results is selected the analysis diagrams shown are for the worst case results of all load combinations Load combina tion numbers shown correspond to those used throughout Sizer Analysis Results Design Check diagrams etc e Deflection Results The deflec tion results can be viewed as total load or live load based on this pull down menu J O N p 0 ge j 0 ge JJ 36 Sizer Printing Results To print results click onthe Print All button from the toolbar when the result file or graphics screen that you wish to print is on screen To batch print the analysis diagrams for all load combi nations press Print All WoodWorks Design Office 37 2 6 Tutorial ane uelas Defining the Parameters A 0 2 A AA u E lE 1 Start the program in Beam mode 2 Select the Span field and enter a span of 15 ft 3 Click Add 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for two addi X 7 tional spans of 15 ft and 5 ft 6 in te s 5 Choose Right from the Cantilever drop down list 6 Although you can try different materials select Lumber n ply for this example 7 Select species type S P F lt 8 Under End Notches select the at HE Ti No sections generated T op field and enter a depth of 2 in and an unsupported length e End notches Deflecti
36. E ep a E Cancel I Hurricane prone region I Dynamic analysis flexible buildings jpa p Thig AD A ya eee Loe Didi fal mE Ll ali ce E Pim ME Wes mina i i A Crete Il oid i f f nt i hs ll I EE TES Tp atl TN ERCI Thad Ree La gees a ee ee et te add sie bods eg ert OL 2 Close Site Information Note You can limit load generation to specific levels by select ing only the range of floors Skipping floor load generation can be achieved by select ing the Loads and Forces screen select the floor for which you do not want loads generated and Delete all Showing 3 Click on the Generate Loads tool bar icon 4 Select Wind and Seismic loads to be generated from level 1 to 2 All other setting should remain as shown 5 Click on Generate Loads on Selected Levels to automatically generate loads a a F i ey E E hiie Tun ee ee HE r Baire j 4 Te F arji F Lamm ipah nd dene arm nini A A eae min i Euge mer upr mera bailing mas res ii miker la bai siagan ed il r w Few P zs a ar PE kmh D pel z Hrer iis i ii Le ii mapa pire am r 4 dows isa ti al mj fel iaai nT l r F hei jure wesw a E D Gaii eras i oy lim S Fair ii ps wail mamas a a ae w e mr td IR atl m agi 5 oe i x Li i DIE al Sate 5 e T s eph AECL F Hi gai
37. Floor I WoodWorks Design Office 101 Gridlines 1 Click on the grid button from the main toolbar Sg a e a a d H lA a th aids ea 2 Click at the following X and Y locations on the grid X 0 ft Y O ft X 15 ft Y 15 ft X 30 ft Y 30 ft X 45 ft Y 45 ft X 60 ft Y 60 ft X 75 ft Y near edge of scale J O N punto ya D junio te ab N g E A gt 102 Sizer h Wordle Siar Caneca d Calman Yiew TP EEE San Rat 3 Column Design Groups Name Center Column dd IV This group tc be designed by Woodworks SIZER r Detector Limits Material Timbe soft Species D Fir L Grade No v Width unknown to unknown in Depth unknown to unknown in Spacing gt if fu Live L 180 Total L7 180 IV Dry service Delete Rename Lateral supported load tanssien P Repetitive Member Fire Resistance No Of Sides E posed 4 x 0 no rating Fire Endurance Rating eo min OK Cancel aR am HA Dea al IGE ap Cers a a er ter i ad Floor Level Columns l 2 Click column on the toolbar Click Design Design Groups to define an additional column group Enter a new name in the Name field Centre Click Add Click OK Choose Centre from the Group drop down list on the data bar Click gridpoints A 3 B 3 C 3 D
38. Groups Foof Jst Joist Area Name If a joist area is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar will display the joist area name As a default the joist area name is jl for the first joist area j2 for the sec ond and so on This can be changed however by typing over the existing name included in the toolbar Joist Area Group If a joist area is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar indicates which beam design group it belongs to The group of a joist area can be changed by selecting a differ ent group from the drop down list included in the toolbar 83 Joist Area Direction If a beam is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar indicates the direction which the joist area spans The direction of a joist area can be changed by selecting an alternate direction from the drop down list included in the toolbar Note that an alternate direction is only available if there are beams or walls in the alter nate direction to support the joists Examples for Joist Areas Sloped Joists and Gridpoint Elevations The slope of a joist area is deter mined by the gridpoint elevations of the members that support it rather than by the elevations at the corners of the joist area itself This is signifi cant when you want to create a canti levered joist area that sits on 2 beams at different elevations J O N punto ya D junio te ab N g E A gt 84 Sizer Maximum of 6
39. J ASD Shear Force nif East West W For ASO Shear Force pif _ Flexible Diaphragm Wind Design Allowable Shear pif Crit int xt Co Total V lbs Resp Allowable Shear pit Int Ext Co C Total Vb WV Grp Wail group as listed in Metenals table For Dir Direction of wind force along shearing Ld case Critical load case ASCE T Allheights Cased or2 ASCE 7 low nse T Transverse L Longitudinal af offer results are fortis bad case V ASD factored shear force appbed lo entie fine and amoun laken by each wall wax Base shear WPHS Co ASD faciored shear force par ur full height sheathing divided by perforation factor Co as par SOP egn 43 5 and IBC ean Following valves marked wiih maans that valve for shearing is fhe one for wall with critical design response on fing WFHS Gesign shear force 450 factored shear fore per unit full heght sheathing lot Unit shear capacty of infenor sheathing Ext Uind shear capacity of asteror sheathiong Go Perforation facto C Sheathing combination rule 4 Add capacities S Sirongest soe only X Strongest side orhuce Weakest Total Combined unt shear capacity ine peforalion tagio V Combined shear capacity of walao botal capacity of shearline Crt Resp Cotical response WIFHS shown is shear force for use in shearwall design Vmax shown is WFHS divided by perforation factor Ca itis the base shear lo be used i in connection and collector design using IBC 20
40. S only sustained live storage and contained fluids and dead soil Canadian only earthquake and hydrostatic Canada only columns only The U S version also allows all live loads or all roof live loads to be considered a construction load and will use the appropriate duration factor 1f this is selected Depending on the load type speci fied Sizer will apply the correct load duration factor and load combina tion factor to each load combination For the Canadian version Sizer also applies the correct load factor The default load type is Dead J O N p 0 ya j 0 te jae ee oO gt N 26 Sizer Distribution This drop down list specifies the type of load distribution Full Uniform Line Full Uniform Area Partial Line Partial Area Triangular Trap ezoidal Point and Applied Moment At the bottom of the input section is a Line loads applied over design span only checkbox If checked the software distributes the line and area loads to the design span not the entire beam This is more a tool to compare files made in previous ver sions which only applied loads to the design span Magnitude This field specifies the magnitude s of the loads being applied These magnitudes should be entered as specified loads such as those stated in building codes When using Eng lish units Sizer allows you to change whether point loads are entered in pounds lbs or kilopounds kips thro
41. ac counting for torsional effects will be used if this option is selected for rigid analysis Case 2 75 of wind loads plus the effect of torsion will be used for rigid analysis Both options can potentially gov ern depending on the shape of your building and therefore the design results for both cases should be re viewed WoodWorks Design Office 4 3 Hold Down Settings The Hold down offset will be used in the calculation of hold down forces if Subtract offset from seg ment length 1s selected Left unchecked the moment arm will be based on the total distance from end to end of the segment resulting in lower forces in tension and compres sion at the ends of the panel Settings Ex Default Values View Company Infomation Project Description Design Hold downs Format Options LoadsandForces Hold down forces Hold down offset in V Subtract offset from segment length in overtuming moment am calculation Include joist depth in wall height in overtuming moment calculation Displacement da for deflection Override hold down properties for 0 25 in Shrinkage f0 Displacement 0 5 in Slippage 1 in Even when unchecked value for elongation or displacement also used when not available from hold down database Even when unchecked value for slippage also used when force on nails exceeds maximum allowable from SDPWS Ta sble C4 2 2D Blongation Wood properties and construction details
42. all features of the Database Editor 3 Connections and Shearwalls do not skip Species Grades and Sections that have been set to Ignore by the Database Editor 4 A change to any database will affect all programs that use it with the exception of item 3 File Buttons New Click on the new button in the toolbar to a create custom database file The program will prompt you with a series of dialog boxes to walk you through the process of creating a custom database file base file name in the file list to l retrieve an existing database This command retrieves an existing material database file You can specify the type of database such as Beams Columns Joists and Wall Studs Open Click on the open button in the toolbar or click on the data Save Click on the save button in the toolbar to update a material database which you applied changes to The save button also updates the current use and ignore set tings for customizing the database list D 5 S Sj or Nn ey oN g oe gt 220 Database Editor View Click on the view button in the toolbar to view the species Save As Click on the save as button in the toolbar to make a copy of the current database but with a grade or section properties of a different name Standard database file The view but ton is only available for the Standard Close database files Click on the close button in the toolbar to
43. analysis and design of your column with the information you entered and automatically displays the results If you specified unknown for some entries Sizer selects a series of suit able sections that provide acceptable results If there are no unknowns and you have not specified ranges in the width or depth fields Sizer does a design check on the specified section and verifies that the results are within the selected design code s limits The number of sections that Sizer selects depends on how many fields you specified as unknown in the column screen Sizer prompts you to save the current project prior to doing the design To change this choose one of the Save Before Design options from the Settings menu Settings Project Description Design Notes Design Format Company Information Preferences Concept Mode options Double click to create gridlines columns and beam loads Always double click coincident point loads Allow supporting members to be deleted temporarily IV Generate materials list V Generate design results for each member V Design members individually Beam and Column Mode options V Express beam or joist slope as rise run I Include Additional Design Data in results I Include detailed bearing results Express bearing reactions on joists as UDL I Include stock length warning in results V Show wood textures on members on screen Show wood textures on members in print
44. and allows you to specify the eleva tion for each level of your structure r Floor and Roof Levels Level Elevation Loopy selected level wt Modif Delete OF Cancel To add level elevations enter a new value and click Add The maximum number of new levels 1s six When design of a structure has already begun the option of copying the selected levels to the new ones is visible Sizer will not however convert roof joists to floor joists or vice versa To modify any existing level eleva tion select it enter a new value and click Modify To delete a level elevation select it and click Delete Click OK to save your changes or click Cancel to discard your chang es The Levels dialog is also used to change to different levels Select a level by clicking on it so that it 1s highlighted Click OK and Sizer will change to the selected level Another way to change to different levels is by using the drop list in the toolbar WoodWorks Design Office 4 3 Design Groups Why they are used The Sizer design process is based on design groups Design groups allow you to group similar mem bers together for the design process Sizer determines the lightest section size that can be used for each of the design groups based on the most critical member in each group You can make your group divisions as coarse or as fine as you wish Anything from a single group for all beams to a separate
45. applied load therefore all walls in all directions must be loaded in order to perform a rigid diaphragm analysis x Profile f Point Load Line Load f Area Load Level s From fi H Tol Location Apply te Shear Line JA E Tot 225 Type Seismic f Wind Shear Wind C amp C wind Uplift C Dead Load Building Mass lfibutey Both ways gt wrth Fe Magnilude Ibs i O00 fo plement as a factored force applied directly Distribution Method Both ka E Cancel 151 2 11 Generating Shearline Forces zij Direct Applied Shearline Forces As an advanced feature Shearwalls allows forces to be directly applied to shearlines as a manual method of adjusting the load distribution A force magnitude can be entered as either a positive or negative value to facilitate redistribution of the loads by adding forces to some shearlines and subtracting forces from oth ers The load distribution method can be Flexible Diaphragm Rigid Diaphragm or both Most often both methods will be selected These direct forces are added in the same manner as for new loads e Click on the Loads button e Select or highlight in Plan View the wall in the shearline that the force applies to e Click on the Add button and select Implement as a Force Applied Directly e Specify the force direction in the case of wind enter the magnitude and select the load distribution method to which
46. beam group for each beam is acceptable However a single group for all beams will likely result in excessively large section size for many beams Similarly a separate beam group for each beam while determining the optimal size for each beam results in an exces sively large number of different sec tions for construction 63 How to create them Design groups are created using a dialog as described in the following sections To help you get started Sizer provides default design groups for each major structural element e Column for columns e Wall for walls e Beam for beams e FloorJoist for floor joists e RoofJoist for roof joists Group Dialog To create a new group enter appropri ate values in the dialog fields and then click Add To change a design group select the group from the list change any of the values in the dialog fields and then click Modify To delete a design group select the group from the list and then click Delete J O N punto ya D junio te ab N g E A gt 64 Sizer Column Groups Click column on the toolbar to change the view to Columns Now click Groups on the toolbar The dialog box named Column Design Groups opens Column Design Groups kame Columnl v This group to be designed by Woodworks W Thi be designed by Woodworks SIZER Material Timber sof Spezies D FrL Grade JNo 2 efector limta iver Ly fiso T
47. click on the four gridpoints at the corners of the area 1n question As you click a rubber band line stretches from one gridpoint to the next Sizer encloses the joist area defined by these four gridpoints with a solid blue outline Within this Sizer 4 8 Joists ates outline is a double headed arrow showing the direction of the joists The arrow is blue for joists to be designed and black for joists not to be designed To create a triangular joist area click on the same gridpoint for the first and fourth points Joist areas can be either simply supported multi span or canti levered Joist areas must have at least two supporting beams or walls If there are four supporting beams or walls Sizer assumes the joists span the shorter direction Where the number of supporting beams or walls exceeds four you should define several joist areas each with no more than four sup porting beams or walls Deleting Joists To delete a joist area select it and press the DELETE key on the key board If the joist area supports a load Sizer does not allow you to delete it WoodWorks Design Office Concept Mode Data Bar The Concept Mode Data toolbar is active in the Joist view when a joist area is selected The Concept Mode Data toolbar will display information on the selected item including the joist area name the joist areas group name and the joist areas direction Concept Mode Data Bar Mame fi Dir A4 E4
48. close the current database without saving any Customizing Buttons changes which may have been The customizing buttons allow you done to this file to select those material databases that will be used or ignored during the Editing and Viewing Buttons design process This type of custom ii zation affects Sizer and Shearwalls Add only Connections disregards the Click on the add button in the toolbar to add new species grades or sections to a Custom ignore settings and can use all of the material databases database file The add button Use is only available for Custom Click on the use button in the database files A maximum of three toolbar to allow a selected spe species three grades and six sec cies grade or section of a mate tions is allowed for Custom database rial database to be used by Sizer files and Shearwalls during the design pro cess A check mark will appear beside Delete the species grade or section to indi Click on the delete button in the toolbar to delete existing species grades or sections in a Custom database file The cate that it can be used by Sizer and Shearwalls The use button applies to both Standard and Custom databases delete button is only available for Ignore Custom database files Click on the ignore button in the toolbar to prevent Sizer Edit and Shearwalls from using a Click on the edit button in the toolbar to edit the species grade or section properties o
49. delete an area or beam load select it and press the DELETE key on the keyboard WoodWorks Design Office Concept Mode Data Bar The Concept Mode Data toolbar is active in the Load view when a load is selected The Concept Mode Data toolbar allows you to edit and dis plays information on the selected load This includes the load name type and magnitude Note To select a load click on the load Selected loads appear in red If loads overlap sim ply click repeatedly until you reach the desired load 91 Load Name If a load is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar will display the load name As a default the load name is load1 for the first load load2 for the sec ond and so on This can be changed however by typing over the existing name included in the toolbar Load Type If a load is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar will display the load type This drop down list con tains the types of loads available dead or live Note Live loads applied on the roof level are automatically treated as Snow loads To specify other load types for roofs e g Wind change the load duration factor for the Snow load type in the Load Duration Factors dialog box U S only Load Magnitude If a load is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar will display the load type This field allows you to assign the magnitude for an area load psf or kKN m or for a line load plf or kN m J O N punto ya
50. draws the wall between the two gridpoints 75 You can create walls between any two gridpoints One wall can cross or intersect if you prefer another wall but two walls cannot overlap For example you cannot create two walls between the same pair of grid points Sizer indicates an error if you try to overlap walls Even if a wall spans several grid points it 1s treated as continuous However if you create several walls in a row Spanning a series of grid points along one gridline the walls are treated as discontinuous This does not affect the design results unless the discontinuous wall seg ments belong to different wall design groups Previous versions of Sizer required that a wall or beam on a lower story support an upper story wall This limi tation has been removed and joist areas can now support upper story walls in two ways End of a Cantilevered Joist Area Walls can sit on the end of canti levered joist areas Please refer to Sizer s online help and the examples in this document for further details Across the Interior of a Joist Area A joist area where the joist direc tion is not parallel to a wall can now support that wall The wall produces a uniformly distributed load which results in a point load on each joist in the joist area Please refer to Sizer s online help and the examples in this document for further details J O N punto ya D j 0 e N g e anns om
51. elevation view displays mem bers in the following fashion e Members that are on the selected gridline are shown in red e Members that are not on the cur rent gridline and are South or East of the gridline are shown in light grey lines e Members that are not on the cur rent gridline and are North or West of the gridline are shown in dark grey lines View Options The elevation view can be enhanced to include the member names and the group names by selecting these options in the View tab from the Settings dialog Settings eee x Compaw Information Project Jescrption Design Noes Preferences Design Settings Format View Viewing 4168 These settings apply North South jag to Concept Mode Plan iew Eastsfest Jeo Display Snap Increment North South i E ast w est i I Snapped Coordinate Member Names Group Names I Gridpoint Elevations cae Ann J O N jemi 0 te D junio te N g e amna A gt 94 4 11 The Design Process Sizer Starting the Design Process To start the design process click design on the toolbar Sizer performs an analysis and a design of your structure with the information you entered and automatically displays the results Sizer normally prompts you to save the current project prior to doing the design To change this choose one of the Save Before Design options from the Prefere
52. first and last joists by determining the reactions at the two supports of the first and last joists Sizer uses these com puted reactions as the start and end values of a distributed load on the supporting beams or walls It is assumed that the resulting distributed load varies linearly between the first and last joists In the case of a rectangular joist area on parallel supports this produces a uniformly distributed load on the beam or wall Any other conditions produce a trap ezoidal load on the beam or wall Should uplift occur at one end of a joist area but not the other Sizer computes two triangular distributed loads a positive load over a portion of the supporting member and a negative load over the remainder of the member e Walls supported by beams on a lower floor cannot span over a column unless the beam is continuous over the column WoodWorks Design Office 4 10 Elevation View Sizer includes a feature to view the elevation or cross section of your structure along any gridline To do this change to the Grid view and select any gridline in either the North South or East West directions The selected gridline will appear in red Now click on the elevation view button and the program automatical ly displays the elevation view along the selected gridline Te Sye bap LE mp ie iiras H Mm 11 Pa alt lg om baba i ape sumer os piee af mel rire egg inf ere 93 Member Display The
53. h and Length b Panel Shear Deflection End Chord Bending Deflection Nail Slip Deflection SE Hold down Deflection Elongation and Displacement Fastener Slippage Crush and Additional Components Shrinkage Distribution to Sides of Composite Wall Z Distribution to Segments within Shearline 23 Rigid Diaphragm Analysis Story Drift Storey Drift Calculation Allowable Drift Calculation Provisions Not Implemented g6 Shearwall Design Design Code Provisions Canada Design Code Provisions USA Design Procedure Design Parameters Design Cases aE Design Iterations Whole structure Iterations Design Iterations Per Level aE Wind Design E os Deflection Equation 967 1 Active D jab p 0 N YUN D S S5 N G we a Shearwalls Tutorial 3 1 Quick Start Tutorial 169 3 2 Advanced Tutorial 173 3 1 WoodWorks Design Office Quick Start Tutorial This tutorial will quickly provide you with the major steps and pro cedures required to design a wood frame building for manually applied lateral loads See the Advanced Tutorial for a more complete design example with automatically gener ated loads F Nc el Sr ey 5 n ee ee ee lebih z aF p oS 169 Start Shearwalls The Structure button is highlighted and the Structure Input form 1s active Define a structure block by click ing amp holding the le
54. in Canada WoodWorks Design Office Table of contents Welcome A Sizer A l What is Sizer 06 A 2 Designing a Beam A 3 Designing a Column A 4 Designing a Structure B Shearwalls B 1 What is Shearwalls B 2 Designing for Wind amp Seismic Forces B 3 Shearwalls Tutorial B 4 Shearwall Settings C Connections 1 What is Connections 2 Post amp Beam Connections 3 Lapped Shear Connections D The Database Editor What is the Database Editor Material Databases Creating Custom Databases Viewing Standard Databases nM BW N e Customizing the Database List il 1 l 115 115 131 167 187 197 199 204 211 217 219 221 222 226 228 Welcome What Is Design Office WoodWorks Design Office is an integrated design suite for engi neering projects The three programs that complement each other are Sizer Shearwalls and Connections This User Guide applies to both Cana dian and USA versions of WoodWorks software Minor dif ferences in the programs do exist and some screen captures may not do exactly as shown in this document This User Guide covers all three mod ules of the Design Office suite The purpose of this Guide is to help the beginner quickly and efficiently learn how to use all th
55. information will be saved as default for future sessions only if you use the Save as default option in the Settings menu Those marked with an asterisk will be saved with individual member files criterion that must be satisfied The number that appears in the Fire Endurance field is a default that auto matically appears for each project In Concept mode this default can be over ridden in the Groups dialog on a group by group basis Similar input fields exist in the Fire Resistance and Treatment dialog of Beam and Column modes that is accessed from the Fire Design button The number of sides exposed to fire 0 3 or 4 can also be set Fire endurance is calculated accord ing to IBC 721 6 3 which is available from the American Wood Council at WWwW awc org jab N YN p 0 N I os gt b 10 Sizer Deflection Options e report interior and cantilever deflection separately in Beam mode s Design Check report e report the dead load deflection e ignore cantilever deflections in design so that the deflection of a cantilever never governs a design Minimum Bearing Length Sizer provides designers with the flexibility of setting absolute lim its for the minimum bearing length for both exterior and interior sup port locations The values entered in these boxes indicate the smallest bearing the program considers If the program calculates a minimum bear ing less than this value it ove
56. move the arrows to the new position and release Ala oo ee ee Bn E D t i cy yl C SE Il Aly tA leie rc a i f i EN D l Il C ji n I _ Il d l 4 no l m m a 4 Continue this process until the building footprint matches the CAD file as shown N DF S jab N O ja w W 178 Shearwalls 5 Add three interior walls by click ing at the start of each wall and dragging the mouse to the end of the wall 6 Select all three interior walls by holding CTRL and clicking on walls 7 Change from Exterior Segmented to GWB 1 ply both sides same in Wall and Shearline Input L Q ouran tomasa GN hio Tad Pen Vow Damast w ae Yor fee hte SS Ok oe rin WoodWorks Design Office 179 Openings 1 Click on the Openings button 2 Create a garage door opening by selecting wall 3 1 and clicking on a point offset 3 ft from the edge of the building and dragging a 14 ft opening This can also be achieved by directly entering input in the Opening Input form 3 Continue to place door and win dow openings around the structure as desired 4 To ease viewing click on the Import CAD button to remove the CAD image from the background This can be turned back on at any tme ina Het Brats mk OPENING Heap E
57. nect the hold down bracket to the studs and the vertical bolt elonga tion up to the length of vertical bolt shown in the top right of this input form Manufacturers typi cally include all these sources of deflection in their tables therefore selecting this checkbox will be typical If it is not checked the value indicates the elongation only and therefore the slippage will be calculated separately WoodWorks Design Office e Elongation for connector only without anchor bolt When this box is checked the elonga tion value does not represent the anchor bolt elongation which is calculated using the bolt length indicated in the Structure dialog This option is not viable when the elongation and slippage are combined as single hold down displacement Elongation tensile capacity and slippage wood capacity combined as single hold down displacement capacity Elongation and capacity For connector only without anchor bolt Always use elongation at maximum capacity Shrinkage compensating device Elongation Select Thickness of studs b in Stud width d in ASD Capacity lbs Elongation in on pests Click on a cell From above table to edit halddown properties click Select to select row for deletion Note Designer is responsible for ensuring that hold down data corresponds to most recently published manufacturers specifications For help on any item click on box in the upper right corner then
58. on the item Exit e Shrinkage compensating device If the hold down is capable to adjust to the wood movement this box should be checked so the wood shrinkage and crush com ponent are not included in the dis placement e Always use elongation displace ment at maximum capacity If this box 1s checked the displace ment 1s assumed to correspond to the allowable hold down capac ity even if the actual force at the hold down is less than the listed capacity of the hold down For example if Always use elonga 165 tion displacement at maximum capacity 1s checked and if the calculated uplift force that a hold down is required to resist is 1000 Ibs but the selected hold down has a capacity of 2000 Ibs with a corresponding displacement of 0 20 inches the hold down elon gation or displacement will be based on the listed displacement value of 0 20 inches associated with the maximum 2000 Ib capac ity Left unchecked the displace ment will be based on the ratio of actual force capacity in this case 50 of 0 20 inches or 0 10 inches The deflection of shearwall is impor tant to ensure it remains within the allowable storey drift limits It also determines the rigidity of the shear wall segments for load distribution within shearlines and the rigidity of the shearline for use in the rigid dia phragm distribution method D jab p 0 Nn N gt S S5 N we hm 166 WoodWorks D
59. p 0 ga j 0 D te ja D oe p z D 4 be 50 Sizer Apply Options to Concept Mode Deflection Factors U S Only This button in Beam Load View and There are two leniencies offered in Column Load View is only active the IBC related to deflection These when there is a Concept mode file optional IBC deflection factors can be open and allows the application of selected using two checkboxes The the following settings to have an first allows the deflection resulting affect on Concept mode This items from L D to be calculated using L can only be accessed from Beam or 0 5D for wood structural members Column mode and are having a moisture content under 16 percent at the time of installation and e Self weight used in dry conditions The second e Line Loads applied over design option is related to components and span only cladding wind loads where deflec e Long term deflection factor tion may be calculated using only 70 e Use L 0 5D for deflection percent of the wind load e Load duration factors CD e Load combinations from The NDS provides guidance on Temperature from beam view considering the effects of long term deflection by increasing the contribu Self Weight tion of dead load by a creep factor If automatically included in loads Kcr that typically ranges from 1 5 analysis is selected by the user the to 2 any value can be entered if the self weight of a member is consid Include creep factor 1s c
60. partial sup ports In this example an attempt to create the joist area B2 B4 E4 E2 fails because beam b6 only supports some of the joists in the N S direc tion and there are no supports for joist in the E W direction 2 O N punto ya D j 0 e N g e anns om 4 gt 86 Sizer Partial Supports are ignored if another direction can be spanned Two beams have been added to the previous example running in the N S direction Therefore it 1s pos sible to create a joist area running in the E W direction even though there is a partial support disqualifying the N S direction Angled Partial Supports Error Message There is a beam or wall which only supports part Joist areas cannot be placed over angled partial supports In this exam ple the partial support is at an angle to the joists in both directions so that it supports some of the joists in both directions This makes it impossible to create a joist area WoodWorks Design Office 87 Partial Supports are ignored when they lie at a different elevation than the joists In this example the end of the par tial support has been elevated 2 feet above the other supports so that it no longer is able to support any of the joists It is now possible to create a joist area with joists running in either direction Sizer assumes that the col umn supporting the elevated beam pierces the joist area Out of plane supports Err
61. sections on the toolbar remains available until you perform another design rather than a design check O Nn p 0 ga D j 0 D ga ja D Se p lt lt be 48 3 3 Sizer Loads a Click loads view on the toolbar to specify the loading of a column that is to be designed Sau nna mnr nm See oe reer ere Name Use the Name field to enter the name of the load you want to apply to the column Sizer generates an appro oe name if you leave this field lank The list box beneath this field contains the names of all the loads you have specified for this column Click one to select it Type This drop down list specifies the type of load being applied Sizer allows you to select from a variety of load types including dead live roof live U S only snow wind impact U S only sustained live storage and contained fluids and dead soil Canadian only earthquake and hydrostatic Canada only columns only The U S version also allows all live loads or all roof live loads to be considered a construction load and will use the appropriate duration factor if this is selected Depending on the load type specified Sizer will apply the correct load dura tion factor and load combination fac tor to each load combination For the Canadian version Sizer also applies the correct load factor The default load type is Dead Distribution This drop down list specifies the
62. the toolbar Column Group If a column is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar indicates which column design group it belongs to The group of a column can be changed by selecting a differ ent group from the drop down list included in the toolbar 4 6 Walls WoodWorks Design Office Click wall on the toolbar The wall button on the toolbar appears as light gray to indicate the view The Sizer window title also indicates the current view Creating Walls m WoodWorks Sizer Concept1 Wall View tH File Mode Settings Edit Design view Window Help Mm 1 0 a Wy All to be designed walls appear as hollow blue lines while not to be designed walls appear as solid blue lines In Columns Beams Joists and Loads view walls appear solid gray lines In Grid view the walls are shown as light grey lines Walls New walls must be added to existing wall groups If you have created the wall design groups simply choose the appropriate group from the drop down list at the right of the status bar If you have not created the wall design groups click groups on the toolbar to access the dialog for creat ing column and wall groups See sec tion 4 3 for more details To create a wall drag from the start eridpoint to the end gridpoint As you drag Sizer displays a solid rubber band line showing where the wall will go Release the mouse button at the gridpoint where you wish to end the wall Sizer
63. used to generate the building and the loading model e View Controls the viewing area limits the snap increment and the gridline spacing Settings Deeg fickidowns Fomat Opie Loadsandforces Oct at Valuer Maw Company information Prjed Osscigtion Lm s of vieveng area M aa Pa jv Ft wew oce y to window ony 0 74 x M Fe bulding min 16 38 zax 53 63 to view ares Mouse chcks recorded at r rtervals Uieplay gidires Zoom of increases view F Ewy 10 is 25 NOTE vew sestings are abways saved w h pmjeci fins Reset ogna senings Save as din for new fies e Format Controls the unit for mat and the font size for the screen and printer output e Options Control the text to be Shown 1n the Plan and Elevation Views and the tables included in Results View e Loads and Forces Controls the loads and forces to be shown in the Plan Elevation and Results Views e Company Information Controls the input of company information to appear in the Design Results output e Project Description Controls the input of the project description to appear in the Design Results output Deak atues View Campany rtomator Papa Desoto Day Holldows Font Opre Loads ant foroen e Hold Downs Controls the hold down offset and displacement options The group of settings on each tab can be saved as the default settings used by new
64. you are not satis fied with the suggested design you can change some parameters in the Details view and re design the con nection 1 Change the Bolt Diameter to 1 2 for the Face Plate 2 Change all of the remaining Face Plate parameters to unknown except for the plate thickness Leave this as 1 8 bame atl va das i an red a a 3 Click on the Diagram button 4 Click on the Results button z 5 Repeat the above steps while changing load conditions connec tion geometry connector details or any other parameters This will allow you to quickly become familiar with Connections WoodWorks Design Office 211 Lapped Shear Connections Introduction Connection Type In this tutorial you will create and design a bolted wood to steel splice L rea ae New button on connection as shown below e toolbar gt Piel 2 Select the connection type Lapped Shear with a Wood to Steel configuration Connection Type Enter Connection Type Post amp Beam Steel to Wood Q z O O a O N T 22 Connections Connection Geometry 1 Click on the geometry which represents a double shear splice connection fourth image as shown Dielaielsia Aaaa s Load and Material Details z i F 3 hone 1 Click on the Load Material but ton 2 Enter a width b of 2 in And a depth d of 10 in for the main wood member 3 Click on the steel s
65. you have specified your design groups you can create your structure in the Concept mode 4 4 WoodWorks Design Office 69 Gridlines and Gridpoints Gridlines are horizontal East West or vertical North South lines posi tioned on the work area Gridlines appear as dark blue dashed lines in the Grid view The intersection of a North South gridline with an East West gridline is a gridpoint When you change from Grid view to any other view the gridlines appear as light gray dashed lines Under View in the Settings menu a snap increment option is available for gridlines A snap increment allows you to determine the smallest incre ment a newly created gridpoint will move or snap to m WoodWorks Sizer Concept1 Grid View tH File Mode Settings Edit Design View Window Help A im 109 Automatic Generation This feature makes a simple task of producing a screenfull of grid lines at regular intervals First start a new Concept mode project Next from the menu bar select Settings Change View and enter the desired gridline interval as the N S and E W snap increments Press the Ok button and from the menu bar select EditlGenerate Grid Manual Generation Click grid on the toolbar The grid button on the toolbar appears as light gray to indicate the view The Sizer window title also indicates the current view Point close to where you want to place a gridpoint and click to create it
66. 05 82 r5 and SDPWS 3 G 4 L i L iia E ik WoodWorks Design Office the shearwall construction require ments for the entire building The dimensions and properties of individual walls including the group to which they belong are listed under Shearline Wall and Opening Dimensions Loads Dead loads seismic loads and wind loads input by the user or generated by the software are listed in separate tables i Level E To E F Project Information Structural Data Wind shear Loads wind Design Seismic Design wind C amp T Loads Building Masses Seismic Loads s Shear Design The Wind and Seismic Design Sections each include both flexible and rigid diaphragm design results There are separate tables for shear results hold down design dragstrut forces shear wall deflection and hold down displacement The Wind Design sections includes an additional table Components and Cladding by Shearline that compares the applied C amp C wind suction load to the sheathing strength and fastener capacity in withdrawal Only the ee design tables include story rut The user can tailor the output reports using the Show button and can navigate from table to table Wind Design b Flexible Diaphragm Design P Choaaranlle Seismic Design d s Shearwalls 129 with the Go To Table button Design notes appear at the end of the wall materials table and warn ings are displayed where f
67. 3 E 3 and F 3 Choose Column1 from the Group drop down list on the data bar Click all remaining gridpoints WoodWorks Design Office 103 Wall Design Groups Walls 1 Click walls on the toolbar wa This group tobe designed by Woodworks SIZER nave he Ne eine denona a 2 Click Design Design Groups to 2 Mater Lumber Studs 7 Qetlection Lint define an additional wall group Species Dr gt Lvs L fied 3 Enter a new name in the Name O E Taat fe field Wall2 4 Click Add Ag wih 2 z to f in nom 5 Click OK Clic l Depth furry to jure ni Spacing g in M Dry service Lateral supported load rarnsten H i Repetitive Member 6 Choose Walll from the Group drop down list on the data bar Bee eee Gere LE le ee ari r at im at AO ee alt oe 7 Point to gridpoint F 1 click and drag a wall to F 3 8 Choose Wall2 from the Group drop down list on the data bar 9 Point to gridpoint F 3 click and drag a wall to F 5 BERI ee eo fee i ar J O N punto ya D j 0 te UN g e A gt 104 Sizer Beam Design Groups Beams Name Purin I This group to be designed by Woodworks Size Beam Deflection Limits Material Glulam Unbalan Live Le 360 Species West Species ka a Grade or fierv2HF z Total L7 240 Comb n 16F 2 HF width Jiunkrown to unknown in Depth unknown to unknown in Sp
68. Analysis results output Se EE amp K qK lt __ K_ ee ROSS ge Bl Hf mg Cee a sm a po mig a ee ey esi J O N p 0 ya D j 0 te ee O 32 Zo Sizer The Design Process Starting the Design Process To start the design process click the design button on the toolbar Sizer performs an analysis designs your beam with the information you entered and automatically displays the results If you selected unknown for some entries Sizer selects a series of suit able sections that provide acceptable results If there are no unknowns and you have not specified ranges in the width or depth fields Sizer does a design check on the specified section and verifies that the results are within the selected design code s limits The number of sections that Sizer selects depends on how many fields you specified as unknown in the beam screen Sizer normally prompts you to save the current project prior to doing the design To change this choose one of the Save Before Design options from the Settings dialog Settings Company Information Project Description Design Notes Preferences Design Format View Concept Mode options Double click to create gridlines columns and beam loads Always double click coincident point loads I Allow supporting members to be deleted temporarily V Generate materials list V Gen
69. D j 0 e N g e anns 4 gt 92 Sizer Loads and Load Combinations Load Direction All live and dead loads are applied vertically downward Load Location Sizer automatically applies dead loads along the length of a sloped member Live loads are applied along the horizontal projected length of a sloped member Load Combinations Combinations are automatically gener ated for the following loads e dead load only e dead and live loads Pattern Loads Pattern loads are only available in Beam mode for live snow wind construction U S only and impact loads U S only on multi span beams Load Transfer Loads are transferred in Concept mode using the following rules e Joists transfer to supporting beams or walls e Beams transfer to supporting beams or columns e Walls transfer to supporting walls or beams on a lower floor e Columns transfer to columns or beams on a lower floor Sizer determines whether a beam is supporting or supported based solely on the Load Transfer Number LT entered for the beam s design group A beam with a higher LT always transfers loads to beams with lower LT s In other words a beam with a lower LT always supports a beam with a higher LT There are two points to note how ever e Sizer determines maximum joist and beam reactions from a struc tural analysis of each member In the case of joist areas Sizer only analyzes the
70. Default length subject to shrinkage 0 925 x floor depth on storey 4 5 in Crushing of bottom plate at end stud 0 04 in Bolt hole tolerance 1 16 in Other miscuts gaps etc fo in Save as default for new files Reset original settings Edit hold down database For help on any item click on box in the upper right comer then on the item ee een ee EA In the US the joist depth is not included in the overturning calcu lation as shown in the SDPWS However some engineers prefer to take the more conservative approach of including this extra height and selecting Include joist depth in wall height will give this extra flexibil 195 ity The Canadian version automati cally includes the floor depth as per the CSA O86 Displacement da for deflection If the boxes are checked in the Displacement da for deflection sec tion the user can input values for the elongation displacement shrinkage and slippage that will override the hold down properties given in the hold down database These values will be used for all the hold down in the structure The Wood properties and construc tion details section indicates the dif ferent sources for vertical shearwall displacement at the hold downs due to wood shrinkage crushing of wood slippage in bolt hole and con struction quality and allows the user to input specific values From the hold down settings you can reset the original settings and access
71. E e Select the opening number in the drop down box harena lt Openin fu HE at the top of the i ee form The current oom hh E E dimensions will Ros A I appear in the form ERA e Type over the i dimension you wish to change WALL Oftret from edge lg tae sel ethan and press Enter PEST e Note that open ii ee aM ings cannot be nines ate 7 ea __ altered graphically ec idl ee after they have M Doubleteacket Diguible brecker aiid 1 Deen created they must be resized or relocated using the Form View 143 4 It is possible to create a new open ing without using the Plan View e Select new opening in the Openings drop down list enter the dimensions and location of the opening and then press the Add button e You can add a succession of simi larly sized openings in this way 5 Deleting openings e To delete an opening click on a wall select an opening from the Openings drop down list then press the Delete button 6 Hold downs are specified for each side of each window and door opening If the Apply to all open ings on wall is selected the choice of hold down will apply to all the openings along the selected wall Unchecked unique hold downs can be specified for each opening By default this option is disabled and checked so that a wall with mul tiple openings have consistent hold downs To enable the checkbox the Apply to openings in the
72. For multi level buildings with varying layouts on each level importing different metafiles for each level can be done WoodWorks Design Office 4 Click OK 5 Select the bottom right corner of the building as the second refer ence point 6 Enter 20 ft as the distance between the two reference points 7 Click Finish level 1 Ld Lte Pols fe nerui an ihe fone viin bo riire end reciban She CAD dieing 175 8 Continue with CAD Import Wizard scaling instructions for level 2 Shearwalls CAD Import Wizard Input Windows metafiles for CAD drawings Number of levels with CAD drawings Level 1 example wmf Level 2 example wmf Position drawing on level 1 Peta Step 4 Enter the distance between the two points of reference The drawing will be scaled to this value Press the Finish button to apply this scale You cannot go back a step after you press Finish Distance between points 20 cau a einai be CAL rig Number of levels wt CAD aang M Lei O One aep e Leval 2 enamga rd Pastior ta ori bad cp iniha bows bakma erter tha i and Yscoondinater forthe Teak backer pene Each ardiumerach checks Win Garner oo heck A Hap Aha pal peace Frish bevel F bunan et eT YN DF i S z jas N em a ja 176 Shearwalls i io i E ites Fy ae mers Structure Blocks amp Levels 1 Click on the Struct
73. Generate building masses first Self Weights pet eo 7 W Horizontal projection Ceiling iv Floors MMWFAS loads Generate M Fool f Line loads C Area loads Or Snow E W walls load W Roof panels W Gable ends a o i 20 used see Settings Generate loads on selected levels Delete all generated loads DSSS CODD RE SPSEE E r Seer OSE nr rane rODED HPC E S Il C amp C wall loads Apply ASCE 7 10 pst minimum wind loads if W average loads from Figure 6 6 in one direction are less than 10 psf 2 O N p 0 ya j 0 te Ss amp UN j 0 N 3 py oe oan O O N 148 Shearwalls Click on the Loads and Forces but The loads list can be controlled ton to add a variety of load types and to only show certain categories of profiles to the structure as described loads below in the Load Input Form sec tion Shearwalls has the flexibility to add loads to one or several levels at once to individual walls or entire building faces Load Input Form This form controls the adding edit ing and deleting of loads and forces that can be applied to the structure Mame __ pE ETON j EF Wind Shear 1 wind ar Line 1 J Seime Loadi Seimic Load Foint 1 An Sekme load Seimi Load Line 3 d dd Delete Rename Saal Web hay lia et Applied to South Building Face From A f 0 To 50 Mini 7 ni bea Ui E il cci wl mil a a A a plf Fro
74. Hold down Dragstrut Forces based on The hold down and dragstrut forces may be based either on the presum ably higher capacity of the associated shearwall or on the calculated value of the corresponding hold down force that is the applied loads Rigid Diaphragm Analysis Canada A Rigidity per unit length There are four methods to establish the relative rigidity of shearwalls for a Rigid Diaphragm Analysis by using shearwall capacity to approxi mate rigidity by considering that all shearwalls have equal rigidity by manual input of relative rigidity or using deflection derived stiffness It is possible to select either the shearwall capacity or deflection option then adjust rigidities using the manual method This method can help simulate proprietary shearwall sections The method of distributing loads within the shearline will be the same as the method chosen to dis tribute loads to the shearlines Distributed Forces to Wall Segments Based on Rigidity U S Only Selecting this option distributes the shear load within the shearline based on individual wall rigidities rather than distributing the shear uniformly along all walls within the shearline This option does not effect the total shear distributed to the shearline N i S je UN ct j 0 D ga N zz gt 194 Shearwalls ASCE 7 all heights wind load case for rigid analysis U S only Case 1 full wind loads without
75. Lengih Fasod op ali cigidita lansti e The Structural Data section includes story data design set tings site information wall mate rials by wall groups and shearline dimensions for the design e The Loads section includes the profiles locations and magnitudes of wind shear seismic uplift and C amp C loads and direct forces specified for the design e The Wind Design section contains the results of flexible and or rigid diaphragm design including shear results by shearline dragstrut forc es hold down design and deflec tion It also provides component and cladding design results by shearline e The Seismic Design section con tains the results of flexible and or rigid diaphragm design includ ing shear results by shearline and dragstrut and hold down forces Wall Groups Shearwalls gathers wall assemblies of similar wall materials sheath ing fastening and framing into Wall Groups and assigns a wall group number to each group This is sum marized in the Structural Data sec tion of the design results report 1 Wanian Shearwalle ii T gerip wrr Design Hesulis E E B pe pil gelem Mir yea ieee Hep x ls j j paj Ue bs ee mE ae E fF Show Design Costs lineal HmP 4 aa 2S be a MATERIALS by WALL GROUP 5 Wall Sheathing fin Fasteners pcg in Framing Members in Apply Grp Surf Material Thick Orlent Size Type Edg Fld Blkg species G Spe Notes I Ext Sn
76. Mass is not considered to resist overturning Load Profiles A variety of load profiles can be applied to the structure includ ing point loads line loads and area loads Loads can be applied to one or more floor levels 149 Load Location Loads are applied to building faces wall lines or selected walls The location and tributary area can be changed to create partial loads or overhanging loads Wind shear loads can be applied as windward and or leeward loads Highlight a wall in Plan View to add corresponding loads Magnitudes Load magnitudes represent the inten sity of the load applied to the exte rior of the structure These loads are based on the code requirements for your jurisdiction Implement as a Force Applied Directly Refer to section 2 11 under Direct Applied Shearline Forces for a description of this feature eS E alse OF ri 5 O N p 0 ya j 0 te z oN amp UN j 0 N 3 py oe O O N 150 Shearwalls Working With Loads No Adding Loads Click on the Loads Action button to input loads through the Load Input Form In the Load Input Form select Add to add loads to the struc ture The Add a New Load input dialog will appear Select the load type profile loca tion and floors to which the load applies The magnitude is entered as a From and To value to facilitate trapezoidal and triangular line loads Are
77. N I os gt a 12 Sizer View Tab Concept Mode only Choose the View tab from the Settings Dialog This tab allows you to specify different viewing options such as the size of the viewing area the snap increment the percentage zoom and member names Viewing Area These fields specify the maximum viewing area in plan for the North South and East West directions Settings Company Infomation Project Description Design Notes Preferences Design Format View Viewing area These settings apply North South to Concept Mod Plan View East West 60 Display Snap increment z Snapped co ordinat in status b North South f1 Member name E East West i Group names Note The information will be saved as default for future sessions only if you use the Save as default option in the Settings menu tt will be saved with the Concept Mode file a Eee Snap Increment This specifies the smallest increment a newly created gridpoint will move or snap to For example a snap incre ment of 2 0 ft allows you to place grid points at 10 0 12 0 and 14 0 ft but not at 9 0 or 11 0 ft Display These options allow you to include additional information on the dia grams for viewing or printing This includes the snapped coordinate the member names and the group names You can also specify whether snapped or actual mouse co ordinates appear in the status bar Save As Default Choo
78. Plates lunknown unknown unknown xj unknown unknown unknown ASTMA36 f 13 50 Beat ta Column 207 Connector Type 1 Click on the Method but ton i 2 Select Bolts as the connector type by clicking on the Bolts graphic 3 For selected connectors exporting dxf files of the connection drawing for use in AutoCAD can be done Three separate dxf files will be exported approriate for e shop drawings e assembly drawings e combined exporting all lay ers Connector Details 1 Click on the Details but ton At this point you can specify details about the connection such as bolt diameter plate thickness or spac ing You can also leave some or al of the details as unknown and allow Connections to choose these parame ters In this example leave everything as unknown to start Q z O O g O N T 208 Oll gt p ni sala e p Qi l kla HALa FRAT emal ee ome iss simo tee ma eye si _ te easi to Ti erre weet ecere a Lie aers rowe mii iam a ev e a enan siy tsei i i ome pies w i ae eo ase Bees bag pici ac i ozs 198 mer ane Tase beeige Dm fa fice Dreri phei berred O59 teurves ami siem n jis fietee Dreri p ct bmi fer teories i siem evened no Pest lay Fooi erp ted ot 2 ebeees ee ee LA ir eo Banding ipa wa i Sn ram ae thilee seits
79. S a YN D S jas Nn Ss jab 180 Shearwalls E 2nd Story 1 Click on the Extend Walls but ton This automatically creates the upper levels for all multi leveled blocks In this case the second level is created for the Main struc ture block 2 The current level should be level 2 Walls 1 Click on the Walls button Add two interior walls on the level 2 directly above the interior walls on level 1 as shown Sea Openings 1 Click on the Openings button 2 Select wall E 1 and create two small 6 ft wide window open ings with a 3 75 ft height and 3 ft offset from the bottom Ec 3 To View the current Oa openings select wall E 1 and click on the Elevation button 4 Select level 1 to 2 in the data bar WoodWorks Design Office 181 Roof Blocks 4 Click on the Import CAD button 1 Click on the Roof Blocks button background CAD image in the Roof blocks will automatically be assigned to all structure blocks having an initial geometry based on the defaults set in Settings Default Values 2 Select the Main block Set the east and west slopes of the roof at 30 degrees and set overhangs of 2 ft on all sides of the roof Block Main Y Roof Level 2 Geomety Location ft Exlent ft 1 Construction Flat Rool Gable Hip Joined nee Noth C C South C
80. Wall and Shearline Input form needs to be unchecked To reset the hold downs entered in the Openings Input form to match those entered for the wall recheck the Apply to openings or choose a hold down for the left and right end of the selected walls in the Wall and Shearline Input form The left end in the wall and shearline input corresponds to the left side in the Opening Input form It would be more typical to specify a consistent hold down for the entire wall sys tem perhaps even the entire build ing 2 O N p 0 ya j 0 te z amp UN j 0 N 3 py oe oan O O N 144 2 7 Shearwalls Creating Roofs Roof Action becomes available for single story buildings when the Wall Action button is pressed and walls are created or for multi story build ings when the Extend Walls Upwards button is pressed You must press on roof action before proceeding to cre ate loads Click on the Roof Blocks button to specify the building roof geometry A Roof Block is created for each struc ture Block Each Structure Block will be assigned an initial roof geometry based on the construction type slope and overhang settings in Settings Default Values After the Roof Blocks button is pressed for the first time the exte rior walls remain associated with the blocks If these walls are repo sitioned the roof block is resized to match their furthest extent However the opposite i
81. Wood Works Design Office Sizer Shearwalls Connections Database Editor User Guide For Canadian and U S version This edition of the guide includes new features introduced in the U S Design Office 9 Canadian Wood Council American Wood Council Developed by Acronym Software Inc 2010 Copyright by CWC ISBN 0 921628 52 8 1 0M0900 1 0M1199 0 5M1098 0 5M198 0 5M1206 POD1010 Limited Warranty The American Wood Council and the Canadian Wood Council make no representations or warranties with respect to the con tents of this user guide and specifically disclaim any implied watranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular pur pose The contents of this documentation may include techni cal inaccuracies or typographical errors The American Wood Council and the Canadian Wood Council disclaim all warranties with respect to the software contained on disk or in printed form including all expressed or implied warranties of merchantability and fitness and any stated or expressed warranties are in lieu of all obligations or liabili ties of the American Wood Council and the Canadian Wood Council for damages including but not limited to special indirect or consequential damages arising out of or in connec tion with the performance of the software As always the engineer is ultimately responsible for his or her design Refer to Read Me for further information Version 2010 October 2010 Printed
82. You must now select the property E ETA that you want to edit This is done ae a l cancel by highlighting the material species grade or section that you wish to edit and then clicking on the add delete or edit button from the toolbar Fb 2200 Fy 285 Modulus of Elasticite frman psil H Coieredton a Depending on the information that you are editing one of the four fol Fep 750 lowing dialog boxes will open Material Properties dialog e Species Properties dialog e Grade Properties dialog Specilied strengths are Working Stress Design wSD values e Section Properties dialog Section Properties Step 3 r eta Size Click on the save button to save any ko E of the changes id 925 _ gt Gael La n Note Installing updates of the Size Factors CF Stack lenalh Feet custom database will erase any c modifications made previously FE i04 i Eo Remove checkmark from cus tom database during the instal lation process in order to retain gt nz your original copy of the cus tom database Ponesponding grade propetties ate roultisled by these factors a gt 5 jab 3j o Nn O ey O O J 226 Database Editor 4 Viewing Standard Databases View Material Properties iead only The Database Editor allows you to Member Type Joists view the material species grade and _ _ se
83. a Thus if there are four supports under a multi span joist area the wall must be parallel to at least three of them This ensures that the out ermost or edge joists in the joist area are the critical ones 4 Walls can always be supported at the end of cantilevered joists Refer to the online help for more information about Wall Supports WoodWorks Design Office In this example there are two walls wl and w2 supporting a joist area on the first level It is not possible to place a wall along gridline C because it would not be parallel to either w1 or w2 below A wall on the second level must be parallel to at least 1 i e 2 1 1 of the joist supports on the first level This is the case for wall w3 In the same example a wall can be placed at the end of the cantilevered joist area and such is the case for wall w4 It is worth noting that as in previous versions of Sizer a second level wall could be placed directly over any of the first level walls The load would then be transferred directly to the lower wall dd Partial Wall on joist area Sizer allows partial walls to be placed on joist areas if there is a supporting wall below it or if it is at the end of a cantilevered joist area However these partial walls will not be carried by the joists but extend to a wall or the ground below In this example we are on the sec ond floor Wall w1 and wall w2 are allowed but the joist area d
84. a grade name the allowable stress values the modulus of elasticity E and to specify the material use as a beam post or both Section Click on Add First Section in the New Grade dialog Now the New Section dialog automatically opens and prompts you to enter the actual and nominal dimensions the size factors the stock length and the material shape as either beam post or both D 5 S Sj or Nn es oN g je J 224 Database Editor Member Type Beams Material Name Filerianie Ulvewb Use in Multi Plp Members Only Caef of Variation for Modulus ol Elasticity CoVE 015 Matertal Type Sawn Lumber dimension lumber and timbers Glue Laminated Timber Gidlam of Machine Stress Rated MSR Lumber Stractiral Composite Lumber PSL LVL etc Matenal Properties Ea Cea Species Properties O O O O OoOO l eamhan E OOOO O E eight 41 5 Lucu ft l Eancel Modifying Custom Databases The Database Editor allows you to modify Custom database files by adding deleting or editing the mate rial species grade or section proper ties The following steps describe how to modify a custom database file Step 1 You must first open the Custom data base file that you want to modify This is done by using the open button or by clicking on the file name in the file list WoodWorks Design Office 225 Grade Properties Step 2 SE
85. a line of shearwall segments sub ject to the same loads e It displays either the walls select ed in Plan View or all walls on the selected shearline e It will show all walls on the shearline for any range of build ing levels e It displays the dimensions of building elements openings applied shears dead and uplift loads and output data such as Shear resistance hold down forces dragstrut forces nailing patterns required and sheathing thickness e Pressing the Elevation View but ton creates the window if it does not already exist and brings it Fak hi kiep Hm ie Fee eee inte DHS Hu OO A eS Plo ie Testa B oe Fd Taide Taig Pii aga 127 into view e It 1s useful to tile this window with Plan View where you can select the shearwall you wish to appear in Elevation View 4 Results View Results view shows a detailed design summary organized into the five main sections Project Information Structural Data Loads and Design Wind Seismic These five sections can be accessed quickly once the Design Results is viewed by using the Go to table button in the Data bar Each of these contains several tables described below Project Information P aaa TE Story Information Loads gt Block and Roof Information Wind Design gt Sheathing and Framing Materials Seismic Design gt Shearline Wall and Opening Dimensions D jab pani 0 DN YUN gt S
86. a loads require a tributary width Click OK to add the new load to the list of loads in the Load Input Form Editing Loads Select the load to be edited from the Load Input Form Edit the load location or magni tude information as required and click on the Apply Changes but ton The load type or profile can not be changed 3 Deleting Loads Select the load to be deleted from the Load Input Form Click on the Delete button To delete all loads click on Delete all showing button To edit or delete individual loads select the wall in Plan View to which the loads are applied The loads list in the Load Input Form will now dis play only those loads applied to the selected building face Note After editing gener ated loads you must perform a design before you regener ate the loads otherwise your changes will be lost when the new loads are generated WoodWorks Design Office For the Flexible diaphragm analysis method Shearwalls automatically distributes loads to the shearlines each time a new load is added It also adjusts the distribution of forces if changes are made to the building s walls For the Rigid diaphragm analysis method loads will be distributed to the shearlines once the Design button is pressed after creating or adjust ing loads or making changes to the building s walls The rigid method considers the torsional resistance of walls both parallel and perpen dicular to the
87. abular form Design Results ee If you specified any field as E unknown for your column or stud wall Sizer computes all the possible column beam column or stud wall sections during the design process It also computes the ratios of analysis design values for axial bending combined axial and bend ing shear and displacement for each section Analysis Results E Ww To see these results click on the results button on the toolbar menu or choose Design Results Suggested Sections from the View menu Design Check If you requested a specific column beam column or stud size Sizer performs a design check and computes analysis and design values for example axial shear and bending moment for the section To see these results none of the parameters can be left as unknown Then click check on the toolbar gt ig a E fe P 2 gt Ue 54 Sizer e mi e e e i j CLASA E EE 8 a Lams nym ia Fa Printing Results To print results click on the print button when the result gt file or diagram screen that you wish to print is on screen To batch print the analysis diagrams for all load combinations press Print All Analysis Diagrams Click the diagram button on the toolbar to view the analy sis diagrams Sizer creates five analysis diagrams the load Envelope Support Shear Bending and Deflection diagrams To print the current diagram c
88. acing r iti M Dry service Laterally supported T Repetitive Member Load transfer fi Fire Resistance No OF Sides Exposed 3 0 no rating Fire Endurance A ating feo min Click Beam on the toolbar Click Design Groups to add a beam group Select the Glulam Unbalan material type in the Material field Select the Name field and enter a new name Purlin Enter a value of 1 in the Load Transfer box Click Add Click OK WoodWorks Design Office sid Moda ees aS i 9 SSE a 10 HV IAD Gwen GEM sy z 11 12 105 Point to gridpoint A 1 click and drag a beam to A 3 Repeat step 8 to create beams spanning in the North South direction as shown on the left screen Choose Purlin from the Group drop down list on the status bar Point to gridpoint A 1 click and drag a beam to B 1 Repeat step 11 to create single span beams spanning in the East West direction as shown on the left screen J O N punto ya j 0 te ab N g E A gt 106 Sizer Joists 1 Click on the Joist button 2 Click gridpoints A 1 B 1 B 3 and A 3 to create the first joist area ee RR ee UC ee L 3 Repeat step 2 to create the joist areas as shown above 4 Click gridpoints E 5 E 4 D 4 and D 5 Note In this case the joists could span either North South or East West You can change the direction you
89. ad select the Magnitude field and enter a magnitude of 350 lbs 10 Select the Location From Left field and enter a distance of 35 ft 6 in 11 Choose Live from the Type drop down list and click the Pattern Loading checkbox 12 Click Add WoodWorks Design Office 39 Designing the Beam toolbar Sizer automatically designs the member 2 You will be asked to enter a file name for your project View Results 1 Click the up and down arrows to scroll through the Design Results output 2 To print these results choose the Bi oe print button from the toolbar NOTE The output shown is based on the U S National Design Specification View Analysis Diagrams EET ee toolbar to view reactions shear bending moments and deflection diagrams Lis joke a yo ee an OI IMMM lt o 1 Click the design button on the 1 Click the diagram button on the J O N p 0 ya j 0 te jab ee oO 40 Sizer Perform a Detailed Design on a Specific Section ee 5 1 Choose S P F No 1 No 2 2 2X10 pipa u et from the Suggested Beam al p i Sections drop down list on the h x aes toolbar IE aac Saree 2 Sizer will automatically perform a SOS ee detailed design on the specific i section chosen ee 3 The results for the specified sec 252885 foe a E nE tion are now displayed as shown You can repeat the above
90. ailed designs occur The Results View window is cre ated and displayed whenever a design is first performed Pressing the Results View button brings this window into view for the most recent design run i Level E To E Loads Shear Results Hold down Design Dragstrut Forces Deflection gt Rigid Diaphragm Design gt Components and Cladding by Shearline Seismic Design Level E To E Loads gt Wind Design gt Flexible Diaphragm Design gt Seismic Information Shear Results Hold down Design Dragstrut Forces Deflection Hold down Displacement Story Drift WoodWorks S Hold down Displacement Project Information Structural Data gt 7 Project Information gt Structural Data gt D jab anna p 0 Nn N r oO S S5 N We hm Shearwalls 1 8 Settings Shearwalls includes a comprehen sive Settings dialog box that is accessed by pressing the Settings button in the data bar It allows the user to control graphical interface options such as the units format font sizes view area and snap incre ments to specify design settings and to filter what will be shown in the Plan Elevation and Results Views The Settings menu options are organized into seven tabs e Design Controls the engineering design options including the wind design method to be followed e Default Values Controls the default materials conditions and dimensions
91. alls act as a system and as a default applies the repetitive member factor C for the U S or the system factor Ky for Canada Wall Assumptions Note that Sizer defaults to the fol lowing assumptions e Walls are pinned at both ends e Walls are prevented from buck ling about the weak axis by wall sheathing WoodWorks Design Office Beam Groups Click beam on the toolbar to change to Beams view Now click Groups on the toolbar The dialog entitled Beam Design Groups opens Beam Design Groups Name Grade No 2 ba Width unknown to unknown in Kea pae Rename Cancel Eeami V This group to 2e designed by Woodworks SIZER Deflection Limits Material Timbersott Live Lf 360 Species D FirL Total L7 fiso Depth unknown to unknown in Delete Spacing zj iff Load transter lo Fire Resistance No Of Sides Exposed 3 hg 0 no rating Fire Endurance A ating rn min M Drp service M Lateral supported D Repetitive kember Beam Dialog Items When creating design groups for beams you use a dialog similar to the one used to create design groups for columns and walls The addi tional information in the beam dialog is described below Material In addition to the standard choices such as timber and glulam new material databases have been added to include SCL Structural Composite Lumber materials for 67 beams only This material is more commonl
92. ally supported _Biename Load transter E E T Repetitive Member ae Fire Resistance No OF Sides Exposed fo 0 na rating Cancel Fire Endurance Rating eo mir man a Beams 1 Click Beam on the toolbar 2 Click Design Groups to define an additional beam group 3 Select the Name field and enter a new name Ridge 4 Choose Glulam Unbalan from the Material drop down list 5 Click Add 6 Click OK 7 Choose Ridge from the Group drop down list on the data bar 8 Point to grid point A 3 click and drag a beam to B 3 9 Repeat step 8 to create beams between B 3 and C 3 C 3 and D 3 D 3 and E 3 E 3 and F 3 WoodWorks Design Office Joist Design Groups l Group Type Static i Poof Joists This group to be designed by Woodworks SIZER tC i Deflection Limits Floor Joists aril JLumber satt z Rog Groups Species Dre x Live LA 240 Mama Paral Truss Tota L 180 Root Jat Grade No 2 ka Width unkrnown to unknown in Depth unknown to unknown in Spacing 24 in IY Dry service M Laterally supported Load transter fo WV Repetitive Member mag Delete Rename Joist Date Bearing Lengths and Shtteners OF Cancel ae Mek np ME De e e dh m MATa j u G L l jen eri a pi a r o e rnaar d at a in i iwe ai 111 Joists Click Joist on the toolbar Click Design Groups to define an addi
93. and Forces Design e Views Plan View Form View Elevation View Results View Bema For both the Action and the View buttons a depressed button indicates the current activity or view Status Bar The bar at the bottom of the screen displays a line of text that contains hints and instructions to the user and descriptions of the programs buttons menu items and data fields Consult the status bar when you are uncertain as to how to proceed C l Drag a Ine to create a wall or cick on awalioedti K8 Y5 di WoodWorks Design Office 1 5 Data Bars Data bars are located at the top of each window or view They allow users to change building levels to turn data on and off in the cor responding view and provide for quicker selection of options and set tings than by the Settings dialog or the main menu The buttons vary for each view m WoodWorks Shearwalls test31 1 series wsw Eleve E File Edit Settings Action View Window Help Loads semine pee a teres Combined Seismic Wind g ia Rigid w Wall Names z w Flexible w Vertical Elements a Gridlines w Framing Information w Nailing Information w Sheathing Information The data bar for each view is described below e Plan View Show View Settings Hold downs Log file Current Level Zoom In Zoom Out Undo Redo Getting Started e Elevation View Show View Selecte
94. and walls total length of joist trimmers and wall plates J O N punto ya D j 0 e N g e anns ig gt 98 Sizer i iD Pls oe hela ini baisi Bisi finial sFEStTiViHINAN h k i ba ajaj te pmt bakire mmie oral 1 is p s M m N T A wal a aA oy sern xa ee e p e wet ny ee ceri E Results by Member Designed by Group Each member is listed in a table that displays how it performed with respect to various design criteria bending shear deflection axial and fire endurance The information in this table can be used to evalu ate which members in a group are the least or most stressed You can disable this feature in the Settings Preferences tab Activating this fea ture increases the time it takes Sizer to complete a design Individual Design Sizer includes an option that allows you to design each member of the Structure individually rather than designing using the worst case member n the design group You can enable this feature through the Settings Preferences tab by check ing the Design members individu ally box This option will modify the Results by Member report to include the design for each member along with information on how each mem ber performed WoodWorks Design Office 4 13 Tutorial Introduction In this tutorial you will create and design a commercial two s
95. ateral Support Spacing and End Connections Select Pinned if the column base does not resist bending or Fixed for a column base that does resist For fixed column base select pinned or free for the column top Free column tops do not resist bending or transla tion K L for Width The Lp field specifies the unsupport ed length associated with width b The K field specifies the effective length factor Its default value is 0 8 for columns with a fixed base and 1 0 for columns with a pinned base For free tops the default value is 2 1 for U S and 2 0 for Canada K L for Depth The Lg field specifies the unsupport ed length associated with depth d The K field specifies the effective length factor Its default value is 0 8 for columns with a fixed base and 1 0 for columns with a pinned base For free tops the default value is 2 1 Glulam Lay up U S Only This field allows the input of wane for certain combinations with associ ated strength reduction It also allows the input of non edge bonding with associated strength reduction Fire Design Button U S Only Clicking on this button opens the Fire Resistance and Treatment dia log that allows you to specify fire endurance design criteria and a fire retardant factor Fire Endurance Rating Sizer checks the Fire Endurance Rating of timber and glulam beams or columns Sizer calculates the Fire Endurance Rating based on the num ber of exposed sides and on t
96. based on the span example L 360 and in absolute terms 1 inch Default deflection limits are entered in Settings Design tab See also the Loads button and Load types and combinations for long term deflection creep and load reductions US only Fire retardant Factor This field permits you to specify the reduction in bending shear and deflection resistance of wood treated with fire retardant chemicals In the U S version to specify a value click the check box Notches Sizer only designs notches at the ends of a beam Notches can be specified as being on the top or bot tom of a beam Both notch depth and length are required as input Lateral Support Spacing These drop down lists permit top and bottom lateral support to be specified as Full full lateral support At Supports lateral support provided at bearing supports only or at a speci fied numeric interval The defaults are Full for the top and At Supports for the bottom Note For some materials this selec tion is disabled Notes in the output specify the necessary lateral support Glulam Lay up This field allows the input of wane for certain combinations with associ ate strength reduction It also allows the input of non edge bonding with associated strength reduction Oblique Angle This field specifies the angle for oblique purlins The default is blank no angle By specifying an angle of 90 you can investigate the use of the selec
97. ck ing the Save as default loads but ton stores the loads so that the next time the same member type is select ed the default loads will appear Saving default loads deletes the default loads that were previously saved for a member type You can eliminate default loads by pressing Save as default loads for a blank set of loads If repeating loads are included the program includes only those repeat ing loads that were applied to the original member when default loads are saved It is advisable to create the longest possible member to apply default repeating loads to WoodWorks Design Office Default loads are automatically created for members that have not been saved to disk and do not have a file location Once a member has been saved no loads will be auto matically created or deleted bs oy ID fri No 1 6b L J l J Lived erty Lisi hoat and Gombe vetons Lowe chat atm tactis OD Loed contwistons trom ASE 705 09 Dadi di mong concenissed ive bai Al ve pa Sadwagt All sot ive kasdi M oritis Mads Mis Anoma nedes n osd anahat Mutt be marmay ingat ae lead IDC deflection factors T able 1604 3 v Une D bor deflection Note dj TW tea CEC rand acts Nate f Bean supeerts a baj hors COrtrieul pets Long term deflection NDS 157 T beise aoo doctor Ker Toae 1 5 dead bve jal ohen r T Combas loads of tame type n drang Line bafi spied over deag man ordy Repeating Point Loads C
98. ction properties of the Standard Material Name Lumber sa databases The following steps Filename Ulummais cwi describe how to do this T Use ih MultiFly Members Only Coeff of variatori for Modulus of Elasticity COVE Jes Material Tppe Sawn Lumber dimersion lumber arid timbers C Glue Laminated Timber Glulani C Machine Stress Rated MSA Lumber T Stuctural Composite Lumber PSL LVL etc nists View Species Properties read onlg Step 1 ee N You must first open the Standard le id Ea database file that you want to mod eer rite ih nee Jute ify This is done by using the open button or by clicking on the file name in the file list WoodWorks Design Office View Grade Properties read only Grade Name No 2 Allowable Stresses ps Hending Shear Fb po Fy 35 Modulus of Elasticity miian p i Compression E fi 6 Fep 625 Bearing aa Fa Wet fi 350 peee Fg Dry jeten View Section Properties read only Actual Size he Nominal ize hu e is a E d ma a Size Factors CF Stack length feet Fb hr el Oo HE Ve Corresponding grade properties are multiplied by these factors 22A Step 2 You must now select the property that you want to view This is done by highlighting the material species grade or section that you wish to view and then clicking o
99. d by the user as in Sizer Instead they are shown at regular multiples of the program s snap increment Both the snap increment and the multiple are specified in the View settings ie felt Sette en an oa ere gt ike hdl E 0 CH LIC cee T le Doe w seg r Comtiod Zoomin Zoom Oe WoodWorks Design Office 125 2 Form View _ Wall and Shearline Input Form This view contains one of a Available when the Walls action set of forms for the input of button is depressed It is used to data for building elements modify wall locations and to input and loads Each form con wall material data for the entire tains data fields appropriate to the shearline sheathing fastening depressed Action button in the main and framing a It can also toolbar be used to create Standard Walls Structure Input Form for future use Available when the Structure action button is depressed and is used to input the structure blocks the number of levels for each block and the wall heights and PT joist depths for each level ExerceSegnened T Edi standard walls Exterior Seqmented Shearwalls Wall and Shearline Input hidity per unit length Shearline Auto i Height Shearwalls Structure Input wal Location ft 136 5 Block ook No of levels Shearwall materials for shearline B level 1 name a Exterior side Interior side f Both sides the same x extent Sheathing Fasten
100. d Walls Entire Shearline Level e Results View Show Settings Preview Go To Table 121 Show Button This button is used to turn data on and off in the corresponding view m WoodWorks Shearmwalls test31 1 series El Fie Edit Settings Acton View Window Hel MEIE TA E Selected walls E Entire 4 pee Ee Forces Fo yw Uplift w Dead w CAC _ Mass Seismic i ft Flexit Wind w Wall Names w Vertical Elements a Gridlines w Framing Information w Nailing Information nt sheathing Information View Button This button is used to change view ing options Settings Button This button is used to modify design settings View Area and snap Increment Fit Viewing Area to Window Fit Building To Viewing Area Tile Vertically with Elevation View Tile Horizontally with Elevation View Units Formatting Font gt F jab anna p 0 N YN F oO o a N We hm 122 Shearwalls Preview Button This button is used in the Results view to create a print preview of the Design Results output report Log File This button is used to view the results in a log file For more information on the log file see 2 13 Results Go To Table Button This button is used in the Results view to select which table to view For more information on accessing Results see section 2 13 Hold Down Button This button opens the hold down database
101. d from the center of the column m D Wenn kob Hzer tertou U ea Anabysis Recul E Bit hee ta Dein e hee Heke DlslBle mza HAL a eie z a r 49 Add Loads of Same Type This option only applies to the load ing diagram When enabled indi vidual loads are accumulated into a single loading profile for each load type dead live etc When not enabled loads overlap with other loads of the same type The selected load appears in bold Loads and Load Combinations Load Types and Combinations Sizer combines loads based on the Allowable Stress Design method using the basic load combinations in the IBC ASCE US and Limits States Design load combinations Canada In addition to considering the build ing code load combinations based on the load types present Sizer also creates load combinations to consider the affects of pattern loading live type loads for multi span beams or joists when pattern loading is active Load Duration Factors U S Only Sizer applies load duration fac tors according to the load type These factors are set to the standard NDS U S version or CSA O86 Canadian version values by default but can be changed using this form Note that in the Canadian version when D gt L Sizer determines the default factor for standard term loads according to the equation shown in CSA 086 01 4 3 2 3 refer to the online help for details O N
102. dWorks can only handle the modifications to the capacity we will reduce the capacity rho omega by the same amount we would have in creased the load omega rho Example In the settings design menu local build ing code capacity modification seismic cell compute the following based on omega 3 0 rho 1 3 and allowed capacity increase of 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 0 0 52 see below Note of caution This method is meant to give a relative comparison of the load vs capacity The ratio of load vs capacity is correct based on this work around method however the value of the load and capacity are both under stated by the same amount 191 Disregard shearwall height to width ratio limitations U S only Narrow wood and fibreboard wall segments are generally not consid ered to contribute to lateral load resistance By default Shearwalls implements the height to width ratio limitations listed in model build ing codes for various wall materials subject to wind or seismic loads Use this setting to disregard these limita tions Seismic wood panels and fiberboard U S only If Allow 3 5 1 height to width ratios is selected the program con siders full height segments with a height to width ratio between 2 and 3 5 as shear resisting elements for seismic design The allowable shear values are reduced as per the NDS Ignore non wood panel contribu tion If when combined with structural wood pane
103. design from start to finish you should proceed from left to right along the toolbar The toolbar but tons are placed in a sequential order to facilitate designing Almost all of Connections features can be accessed through toolbars This speeds up the design process by minimizing the use of drop down menus toolbars are placed near the top of the Connections window directly under the drop down menu bar To make a selection using a toolbar e move the mouse to point to a tool bar button e press the left mouse button down e release the mouse button ES WoodWorks Connections Results Untitled con oe File Connection wiew Window Help Z o diagram results load geometry material method details accept WoodWorks Design Office Toolbar Buttons The following describes the main features of each of the toolbar buttons in Connections New Click on the New button in the toolbar to a start a new connection design file Open Click on the Open button in the it toolbar to retrieve an existing file This command can be used to edit an existing file or to use an existing file as the basis for a new design Save Click on the Save button in the p La toolbar to save the current design BEE Save As Jabe Click on the Save As button in ae the toolbar to save the current Bennie design but with a different name DXF Export ET Selected fasteners can be
104. dworks SIZER Deflection Limits Material Lumber soft Species DFirl gt Live LZ 360 Name Floor_Jst1 Grade No2 gt Total LZ 240 Floor Groups Width unknown to unknown in Depth unknown 7 to unknown in Spacing fie 7 in Add 4 V Repetitive member V Dry service Rename Joist Groups Click joist on the toolbar to change the view to Joists Now click Groups on the toolbar The dialog entitled Joist Design Groups opens Floor Joist Vibration Canada Only When using floor joists the sheath ing thickness lateral support and connection to subfloor can be select ed from a drop down list for the determination of floor vibration Joist Dialog Items When creating design groups for joists you use a dialog similar to the one used to create design groups for columns walls and beams The addi tional information in the joist dialog is described below Material Standard choices for joists include I joists and dimension lumber Visually graded dimension lum ber is referred to as Lumber and machine stress rated dimension lum ber as MSR Lumber The default is Softwood Lumber Grade Available grades depend on the selected database but common choic es for lumber are Select Structural ae and No 2 The default is No Spacing This drop down list specifies the joist spacing Select one of three standard spacings or enter your own value Design Groups Summary Once
105. e hae i ma imam Diiia Eg ON ICD iF ea A 0 e l SS en an zep Lid E O E T agn to not show building masses i View Settings Hold downs Lag file Current v Seismic Wind Loads na oo Forces J yo Shearline ee aes 7 Y Combined Hold down Load Direction x Rigid Wind Load Case p Flexible x Wall Names Gridlines v Roof 4 Vertical Elements 2 Click on the Design button then return to the Loads view 3 Select Show Forces Rigid to view the rigid analysis force distribution YN D i S jas Nn O jae 5z W 186 Shearwalls Elevation View 1 Select wall E 1 and click on the Elevation button 2 Set the levels from 1 to 2 to show both levels at once 3 Shear forces hold down forces and dragstrut forces are shown 4 Select Show Forces Hold p downs Separate to view the hold down force broken up by its com z z ponents Results 1 Click on the Design button The Design Results view will appear 2 Scroll up and down to view the results 3 The Show button options allow the Design Results to be customized 4 Print the results by clicking on the Print button 130 3 2 130 3 130 3 im 134 6 D 134 0 149 3 Shearwall Settings 4 1 General 4 2 Design Settings 4 3 Hold Down Settings 4 4 Other Settings 189 190 195 196 WoodWo
106. e Before Design Specify whether or not Sizer should prompt you to save before design ing Prompt Sizer prompts you to save the current project prior to starting the design process This is the default Always Sizer always saves the cur rent project automatically without prompting prior to designing Never Sizer will not save the cur rent project prior to start ing the design process There will be no prompt Concept Mode Options These settings apply only to the Concept Mode and allow you to specify e whether to use a single or double click with the mouse e whether or not supporting mem bers can be deleted temporarily while you make changes to the Structure e if a materials list should be gener ated e if Design Results should be gener ated for each member per group or individually Beam and Column Mode Options These settings apply only to Beam and Column mode and allow you to specify e whether to enter beam or joist slopes a in degrees or b D value over 12 i e 4 in WoodWorks Design Office e whether to include the Additional Data section adjustment factors for reference design values in the Design Check report e if you want to show detailed bear ing results in the Design Check report if not selected only the bearing length and minimum required bearing length is shown if selected additional information including the bearing capacity the eee load combination and eari
107. e Extend Walls button All exterior walls defined for the first level will be copied to all levels above for all blocks up to the maximum number of levels specified for each block 2 Note that the user may choose to extend the levels after modeling the first floor for only those elements that are common to all levels 3 The Extend Walls button can only be applied once 2 5 WoodWorks Design Office Working with Walls Clicking on the Walls button allows you to manipulate all the walls on the screen and displays the Shearwalls data form in the Form View l Selecting Walls You can select a wall or wall seg ment by clicking on it It will then appear red The data for this wall will appear in the Form View and you can per form any of the graphical or text editing procedures on the wall that are described below You can select multiple walls by keeping the CTRL key depressed while you select walls Those data common to the selected wall will appear in the Form View and cer tain editing actions will be avail 137 2 Creating Walls e New interior walls can be created by clicking the start point of the wall dragging the mouse to the endpoint and then releasing the mouse but ton It is not possible to create new walls outside the footprint of exte rior walls that were created in the Structure Outline View The wall will have the same shear wall type and be composed of the same materials a
108. e deflection analysis While deflection analysis is consid ered more accurate in certain circum stances the added iterative calcula tions running in the background can slow the run time of Shearwalls For example it would not be unusual for a design run to take 3 times longer in the order of several minutes when deflection analysis is selected and the distribution of loads is based on rigidity derived from deflection Hold downs The ability to input hold down con nectors to a hold down database for use in design for overturning forces and for deflection analysis gives add ed flexibility to Shearwalls Previ ously Shearwalls reported hold down forces at each hold down location but did not specify the hold down connections used gt ee s Nn N j 0 N gt 164 Shearwalls Hold downs button This button opens the hold down database window where hold downs can be created and used in the design Several hold downs are already created and can be chosen from a dropOdown list The hold downs specified in the database are selected in the Wall and Shearline Input as well as the Opening Input at each hold down location for use in determining the component of deflection attributable to the wall anchorage system s slip Shearwalls Wall and Shearline Input Standard wall Exterior Segmented v Wall segment B 1 Type Relative rigidity per unit length Shearline Segmented l Not designed
109. e joist span on either side of the beam being designed by first selecting 2 spans or indicate the Ee of load on the beam manually y selecting Other WoodWorks Design Office Beam supports area load from continuous supports is only enabled when a beam is being designed and only applies to full uniform area and partial area loads Combine loads of same type in drawing This option only applies to the load ing diagram When enabled indi vidual loads are accumulated into a single loading profile for each load type dead live etc When not en abled loads overlap with other loads of the same type The selected load appears in bold Load Types and Combinations Sizer combines loads based on the Allowable Stress Design method using the basic load combinations in the IBC ASCE US and Limits States Design load combinations Canada In addition to considering the building code load combinations based on the load types present Sizer also creates load combinations to consider the affects of pattern loading live type loads for multi span beams or joists when pattern loading is active Refer to the Pattern Loading section for more informa tion on pattern loads The designer should verify that the load combina tions used are adequate For Beam mode Sizer outputs a list of load combinations with an explana tion of each load combination number referred to in the results along with the appropriate load duration factor
110. e of span is being entered Immediately be low the Add Delete and Modify is a Span type entry where Design Full or Clear span can be selected Design span has been the tradi tional method used to enter spans in Sizer and is the distance between support points on beams Support points for exterior supports are 1 2 the minimum required bearing length from the inside of the support For in terior supports they are at the centre of the support The clear span is the distance between the inside faces of the supports for all spans Full span is measured from the outside faces of exterior supports to the centre of interior supports It is the beam length for single span members The graphical representation of the beam accurately illustrates these span types using dimensions To change the length of the span select the span in the list of spans change the length in the spans box and then click Modify To delete spans click the span you wish to delete and then click Delete Cantilever This drop down list is only active when two or more spans have been added and it specifies cantilevers at either end of the beam The outer end of a cantilevered span is unsup ported The default is None no can tilever at either end Slope Pitch This field specifies the slope of the beam in degrees or as a pitch A horizontal beam the default has a slope of zero A beam that slopes up WoodWorks Design Office to t
111. ed output Save before design Prompt first Start up mode C Concept Mode Beam Mode C Column Mode Always save C Never save Note The information will be saved as default for future sessions only if you use the Save as default option in the Settings menu It is not saved with the project or member files Save Before Design Prompt first Tells Sizer to prompt you to save the current worksheet prior to start ing the design process This is the default Save Before Design Always save Tells Sizer always to save the cur rent project automatically without prompting you prior to starting the design process Save Before Design Never save Tells Sizer not to save the current proj ect prior to starting the design process Sizer will not even prompt you to save WoodWorks Design Office AORERE TEA ee Lee i a a oft O B ele oso aE B BT mg ft Ode ie ol la aiee elr aie bahri Heirman fina Tiber EPF Hen h es qha jna g age E r r Anainn va Adcoyetle Strepe ipai and Deflection ru mimg Kiri th rower e 1P Si tance TIE Liman ou un er at 53 Viewing and Printing the Results Once Sizer has designed the column it creates results files Sizer then gives you several options for view ing the results Click the analysis button on the toolbar to see the analysis results maximum shears bending moments and so on for your col umn beam column or stud wall in t
112. en it Open REI Steve Sais Look in 2 F example wmf Jexample wmf Fie name Files of type Metafiles wmf emf Cancel Open as read only BaD li 3 The CAD drawing will be dis played in Plan View and the rul ers will temporarily disappear The Form View will display a form called CAD Import Wizard Follow the instructions to position and scale the CAD drawing 1n the coordinate system of Plan View Once this 1s done rulers will appear on both axes showing the new scale Use the Zoom buttons and the scroll bars to resize or reposition the drawing on the screen The limits of the viewing area and the snap incre ments can be set from the View tab of the Settings dialog select Setting walls Sheqrwvalls Plan View Met L Ge Eat Geter Acton ew pa ti DAES es E E r or Note Once you have posi tioned the last level of the structure and exited the CAD Import Wizard it is not pos sible to re enter the Wizard to change a CAD Import file Choose your imported files carefully 2 3 WoodWorks Design Office Creating Building Blocks Footprint l When the program opens a new file is started or you have just imported a CAD drawing you will be in Plan View with the Structure button selected Click the mouse at the point where you want one of the cor ners of your first building block to be Drag the cursor to another point and release the mo
113. en spaced at 16 o c and 1200 Ibs per joist when spaced at 12 o c Instead of manu ally revising this point load for each spacing run this load entry tool automates the process Add moving concentrated live load Floor Joists Only Only applicable to floor joists this option allows you to design a floor joist for a moving concentrated floor live load that is required by ZA O N pani 0 ya j 0 te e5 ee gt N 28 Sizer most building codes for certain build ing categories or floor uses When se lected Sizer automatically creates a concentrated live load with a default magnitude that acts over a default width The magnitude and width can be modified During the design process Sizer will determine the worst affects of the concentrated load located anywhere along the length of the member in conjunction with all other applied loads except live loads and all required load combinations where the concentrated live load acts in place of any loads of type live specified by the user Self Weight If automatically included in loads analysis is selected by the user the self weight of a member is consid ered in the design The actual ef fects of self weight are calculated by multiplying the specific gravity of the material times the area of the section This load is then added to the dead load when checked Alternatively the self weight can be ignored or manu ally added by selecting
114. er Material Structural seria Type Common wire nails l x location Y extent Thickness funknown in d Y location Units ft i i l Field spacin unknown l in Wall Floor ceiling Hold downs Diaphragm Orientation Vertical 7 an height depth Length Anchor elevation 7 ft in subject to bolt ft shrinkage length 55 00 Framing Level 6 Width Depth 45 47 00 Material Lumber Stud 5 1 2 in 3 1 in Level 4 al Species D FirL E Stud spacing 116 in T T Level3 e sid Grade Stud an Lett 2 Right 2 gt l p Level 5 20 50 Level 2 11 67 Hald downs for selected walls Level 1 l 45 2 83 Left Ho Right Hoa Yi Changes apply to end end all blocks Sigel f2 Double bracket Double bracket elevation iV Apply to openings Edit database Hold down settings Design group s 41 F ab j o N YN F o a N we hm 126 Shearwalls T Shearwalls Opening Input WALL B 1 1 Y 36 5 Len 28 5 Ht 8 Openings 1 v Delete WALL Units ft width Offset from edge Impact Offset from bottom resistant oo m Hold downs 4 ly to Left side Right side Number of studs 2 2 Hold down HD9 HDS l l Double bracket l Double bracket Edit database Hold down settings Shearwalls Load Input l Level i o i Block 1 Block 1 Block 1 Alark 1 Block 1 Block 1 Block 1 Add
115. erate design results for each member V Design members individually Beam and Column Mode options V Express beam or joist slope as rise run I Include Additional Design Data in results I Include detailed bearing results Express bearing reactions on joists as UDL I Include stock length warming in results V Show wood textures on members on screen Show wood textures on members in printed output Save before design Prompt first Start up mode C Concept Mode Beam Mode Column Mode C Always save C Never save Note The information will be saved as default for future sessions only if you use the Save as default option in the Settings menu It is not saved with the project or member files Cancel Save Before Design Prompt first Tells Sizer to prompt you to save the current worksheet prior to start ing the design process This is the default Save Before Design Always save Tells Sizer always to save the cur rent project automatically without prompting you prior to starting the design process Save Before Design Never save Tells Sizer not to save the current project prior to starting the design process Sizer will not even prompt you to save WoodWorks Design Office Die e mip ep w em om OSA ea a4 AE ies m ai a ia a m ed ee ee ee ee Viewing and Printing the Results Once Sizer has designed the beam it creates results files Sizer then gives
116. erred member can not be exported back to the original member in Concept mode There are a few exceptions such as the selection of Self Weight manually input or automatically included in loads analysis Refer to Help on Apply options to Concept Mode which refers to what options can be tranferred with a click of a button in the Loads view activated if Concept mode is Open Transfer of Beam or Column from Autodesk s Revit to Sizer If you_have a structure designed in Revit you can import it into Sizer for specific design verifications For more information visit our website at www woodworks software com a Ole lB ele o fel Ble 6 a J O N p 0 ya pani 0 te e5 ee oO 20 2 2 Beam or Joist Parameters kan a mi amga es ee ama ei in p Terr mmi Hen e n ie Sizer Click the beam button on the toolbar to describe the beam or joist to be designed Sizer displays a diagram of the spans in the lower portion of the screen The Design Span Clear span and Full span are all shown on the dia gram Sizer can also display cantile vered and sloped beams Description A description of the beam can be en tered which will appear in the Design Results output and Design Check output Spans and Span Type This list box defines a left to right sequence the length of each span and cantilevers Before entering spans it is important to understand what typ
117. esign Office For more information use the con text sensitive help found on this Hold down database input form by selecting the symbol at the top right and clicking on the area for which help is needed Delete fa _ Delete Vertical bolt add l elongation C Wo anchor bolt steel strap or plate is attached to Upper and lower studs using f nails or bolts Does not include a f With anchor bo vertical anchor bolt so published elongation or displacement value amp is the only source of elongation 166 For more detailed information regarding deflection and hold down related information refer to Help and search for keywords as shown below Also refer to the Shearwalls New Features file located in the main WoodWorks folder Shearwalls File Edit wiew Insert Format Tools Table Publish Help e XBE e a Shearwalls a o6 Hold downs and Drag Struts Holddown Forces Hold downs and Anchorages Canada Hold down Forces USA Hold down Connections Hold down Connection Assembly Displacement and Capacity Sources Hold down Database k Initial Hold downs BES Hold down Input Hold down Data Group Framing Input Structure Input HE3 Hold down Database Editor Hold down Selection Fasteners Options Elongation Displacement Hold down Design Drag Strut Forces HE Deflection Analysis E Deflection Equation e gt 4 4 amp H Shear v Height
118. esigned to transfer the chord seg ment overturning force Tr to the shearwall or foundation below CSA O86 includes provisions for design of shearwall segments without hold down connections Without hold downs the overturning tension force is transferred from the top wall plate to the bottom wall plate through the shearwall sheath ing Since a portion of the shearwall sheathing is used to resist the over turning force the shear capacity of the sheathing is reduced Even though hold down anchors are not used anchorage is still required to transfer the uplift force from the wall late to the foundation or shearwall elow see Commentary to CSA In some cases hold down connec tions may be placed at one end of a shearwall segment Where the load is from the end of the segment that contains the hold down overturning uplift forces will be resisted by the hold down When the load is from the direction opposite the hold down the sheathing resists over turning uplift forces The shear capacity of the shearwall segment is multiplied by the hold down factor J g which must be calculated for loads acting in opposite directions Hold down connections are not required for shearwall segments where the specified strength is adjusted by the Jpg factor and the following conditions are met e the sum of the factored basic shear resistances on both sides of the shearwall Vig Ly lt 10 3 kN m e shear resistance of the wood based
119. f a Custom database file The edit selected species grade or sec tion during the design process An X will appear beside the species grade or section to indicate that it can button is only available for Custom not be used by Sizer and Shearwalls database files The ignore button applies to both Standard and Custom databases WoodWorks Design Office 221 2 Material Databases Material databases are described Custom Material Databases as either being a Standard database or a Custom database The proper ties of the Standard databases can be viewed but not edited Custom database can be viewed edited and created Custom material databases include I joists Parallel Strand Lumber PSL Laminated Veneer Lumber LVL and Laminated Strand Lumber LSL as a default Generic values for the strength properties have been included in these data bases Since these are generic values verification of these proper _ ties should be done to ensure that oo SE E they are applicable to the material Woodwork IHI Woodworks Database Editor File Edt View Help you wish to design Member Type Warning Custom databases Malerial Filename e included with WoodWorks or Timber soft Utimmajs cub created by the user should only be used for preliminary sizing of members Contact the engi Ulumbup cwb Uglul_e cwb sf Lumber reply x Glulam Simple The Database Type drop down list all
120. files The settings that came with the program can also be restored Refer to section B 4 for more in depth information on Shearwalls Settings Designing for Wind amp Seismic Forces 2 1 Getting Started 133 2 2 Importing a CAD File 134 2 3 Creating Building Blocks 135 2 4 Creating Stories 136 2 5 Working with Walls 137 2 6 Creating Openings 143 2 7 Creating Roofs 144 2 8 Specifying Site Information 145 2 9 Automatically Generating Loads 146 2 10 Manually Applying amp Modifying Loads 148 2 11 Generating Shearline Forces 151 2 12 Viewing Loads Forces amp Building Masses Sy 2 13 Results 155 2 14 Perforated Shearwalls U S Only 158 2 15 Shearwall Segments Without Hold downs Canada Only 161 2 16 Deflection of Shearwalls 163 WoodWorks Design Office 2 1 Getting Started General There are four main steps to design ing the shearwalls in a structure with Shearwalls 1 Define the building geometry by placing building blocks specify ing the number of levels and their elevations and graphically modi fying and drawing walls using the mouse 2 Using the Form View provide details for each of the walls for their openings and define the roof geometry Leave those items you wish the program to design as Unknown 3 Apply wind and seismic loads either generated automatically by the program or specified manually by you Loads can be modified or regenerated at any tme 133 4 R
121. fini tion and value of variables used in B nerauon of seismic and wind oads Eek Design Code IBC 2003 Design Code wind Method ASCE 7 02 All heights Time Nov 1 2006 19 38 04 Legend P design wind pressure q velocity pressure G gust factor Cp external pressure factor GCp combined exposure and gust factor Gcpi internal pressure coefficient Kz Velocity Pressure Exposure Coefficient Kd wind directionality factor Kzt Topographic Factor MWFRS Pressure Equation a Gk f c amp C Pressure Equation GCp Gcpi other Equations q 0 00256 KZ k Kd Kzt VA2 y KZ 2 01 max z hE zg 4 2 y 5 8 63 CCB c max 0 6 h zmin site information Enclosure Partly Enclosed I 1 00 Occupancy Category II All othersv Exposure Exposure C Distance to Shoreline gt 100 0 mi 100 0 mph Terrian Pere constants 15 nnne e e e l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l A h mean roof height z height of leie aai theta roof angie B building width L building length I importance factor v Design wind Speed c zmin ea pa bar 1 terrain exposure constants used to calculate G hE zg alpha terrain exposure constants used to calculate K a c a panes 6 h zmin 33 0 h C1 _ max 0 h zmin 33 A 3 e A 0 63 4 G 2 33 A 1 6 6 2 kd 0 85 GCpi 0 55
122. first be run to activate the Results View button As well the design must be re run to produce an updated results report any time changes are made to the design data The design results report is divided into several sections as described below The sections which appear depend on the design option and the settings selected through the Show button or the Settings dialog both the Loads and Forces and the Option menu items boxes There is a lot of additional informa tion in Help pertaining to generation and distribution of loads and the related engineering assumptions used in the software The basic sections are Project Information Structural Data Loads Wind Design and Seismic Design 155 2 j Default Values View Company Information Project Description Design Hold downs Format Options Loadsand Forces Display Elevation View Plan View Wall names Iv Vv Sheathing information Iv Nailing information Vv Framing information Vv Vertical elements Vv Vv Always show roof Vv Display or print these design results IV Design settings IV C amp C results table IV Storey data IV Detlection table I Blocks and roofs IV Hold down displacement table IV Building site data IV Storey drift table IV Materials table IV Shearline dimensions V Shear results table Go to Loads and Forces for loads tables dragstrut and holddown tables and for rigid flexible seismic and wind desian
123. ft mouse button while the cursor points at approximately X 0 amp Y 0 and dragging the cursor to approxi mately X 25 amp Y 35 You may need to manually adjust the Location and Extents in the Structure Input form to define the structure block Increment No of Levels in the Structure Input form to 3 levels for the selected structure block Click the Walls button and high light wall 2 1 You may change the length location type or mate rial of the wall in the Wall Input form Split wall 2 1 by pointing the cur sor at 25 0 holding down the left mouse button while dragging the cursor to 25 20 then releasing the left mouse button Walls 2 1 and 2 2 will now be created YN D i S jas N a O jae we Ue 170 Shearwalls 6 Move wall 2 1 by pointing the cursor at 25 10 holding down the shift key amp left mouse but ton while dragging the cursor to 15 10 then releasing the left mouse button amp Shift key 7 Click the Openings button point the cursor at 15 5 hold down the left mouse button amp drag the cur sor to 15 15 and release the left mouse button You may change the offsets width and height of the opening in the Opening Input form 8 Click on the Extend Levels but ton This will automatically create the levels 2 and 3 as a copy of level 1 9 Click on the Roof Blocks button
124. g Custom Materials Database in Select Compo nents You can retain your settings customs izations for any of the WoodWorks programs by specifying the same installation folder as an existing installation choosing the Custom Install Setup Type selecting the program name e g Sizer in Select Components pressing the Change button then unchecking Settings in Select Sub components Refer to Read Me files for additional instructions regarding Installing and Uninstalling software Network Installations There 1s no network qnstall ver sion of WoodWorks however the Design Office readme htm file includes instructions on how to run WoodWorks from a network See Network Installations in the Readme file Registration Keycodes When one of the Design Office programs is run for the first time a keycode will be requested Keycodes will only be given to purchasers of the software Those wishing to simply evaluate the program may type demo instead of a keycode To receive your keycode email the Software ID that appears at the bottom of the keycode prompt screen also found in the About WoodWorks screen to sales woodworks software com It is very important that you register with your correct email address fax and phone number s This will allow WoodWorks to send notification of updates and new releases Please send contact information updates to sales woodworks software com Please refer to Read Me
125. g a slightly different thickness just select the next available smaller thickness from the list You may also specify Unknown and the program will design a thickness for you You can also specify the orien tation of application e Now select Fastener Type Size and the Nail Spacing for the edges and for the interior of the sheath ing panel Choosing Unknown for edge spacing allows Shearwalls to determine this value during the design process e Finally specify the framing details material species and spacing of the lumber studs and whether there is blocking between them Stud Spacing may be Unknown 6 Multiple Walls e To change the materials or wall type of several walls at once select the walls in Plan View using the CTRL key or from the Edit menu or by right clicking choose Select All to highlight all walls on the level e If not all of the selected walls share a certain property that field on the input form will become blank e Any changes to the properties will now affect all the selected walls Hold Downs for Selected Walls Select the type of hold down for the selected wall You can also access Shearwall materials for shearline 6 level 7 Both sides the same Fastener Type Common wire nals Size 8d Edge spacing unknown in Exterior side Interior side Sheathing Maternal Structural Thickness unknown in Flies 3 Ose T Spar
126. gn Office 20 Select Joist x Side of joist area which will be used to create joist e1 8 9 gt 30 40 89 Supports Intersect at the edge of a joist area Error Message Beams or walls supporting joist area in same direc tion intersect In this example an attempt to create the joist area B2 B4 E4 E2 fails because potential supports b2 and b3 meet on the edge of the joist area Not all joists would have the same number of supports if this was allowed Example of Transferring Joists from Concept to Beam Mode Select Joist for transfer to Beam mode Now that Sizer permits multi span joist areas and wall loads on joist areas it is no longer the case that the longest joist from the joist area is critical You are now given a choice between the two joist edges when transferring the joist to beam mode from concept mode During the design process of the Concept mode the edges are designed separately and the more critical side controls the design J O N punto ya D j 0 e UN g e A gt 90 4 9 Sizer Loads LLL Creating Loads Click load on the toolbar The load button on the toolbar appears as light grey to indicate Loads view The Sizer window title also indicates the current view m WoodWorks Sizer Concept1 Loads H File Mode Settings Edit Design view Window Help e Ga HE fH OD w 3 In Loads v
127. he loads applied to a member To activate the fire endurance check the number of exposed sides must be defined If the number of exposed sides is set to zero the program will not perform the fire endurance check Fire Endurance Rating is activated through the Settings Design tab Service Condition This drop down list specifies either Wet or Dry service conditions for the column or wall The default is Dry Temperature U S Only The default is T lt 100 F Other val ues for T are 1O0 F lt T lt 125 F and 125 F lt T lt 150 F Support for Bearing Design These fields allow the user to choose the type material species grade and bearing length for the column or wall stud These fields cannot be left as unknown The results will be shown in the Design Results to let the user know if the support bearing is suf ficient for the column For example a bottom plate supporting a lumber stud can be designed if the Type is appropriately ck cted If Same as wall stud is not selected the bottom plate s specific material species and grade can be entered otherwise the same materials as the wall stud is used WoodWorks Design Office The checkbox Bearing at Support End indicates that the supporting beam sill plate or wall bottom plate ends at the column or wall so that the bearing length factor Cx is not applied Fire Retardant Factor This field permits you to specify the reduction in compression bend ing
128. he right has a positive value A beam that slopes down to the right has a negative value Level bearing is assumed and thus there is no horizontal thrust at sup ports Sloped members are only designed for flexure It is assumed that axial force is insignificant in these members Joists supported by sloped members are spaced with respect to the longitu dinal axis of the sloped member Built up Members If the selected material can be used in built up or multi ply sections these two drop down lists specify the range of plies to use The default selection 1s unknown which forces Sizer to select suitable sections for a range of plies If the material cannot be used in mul tiply sections these lists are disabled Type This drop down list specifies the type of bending member to be designed beam floor joist or roof joist The default selection is Beam Material This drop down list specifies the material database to use Standard choices include lumber lumber n ply timber glulam and many others The default for beams is Timber Species This drop down list specifies the species of wood to use for member design Available species depend on did the selected material The default selection is unknown which forces Sizer to select suitable sections from each species Grade or Combination This drop down list specifies the grades of wood to use to design the member Available grades depend on the selec
129. hecked ered in the design The actual ef fects of self weight are calculated by multiplying the specific gravity of the material times the area of the section This load is then added to the dead load when checked Alternatively the self weight can be ignored or manu ally added by selecting Must be manually input as load Load Face Select Width if lateral loads such as wind are applied to the narrow face of the member or Depth if applied to the wide face All lateral loads and eccentric axial loads cause bending about the same axis WoodWorks Design Office 3 4 Points of Interest LS DS RDS Tjo eo aise H kip p e e ge ft C2 ele ajala EEE E aig me ee Pma im m ar asi m F m 1a bis x m Fi 4 m a TE ey Te ad 51 Click the points of interest button on the toolbar to investigate the shear and moment at any point along the length of column or beam A point of interest is generated by specifying a location to perform the analysis Now click Add to add this to the list Several points of interest can be specified After performing a design the point of interest result will be shown in the Diagrams window and in the Analysis results output N jemi o ga j 0 D te D O p z D 4 be 32 29 Sizer The Design Process Starting the Design Process To start the design process click design on the toolbar Sizer per forms an
130. ice 5 Resizing Walls Press the SHIFT key then click on the endpoint of a wall or where the ends of several walls meet these walls will be selected and appear red e Small arrows will appear indicat ing the direction that you must move the mouse to resize the walls e Drag the mouse in that direction and release it where you want the new endpoint to be e Both walls that are selected in one direction will be resized Other exterior walls may be moved to maintain the integrity and connec tivity of the structure 6 Merging Walls You may wish to undo a subdivi sion of a wall or to combine a wall segment with an adjacent one e With the CTRL key depressed select the walls to be combined e Select the Edit Merge command from the main menu or from the right mouse button context menu e The combined wall will remain selected It will have the proper ties of the first wall selected 7 Deleting Walls Select any number of walls and press the delete key or select the Edit Delete menu item e Interior walls will disappear entirely Exterior walls will be merged with adjacent walls 139 Shearlines A shearline consists of one or more parallel shearwalls that act as one to resist an applied shear load A shearline may contain gaps or non shearwall components A wall can be designated as a non shearwall should the designer wish to neglect its contribution to a shearline The walls may be on differen
131. ide plate ee which is shown graphically in the elevation view This allows you to specify the width of the steel side Ste ate plate 4 Specify a width of 6 in Note that the thickness of the plate for bolt ed connections is specified in the details screen 5 Enter a force of 3000 Ibs Biaitatinh levy WoodWorks Design Office 213 Connector Type Connector Details 1 Note that the connector type but 1 Click on the details ton is grayed out Only bolted button Ka connections are available for this details configuration Proceed to connec tor details GA WoodWorks Connections Details Untitled Op x oi File Connection View Window Help Two steel side members are spliced ta main member using bolts Members are loaded parallel to grain in compression or tension The user may specify the length of overlap or leave it unknown Face Plate Bolt Diameter unknown K a Rows per Plate unknown kd Bolts per Row unknown Spacing Between Rows unknown gt in Spacing Within Rows unknown x in Plate Thickness unknown in Plate Steel Grade Jas TMA36 End Distance unknown j Dia aj Selecta bolt shaft diameter from standard bolt sizes Steel tas Wood At this point you can specify details about the connection You can also leave some or all of the details as unknown and allow Connections to choose these parameters In this exa
132. ients La o Ve 0 2 0 5 1 0 Seismic load generation Fundamental period Ta Force modification factors saft 028 014 0 055 Equivalent Static Force Procedure from NBCC 2005 4 1 8 Importance factor 1 V Calculate Ta North south Ta 0 East west Ta fo North south Eas The initial build ing site informa tion is based on the settings in Settings Default Values and Settings Design The Building Site dialog box can be accessed while in any of the Views and Actions and after entering the data you return to the previous state Occupancy Importance Category U S Cdn The building Occupancy US Importance cat egory Canada is selected based on the nomenclature used in the build ing code selected for design Wind amp Seismic Load Generation Depending on the design method standard selected for wind generation refer to Settings the input fields for wind load generation will vary and certain fields may become inactive Refer back to section 1 2 Design Methods for more information Refer to the Help for more informa tion on Terrain Cdn Speed up over hills US Hurricane prone regions US and Dynamic Analysis flexible buildings US wind only as well as other specific input criteria for wind and seismic generation NOTE the Dynamic Analy sis flexible buildings allows a manually calculated entry of Gust factor suitable for flexible build ings However i
133. ies grade s or section s that you wish to customize so that it 1s highlighted Note that multiple selections can be made at once by clicking while hold ing down the CNTRL or SHIFT Key Step 3 Click on the use button Y to use this selection during the design pro cess or click on the ignore button to ignore this selection during FE Utimmajs cwb WoodWorks Database Editor TIE the design process Step 4 Click on the save button to save any customizing done to the materials list Database Type Standard Member Type Beams cwb x Material Sections Bee BRB 6x10 6812 Bei4 6x16 8x8 y 8x10 812 E 814 y 818 1010 READONLY 4 Dense No 2 v No 1 Dense No 1 D Fi L N Herm Fir N SPF Ulumbup cwb S Pine Filanani Htimmajs cub 5 Lumber n ply Dense 8S x Glulam Simple Glulam Reverse X Timber hard y Timber other Uglul_e cwb Uglul_ex cwb Utinhard cwb Utinoths cwb SPFE Important note Clicking the save button at this point will also save any changes done to an open Custom database file
134. iew area loads appear as diagonal blue lines Area loads appear as cross hatched diagonal lines if both live and dead area loads are applied to the same area Line loads appear as solid blue lines in Loads view In Grid Column Wall Beam and Joist views loads are not shown Pe Hee pa A p e a mt ci ali Toa awin LILIE EA pre g 3 m ee i rA ts Pee a tet De Dati Before you create a load you must choose its type and its magnitude This is done through the Concept Mode Data Bar by selecting the load type dead live snow wind earthquake etc from the Type drop down list and selecting the load dis tribution Line Area or Point Then enter the magnitude of the load as a numeric value in the field directly to the right of the Type drop down list To load a rectangular area click on the four gridpoints at the corners of the area in question As you click a rubber band line stretches from one gridpoint to the next Sizer fills the load area defined by these four grid points with diagonal blue lines Since a structure may not be rect angular Sizer allows you to create a load area larger than the struc ture The load is automatically applied only to the joists contained within the selected area To create a uniformly distributed line load double click a beam The loaded beam is displayed in blue Load walls the same way You can create any number of overlap ping loads Deleting Loads To
135. ime Do not enter a value greater than 60 minutes as this falls outside the research upon which the method ology is based Sizer will attempt to find a section whose fire endurance meets or exceeds the value you enter according to IBC 721 6 3 Column Assumptions Note that Sizer defaults to the fol lowing assumptions e Columns are pinned at both ends e Columns are laterally restrained only at the ends J O N punto ya D j 0 te N g e anns A gt 66 Sizer Wall Groups Click wall on the toolbar to change to Walls view Now click Groups on the toolbar The dialog box named Wall Design Groups opens Wall Design Groups W This group to be designed by Woodworks SIZER Material Lumber Studs Species D FieL Grads Stud efector Limits Liver Ly f al Total Ii f An Width 2 o E 7 In nom Depta jlunknowr i to iunknown In Spacing 24 in ligad trareten H fo W Dry service E Lateral supported M pepene Member Wall Dialog Items When creating design groups for walls you use a dialog similar to the one used to create design groups for columns The additional informa tion in the beam dialog is described below Spacing This drop down list specifies the stud spacing You can select one of three standard spacings or enter your own value Repetitive Member Factor U S Load Sharing System Factor Canada Sizer assumes that all w
136. int C3 and the cantilevered end of beam b2 also support b4 because their elevations lie along the slope of b4 and as noted in the previous example the elevations of the support points have been entered explicitly Beam b3 does not support b4 even though the support gridpoint has been raised to the correct elevation This 1s because the beam b3 1s at a lower elevation Its elevation is oo by the columns at B6 and D6 The column at C5 also does not sup port beam b4 because its gridpoint elevation has not been raised to meet the beam The plan and elevation views shown here illustrates these points J O N punto ya D j 0 e N g e anns n gt 82 Creating Joists Click joist on the toolbar The joist button on the toolbar appears as light grey to indicate the Joists view The Sizer window title also indicates the current view m WoodWorks Sizer Concept1 Joist View tH File Mode Settings Edit Design view Window Help M iam AA w E All to be designed joist areas appear as solid blue outlines with a blue direction indicator All not to be designed joist areas appear as solid blue outlines with a black direction indicator Joists New joists must be added to existing joist groups If you have created the joist design groups simply choose the appropriate group from the drop down list in the Concept Mode Data toolbar To create a rectangular joist area
137. ior from bearing length choices as shown in screen capture or sepa rately for interior versus exterior supports or for each support inde pendently When the bearing length is not entered or left as unknown the For unknown bearing length entry is activated and several choic es are made available including using the exact calculated minimum bearing length rounding the calculat ed bearing length to the closest user specified designation automatically rounding up to the next choice in the Bearing Length dropdown box or a combination of the previous two options useful for when a beam sits only partially on end supports but fully on interior supports Minimum bearing lengths can be specified in the Design tab of the Settings menu Vibration Buttons Canada Only Floor Joists Only This button opens the Vibration Design dialog box that allows you to specify details that affect floor vibra tion Vibration analysis is carried out according to A 9 23 4 2 2 Appen dix A of the National Building Code of Canada Selecting Sections for Design Check Sizer provides you with an extensive list of suggested sections for the beam it is designing To get more details about a single section size you can perform a design check on that section After running an initial design select the section you want to check from the drop down list entitled Suggested Beam Sections at the right side of the toolbar Size
138. ist 219 221 pig 226 228 WoodWorks Design Office 219 1 What is the Database Editor The Database Editor is a simple ap plication that allows you to create new material databases view existing databases and customize the material database list for local availability Scope of Database Editor The Database Editor is currently limited to operating on databases of wood FRAMING materials only This includes beams columns joists and wall studs consisting of solid sawn glulam and engineered wood products Sheathing materials and fasteners have not been incorporated at this time Databases used by the Design Office programs e Sizer all databases e Connections all databases except I joists LVL PSL materi als e Shearwalls only the wall stud databases FE Ulummajs_cej WoodWorks Database Editor Database Type Standard gt Member Type Joists cwi x FETS Material Filename Lumber soft Lumber other y Lumber hard MSA Lumber MEL Lumber Sections 22 2 3 Zug 245 2 6 248 2x10 212 3x3 3x4 Fg5 v 3x6 HEAD ONY A Ulummajs cwi Ulumoths cwy Ulumhard cwij Ulurmmsr cwyj v 5 P F 5 Uluramel ciwi E e amp Be A ss Choose View Use or lgnere grade Note 1 ALL the Design Office pro grams use a common set of databases that can be viewed and modified by the Database Editor 2 Sizer exploits
139. ition can be changed by typing over the existing name included in the toolbar WoodWorks Design Office Gridpoint Elevation If a gridpoint is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar will indicate the gridpoint elevation Concept Mode Data Bar Meme il Gridpoint Elevation 10 ft The gridpoint elevation can be changed by typing over the existing elevation in the toolbar If a gridpoint elevation is changed a plus or minus elevation will appear beside the grid point on the Grid view to indicate its elevation in reference to the eleva tion of the current level an idabo o Ar _ RM Gm re imp a grie Sae g ta E ro lja 71 To create a structure with sloped members such as a gable roof you need to specify non standard eleva tions for some members In Sizer you specify gridpoint elevations from ground level Changing the elevation at a gridpoint changes a column s or wall s height at that point Naturally this affects the results of the design process The elevation of a gridpoint specifies the elevation of all beams and joists supported by the column or wall located at the gridpoint You cannot have two beams at different eleva tions supported at the same grid point J O N punto ya D j 0 e N g e anns om 4 gt T2 Sizer View Options Choose the View tab from the Settings Dialog This tab allows
140. ja N we hm 128 Shearwalls EJ tovet Hr H m e manei Company amp Project Information Structural Data 3 Design Settings Loads l Site Information Wind Design k Seismic Design e Project Information The Company Information Project Description and Design Settings entered by the user in the Settings dialog are shown in the first two tables of this section Data entered in the Load Site Information form is presented in the third table Project mamko E F ESS Structural Data Story Information Loads j Block and Roof Information wind Design k Sheathing and Framing Materials Seismic Design F Shearline Wall and Opening Dimensions Structural Data The geometry of the building model is summarized in the Story Information and Block and Roof Information tables The program creates Design Groups of walls with identical materials and lists these in the two separate tables Sheathing Materials by Wall Group and Framing Materials by Wall Group These two tables in conjunction with the designed Wall groups shown in the Shear Results tables summarize www en e e a ine Bal q OS E eee E Pela SS ere i Os an H ma M ee amp SHEAR RESULTS Shearlines Gpl Dir Ld Case V Ibs vmax Shearlines Dir Ld Case Vilbs vmrax Legend 23 4 VapoFHS Veap design shear force unt shear capacty Notes eE Re E a kean E eY North South W For
141. l New Species Sesa ame cel Specihic Gravily lo Cance Add First Grade The Database Editor allows you to create custom material databases for beams joist columns and walls You can specify material type spe cies grade dimension and strength properties Material Click the new button on the toolbar menu The New Material dialog opens and prompts you to enter a database name specify the type of material define the COV Gf appli cable and define whether this is a multi ply member or not Species Click on Add First Species in the New Material dialog Now the New Species dialog automatically opens and prompts you to enter a species name the specific gravity of the material for self weight calcula tions and a southern pine option for glulam WoodWorks Design Office New Grade Grade Name i i E Jlowable Stresses psil r n I 7 i r Shear Fb 0 Fy 0 Add First Section gt Modulus of Elasticity rilltar psi M Compression E a Fep Jo Beaiintg Fg Wet fo Fo Dry jo New Section Actual Size in Cancel gt Nominal size n C z f Size FactotsCF p Stock lenalh feet Conespondirig grade properties at raultiplied by these factors 229 Grade Click on Add First Grade in the New Species dialog Now the New Grade dialog automatically opens and prompts you to enter
142. ld downs per wall The design capacity of the shearwall is assumed to equal the sum of the capacities of each shearwall segment Sheathing above and below openings typically is not considered to contribute to the over all performance of the wall Perforated Shearwalls Type II Another approach considers a shear wall segment with openings which is illustrated in Figure 2 Here the wall is identical to the shearwall in Figure 1 but without intermediate overturning restraints next to the openings This condition is con sidered a shearwall segment with unrestrained openings perforated or Type II shearwall The capacity is clearly less than would be expected from the same shearwall containing multiple shearwall segments each fully restrained against overturning However the capacity of the wall shown in Figure 2 may be sufficient for a particular application while reducing the total number of over turning connections WoodWorks Design Office Method Finding the design shear capacity involves relating the strength of a shearwall with unrestrained open ings to a similar shearwall consisting of traditional shearwall segments Empirically derived adjustment factors that relate the strength of shearwalls with unrestrained open ings to similar shearwalls containing multiple traditional shearwall seg ments are presented in Table 1 The perforated shearwall procedure calls the adjustment factor the opening adjus
143. lick the print button on the toolbar e View This button con trols which analysis dia XY grams are shown includ ing the Load Envelope Reaction Shear Moment and Deflection diagrams The Load Envelope diagram is not available when Critical Results is selected as the load combination e Load Combinations The dia gram view results shown are based on the load combination selected in this pull down menu When Critical Results is selected the analysis diagrams shown are for the worst case results of all load combinations Load combina tion numbers shown correspond to those used throughout Sizer Analysis Results Design Check diagrams etc WoodWorks Design Office 55 3 6 Tutorial Defining the Parameters 1 Start the program in Column mode 2 Select the Height field and enter a height of 9 ft 3 Under Lateral Support Spacing for KoL select Width Lp field and enter 36 in for the unbraced length in the narrow direction tey L je o m rong oe ott O N p 0 Cel 5 junio D te ja D p z lt te 56 Sizer DialHiel o za a Ta Loading the Column ee r 1 Click load on the toolbar 2 Choose Dead from the Type a drop down list Se es 3 Specify Axial as the load oe Distribution Spe 4 Select the Magnitude field and E fer 2 ir enter a magnitude of 5600 lbs 5 Click Add ee 3 6 Repeat
144. lick this button to specify multiple point loads with equal spacing and magnitude Loads Load Direction Assumptions Sizer automatically applies the loads according to the following rules e Most loads including snow live and dead loads are applied verti cally e Wind loads are applied perpendic ular to both sloped and horizontal members Gravity loads downward are repre sented by a positive load magnitude while suction upward loads are represented by a negative load mag nitude Sloped Member Load Location When specifying the location of a load on a sloped member use the horizontal projected length as a reference Sizer automatically applies dead and wind loads along the actual length of a sloped member All other loads are applied along the horizontal projected length of a sloped member Load Entry Enter point load as UDL uses the spacing to convert a point load to a uniformly distributed load on joists based on the spacing More typically this is used to create point loads on joists based on a uniformly distributed load say from a wall above This is especially useful when the spacing of joists is being reviewed in that the line load from above is automatically converted to the correct point load on the joist based on revised spacing For example a 1200 plf line load from a wall perpendicular to the floor joists imposes a 2400 Ib point load on joists spaced at 24 o c 1600 Ibs per joist wh
145. ll in question based on the structure entered in Concept mode Sizer auto matically transfers the load informa tion to the input fields of Column mode For walls it transfers the load information for a single wall stud Note The transfer from Concept to Column mode is one way Any changes you make to the transferred member cannot be exported back to the original mem ber in Concept mode There are a few exceptions such as the selection of Self Weight manually input or automatically included in loads analysis Refer to Help on Apply options to Concept Mode which refers to what options can be tranferred with a click of a button in the Loads view activated if Concept mode is Open AzA DBB E D O N p 0 ga D j 0 D ga e5 D ie p 4 U 44 Sizer 3 2 Column or Wall Parameters Click column on the toolbar to describe the column or wall to be designed sen Ferny eea pa Height This field specifies the height of the column or wall in the current units A height must be specified in order to continue with the design Type This drop down list specifies the type of compression member Column or Wall to be designed The default selection is Column Description A description of the column can be entered which will appear in the Design Results output and Design Check output Material This drop down list specifies the material database to u
146. ls is selected for wind and or seismic design then the resis tance of two sided shearwalls will be based only on the allowable shear of wood and fibreboard panels gypsum and other material vill be ignored This allows higher aspect ratios to be used for wind and or seismic design for panels where wood or fiberboard is combined with other sheathing materials For seismic design it may be ben eficial to Ignore non wood panel contribution for all walls This removes the penalty of the increased N i S je N ct pani 5 ga N zz D 192 Shearwalls seismic loading that would result from the lower response modification factor R which must be used when non wood materials are part of the seismic resistance system Out of plane sheathing assumption The Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic SDPWS out of plane sheathing values are based on a 2 span configuration Other pub lications such as the Wood Frame Construction Manual lists these values based on sheathing supported over 3 spans Furthermore note under SDPWS table 3 2 2 allows for an increase of values if the sheathing is continuous over 3 spans Selecting the 3 span here increases the tabu lated values by the intended 25 Service Conditions Use this setting to specify tem perature and moisture conditions Shearwalls will apply the appropriate design factors Settings Default Values View Design Fo
147. m 50 To sn ington eiad fii z Selected load was distributed toone or more shear lines e Show Button Show loads according to their type Seismic Wind Shear Wind Uplift Dead C amp C e Level Control Show loads according to the level on which they are applied This can be done for one or a range of levels e Selected Building Face Shows loads that are only applied to the selected building face in Plan View Load Types Shearwalls accounts for the follow ing load types e Seismic Earthquake generated loads restricted by the lateral load resisting system e Wind Shear External wind loads resisted by the lateral load resist ing system e Wind C amp C Wind suction effects on the Components and Cladding for exterior walls only roofs not included This includes the bend ing of sheathing between studs and the withdrawal of nails fasten ing the sheathing to the wall studs e Wind Uplift Overturning loads especially wind uplift load trans ferred from the roof to supporting walls on the top story WoodWorks Design Office e Building Mass Weight of a building attributable to the dia phragm that transfers loads to the specified level This weight is used for automatic generation of seismic loads see Section 2 9 only and should include all mate rial self weights along with any roof snow loads or permanent dead loads required by the build ing code Building
148. m an a A reve prear coe irah i ri La E pet bh ial pn ae Ei r mea derrin mr ny Cokes al gered ie _ ran Wee 4 m Dem g y geag WoodWorks Design Office 183 6 Use the Show button menu in the data bar to turn on and off viewing of a variety of data 7 To view seismic loads click on Show Seismic Seismic Loads and Forces Go to Show Orientation to view an alternative load orienta tion WeodWorkell Shauewalle P87 kv Tutt Plan Views Loads and forces be ad o Fie Beet Settings Hoidon Ace Views Window Heip T E j j m if m j DHS BEE DS hA eg ma el Tic Ven Tang Hoji Ling Ma Cuer Loreal fi FI Iani Jambu ay is el J e _ W Dat ad Tt bma i lt Dhe l a tTa i m l Eh Nyon Bet J tare ie LE Faim Eiri ecm T Drs wii t al AM Sees Eia Eta Work p on Sears Ei Disi wiola Pot te bre well i J Sem Ea Eke WES r i Ep T me We 10 E g ai mi 1i j i 1 iti Dieiis Chetete al shir a i deed i ae uiing Fc B e j T Feia es i ae its a lt a bl purine Ha m fiz i t ELH b mrar apj Eip a HD fi Pee ne ro we eS glee paT naj H oa asl rE iD zj 3J a a L Note Loads shown based on seismic R 6 flexible diaphragm and may not be identical to results using the latest ASCE 7 IBC N D S jas Nn Ss jae
149. m the Preferences tab under the Settings dialog WoodWorks Design Office Viewing and Printing the Results Once Sizer has designed the ele ments in your project it automati cally displays the design summary on the screen NHI wu E gt s p ey oe pe t j 95 Use the scrollbars or the PgUp and PgDn keys to scroll though the results To close the results window double click the close box in the top left corner of the window To redisplay the design results at any time choose Design Results from the View menu To print the results choose Print from the File menu The Print sub menu provides several options such as Suggested Sections There are new files and diagrams available for printing in Concept mode Reactions at Base drawing shows that Column and Wall reactions at the base of a structure Results by Member shows the design response of all the members in each design group Design Members Individually shows the design of each member in the entire structure Materials List tabulates all the mate rial used in the structure 2 O N punto ya D j 0 e N g e anns 4 gt 96 4 12 Sizer Advanced Features FA i 4 Performing a Detailed Design The Concept mode design process computes the lightest acceptable section size for each design group However these results show only a limited amount of detail and they do not indicate
150. mple leave everything as unknown to start NQ z Q O g O N B 214 Connections Connection Detail 1 Click on the Diagram button 2 To print the connection detail click on the Print button print WoodWorks Design Office 215 Design Results Siete eek semen ne 1 Click on the Results but ease ns Dan ton to view the design Ti ees se aenea aieea results for the connec tion results 2 To print the design results click on the Print button print 3 You can scroll up and down to view more of the Results output 4 Click on the Accept i button This will auto matically accept the accept a parameters chosen by a Connections during the design and ee place you in the Details view OQ z O O g O N T 216 Connections Re Designing the Connection If at this point you are not satis fied with the suggested design you can change some parameters in the Details view and re design the con nection 1 Change the Bolt Diameter to 1 2 inch 2 Change the Rows per Plate to 2 3 Change the Bolts per Row to unknown ba 4 Click on the Diagram button diagram The Database Editor Mm B WN eR What is the Database Editor Material Databases Creating Custom Databases Viewing Standard Databases Customizing the Database L
151. n Loads for Buildings and Other Structures ASCE 7 National Design Pee anon for Wood Construction NDS and AF amp PA s Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic SDPWS Design Procedure Allowable Stress Design ASD Wind Procedure ASCE 7 Method 2 Analytical Procedure both All heights and Low Rise Seismic Procedure ASCE 7 Equivalent lateral force procedure Horizontal Distribution Flexible and rigid diaphragm distribution Shearwall types Individual full height wall segment and perforated shear walls Includes deflection and story drift analysis Canadian Version Codes and Standards referenced National Building Code of Canada User s Guide Structural Commentaries CSA O86 Engineering Design in Wood Limit States Design Wind Procedure NBCC High rise fig I 15 and NBCC Low rise fig I 7 8 Seismic Procedure NBCC Equivalent static force procedure Horizontal Distribution Flexible and rigid diaphragm distribution Shearwall types Segmented with hold downs and segmented with hold downs removed WoodWorks Design Office 119 Input and Output Shearwalls generates several file e Shearwalls ini Program settings types to store general program set that apply to all designs are stored tings and project information for a in this Initialisation file located in design run This includes the follow the Shearwalls installation folder ing file types e wsw main file type for Shea
152. n either side of the floor to represent con nector brackets In Canada an anchorage is depict ed in the shape of an uppercase I to represent a threaded rod with washers and nuts connecting the bottom plate of the upper wall to the top plate of the wall below A dragstrut force is indicated by horizontal arrows acting on either side of and at the top of an open ing The magnitude of the force is shown directly under the arrow 529 Shearline E at Y 45 ft Flexible Diaphragm Seismic Design All shearwalls Design group1 Ext Sheath 5 16 Structural Forces factored unless indicated Vertical Ibs Horizontal Holddown force Vs Shearline force lbs Compression force Vs diaphragm length plf Nails 8d 6 12 Shear 200 pif Withdr Load 0 lbs Cap 107 19 Ibs Int Sheath 1 2 Gypsum WBoard 1 ply S Shear overturning V full height sheathing plf Nails 5d 7 7 D Dead unfactored Dragstrut force ibs Shear 125 plf Combined S 0 6D S factor 0 7 Frame D Fir L 16 Blocked 2 13 WoodWorks Design Office Results The Results View produces the design results report for a design run This view is automatically opened when the user clicks on the Run Design action button and generates a new design results report The report for the last design run is opened when the user directly clicks on the Results View action button In both cases the design must
153. n the view button from the toolbar Depending on the information that you are viewing one of the four fol lowing dialog boxes will open e Material Properties dialog e Species Properties dialog e Grade Properties dialog e Section Properties dialog Step 3 Click on the save button to save any of the changes D 5 S Sj or Nn es oN g je J Database Editor Customizing the Database List Sizer Only The database editor includes a fea ture which will allow you to custom ize the entire database list for your needs by designing for only certain materials species grades or section SIZES This type of customization only affects Sizer Connections and Shearwalls disregard the ignore settings and can use all of the material databases The customizing feature simply places a Y or an beside the material species grade or section to let Sizer know which properties to use or ignore during the design pro cess These properties are not erased by the customizing feature and can therefore be retrieved at a later time Sizer initially sets all properties to use Y as a default Customizing The following steps describe how to customize your database list Step 1 You must first open the database file either Standard or Custom that you want to customize This is done by using the open button or by clicking on the file name Step 2 Click on the material s spec
154. nces tab under the Settings dialog Settings Company Information Project Description Design Notes Preferences Design Format Concept Mode options Double click to create gridlines columns and beam loads Always double click coincident point loads I Allow supporting members to be deleted temporarily V Generate materials list iV Generate design results for each member V Design members individually Beam and Column Mode options V Express beam or joist slope as rise run I Include Additional Design Data in results I Include detailed bearing results Express bearing reactions on joists as UBL I Include stock length warming in results V Show wood textures on members on screen Show wood textures on members in printed output Save before design Prompt first Start up mode C Concept Mode Beam Mode C Column Mode C Always save C Never save Note The information will be saved as default for future sessions only if you use the Save as default option in the Settings menu It is not saved with the project or member files Cancel Limiting the Design By default Sizer designs the ele ments for your entire project However you can force Sizer to design only the elements on the current level To limit the design choose Design Current Level Only from the Preferences item under the Settings menu To design the elements for the entire project choose Design Entire Structure fro
155. nd selecting the Include secondary moment will amplify the primary bending moment Settings n a Company Information Project Description Design Notes Preferences Design Format View Unit system Imperial English formatting Distance eg 3 425 x Section bxd eg 5 1 2 v Force lbs X v Allow span load input in ft in 16ths e g 120608 Font size Printer Screen Results text 10 id 10 Be Diagamtet fio z ho zl Print to fit on one page Note The information will be saved as default for future sessions only if you use the Save as default option in the Settings menu Only Unit system is saved with the individual member files ok f cca aw WoodWorks Design Office Kr Factor Options When lateral support is provided at points of bearing the lateral stabil ity factor Ky may be taken as one provided the maximum depth to depth ratio meets the conditions listed in CSA O86 clause 5 5 4 2 Alternatively Ky may be calculated according to clause 6 5 6 4 Format Tab Choose the Format tab from the Settings Dialog This tab allows you to enter the unit system to be used and format the font size for printing and viewing Unit System This option allows you to select whether Sizer will operate in Imperial English or metric units Imperial Length Format Choose Imperial English units to be displayed in either decimal feet in feet with decimal inches or in feet wi
156. nd to building masses that are also gener ated by the program Check the box for each building element walls roofs floors and ceilings that you want the masses to be generated for and specify the area self weight of these elements The self weight specified for the roof can be input as acting along a horizontal projection of the roof or along the surface of the roof The Generate Loads button allows you to use different self weights for different levels by selecting each level in turn changing the self weight and generating the loads for that level The initial self weights used to gener ate seismic building masses are based on the values in Settings Default Values Refer to Section B 4 for further in formation on Shearwalls Settings 147 Use wall self weights to generate wall dead loads for Jhd calcula tions Canadian Version Activate this checkbox to include the self weight of walls to calculate wall dead loads that are considered to resist overturning Note that the self weight of floors ceilings and the roof entered in the Generate Loads form are only used to gener ate building masses which are used to calculate seismic loads they are not considered to resist overturning i Shearwalls Generate Loads Building Iqshearwalls Generate Loads j W Seismic loads Generate loads only not building masses li Wind loads Wind direction Bath Directions Building face All
157. nding shear and deflection as well as modification adjustment factors and shows the governing load combination rer ar ce ree mate af segs a bate WoodWorks Design Office ri sail eie 4 ujk MEE pfe ag e lie a ed Deter tet as r a m WoodWorks Sizer Beam Graphs bq File Mode Settings Design View Window Help a Oenediaus Load combinations Critical Results v v Reaction v Shear v Bending v Deflection Show All Diagrams Show Only One Diagram SHFiR fihal m WoodWorks Sizer Beam Graphs BS File Mode Settings Design Yiew Window Help mt OES ge View Load combinations Critical Results C REACTION lbs Critical Results 1 D only Maximum 2 DeL Uplift 0 3 D 75 L 5 Bearing 3400 4 D 5 Deflection Results Total v Print all ANALYSIS DIAGRAMS known section includes self weight 33 Analysis Diagrams Click the diagram button on the toolbar to view the b analysis diagrams Sizer creates four analysis diagrams including Support Shear Bending and Deflection diagrams To print the current diagram click the print button on the toolbar e View This button con trols which analysis diagrams are shown including the Load Envelope Reaction Shear Moment and Deflection diagrams The Load Envelope diagram is not available when Critical Results is selected as the load combination e Load
158. ng factors are shown e if the joist reactions should be shown as a uniform distributed line load to the support below ie joist reaction divided by joist spacing or as the individual total joist reaction as a beam s reaction would be shown e whether to include the stock length warning e if the member s wood texture should be shown when viewing the computer screen and or when printing Design Tab Choose the Design tab from the set tings dialog This tab allows you to specify deflection options fire endurance options USA and modi fication factor options Canada Fire Endurance Rating U S Only A Fire Endurance Rating option per mits you to specify the minimum required fire endurance rating for solid sawn beams and columns If you enable this feature Sizer will add fire endurance as another design Settings Company Information Project Description Design Notes Preferences Design Format View Deflection options Report interior and cantilever deflections separately Report dead load deflection I Ignore cantilever deflections in design Fire endurance options m Fire endurance rating Minimum bearing length fo 5 a Use to determine design span Interior supports jo 5 End supports Default deflection limits Live Total Beams and solid floor joists 360 O 240 aa oS pa eo Columns and wall studs 180 iso Floor joists Roof joists Note The
159. notes once the software is installed for topics including Version History Tech Sup port Uninstall What is Sizer 1 1 Operating Modes Beam Column amp Concept 3 1 2 Settings 7 1 3 Working with Files and Projects 13 WoodWorks Design Office 1 1 Operating Modes Beam Column amp Concept Note The Database button on the tool bar allows for viewing of mate rial properties and is accessible in all three modes in Sizer For more information on the Data base Editor see section D Beam Mode Beam mode allows you to quickly enter and design individual wood bending members This includes up to six span continuous beams or beams with cantilevers Sizer uses the stiff ness method for the analysis To select Beam mode when first starting Sizer click on the beam tool bar button or select Beam from the Mode menu The main work area allows you to specify a number of parameters for your beam or joist The tool bar allows you to quickly change between Beam Load Point of Interest Results and Diagram views and to make Sizer design your beam or joist When Beam mode is active a checkmark is displayed next to Beam on the Mode menu gt o Nn YN jemi o N I p gt an 4 Sizer j t im kp E b Column Mode Column mode allows you to quickly enter and design individual wood column or beam column members Sizer analyzes using the stiffness meth
160. nter your com pany contact Settings t lt Freferences Design Settings Format View Company Information Project Description Design Notes Lines 1 4 will appear on test output for ALL projects Enter your company name address contact etc Maximum 36 characters pet line line Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Note The information will be saved az default for future sessions only if you use the Save as default option in the Settings menu Cancel Appli You only need to enter company information once You can change it at any time by following the proce dure described above Project Description Tab Choose the Project Description tab from the Settings Dialog This tab allows you to enter project informa tion including the project name location client and job number Settings a Preferences Design Format Company Information Project Description Design Notes Lines 1 4 will appear on text output for this file only Enter a brief description client name job number etc Maximum 36 characters per Use the Window menu item to navigate between open member files Every time you start a new project you should enter new project infor mation jab N YN jemi 0 N s os gt hm Sizer Note The workspace feature allows for the creation of a Project file meant to correspond to a typical user building project with one concep
161. o end the beam Sizer draws the beam between the two gridpoints You can create beams between any two gridpoints One beam can cross another beam but two beams cannot overlap For exam ple you cannot create two beams between the same pair of grid points Sizer indicates an error if you try to overlap beams Even if a beam spans several grid points it is treated as continuous However if you create several beams in a row spanning a series of grid points along one gridline the beams are treated as discontinuous Deleting Beams To delete a beam select it and press the DELETE key on the keyboard WoodWorks Design Office Concept Mode Data Bar The Concept Mode Data toolbar is active in the Beam view when a beam is selected The Concept Mode Data toolbar will display informa tion on the selected item including the beam name and the beam group name Concept Mode Data Bar Hame fb Groups beam T 79 Beam Name If a beam is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar will display the beam name As a default the beam name is b1 for the first beam b2 for the sec ond and so on This can be changed however by typing over the existing name included in the toolbar Beam Group If a beam is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar indicates which beam design group it belongs to The group of a beam can be changed by selecting a different group from the drop down list included 1n the toolbar
162. od To select Column mode when first starting Sizer click on the column toolbar button or select Column from the Mode menu The main work area allows you to specify a number of parameters The toolbar allows you to quickly change between Column Load Point of Interest Results and Diagram views and to make Sizer design your col umn or beam column When Column mode is active a checkmark is displayed next to Column on the Mode menu WoodWorks Design Office 5 ea dns Concept Mode c i 1 De em n eG HR Concept mode is a graphical design and analysis work area for the pre liminary design of structures consid ering gravity loads To select Concept mode click on the concept toolbar button or select Concept from the Mode menu Concept mode provides a graphical work area where you can configure and design a complete structure in plan The main work area contains rulers to allow you to position the cursor within the work area accurately and quickly The Concept Mode toolbar is the ae eae the ie bar en 7 the AI ii waa 24 left with fourteen buttons titled cre ay a i f M w ial ate or manage project mode level grid column wall beam joist loads group design elevation view print and database The Concept Mode toolbar allows you to change between Grid Column Beam Joist and Load views The run button makes Sizer design the elements in your structure and display the results
163. oes not support them They extend down to the ground Wall w3 is supported by the wall below An attempt to create a wall from B6 to C6 fails because it does not span the whole extent of the joist area An attempt to create a wall from B6 to F6 fails because part of the wall is not supported by the joist area 40 ww 20 wi 2 O N junio ya D junio te UN g e gt 78 4 7 Sizer Beams Creating Beams Click beam on the toolbar The beam button on the toolbar appears as light grey to indicate the Beam view The Sizer window title bar also indicates the current view m WoodWorks Sizer Concept1 Beam View tht File Mode Settings Edit Design View Window Help A iim H A el All to be designed beams appear as hollow blue lines while not to be designed beams appear as solid blue lines In Columns Walls Joists and Loads view beams appear as solid grey lines In Grid view beams appear as light grey solid lines Beams New beams must be added to exist ing beam groups If you have cre ated the beam design groups simply choose the appropriate group from the drop down list included in the Concept Mode Data toolbar To create a beam drag from the start gridpoint to the end gridpoint As you drag Sizer displays a solid green rubber band line showing where the beam will go Release the mouse button at the gridpoint where you wish t
164. on limita of 3 in at Top Left end Live Le Total Ly 360 240 Notch depth 2 in and lt Unsupported yy a length e comp wl tence Modification factors Temperature support spacing T lt 100F A t supports i 3 ervice Dry r conditions At supports supports JAt supports Fire retardant factor Fire design incising factor J O N p 0 ya j 0 te jab ee oO 38 Sizer re in ed oe eed one Se ee ee eee a ee me wp t a ADOLAR aus E AU li oe r we o tee eee m _ kad 1 ee tuem ee a ahia mat eee ee _ MO e r ewe Ad mat ia uan m yee eee are e em al ene or awe on O aw ee et e ee lastin dee Pome bame ee oe ee m ar oem gt lt p e m Faw ta Laminar m Ti J amp OS Hlela Pju E e a DE sa aj a ilaa Loading the Beam 1 Click the loads button on the toolbar 2 Choose Dead from the Type drop down list 3 Ensuring that the Distribution field is Full Uniform Line select the Magnitude field and enter a value of 100 plf 4 Click Add 5 Choose Live from the Type drop down list 6 Select the Magnitude field and enter a magnitude of 200 plf 7 Ensure that the Pattern Loading box is checked 8 Click Add 9 Changing the Distribution field to Point Lo
165. on the Form button if this Form is not showing 2 Highlight one of the building blocks and in the Levels portion of the Form select the number of Shearwalls Structure Input Block Block 1 No of levels name x extent 20 5 BLOCK 29 5 x location Y extent fi 0 Y location Units ft Wall Floor ceiling Hald downs Diaphragm height depth Length Anchor elevation ft in subject to bolt ft shrinkage length i i 55 00 13 75 47 00 38 17 29 33 20 50 i 11 67 OE 2 83 8 Changes apply to l 3 g blocks Foundation 2 elevation Shearwalls levels for your block by clicking on the arrows or by entering a value The maximum number of levels is SIX 3 Specify the number of levels for all remaining blocks 4 The program will automatically enter a 2 ft US version imperial 1 meter Cdn metric foundation el evation and the default wall height and floor depth values as defined in Settings Design for each level 5 Edit the foundation elevation the wall heights and floor depths for each level This information ap plies to all blocks so that the floor elevations are the same for each block The blocks can have differ ent numbers of levels Extending Walls The last step in creating levels is to extend the first floor upwards once the elevations have been specified and walls and openings have been created for the first level 1 When in Walls action or Openings action click on th
166. op down lists are unavail able if the grade is unknown To select a custom section enter some non standard size in actual dimensions in each drop down list Note that a custom size may not be commercially available Note Sizer performs a design check rather than a design selection if both the width range and depth range specify single values Sizer cannot design a section if only the width or depth is a custom size For example you cannot have one field as unknown when the other contains a custom size 45 Built up Members If the selected material can be used in built up sections these two drop down lists specify the range of plies to use The default selection is unknown which forces Sizer to select suitable sections of a range of plies For built up members the connec tion type used to assemble the mem ber can also be specified This affects the resistance of a member If the material cannot be used in built up sections these lists are dis abled Deflection Limits These fields allow you to specify the deflection limits to be used for design based on the span example L 360 and in absolute terms 1 inch Default deflection limits are entered in Settings Design tab See also the Loads button and Load types and combinations for long term deflection creep and load reductions US only O N jemi o ga j 0 D ga ja D eS p gt U 46 Sizer L
167. or Message Joist area is not FULLY spanned by at least 2 sup ports When there are more than two sup ports Sizer does not permit out of plane supports In this example an attempt to create the joist area B2 B4 E4 E2 fails because all three wall supports do not lie in the same plane A solution in this case might be to create two separate joist areas B2 B3 E3 E2 and B4 B3 E3 E4 J O N punto ya D j 0 e N g e anns om 4 gt 88 Sizer Out of plane joist areas Error Message Joist areas could not be designed because they do not lie in a plane Sizer cannot design out of plane joist areas Despite the fact that the two beam supports do not lie in the same plane support B4 E4 is sloped and support B2 E2 is horizontal the joist area B2 B4 E4 E2 can be cre ated However Sizer cannot design such out of plane joist areas Note that if there are more than two sup ports they must all lie in the same plane Supports Intersect under a joist area Error Message Beams or walls supporting joist area in same direc tion intersect In this example an attempt to create the joist area B2 B4 E4 E2 fails because the potential supports b2 and b3 intersect within the joist area It is however possible to create a joist area that does not include the inter section B2 B4 D4 D2 is allowed because the intersection is outside the joist area WoodWorks Desi
168. ormation is used for the auto matic generation of wind and seismic loads Occupancy Category II All others v Wind load generation ASCE 7 05 general analytic method for all bldgs Wind speed 1100 mph ExposureeC v Partly Enclosed wv Speed up over hills and escarpments Exposure Enclosure Hill shape 2 D Escarpment w Height Length From crest ft 100 200 50 Building is below crest of escarpment Hurricane prone region Dynamic analysis flexible buildings Seismic load generation ASCE 7 05 equivalent lateral forc Period T sec Use calculated He V approximate 0 095136 fol period Ta Force resisting system design factors Bearing wall system Building East West Nor Response 2 2 modification A 2 Deflection 2 2 amplification Cd f2 V Regular Structure Site class D Spectral response accelerations a Ss short period 0 79 1 1 second period 0 4 SS _EE Load Generation Site Information National Building Code of Canada 2005 Edition Importance category Normal all other buildings Wind load generation Static procedure from NBCC 4 1 7 Commentary Figure 1 15 Importance factor f1 Velocity pressureg 0 52 kPa Internal pressure Category 2 Ord closed opening v Gust factor Cgi 2 0 Rd 3 3 Terain Rough v Ro 1 7 1 7 Speed up over hills and escarpments Hill shape None v Site class D Stiff soil Accelerations and site coeffic
169. ose Save Project from the File menu Sizer saves the current files in the project with the last name you gave it If the project is new and or has not been given a name the Save Project command has the same effect as Save Project As If you have several files open beam column and a concept and wish to save all the open files into a new project simply click on the Create or Manage Project button on the tool bar jab N YN jemi 0 N I os gt b 14 Sizer The Save All button has the same ef fect as Save for all the open files Opening Files To open an existing project choose Open File from the File menu The Open dialog appears Type a file name or select one from the list and then click Open to open that file Look in 3 Sizer d fi ee FR aes mee J i Cancel Files of type Cin Y aa i If you select a new folder in the Folders list the selected folder becomes the current folder Select Cancel to return to editing the current file without opening a new one Opening Projects To open an existing project select Open Project from the File menu The open dialog appears and the file type is wprj When a project is opened all the files within that proj ect are opened Printing Files and Graphics To print a file or on screen graph ics click on the Print button from the toolbar or choose Print from the towed po gra ame _ a
170. otaly Ly fiso Width unknown to unknown Ir A Depth unknown to lunknown In e Dry service Lateral supported P Repetitive Member Delete apana zj if heed Hanser t a Fire Resistance No Of Sides Exposed 4 7 0 no rating Fire Endurance Rating feo min Column Dialog Items Name This field contains the name of the currently selected group The list beneath contains all the column groups created Click on a group to select it Once highlighted you can modify or delete it To Be Designed Select this check box if the design group is to be designed Leave it unchecked if the design group is not to be designed Unchecking it disables all field selections Either FA group supports and transfers oads Dry Service This check box is checked 1f the ser vice condition of the design group is dry If the service condition is wet this box should be unchecked Material This drop down list specifies the material database The standard choices include timber multi ply lumber glulam and a number of others The default for columns 1s Softwood Timber WoodWorks Design Office Species This drop down list specifies the spe cies of wood to use for the design process Available species depend on the selected database but common choices for timber are D Fir L Hem Fir S P F and S Pine The default is the first species in the list Grade This drop down list specifies the grade
171. ows you to switch between the Standard and Custom data bases Standard Material Databases Standard material databases include sawn timber and glulam members whose strength properties are based on those published in the applicable design standards The Standard data bases are based on values published in the National Design Specification NDS for Wood Construction for the U S and based on the CSA O86 1 for Canada neered wood product manufac turer directly for an accurate and complete design of propri etary wood products Warning You can retain database customizations made with WoodWorks Database Editor from an existing instal lation by specifying the same installation folder as the exist ing installation choosing the Custom Install Setup Type then unchecking Custom Materials Database in Select Components Failing to remove the check mark will result in your custom database being overwritten by the new custom database D J S Sj Or N es oN g oe J 222 Database Editor 3 Creating Custom Databases New Material Member Type Beams Material Marne Filename cwb Use in Multi Ply Members Only Coeli ot Variation for Modulus of Elasticity Gave 0 1 Material Type Sain Lumber dimension lumber ard timbers C Glue Laminated Timber Glulam i aching Stress Rated MSA Lumber Structural Composite Lumber PSL LVL etc add First Species Cance
172. pacing field Incising Factor U S Only This field allows you to specify whether an incising modification fac tor should be applied according to NDS 4 3 8 Repetitive Member Factor U S System Factor Canada This control allows you to specify if a load sharing factor is to be applied Service Conditions This drop down list specifies either Wet or Dry service conditions for the beam The default is Dry Temperature U S Only The default is T lt 100 F Other val ues for T are 1OO F lt T lt 125 F and 125 F lt T lt 150 F Supports for Bearing Design These fields allow you to select the type of bearing as well as the support material for the bearing design The type can be selected as hanger beam column sill plate or other non wood The bearing length or width can be entered or the calculation of the bearing length can be made more specific J O Nn p 0 ya pani 0 te ab ee oO gt i Sizer The bearing design information can be entered for all supports at once Supports for bearing design Applies to fan Supports ai Type Beam hd Timber soft sa For unknown bearing length Use exact minimum Round minimum to closest Material Species D Fir L v Grade No 2 v Bearing length unknown in Bearing width Same as b in Bearing at support end ge From list of Bearing Length choices End Supports Round minimum Inter
173. panel v is based on nail diam eters lt 3 25 mm and edge panel nail spacing gt 100mm e the maximum height of the shear wall Hg is 3 6m and e the factored uplift restraint force at the bottom of the end stud of the shearwall segment P is gt 0 5 O N p 0 ya j 0 the a alk amp UN j 0 N py O O Nn 162 Shearwalls Jhd is calculated as Case 1 Jha 1 0 where there is sufficient dead load to resist overturn ing uplift forces or hold down connections resist all of the overturning force Case 2 Where there is no net uplift at the top of the shearwall segment due to overturning and there is no hold down connection at the bottom of the shearwall segment to resist over turning Where P factored uplift restraint force at the bottom of the end stud of the segment calculated as shown below kN NVa sum of the factored basic shear resistanc es on both sides of the shearwall seg ment calculated with Jug 1 0 kN AV eddie Vig x Ly H height of the shearwall seg ment measured from the bot tom of the bottom plate to the top of the top plate m L Length of the shear n wall segment m Case 3 Where hold downs are provided at the bottom wall plate to resist over turning forces but the sheathing is in tension at the top of the shearwall segment due to overturning forces from upper storeys Vha P
174. potential supports per member type Error Message There are more than 6 support beams Sizer is limited to considering a maximum of six potential support members of one type In this exam ple an attempt to create the joist area B1 B5 E5 E 1 fails because there are 5 beam supports in the N S direc tion and 2 beam supports in the E W direction creating a total of 7 beams forming potential supports for the joist area in both directions This example would not have failed had one of the beams been removed or replaced by a wall Maximum of 6 spans or 6 supports Error Message No more than 6 supports or 6 spans Sizer limits multi span joists to a maximum of 6 supports or 6 spans In this example an attempt to cre ate the joist area B1 B8 E8 E 1 fails because there are 4 beam supports and 3 wall supports in the NS direc tion exceeding the maximum of 6 supports of both types in that direc tion but no supports in the E W direction WoodWorks Design Office 85 Only one valid span direction Two walls have been added to the previous example allowing us to create a joist area running in the E W direction E W is the only feasible joist direction as there are still too many supports in the N S direction Note that we have not exceeded the limit of 6 beams or 6 walls in both directions Partial Supports Error Message Joist area is not FULLY spanned by at least 2 sup ports Sizer does not permit
175. purple The text output is generated on a shearline by shearline basis Shenarracd ents bm stocks A ered E Ext ner tide interne gid D Heth sachet Lhe ear Chestheng Fastener M tera Siracusa Typa Tain star vada j Epam uncer hore F an Timire lurtroen fi Grell of thesaded T c gon fib Fiet 3 a OSE c 4 Edger ipon junkro r Spanning zj irii Hooda Fed apacia lunknowrl in Bincking F a Thaski bs Wretihad Mae Lnbwes Ss x 8 a T ron Specie MFL z Sudiang 16 on Die Shue ll oa Lea Aight E Timo Heddle im panied vaih l M ht n fer end P i M Dipuible brates M Double biacket ft ppp lopper E datshasn Hook cheers iraliya Deyip i Changing Wall Properties If the Form View is not visible press the Form View button on the main toolbar In Plan View select a wall by clicking on it with the mouse It will appear in red Going back to the Form View you can then change any of the properties of the wall as follows 1 Wall Type U S Version e Specify the type of wall by select ing from the drop down menu for Shearwall Type It can be a Non Shearwall not designed as a shearwall or a Shearwall A Shearwall can be identified as a Segmented or Perforated wall 2 Hold down Configuration Canada Only e Specify the location of hold down connections by choosing one of the following options from the pull down list
176. r automatically fills in the Species Grade Width and Depth fields with the appropriate values Sizer automatically performs a design check of the selected section The list of suggested sections on the toolbar remains available until you perform another design rather than a design check Avid fee ee WUC PP ety 5 h a ey ee ee e e WoodWorks Design Office 2 3 Loads tad Click the Loads View button on the toolbar to specify the loading of a beam or joist that is to be designed The Loads view opens e me wep ee DEIPRCOOFTAUHESKSL ee h ee h H m fa mnr b Fie Mode Settings Design view Window Help CP A u Magnitude Location from left Pattern Name Type Distribution Ibs ft ft loading Dead v Applied Moment Full Uniform Line 12 plf Full Uniform 4rea 12 pst Earthquake Delete Delete all Repeating point load Save as default loads 25 Name Use the Name field to enter the name of the load you want to apply to the beam Sizer generates an appropriate name if you leave this field blank The list box beneath this field con tains the names of all the loads you have specified for this beam Click one to select it Type This drop down list specifies the type of load being applied Sizer allows you to select from a variety of load types including dead live roof live U S only snow wind impact U
177. rating z the hold down database to create new Orientation vertical Field spacing unknown z in hold downs to be used in the design Blocking 7 and the hold down settings window m Framing Width Depth Selecting Apply to openings will Material LumberStud z f2 ji jav2 specify these same hold downs for Species D FirL E T i se ed walle Lene eae ahd FM selected wall s Selecting a Double je m suds Let 2 zi Right 2 bracket means that there is a hold down above and below the bottom of the wall typical for floors above the first level and will double the hold down elongation displacement for the purpose of calculating deflection Hold downe for selected walls Left Fight po ar HDS HE HO Double bracket Double bracket Edit database Hold down settings WwW Apply to openings WoodWorks Design Office 2 6 Creating Openings 1 Click on the Openings button The input form will display information about the openings windows and doors in the currently selected wall 2 In Plan View you can draw any number of openings in a selected wall by dragging a line from one point on a wall to another e The opening will appear as a thinner line than the wall e The opening will initially have a height and an offset from the bottom as specified in the Settings Design 3 To change the location or the dimen sions of an H site opening IER ii Sa ES
178. ration Factors Sizer applies load duration factors according to the load type These factors are set to the standard NDS U S version or CSA O86 Canadian version values by default but these can be changed using this form Note that in the Canadian version when D gt L Sizer determines the default duration factor for standard term loads according to the equation shown in CSA 086 01 4 3 2 3 refer to the online help for details Apply Options to Concept Mode This button in Beam Load View and Column Load View is only active when there is a Concept mode file open and allows the application of the following settings to have an affect on Concept mode This items can only be accessed from Beam or Column mode and are e Self weight e Line Loads applied over design span only Long term deflection factor Use L 0 5D for deflection Load duration factors CD Load combinations from Temperature from beam view WoodWorks Design Office 31 2 4 Points of Interest ae Click the points of interest button on a Olsiieie sjui miele Di Bigi the toolbar to investigate the shear and moment at any point along the length of a beam or column A point of interest 1s generated by specifying a location to perform the analysis Now click Add to add this to the list Several points of interest can be specified After performing a design the point of interest results will be shown in the Diagrams window and in the
179. ree modules of the software and includes tutorials More information is available in the help files that can be opened within the software Refer also to www woodworks software com Technical Support If you have installation or perfor mance problems please contact WoodWorks Support via one of the options listed below For questions about engineering assumptions features and functions please consult the online help which provides a keyword search feature The WoodWorks website contains additional information which includes product news frequently asked ques tions maintenance releases and updates for registered software own ers Email support woodworks software com Voice 1 800 844 1275 URL www woodworks software com WoodWorks Design Office Installing Design Office System Requirements The following are the requirements for running WoodWorks Design Office on your computer e PC compatible system with a mini mum of 1 0 GHz processor recommended 2 0 GHz or better 512 MB or random access mem bory RAM recommended GB or more 800 x 600 500 or higher video resolution recommended 1280 x 1024 768 Microsoft Windows 7 Vista XP and 2000 32 and 64 bit Installation from CD e Start up Windows e Insert the WoodWorks Design Office CD into your CD ROM drive e If the AutoPlay option is turned on you will see the Wood Works Design Office Setup screen Other wise
180. responding horizontal shearline forces appear as double headed arrows with calculated magnitude shown at mid length of the affected shearlines The calcu lated magnitudes of the hold down forces are shown at the end of each wall segment 2 12 Viewing Loads Forces amp Building Masses BA e A wind shear load is distributed point uniform trapezoidal over the length of an exterior wall as horizontally applied single headed arrows with specified magnitude The corresponding horizontal shearline forces appear as single headed arrows with calculated magnitude shown at one end of the affected shearlines The calcu lated magnitudes of the hold down forces are shown at the end of each wall segment 200 360 SEEUELAREEOATEOUERTARSUOREAETRRUETRARRG e A wind C amp C load wind suction on Components and Cladding is listed beside the affected exte rior wall as Wind C amp C Interior Magnitude End Zone Magnitude WoodWorks Design Office e A wind uplift load is indicated by at the two ends of a straight line drawn parallel to the affected exterior wall The magnitude of the load is shown at mid length of the line e Dead loads and building masses are indicated by at the two ends of a straight line drawn parallel to the affected exterior wall The magnitude of the load is shown at mid length of the line Dead loads are shown in blue while masses are shown in purple Dead loads and building ma
181. rks Design Office 4 1 General Click on Settings in the toolbar to access the Settings dialog box hav ing tabs for setting data relating to Design Format Options Loads and Forces View Company Information and Project Description 189 Shearwalls provides original settings however the user should verify the suitability of these default settings and change them as required For each tab of the dialog box there is a button to Reset Original Settings and a check box to Save As Default for New Files any settings changed by the user Settings Design Defaut Values Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Es Loads and Forces Project Description Format Options Company Information Hold downs View Lines 1 4 will appear on text and diagram output for ALL projects Enter your company name address contact etc Madmum 36 characters per line WoodWorks Software 1 800 844 1275 www WoodWorks Software com sales woodworks software com NOTE This information is NOT So E a saved mih ihe pect ie Save as default for new files cot icy tee A general description of these settings is given in the follow ing Note that the settings for each tab of the dialog box are independent of those for all other tabs Check out the online tutorial entitled Design Settings on woodworks software com Sup port and Training Section YUN D i S jab N
182. rmat Design codes Wind load design standard Necc Fig l 15 l Anchorage restriction settings g Override hold down selection to achieve design ge Restrict materials because of anchorage selection ce Restrict materials but overide unknown Shearwall materials a All shearwalls on shearlines have same materials E Disable gypsum contribution for seismic design a Disable gypsum contribution for wind design Moisture conditions for Ksf Fabrication In service Seasoned v foy gt Save as default for new files Reset original settings Options Loads and Forces i Shearwall limitations Maximum gt plan offset fo a ft Maximum 0 Joist elevation offset depths Rigid diaphragm analysis re Use shearwall capacity to approximate rigidity Shearwalls have equal rigidity Manual input of relative rigidity Height restrictions for wind loads Use eaves height Use mean roof height C Use ridge height Hold down forces based on C Shearwall capacity Applied loads Dragstrut forces based on C Shearwall capacity Applied loads However capacity used for seismic discontinuities as per NBCC 4 1 8 15 OK Cancel Anchorage Restriction Settings Canada only Use the radio buttons to choose one of the following options 1 Override hold down selection to achieve design The program allows a choice of all materials in the design of shear walls It specifies hold do
183. rrides it with the value entered Selecting the Use to determine design span checkbox uses this absolute bearing length in the deter mination of beam spans unless the calculated minimum bearing length is larger De selecting this option allows the design span to be based on the calculated minimum bearing length which will be advantageous if the calculated minimum bear ing length is smaller than the user defined absolute minimum bear ing length because the design span calculated from center of bearing is reduced Modification Factor Options Cana da Only Apply Kp Factor Specified strength may be multiplied by the length of bearing factor Kp based on CSA O86 Table 5 5 7 6 pro vided the conditions in clause 5 5 7 6 are met The length of bearing factor should not be applied if the points of bearing occur in areas of high bend ing stress The software allows the user to specify the maximum ratio of factored bending moment to bending resistance for which the Kp factor will be applied Modification factor options Apply KB 086 5 5 7 6 it IMt Mrl is less than 0 5 e Include secondary moment 1 1 Pf Pe in the combined adal and bending check for columns Sawn lumber KL 086 01 5 5 4 2 f Assume KL 1 C Calculate KL using 086 01 6 5 6 4 For bilateral bending where a col umn has an axial load and a load causing bending moment such as eccentric axial loads or loads per pendicular to the column like wi
184. ructiral T 5 16 Wort d Hail G 12 fos D Fir L 0 50 16 Int Gyo WE l ply Lz Merz Fi Mail 7 7 Yes D Fir L 0 50 16 z EWT Structural I aya Vert ial Haal 6 lz yes p Fir 0 50 16 4 Int cyp WE l ply I Hers S40 Hail 7 7 yee O Fir L 0 50 i a i Structural 5 16 Veru d Hail 4 12 y s D Fir L 1 50 i 2 Gyp We i ply fz Borz Sd bail 7 7 yes OD Pir L ED 16 Gro Wal Derim Groug Sul Eero o itana sufece d aster wall Sorg Enge or fel ney seecing Bigy Blonkect G Specie gravdy Soe Wall shed spacy Moins 3 Shear cpaniiy for con design has benn ingeased Io the value for 15027 sheath wih same nadieg bec siud spang is 1E maw or pand onantation is hormonal Dun ar erer ri besg for all hor lei mri daaar eais Ke 3 WoodWorks Design Office Wall group numbers are then refer enced throughout the design results output report to avoid repeating the wall assembly materials information at several places in the output The design results can be saved as pdf and rtf files For more information see section 1 3 Input and Output P test31 1 series log Notepad File Edit Format View Help 157 Log File Shearwalls creates a detailed log file of the intermediate calculations used to generate wind and seismic loads and used in the rigid diaphragm anal ysis These calculations are stored in a log ASCII text file that can be opened and viewed through any text editor such as Notepad or Word The log file also includes the de
185. rwalls which stores binary project data and can be opened directly by Shearwalls to retrieve previously saved runs e pdf Engineering design results can be saved as Portable Document Format pdf files located in the same folder as the corresponding wsw file These can then be opened by Adobe Acrobat or another pdf reader e rtf Engineering design results can be saved as Rich Text Format rtf files located in the same folder as the corresponding wsw file These can then be opened and viewed by text editors such as Word and Wordpad and converted to Word document doc files e log intermediate calculations used to generate wind and seis mic loads and used in the rigid diaphragm analysis are stored in text files with the same name and located in the same folder as the corresponding wsw file These files can be opened and viewed through any text editor such as Notepad or Word e shearwalls wss Standard Walls are stored in this binary file located in the same folder as the Shearwalls program If lost it will be regenerated automatically by Shearwalls D jab j o N YUN D S a N i Oe hm 120 Shearwalls 1 4 Toolbars The toolbar across the top of the main window is split into three groups of buttons e File Operations New Open Save Print Import eS e Actions Structure Walls Openings Extend Walls Roofs Building Site Generate Loads Loads
186. s not true It is also possible to create roof blocks that are not associated with any walls by dragging them on the screen while in Roof View Similarly if the exterior walls associ ated with a particular block are repo sitioned the roof block and structure block will adjust itself to match the furthest extents of the exte rior walls The opposite is not true Adjusting Roof Blocks The Roof Input Form controls the editing of roof blocks to define the roof blocks location and geometry 1 Select a Roof Block by clicking on it in plan view or by choosing it in the Block pull down in the Roof Input Form Selected blocks are highlighted in red 2 Resize or reposition the block by clicking on a handle and dragging it or by changing the location or extents that appear in the Form View for Roof Input 3 Define the roof construction ridge direction roof slopes ridge eleva tion plan location and size of overhangs by editing the appropri ate fields in Form View 4 To delete a roof block select a block and then press the Delete button dHe E208 I0 eee Otros Smee tee g WoodWorks Design Office 145 2 8 Specifying Site Information Ca Load Generation Site Information The Building Site information pertains to characteristics of the building such as period enclosure exposure and occupancy and clima tologic topographic seismologic and soil characteristics of the site The site inf
187. s of wood to use for the design process Available grades depend on the selected database but common choices for timber are No 2 Dense No 2 U S Only No 1 and Dense ee U S Only The default is No Width These two drop down lists determine the width range of the sections to be considered in the design process Available widths depend on the selected database species and grade The default selection 1s unknown for each of the lists which forces the design process to select from the full range of section widths To specify a limited range of widths to be consid ered select a different width in either or both of the lists Depth These two drop down lists deter mine the depth range of the sec tions to be considered in the design process Available depths depend on the selected database species grade and width The default selection is unknown for each of the lists which forces the design process to select from the full range of section depths 65 To specify a limited range of depths to be considered select a different depth in either or both of the lists No Of Sides Exposed U S Only Select the number of sides of the member that are exposed for cal culating fire endurance rating The selections are 0 3 or 4 sides Select 0 to indicate that the member is fully sheathed and no fire resistance calcu lation 1s to be performed Fire Endurance Rating U S Only Enter the required fire endurance t
188. s the currently selected Standard Wall in the Wall Form View able Fici jamm Sheree Fler Tre aara Ciel iE 0 E ET gaid m tr mer Hihii E TE chasis Zoria S dJOH OIWUISIOS 29 PUM 104 SUIUSISOG 138 Shearwalls A o Subdividing Walls Wall segments can be created from existing walls in order to give them different properties or to off set portions of a wall from the rest of the wall Click on a point anywhere along an existing wall drag the mouse to the end of the segment and then release the mouse The wall will then appear broken into 2 or 3 segments each with its own name The new wall segment will have the same properties as the wall it was created from Moving Walls Entire walls and wall segments can be moved perpendicular to themselves Hold the SHIFT key then click the mouse anywhere along the wall to be moved and small arrows will appear around the line Drag the mouse to the new posi tion of the wall then release Note that walls cannot be repositioned past other walls When moving a wall segment two new walls will appear perpen dicular to the wall being moved to maintain connectivity with its previous position In this way extensions to the building can be made quickly When moving an entire wall the connecting perpendicular walls will be stretched or shrunk to maintain connectivity WoodWorks Design Off
189. se Standard choices include timber post glulam 1 and a number of others The default for columns is Timber soft The default for walls is Lumber Stud Species This drop down list specifies the species of wood to use to design the member Available species depend on the selected database For example common choices for softwood timber are D Fir L Hem Fir S P F and S Pine The default selection 1s unknown which forces Sizer to select suit able sections from each species Grade or Combination This drop down list specifies the grades of wood to use to design the member Available grades depend on the selected database For example common choices for timber are No 2 No 1 and SS The default selection 1s unknown which forces Sizer to select suit able sections from each grade This list box 1s unavailable if the species is unknown WoodWorks Design Office Width and Depth The two width drop down lists spec ify the width range of the sections Sizer should use when designing the member Similarly the two depth drop down lists specify the depth range Available widths and depths depend on the selected database spe cies and grade The default selection for each of these drop down lists is unknown which forces Sizer to select from a full range of section SIZES You can limit the section sizes to be considered by selecting appropriate width and depth ranges in the drop down lists These dr
190. se Save new settings under the Settings menu This will save any new changes that have been done in the Settings menu These new settings will be the default for any new files that you create This custom definition will again be in effect during the next Sizer session However a previously saved Sizer file with different definitions will over ride these settings Clicking File and then New will restore your defini tions at any time Restore Factory Settings This option restores the original settings that were in effect when Sizer was first installed They will only be in effect for the current ses sion unless you click on Save New Settings m WoodWorks Sizer Column2 Column Input E File Mode PAo Design view Window Help Change Ctrl Q AN Save as default Ctrl Alt s Restore Ctrl Alt R Description Built up members Height ft 7 From y to plies 1 3 WoodWorks Design Office 13 Working with Files and Projects Creating New Files When you start Sizer it displays an untitled screen allowing you to cre ate a new file Whenever you choose New File from the File menu Sizer clears the screen discarding the current project If you have modified the current project since you last saved it Sizer asks you whether to save or discard your modi fications Creating New Projects In the file menu there is an option of creating a new project this can also be done by clicking on
191. sses cannot be viewed at the same time e Uplift dead and building mass point loads are indicated by single arrowheads Eo i Shearline Onentation 153 Diaphragms are shown as purple rectangles that are numbered as F1 F2 etc for each segment of the diaphragm for a given seismic load direction The diaphragm segments are used for determining the horizontal distribution of seis mic loads Diaphragms can only be viewed in Generate Loads view and should only be viewed for one orientation at a time Hold down forces are indicated at the end of shearwall segments with a amp with the magnitude of the force adjacent to it and written diagonally to the shearwall direc tion Plan view reports combined hold down forces that indicate the combined affect of shear uplift and dead loads with the appropri ate load reduction factors applied at the hold down location If a compression load is present a single dot next to a C is shown on plans wiorst Case wall Harnes andes 200 u JSEKLIJZISETESETFEEZAYXCAZEA TES STEAG 5 O N p 0 Ce j 0 te Ss amp UN j 0 N 3 py oe oan O O N TT 4 Ba ee ae Or a L L A ia al Lig 2nl 30 154 Shearwalls Elevation View affects together along with the Awndand se sie Aicar tore ic appropriate load reduction factors shown as horizontal single headed shear flow arrows distributed along the
192. steps 2 to 5 for the fol a Olsialeia aj aj al L mel lowing a a Snow 8400 lbs i Live 6750 lbs 7 Choose Full Uniform Line from the Distribution pull down oo 8 Select the Magnitude field and fee Soo enter a magnitude of 150 plf SAS Fm 9 Choose Wind from the Type drop down list 10 Click Add WoodWorks Design Office 57 Se Designing the Column 1 Click the design button on the toolbar Sizer automatically designs the member 2 You will be asked to enter a file name for your project View Results a oda 1 Click the up and down arrows to scroll through the results 2 To print these results click the print button on the toolbar oe a ee ee ee ep ee NOTE The output shown is based on the most recent U S National_Design Specification for Wood Construction dl O Sialele alsa ele EJT ag rm ai as ph Li aor erate Tr Li See al egos phage ee View Analysis Diagrams lt 5 TF TEA 1 Click diagram in the toolbar to Sa cal pim a view reactions shear bending moments and deflection diagrams ean eye re m am O N pani 0 Cel j 0 D ga ja D O p z 4 U 58 Sizer QP me ee Gee ee ke y en a bhacwl rs j oa _ ft Oo BRaT a Be eS ale ee a l nL oo Sei r eer s Fa ete r g sim at s S ra Jel ij oo a inga Taza a lew kew Ti
193. steps to t H perform a detailed design on any Ee BE other glulam section listed in the EWE Suggested Beam Sections z 3 i drop down list Lumbar s i FF e Vn iL e a acari i Tmi ah a Fri i Tobe rg FAT isp p iLi pe rece de ar e a o pep r To ipee r eel le A pe ee ihin bees gage x Araby si Abeer Sterna doa are Cher tert ming E PLUH ibh er ee Tilas iaiaprih g Designing a Column 3 1 Column Mode 3 2 Column or Wall Parameters 3 3 Loads 3 4 Points of Interest 3 5 The Design Process 3 6 Tutorial 43 44 48 51 52 55 WoodWorks Design Office 3 1 What It Does Column mode allows you to quickly enter and design individual wood columns walls and beam columns under multiple load conditions Column mode provides extensive information about a single column or wall in your project Typically you would use Column mode to verify the design of critical members To select Column mode click new on the toolbar and choose column When Column mode is active a checkmark is displayed next to Column on the Mode menu Transfer of a Column or Wall from Concept Mode If you are operating in Concept mode and you wish to further ana lyze a particular column or wall click the column or wall to select it and then choose Column from the Mode menu or click the mode but ton on the toolbar 43 Column Mode Sizer first determines the axial design loads for the column or wa
194. t for new files is checked Roof geometry Construction Gable v 20 0 deg Overhang Site information wind speed 1 00 mph Occupancy Category Il All others Exposure C E Standard walls Exterior Segmentet v Options Settings A number of options exist to Display information and data and to set the default standard wall used when creating new walls Loads and Forces Settings It is possible to selectively display Loads and Forces in Plan View and Elevation View as well as to selec tively display Design Results View Settings It is possible to set the Limits of the Viewing Area the Snap Increment it can only be decreased and once decreased it can not be increased and the intervals that gridlines are displayed if at all Company and Project Settings Company Information can be dis played on text and diagram output for all projects A specific Project Description can be displayed for individual projects The same settings can be set with the data bar show button This tab should be used to overhaul the con figuration of loads and forces you wish to view Connections 1 What is Connections 199 2 Post amp Beam Connections 204 3 Lapped Shear Connections 211 WoodWorks Design Office What is Connections About Connections The WoodWorks Connections software will be referred to as Connections throughout this section This is meant to give a brief intro duc
195. t mode file and a number of beam and column files to be open simul taneously Preferences Tab Choose the Preferences tab from the Settings Dialog This tab allows you to make choices about the operation of the program Settings Project Description Design Notes Design Format View Company Information Preferences Concept Mode options m Double click to create gridlines columns and beam loads Always double click coincident point loads V Allow supporting members to be deleted temporarily V Generate materials list V Generate design results for each member V Design members individually Beam and Column Mode options V Express beam or joist slope as rise run I Include Additional Design Data in results I Include detailed bearing results Express bearing reactions on joists as UDL I Include stock length warning in results V Show wood textures on members on screen Show wood textures on members in printed output Start up mode Concept Mode Beam Mode C Column Mode Save before design Prompt first C Always save Never save Note The information will be saved as default for future sessions only if you use the Save as default option in the Settings menu It is not saved with the project or member files Cancel Start Up Mode This item specifies which one of the three design modes Concept Beam or Column should auto matically appear as Sizer begins each session Sav
196. t wall lines and considered as part of the same shearline as long as they are sepa rated by no more than the maximum shearwall plan offset The maximum shearwall offset is defined in the Settings Design tab and is defaulted to the following values e U S The default offset is 6 inches e Canada The default offset is 150 mm Note A warning is generated in the output if the offset is greater than zero for the Canadian version A bandwidth approach is used to determine which walls belong to a Shearline where the bandwidth is equal to the maximum shearwall offset For example N S running shearlines are created from left to right on the plan layout The first N S wall encountered becomes the left limit of the first shearline s band width Any wall found within the bandwidth is considered to be part of the same shearline The next N S shearline starts at the first wall found beyond the previous Shearline s bandwidth 2 O N p 0 ya j 0 te Ss oN amp UN j 0 N 3 py oe O O N 140 Shearwalls Shearlines are automatically generated by the Shearwalls program They are created or deleted as walls are created and moved about If a wall can belong to more than one shearline it can be ae using the Wall Input orm Shearlines are not drawn in any of the views but when you select a wall to load in Plan View all walls on the shearline will be highlighted in
197. t would be highly unusual that any wood structure even midrise to be considered a flexible building Flexible buildings are typically defined as being slender with a fundamental natural frequency of less than 1Hz that is a period of greater than 1 second Almost all wood struc tures are considered rigid with a period of less than 1 second The fundamental Cdn approximate US period Ta shown in the Load Generation Site Information input will help determine if the designed building can be considered Rigid or Flexible Note also that the determination of a flexible or rigid building is not related to the distribution of loads based on a flexible or rigid diaphragm 2 O N p 0 ya j 0 te Ss amp UN j 0 N 3 py oe oan O O N 5z N 146 2 9 Automatically Generating Loads Shearwalls Click on the Generate Loads button to generate wind and seismic loads Wind or seismic loads can be gener ated separately or at the same time by selecting the appropriate type of loads to generate Loads can be gen erated on the entire building on a range of levels or on a single level by choosing the appropriate levels in the Generate Loads form Wind Loads Use the wind direction pull down to generate wind loads for all directions at once or for a single direction only Similarly use the Building Face pull down to generate loads on differ ent building faces
198. ted database The default selection 1s unknown which forces Sizer to select suitable sections from each grade This list box is unavailable 1f the species is specified as unknown Width and Depth The two width drop down lists spec ify the width range of the sections S zer should use when designing the member Similarly the two depth drop down lists specify the depth range Available widths and depths depend on the selected database spe cies and grade The default selection for each of these drop down lists is unknown which forces Sizer to select from a full range of section sizes You can limit the section sizes to be considered by selecting appropriate width and depth ranges in the drop down lists These drop down lists are unavail able if the grade is unknown O N pani 0 ya j 0 te jae ee gt N 22 Sizer To specify a custom section enter some non standard size in actual dimensions in each drop down list Note that a custom size may not be commercially available Note Sizer performs a design check rather than a design selection if both the width range and depth range specify single values Sizer cannot design a section if only the width or depth is a custom size For example you cannot have one field as unknown when the other contains a custom size Deflection Limits These fields allow you to specify the deflection limits to be used for design
199. ted material database as a plank Treatment Canada Only When you select Fire retardant treatment or Preservative treatment from the drop down an input field becomes active for you to input the corresponding modification factor WoodWorks Design Office Fire Design Button U S Only Clicking on this button opens the Fire Resistance dialog that allows you to specify fire endurance design criteria provided the Fire endurance rating is activated in the Settings Design tab Fire Resistance Mo of sides exposed Fire endurance rating NOTE Activate disabled options via Settings Design tab cnet Fire Endurance Rating Sizer checks the Fire Endurance Rating of timber and glulam beams or columns Sizer calculates the Fire Endurance Rating based on the num ber of exposed sides and on the loads applied to a member To activate the fire endurance check the number of exposed sides must be defined If the number of exposed sides is set to zero the program will not perform the fire endurance check Fire Endurance Rating is activated through the Settings Design tab 23 Joist Spacing Active for joists only this drop down list specifies the joist spacing You can select one of the standard 12 in 300mm 16 in 400mm or 24 in ee spacings or enter your own value The tributary width for uniform area and partial area loads in Loads view is equal to the joist spacing set in the Joist S
200. ted the column tt File Mode Settings Edit Design View Window Help design groups click the group S a button on the toolbar to access the aM is a a uu Ta dialog for creating column and wall groups See section 4 3 for more details m WoodWorks Sizer Concept1 Grid View All to be designed columns appear as hollow blue squares while not to Columns must be created on a grid be designed columns appear as solid point Click a gridpoint to create a blue squares column there Click on any position other than a gridpoint is ignored In Walls Beams Joists and Loads view columns appear as light grey Deleting Columns squares Click a column to select it Selected columns appear red To delete a column select it and press the DELETE key on the key board J O N punto ya D junio te ab N g E A gt 74 Sizer Concept Mode Data Bar The Concept Mode Data toolbar is active in the Column view when a column is selected The Concept Mode Data toolbar will display information on the selected item including the column name and the column group name Concept Mode Data Bar Hame fcr Groups Column x Column Name If a column 1s selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar will display the column name As a default the column name is cl for the first column c2 for the sec ond and so on This can be changed however by typing over the existing name included in
201. th inch fractions This can affect either distances or member sizes Force is an option that permits the user to select the Imperial or English units for Point Loads as either bs pounds or kips This only applies to the input fields for loads the output unit for analysis and design results are always kips Selecting the Allow span load input in ft in 16ths provides designers with an easy way to enter for exam ple 12 6 1 2 as 120608 l1 Font Size This option allows you to set the font size to be used for results and diagram text for either viewing or printing Print to fit on one page This is an option that automatically reduces the printing font to allow the output to fit on a single page Note that this feature is bypassed 1f the font size required is less than 4 pt Design Notes Tab Choose the Design Notes tab from the Settings Dialog This tab allows you to specify standard design notes that are to be added to the Design Notes section of the Design Check report in Beam and Column modes User specified design notes can be activated or inactivated using the check box to the right of the design note Settings ES Preferences Design Foma Vew Company Infomation Project Description Design Notes sj L E E E E E E E Note is Epe for future sessions only if you e ral opin nthe Stings men t will be antares cai Cancel F jab N YN jemi 0
202. th gridline A and 3 should appear in red 4 Select the Gridpoint Elevation field from the data bar and enter an elevation of 23 ft and press Enter 5 Create elevations of 23 ft at the following locations C 3 J W Ge Lins m mmn pema m mmg aame Ee ees eos mee peg ime m e W WoodWorks Design Office Gm 2 90 Fw aa neaig 109 Columns 1 Click Column on the toolbar 2 Choose Centre from the Group drop down list on the data bar 3 Click gridpoints A 3 B 3 C 3 D 3 E 3 and F 3 Walls 1 Click Wall on the toolbar 2 Choose Walll from the Group drop down list on the data bar 3 Point to gridpoint F 1 click and drag a wall to gridpoint F 3 4 In a similar manner create the remaining walls as shown on the left screen Note You cannot define a continu ous stud wall for either the North or South walls since the beams that support these walls from below are not continuous over the columns J O N punto ya D j 0 e N g e anns om ig gt 110 Sizer Name Ridge W This groupto be designed by Woodworks Sizer Beam Deflection Limits Purlin Material faluam L nbalan x lives lt 3AN Species west Species ce Grade or flerveHE Total L 240 Eoi 16F t2 HF width Jiunknown to unknown in Add Depth unknown to unknown in Delete Spacing in IV Drp service z IM Later
203. the Del key Sizer will delete all unused gridlines and will issue a warning for each gridline that is in use and can not be removed Selecting the Generate Gridlines item on the Edit menu automatically gen erates gridlines over the whole view ing area The spacing between grid lines equals the current snap incre ment which is set under the View tab of the Settings options If you make a mistake and generate gridlines at the wrong increment you need only use the Select All item of the Edit menu and then press the delete key This will remove all gridlines that are currently not in use by members Concept Mode Data Bar The Concept Mode Data toolbar is active in the grid view when a grid line or gridpoint is selected The Concept Mode Data toolbar will display information on the selected item including gridline name grid line position and gridpoint elevation Gridline Name If a gridline is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar will indicate the name of the gridline The gridline name can be changed by typing over the existing name included in the toolbar Concept Mode Data Bar Hame 2 20 ft nda Hevaan i Gridline Position If a gridline is selected the Concept Mode Data toolbar will indicate the position of the gridline as the distance from the parallel axis either X or Y For example if a gridline runs East West the position indicated will be the Y coordinate The gridline pos
204. the Create or Manage Projects button on the toolbar which allows several files to be grouped together from Sizer to form a project When creating a new project Sizer will prompt you to enter a project description that will be shared by each file in the project The project can contain only one concept mode file and a number of beam and column files Saving Files If you choose Save File from the File menu Sizer saves the current file using the last name you gave it If the file is a new one and you have not given it a name the Save File command has the same effect as Save File As see below If you choose Save File As from the File menu the current file is saved with the name you enter In the Save As dialog box the File Name field contains by default the last Save As Save in O Sizer i File name Concept Ilwwa Cancel name given to the file You can spec ify a different name if you wish To change the file type click the down arrow select a file type and double click it Save as type Concept wwa To change folders select a folder from the Folders list and simply double click the folder Click on Save File As to save the file under the new name If a file already exists with the name you specified Sizer asks you to confirm that the exist ing file should be overwritten Click on Cancel to exit the Save File As dialog without saving your file If you cho
205. the force applies Direct forces are not shown in the plan or elevation views as applied loads Rather the results of applying these loads are shown as adjusted shearline design forces in both the Plan and Elevation views Direct forces appear in the results view There is a lot of additional in formation in Help pertaining to generation and distribution of loads and the related engineering assumptions used in the software 5 O N p 0 ya j 0 te Ss amp UN j 0 N 3 py oe oan O O N 152 Shearwalls Applied loads and corresponding forces can be viewed in the Plan and Elevation views First click on the Show Button to select the loads forces to be viewed Viewing is made easier if wall names are turned off Forces in Plan and Elevation views can be shown based on either the Flexible or Rigid diaphragm analysis methods for the distribution of lat eral loads to shearlines A torsional analysis is performed for the rigid method Note Loads appearing are the sum of all loads of a similar type that have been applied to me T face at the current evel Plan View Both loads and forces can be viewed in the Loads and Forces view while forces cannot be viewed in the Generate Loads view e A seismic load is distributed point uniform trapezoidal over the length of an exterior wall as horizontally applied double head ed arrows with specified magni tude The cor
206. the hold down database This database contains pre existing hold downs and allows you to create new hold downs YUN D S ja UN ct juni oa N zz D Shearwalls 4 4 Other Settings Default Values Settings Default values that are used with all new files can be specified for member dimensions self weights for seismic building mass determina tion roof geometry site information for load generation and the standard wall type to be used Format Settings It is possible to set the Unit System Imperial English Formatting and the Font Size for both Printer and Screen Settings Loads and Forces Project Description Hold downs Format Options View Company Information Design Default Values Member dimensions Wall height ft E Wall thickness fin 5 1 2 Floor depth in fi 0 Opening height ft 3 Slope Opening bottom offset ft f Weights for seismic load generation Floor fi 0 pst Ceiling E psf Exposure Roof 10 psf eae Interior e zone UBC wall G psf Exterior 10 psf wall Default Snow ao psf standard wall Proportion of A oe used 20 Reset original standard walls Reset original settings Save as default for new files These settings create default values for the currently open project except that Roof geometry settings must be set before Structure view is exited All other settings have no effect unless Save as defaul
207. the margins by which the sections passed the various crite ria bending shear and deflection Sizer can perform a detailed design for single beams joists columns and walls This is done by importing the critical member into the Beam or Column mode To import click on the critical member so that it appears in red and then press the mode button on the main toolbar This imports the member into the appropriate single member mode for a more detail design and analysis Sizer first determines the reactions of the other members to be transferred to the selected one and converts the reactions to the appropriate types of loads Sizer then transfers these loads along with all the design group information to Beam or Column mode where you can per form a detailed design or code check on the member The load names of these transferred loads indicate where each of the loads are coming from For example a load named _j would come from joist area j1 Important note You cannot transfer a member from Beam mode or Column mode back to Concept mode Magnitude Location from left Ft Pattern Mame Type Distribution plf Start End loading Dead PattiatLing 5D o fa 1_ dE Dead Partial Line 450 plf UI ell 2 d6 Live Fartial Line 380 plf U 2 3 d Dead Partial Line 450 plf ral a 4 d Live Partial Line 360 plf ral ai 5 di Dead Fartial Line 450 plf O 157 6 dio Live Partial Line 360 plf O 157 Load Live Full Uniform Line
208. tion View D je as j o Nn N EF 5 je Nn 124 Shearwalls 1 7 Views and Results Shearwalls is divided into three main views in large windows that usually cover the whole viewing area and several data input views that appear in a smaller window The three main views are Plan View Elevation View and Results View The data input window is known as the Form View which is visible only when the Plan View is active and allows for the input of structure shearwall opening and load data The data and viewing options for the Plan Elevation and Results Views are controlled through the Data Bars or the Settings menu 1 Plan View e This is the main working Fj window for interactive gs graphical input of CAD drawings structure outline build ing levels shearwalls openings and loads e This window is always present but may be hidden by other win dows Pressing the Plan View but ton brings the Plan View window back into view In Plan View the user has the option of sizing the building to fit the current size of the window or setting fixed extents for the window and using scroll bars if necessary to navigate around the building The fixed extents are set in Settings View Rulers appear along the sides of the plan view to show the scale and the current mouse position is displayed in the Status Bar at the bottom right corner of the view Gridlines are not named or create
209. tion to the features and on how to use Connections This brief introduc tion to Connections should be suf ficient to help you become an expert user of the software However tech nical support is available if you have further questions Connections is made up of several different screens which are fol lowed in sequence to complete the design of a connection You proceed through these screens using Drop Down Menus and toolbars Ee WoodWorks Connections Results Untitled con a File Connection View Window Help t 4 pake PEF E Hew oper Sale Saves export print lt E Ep amp geometry material method details diagram results accept 199 Drop Down Menus The top of the Connections window always contains a drop down menu bar To make a menu selection e move the mouse to point to a menu bar item e press the left mouse button down e while holding the mouse button down move to the appropriate drop down menu item e release the mouse button An alternative selection method is to click the mouse press and release the left mouse button rapidly on a menu bar item This causes the drop down list to drop down and stay Now click on the appropriate sub menu item to make your selection OQ z O O g O N T 200 Connections Toolbars Connections includes toolbars with toolbar buttons for the main proce dures of the program When per forming a
210. tional joist group Select Roof Joist in the Type field Select the Name field and enter a new name Parall Truss Click the check box beside To Be Designed This tells Sizer not to size the members belonging to this group Use this feature to model trusses or non wood load bearing members in the structure Click Add and then click OK Choose Parall Truss from the Group drop down list in the status bar Click gridpoints A 1 B 1 B 3 and A 3 to create the first joist area Repeat step 7 to create the remain ing joist areas as shown on the left screen J O N punto ya j 0 e N g e anns 4 gt 112 Sizer dih i l HE DF ale las rs F u z Tremis ba mab Pe am beem opr iadair in dake bieg r be oa bah ba mi mm m pari narh irh Elevation View 3 Click on the Grid button from the toolbar Click on gridline A so that it is highlighted in red Click on Elev View from the tool bar The elevation view along the North South gridline A is now shown To see successive views along gridlines B C D etc click the Grid button and repeat Steps 1 and 2 To return to the main window click any of the toolbar buttons 1 Loads l PA Click Load on the toolbar Choose Dead Area from the Type drop down list on the data bar Enter a load magnitude of 20 psf in the data bar
211. tment factor This is refered to as the Perforated Factor in the Result output 10 Wall 3 4 Percent Full Height Sheathing Effective Shear Capacity Ratio 159 Opening adjustment factors refered to as Perforated Factor in the Results output for a range of typical open ing heights are provided in Table 1 for eight and ten foot high walls Factors for other wall heights can be determined from the ratio of opening height to wall height Table 1 Opening Adjustment Factor for Perforated Shearwalls Maximum Unrestrained Opening Height raa or Door Height 8 Wall et SS 5 Q 6 8 g 4 5 O N junio ya D j 0 te Ss on amp UN j 0 N py oe O O Nn 160 Shearwalls Full Height Sheathing The ee of full height sheath ing FHS is Based on the ratio of full height sheathing length to shear wall segment length To be consid ered full height sheathing the length of each full height sheathed section must equal or exceed the prescribed height to length ratios for shearwall a in the applicable building code Values for 0 full height sheath ing are provided for interpolation purposes only The 100 full height sheathed case represents a traditional shearwall segment with a corre sponding opening adjustment factor of one References Shear connections Shear connections capable of resist ing the allowable unit shear of a traditional shear
212. top and bottom edges of affected shear walls The total magnitude of the shear force for the shearline is shown as are the magnitudes of the top and bottom shear flows accounting for open ings Also shown are the mag nitudes of horizontal drag strut forces at the top of openings and vertical hold down forces at the end of wall segments A wind C amp C load wind suction on Components and Cladding is listed beside the affected exte rior wall as Wind C amp C Interior Magnitude End Zone Magnitude A wind uplift load is indicated by upward pointing arrowheads distributed along the top edge of the affected wall The magnitude of the load is shown at mid length of the wall Dead loads and building masses are indicated by downward point ing arrowheads distributed along the top edge of the affected wall panels and openings The magni tude of the load is shown at mid length of the load Dead loads and building masses cannot be viewed at the same time Elevation View can report hold down forces as Separate or Combined through the Show menu Separate indicates the indi vidual shear S uplift U and dead load D components while Combined combines all of these ond CS E applied In the U S version a compression force is indicated at the bottom corners of shearwall segments by downward pointing arrows with the magnitude adjacent to the ar rows A hold down connection is depict ed as two triangles one o
213. tory wood frame structure with a pitched roof as shown in cross section below OEE M Dm i lA aw ul Bog Un me oe Ai To begin ensure that you are in the Concept mode by selecting Concept from the Mode menu Company Information 1 From the Settings menu under Change choose the Company Information tab m WoodWorks Sizer Concept3 Grid View File Mode Sede Edit Design View Window Help Ctrl g Ctrl Alt S5 Change i Wy Save as default Restore Factory Ctrl alk R 99 2 Enter relevant company informa tion Preferences Design Settings Format View Company Information Project Description Design Notes Lines 1 4 will appeai on text output for ALL projects Enter your company name address contact etc Maximum 36 characters per line Line 1 Company name Line 2 Company address Lne3 Company telephone number Line 4 Compary email addres Note The information will be saved as default for future sessions only if you use the Save as default option in the Settings menu Cancel Project Description 1 Now click on the Project Description tab 2 Enter relevant project information Design Settings Format Wiew Preferences Project Description Design Hotes Company Information Lines 1 4 will appear on text output for this project only Enter a brief description client name job number etc
214. tprint for each level e Model wood structures with up to Six stories e Automatically calculate seismic and wind loads based on the build ing code relevant standards and site information e Accept user specified seismic and wind loads applied to building sur faces e Accept input for dead loads and wind uplift loads acting on shear walls e Distribute shear forces to shear walls using either a flexible or rigid diaphragm analysis includ ing torsional effects e Accept input of forces applied directly to shearwalls to adjust the shearline load distributions e Allow the specification of open ings in shearwalls such as win dows and doors 117 Design shearwalls for their sheath ing thickness and nailing require ments Determine the capacity of wall sheathing and nailing to resist wind suction Specify required hold down forces for shearwall segments Specify required dragstrut forces across openings and at the ends of shearwalls Design standard shearwalls with hold downs at each segment per forated shearwalls U S only or shearwalls with anchorages in lieu of hold downs Canada only Getting Started Button Provides instructions on the main steps required to design a building using Shearwalls D jab band 0 N YUN D oO S S5 N we hm 118 1 2 Shearwalls Design Methods U S Version Codes and Standards referenced ee Building Code IBC Minimum Desig
215. ugh the Settings Format tab Note that area loads are converted to and displayed as line loads plf or kN m on the load diagram Magnitude Width This field is only active for Full Uni form Area and Partial Area load dis tributions and is equal to the tributary width for the bending member For joists this value automatically cor responds to the joist spacing selected in Beam input view Location From Left This field specifies the location of the selected load It is active if the load distribution is Partial Line Partial Area Triangular Trapezoidal Point Load and Applied Moment For Partial Line loads specify a start and an end measurement For Trian gular loads specify a location where the load is zero and a location for the maximum load For Trapezoidal loads specify the locations of the minimum and maximum loads Pattern Loading Check this box to activate automatic pattern loading Pattern loading is available in the Beam mode and is applicable to multi span beams or joists when a live or snow load type is being applied continuously across the member Sizer will take the live load and pattern it on the various spans to find the worst case for de sign Pattern loading is an option that can be turned on or off at the Load input stage Live loads are patterned as full or no load intensity Snow loads are patterned as full or half load intensity Save as default loads Once loads have been entered cli
216. un the design to determine the unknown values calculate the forces and capacities then display diagrams and the design results summary for all of the shearwalls Starting Off Starting the Shearwalls program or pressing the File New button places you in Plan View with the Structure Action button depressed At this point you may start drawing your main building blocks to define the building footprint or Structure Outline or you may import a CAD drawing first n e a E V r Semrge HokS dowere Dewt Levet i Zoomi Zom Os 5 O N p 0 ya j 0 te z amp UN j 0 N py oe oan O O Nn 134 Shearwalls 2 2 Importing a CAD File Shearwalls has the capability of importing Windows metafiles exten sion wmf independently for each floor This is a file format that is an export option in CAD programs such as AutoCAD Important Note You must use a white or light background with black or dark lines and text for your CAD file Dark back grounds are incompatible with the Shearwalls screen graphics The Import function opens these files and displays the drawing in Plan View for the user to trace over and to recreate the structure Afterwards the user can view or hide the original drawing at any time by pressing the Import button 1 Click the Import CAD Drawing button on the toolbar 2 Locate your CAD files using the dialog box and Op
217. ure button 2 Use the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons to adjust the CAD build ing image to fill the viewing area 3 Layout the first Structure Block along the exterior walls by click ing and dragging a rectangle from the top right hand corner of the structure to the only inside corner on the left hand side of the build ing With the block still highlight ed enter Main in the Block Name field and select 2 as the number of levels This block will represent the two story living space of the Structure 4 Layout a second structure block representing the garage portion of the structure by clicking and drag ging a rectangle from the bottom left hand corner of the structure to the inside corner on the right hand side of the building where the garage ends Blocks must abut or over lap slightly Enter Garage as the block name and select J as the number of levels 5 Set the foundation elevation as 3 ft WoodWorks Design Office 1St Story Walls 1 Click on the Walls button 2 Extend outward the main entrance of the structure Click on wall 4 1 and click and the mouse from a point on wall 4 1 where the main entrance extension first begins to where it ends There should now be three walls along shearline 4 including 4 1 4 2 and 4 3 177 3 Move wall 4 2 to the right to extend the main entrance and match the CAD file by holding the Shift key and clicking on wall 4 2 While holding the left mouse but ton down
218. use button to create your first block Resize or reposition the block by highlighting it by clicking on a handle and dragging it or by changing the location or extents that appear in the Form View for Structure Input 135 5 Block names can be specified by editing the Block Name field The number of levels for a block hold down lengths and general level information can also be specified at this point Additional blocks are created by following steps 2 to 5 above and by ensuring that new blocks abut or overlap an existing block New blocks being created cannot abut or overlap more than one of the existing blocks When exiting Structure Action walls will be placed automatically around the edges of the intersect ing blocks You will not be able to move resize or reposition the blocks while in Walls action but the blocks will automatically resize to follow movements of the exterior walls O N p 0 ya D j 0 te z oN amp UN j 0 N 3 py O O Nn 136 The building levels are defined in the Structure Input Form before proceeding to the rest of the design sequence The number of levels can not be modified once the Extend Walls button or the Roof Blocks button has been pressed but the story data can be changed at any time 1 While in the Structure action in Plan View the Structure Input Form will appear Click
219. w Company Information Project Descrption Lines 1 4 will appear on text and diagram output for this project only Enter a brief description cliert name job number etc Maximum 36 characters per line ine 1 Advanced Tutorial Example ine 2 Two Stoy Wood Building _ine 3 Automatically Generated Loads ine 4 PT NOTE This information always saved with project files I Save As Default For New Files Cancel View Options 1 Click on the View tab 2 Set the snap increment to 6 inch es 3 Set Fit View Area to Window and Fit Building to View Area to off 4 Set the Display Gridlines to off YN D i S jas N O jae 5z W 174 Shearwalls Design Options 1 Click on the Design tab 2 Click on Reset Original Settings 3 Select appropriate Wind load design standard To save any of the Settings information as the default click on the Save as Default for New Files option for the appropriate tab 4 Click OK CAD Import 1 Click on the Import CAD button and select Number of Levels 2 2 Click Import Metafile and from the Examples subdirectory under the Shearwalls directory select the example wmf file and click Open Repeat for second level 3 Following the Import Wizard instructions select the Start Positioning button and enter the first reference point as the bottom left hand corner of the building using the mouse Note
220. w for wood sheathings Use the C amp C load duration setting to adjust the load duration factor applied in the design of nails and panels subject to C amp C suction wind loads The default value of 1 6 conforms to the NDS load ee factor associated with wind oads Local Building Code Capacity mod ification U S only Some local building codes recognize lower allowable shear values for wood panel shearwalls than those listed in model building codes If required by your building code use these settings to adjust the allowable shear This setting may also be used to simulate the overstrength factor WoodWorks Design Office The software automatically calculates rho and applies it to the load as per ASCE7 05 12 4 2 In certain circum stances such as irregular buildings weak stories 12 3 3 2 users are re quired to multiply the load by omega instead of the redundancy factor rho WoodWorks does not include an option of multiplying by omega but does have a work around solution by reducing the capacity rather than increasing the load 12 4 3 3 permits the capacity to be increased by 1 2 when the overstrength factor omega is used and this too can be incorporated in WoodWorks based on the following capacity vs load equa tion Capacity x 1 2 Load x omega rho This shows we are multiplying the capacity by 1 2 and dividing rho out of the load that WoodWorks puts in and multiplying omega into the load But since Woo
221. wall segment are required throughout the segment While the actual shear connection requirements may be less when using the perforated shearwall method trad tional shearwall segment shear connector requirements account for the non uniform distribution of shear loads in the perforated wall Diekmann E 1992 Designing for wind or seismic loads Proceedings of the International Seminar on Wood Engineering Dolan J D Johnson A C 1996 Monotonic and cyclic tests of shearwalls with openings Blacksburg VA Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Timber Engineering Douglas Bradford Sugiyama Hideo 1995 Perforated shearwall design approach Washington DC American Forest amp Paper Association Standard Building Code SBC Wood Section 1994 edition with 1996 revisions Birmingham AL Standard Building Code Congress International Sugiyama Hideo 1981 The evaluation of shear strength of plywood sheathed walls with openings Mokuzai Kogyo Wood Industry 36 7 1981 WECM 96 Wood Frame Construction Manual for One and Two Family Dwellings 1995 SBC High Wind Edition Washington DC American Forest amp Paper Association 235 p WoodWorks Design Office Canada Only 161 2 15 Shearwall Segments Without Hold downs excerpt from Wood Design Manual 2001 Traditionally shearwalls have been designed using chords and hold down connections at the ends of all shearwall segments Hold downs are d
222. window where hold downs can be created and designed See section 2 16 for more details on hold down design Other Data Bar Options e Current Level Button Controls the active level while in the Plan View Only one level can be active while in this view e Level Buttons Control the lev els shown in the Elevation View and those for which output results are desired in the Results View e Selected Walls Entire Shearline Button Controls which walls along a shearline are shown in the Elevation View WoodWorks Design Office 1 6 Menus The main menu bar of the program contains all of the commands rep resented by the toolbar buttons In addition it contains several less commonly used commands such as Print Preview Fit View To Window Select All Shearwalls Delete Shearwall and Merge Shearwalls ii WoodWorks Shearwalls Shearwalls Plan View Sh File p amp i Settings Action View Window Help 0l Show Merge Ctrl M Delete del Select All Ctrl A F m 123 Context Menus Context menus will pop up any time the user performs a right mouse click They contain some of the more commonly used menu and toolbar commands and some extra shortcuts such as tiling the Plan View with the Elevation View Merge Delete Select All Fit Viewing Area to Windom Fit Building To Viewing 4rea Tile Vertically with Elevation Yew Tile Hornzontally with Eleva
223. wish the joists to span by highlighting the joist area and then changing the direction indicated in the Aha field of the data ar 5 Repeat step 4 to create the remain SSS ing joist areas as shown above Him ID ww VERA G lt e ise Note The Concept Mode Data bar can be moved to a dif ferent location on screen for ease of use by clicking on the Data Bar and while holding the mouse button down dragging the Data Bar around the screen WoodWorks Design Office A OS al ee ES SF OER a Dea te bem Be ret wee wel eet eee ye 107 Loads 1 Click Load on the toolbar 2 The Load Type should be set to Dead Area Enter a load magnitude of 20 psf in the right most field of the data bar 3 Click gridpoints A 1 F 1 F 5 and A 5 to load the area 4 Choose Live Area from the Load Type drop down list on the data bar 5 Enter a load magnitude of 50 psf in the data bar 6 Click gridpoints A 1 F 1 F 5 and A 5 to load the area J O N punto ya j 0 te ab N g E A gt 108 Sizer Floor and Roof Levels Roof Level l Gridlines Level Elevation l 20 1 Click the right mouse button Floor Ti Change the current level to Roof by clicking on Up One Level Add Modify Delete 2 Click on Grid from the toolbar M amia w aes 3 Select eridpoint A 3 so that it is highlighted in red bo
224. wns if the required shear capacity of a wall cannot be achieved without them using the wall materi als selected by the user If wall materials are selected that always require hold downs the hold WoodWorks Design Office down setting automatically chang es to Hold downs all segments ii Restrict materials because of anchorage selection The program restricts the mate rials available for the design of shearwalls to those that can achieve the required shear resis tance with the hold down configu ration specified by the user If the user leaves a wall material selec tion unknown the program still limits the wall design in accor dance with the material restric tions ili Restrict materials but override when unknown The program restricts materials the same way as in option 11 with the following exception if the user leaves a wall material selec tion as unknown the program will not limit this parameter in its design of shearwalls It will override the user specified hold down configuration to achieve the required shear capacity rather than limit the unknown parameter Shearwall Limitations The Maximum Plan Offset defines the distance up to which shearwalls on the same level may be apart and still be considered part of the same shearline The Maximum Elevation Offset defines the distance up to which shearwalls on different levels may be apart and still be considered part of the same shearline 193
225. y known as Parallel Strand Lumber PSL Laminated Strand Lumber LSL or Laminated Veneer Lumber LVL Deflection Limits The Live field specifies the maxi mum allowed deflection of the design group member for live loads The Total field specifies the maxi mum allowed deflection of the design group member for total loads Laterally Supported Select this check box if the top of the beam is laterally braced continu ously while the bottom is laterally restrained only at supports Note This selection is only avail able for glulam Canadian only For all other materials notes are provided in the out put specifying the necessary lateral support J O N punto ya D j 0 te N g e anns 4 gt 68 Sizer Load Transfer Number beam to beam This field determines how loads are transferred from beams of one group to beams of another group Loads always transfer from a group with a higher load transfer number to a group with a lower load transfer num ber For instance in order to transfer the load from one beam directly to another beam the supported beam needs a higher Load Transfer number than the supporting beam Use num bers between 0 default and 99 The actual Load Transfer number is not significant a supported member only needs to have a higher number than the supporting member Joist Design Groups Group Type Static Roof joists This group to be designed by Woo
226. you to specify different viewing options such as the size of the viewing area the snap increment the percentage zoom and member names Settings Company Infomation Wiewing ara North South joo East West Snap increment North South East West Design Project Description Design Notes Format Wiews These settings apply Mode mi E S lg D Member names I Group names MA Gridpoint elevations Viewing Area These fields specify the maximum viewing area in plan for the North South and East West directions Snap Increment This specifies the smallest increment a newly created gridpoint will move or snap to For example a snap increment of 2 0 ft allows you to place gridpoints at 10 0 12 0 and 14 0 ft but not at 9 0 or 11 0 ft Display These options allow you to include additional information on the dia grams for viewing or printing This includes the snapped coordinates the member names and the group names WoodWorks Design Office 73 4 5 Columns Tl Creating Columns Columns New columns must be added to Click column on the toolbar The existing column groups If you have column button on the toolbar created column design groups sim appears as light gray to indicate the ply choose the appropriate group view The Sizer window title also from the drop down list included indicates the current view in the Concept Mode Data toolbar If you have not crea
227. you several options for viewing the results 33 Analysis Results m Click the analysis button on BL the toolbar to see the analysis results for each load combination maximum shears bending moments and so on for your beam or joist in tabular form unknown for your beam or joist Sizer computes all the possible beam or joist sections dur ing the design process It also com putes the ratios of analysis design values for bending shear and dis placement for each section Design Results If you specified any field as To see these results click on the Design Summary button on the tool bar menu or choose Design Results from the View menu J O N p 0 ya j 0 te jab ee oO 34 Sizer D S ep r e i i Design Check t Disiniels gisi aiele pi ale If you requested a specific beam or joist size Sizer performs a design check i and computes analysis and Ear F m design values for example shear and Se 32 z HI bending for that section La To see these results none of the Se ee parameters can be left as unknown ape a eb ea e Then click check on the toolbar aaa Ae i Additional Data Output Be EIS tS ee oie ER The Design Check output for baw gt I La mie i beams and columns also outputs a the at hr an Additional Data section that describes the load combination that governed the design in each of the cases for be

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