- Components
and Cladding Wind Pressure Analysis.
- Uplift and
Compression Analysis with Connector and Chord Member Specification.
- Flexible
input for User Defined Connectors.
- Uses simple
input windows to enter numerical data of your project in order
to create a graphical model of your structure. LatPro reflects
that data graphically back to you for instant visual verification.
The screenshot below shows a typical building during the design
phase of LatPro.
- Analyzes
both the wind and seismic forces on a structure simultaneously.
- All data
entered into LatPro is easy to edit or remove. Structural designers
can quickly compare and optimize designs with LatPro instead of
wasting time with tedious hand calculations.
- Allows users
to define their own shear walls for ultimate flexibility in building
construction. Users can even enter Pre-built walls by other manufacturers
straight out of their catalog.
- Allows the
user to define up to 20 diaphragms per story, which allows complicated
structures to be broken into sections that are quick and easy
to model.
- Allows for
over 16 gridlines per story per direction (North-South and East-West).
- Allows up
to 8 unique shear walls per grid line and allows the user to define
a shear wall as asymmetrical. This permits shear walls to have
different floor types below. For example, one side of a wall may
be above a raised floor and the other side may be above a concrete
slab, which produce different uplift values.
- Generates
a detailed report documenting all the user's inputs, project name,
and date, as well as the calculated outputs including the specified
shear walls, diaphragms and tributary forces. LatPro's reports
are very easy to understand and were designed to be submitted
to your building department.
-
Provides an
Error Check algorithm that analyzes the model for errors and notifies
the user of necessary corrections.
- In-plane
discontinuity analysis and out-of-plane offset analysis
- Hardy Frame
and Simpson Strong Wall lists
- Top plate
splices
- Drag strut
calculation
- Perforated
shear walls and Segmented shear walls analysis
- Design for
force transfer around openings in shear walls and diaphragms
- Other building
irregularities
