wildernessbob Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 i have vw2010, i'm trying to use the beam calculator. so i select timber for the beam material then when i try to select the size in the drop down, it only lists steel sizes ie: 30x30x0.625 this is not a timber size and there are no other choices. any thoughts? wb Quote Link to comment
wildernessbob Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 (edited) well then why is it there at all? you can specify species of wood, so why would they allow that at all? and surely with the testing standards used in manufactured wood products, gluelam,parallam etc. why would they not be listed? Edited February 22, 2010 by wildernessbob Quote Link to comment
wildernessbob Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 ok, but i can't use it at all. i can't specify the type of beam. if the don't intend it to be used for timber beams, fine. then there shouldn't be an option to select it. it looks to me to be a bug or a poorly thought out tool. Quote Link to comment
Bob Holtzmann Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 wildernessbob, Are you sizing solid wood timber beams, or LVLs/Paralams? For paralams, I refer to the manufacturers tables (i.e. iLevel), and they use total load per linear foot instead of maximum moment. And for lumber beams, I use engineering reference charts. The charts and tables can be copied into reports for permit purposes. Quote Link to comment
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