- NEW: Calculates
the on-center spacing of LTP's to transfer shear from the diaphragm
to the vertical components.
- NEW: Calculates
Lap Splice Nailing and the maximum chord and collector forces
on a story by story basis.
- NEW: Calculates
Diaphragm forces for defining Diaphragm construction. Also calculates
appropriate forces based on any diaphragm openings.
- NEW: Includes
detail sheets for anchor bolt embedment length and spacing, nailing
schedules, and effective length of shear walls.
- NEW: Allocate
forces into existing wall lines for addition modeling.
- NEW: Up-to-date
Simpson holdown values and models.
- Uses simple-to-understand
windows that lead the user step-by-step to model their structure.
Some examples of LatPro's windows are here.
- Calculates
the shear on each wall and generates a list of shear walls that
will support the load. LatPro suggests which wall to use, but
allows the user to override the suggestion with a stronger wall.
Users can select from either LatPro's site-built walls or Simpson
Strong Walls. If the user is not satisfied with either, LatPro
provides a method for creating user defined shear walls.
- Complete
Simpson and Hardy Frame shear walls and connectors.
- 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.
- Analyzes
both the wind and seismic forces on a structure simultaneously.
- Models structures
up to 3 stories tall.
- Allows the
user to define up to 12 diaphragms per story, which allows complicated
structures to be broken into sections that are quick and easy
to model.
- Allows for
over 25 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 requires different a strap or holdown on each side.
- Generates
a list of connectors from Simpson that will adequately resist
the uplift and suggest which to use. Again, the user is able to
override the suggestion and select a stronger connector or define
their own strap or holdown not included with LatPro.
- Saves user
defined shear walls and connectors and includes them in suggestions
when specifying.
- Allows specification
of posts and post connectors
- 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, straps, and holdowns. LatPro's reports are very easy
to understand and were designed to be submitted to your building
department. The user can export some of the results into CAD.
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Provides an
Error Check algorithm that analyzes the model for errors and notifies
the user of necessary corrections.
