Preliminary CSA O86 design for single/continuous-span wood beams, joists, lintels, and axially loaded built-up columns.
5), an elastic continuous-beam analysis with interior pin/roller supports, user-defined service holes/penetrations checked live against indicative code size and location limits (Ø ≤ D/3, edge and support clearances) and against the net section using the diagram moment and shear, interactive elevation and cross-section diagrams with draggable hole location/extents, on-canvas utilization summaries, source confidence, review warnings, and exportable handoff data.
Continuous beams assume equal spans with simple (pin/roller) interior supports; pattern (skip) loading, support settlement, and uplift combinations are not auto-generated. Columns cover concentric axial compression only. Material values are source tagged and may include representative placeholders.
Beam-columns with combined bending and axial, stud walls, shearwalls, connections, CLT, vibration, notches, and fire design require future implementation or independent review.
Use for preliminary member sizing and schematic engineering review only. Confirm material values, lateral restraint, bearing, notches, hole/penetration size and reinforcement, load combinations, and manufacturer data before project use.
Other design checker in the same workspace.
Design a bent plate on a beam top flange to support a rooftop curb or duct, with plate, weld, and stiffener checks on a.
Design CheckerInteractive map lookup of NBC 2020 Appendix C climatic and Site Class C seismic values for major Canadian cities.
Design CheckerPreliminary CSA O86 CLT floor and roof panel design - continuous spans, point loads, live force diagrams, bending, rolling.
Design CheckerInteractive 3D anchor-group design aid to CSA A23.3-19 Annex D - screens steel, breakout, pullout/bond, pryout, and interaction.
Every tool ships inside the CoLateral desktop workspace, so a result can stay attached to the project, the drawing, and the review trail it belongs to instead of ending up in a loose spreadsheet.
Outputs are design aids and stay in draft until a qualified engineer reviews and approves them.