This has been asked before in other threads, but why can we not get some LUMBER grading categories into the "Series" pulldown and some typical wood beam sizes into the shape and size selection of this beam calculator?
The "Material" pulldown offers two timber choices, but really, has the Nemetschek team ever seen a wide flange beam made of wood? I guess they don't get out of the office much.
I am sure there are plenty of people doing steel buildings, but there are also many of us working in Type V construction where the term "steel beam" is frowned on for cost reasons.
There are a myriad of choices in this tool for Steel Shapes, Series, and Sizes, but not one for Timber. Why do they even offer the Timber Material choice?
Could we not at least have a shape selection of "Rectangular Sawn Wood Beam", then a Series selection of, for example, DOC PS-20 (Visually Graded), and Size choices of say 4x4 to 4x14, 6x6 to 6x12, then an additional pulldown for typical lumber grades such as Select Structural, No.1, No. 2, No. 3? These are only US grading standards of course, but there must be something similar for other countries. Since you have 12 choices for steel beam series can't we at least get a couple of wood grading standards in there?
Maybe the wood beam calculator could be in a separate Tab Pane, or maybe have two buttons for the Beam Properties, one called "Select Steel Shape and Material" and the other called "Select Wood Beam Size and Grade".
It seems wrong to lump the wood materials in with only standard steel beam shapes from which to choose.
On a side note, it would also be nice if the "pictorial representation of the configuration" would actually update to the correct picture of the configuration, rather than be stuck on the "Simple supports, concentrated load" picture.
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This has been asked before in other threads, but why can we not get some LUMBER grading categories into the "Series" pulldown and some typical wood beam sizes into the shape and size selection of this beam calculator?
The "Material" pulldown offers two timber choices, but really, has the Nemetschek team ever seen a wide flange beam made of wood? I guess they don't get out of the office much.
I am sure there are plenty of people doing steel buildings, but there are also many of us working in Type V construction where the term "steel beam" is frowned on for cost reasons.
There are a myriad of choices in this tool for Steel Shapes, Series, and Sizes, but not one for Timber. Why do they even offer the Timber Material choice?
Could we not at least have a shape selection of "Rectangular Sawn Wood Beam", then a Series selection of, for example, DOC PS-20 (Visually Graded), and Size choices of say 4x4 to 4x14, 6x6 to 6x12, then an additional pulldown for typical lumber grades such as Select Structural, No.1, No. 2, No. 3? These are only US grading standards of course, but there must be something similar for other countries. Since you have 12 choices for steel beam series can't we at least get a couple of wood grading standards in there?
Maybe the wood beam calculator could be in a separate Tab Pane, or maybe have two buttons for the Beam Properties, one called "Select Steel Shape and Material" and the other called "Select Wood Beam Size and Grade".
It seems wrong to lump the wood materials in with only standard steel beam shapes from which to choose.
On a side note, it would also be nice if the "pictorial representation of the configuration" would actually update to the correct picture of the configuration, rather than be stuck on the "Simple supports, concentrated load" picture.
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