Sawn Lumber Member Design

Streamline your timber design workflow with CalcBook’s support for sawn lumber members, built around the provisions of the NDS code. Select member properties and select from a full range of design scenarios—including axial, bending, and shear loading—along both strong and weak axes. Relevant modification factors are accounted for automatically, with clear results and code references at every step.

Member Types Covered:

• Visually Graded Dimension Lumber

• Mechanically Graded Dimension Lumber

• Beams & Stringers

• Posts & Timbers

• Decking

Included Modification Factors:

• Load Duration

• Wet Service

• Temperature

• Beam Stability

• Size

• Flat Use

• Incising

• Repetitive Member

• Format Conversion

• Time Effect

Design Checks Available:

• Tension

• Compression

• Bending (strong & weak axis)

• Shear (strong & weak axis)

• Combined Loading