Standalone wood truss workflow - Fink/Howe/Pratt/Warren/mono/scissor geometry with preliminary CSA O86 member checks.
Standalone preliminary wood truss workflow. Generates Fink, Howe, Pratt, Warren, mono, and scissor truss geometry, applies top/bottom chord and panel point loads through a load combination, runs a 2D pin-jointed truss analysis (shared with the Frame Analyser truss solver), and reports preliminary CSA O86 style axial tension, axial compression, and slenderness checks per member using standard dimensional lumber sections.
Preliminary member checks only. Material values are placeholder/demo and must be verified. Metal connector (truss) plate design, fastener and connection design, permanent/temporary bracing, combined axial+bending interaction (solver is axial-only), bearing capacity design, fire, and vibration are NOT included.
Reactions and elastic joint deflection are reported for information only.
Use for preliminary wood truss member sizing and screening only. Final truss design, plate design, connections, bracing, and sealed shop drawings remain by the truss supplier or qualified engineer.
Other design checker in the same workspace.
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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.