Beam Design Spans, Supports, and Bearing (Features 3,4,5)

This feature allows for:

Choice of span input types - full span, clear span, and design span

Input of support types ( beam, column, sill plate, hanger, etc)

Input of support materials

Input of support lengths

Unknown support length for program design of bearing length

Bearing design of supporting member

Iterative beam design, recalculating design span for the new minimum bearing length on each iteration

Improved notch design and shear-at-a-distance d calculations with knowledge of actual baring length

More detailed beam drawings, showing

• actual beam length;
• accurate sloped member length; b
• beam material specification;
• design span, full span, and clear span;
• support lengths and widths,
• support types and materials.

Detailed bearing design results in output, which can be turned on and off.