Wind and Snow Load Software
Use the SkyCiv Load Generator to quickly and easily generate wind and snow loads based on a variety of codes for your projects design criteria. Take advantage of the easy user interface to get through the calculation effectively, then print out the site reports or design load reports to a PDF for later use as a deliverable. Directly apply the design loads from the Load Generator onto your projects 3D model in Structural 3D.
Features
Powerful Structural Analysis And Design
Get Design Wind Speeds
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Simply enter in the location, zip code or latitude/longitude of your project
- Instant wind speed result based on ASCE 7-16, AS 1170, NBCC 2015 and EN 1991-1-4
- Simple options for importance levels, risk categories and more
- Click and drag pin to calculate wind speeds quickly
- Auto calculation of Terrain Data, including topography factors
- Clear elevation profile graphics to show site terrain
Calculate Wind Pressures as per ASCE, AS/NZS, NBCC and EN requirements
Once the wind speed has been calculated (or manually entered by the user) you can then proceed to enter in building information such as the type of structure (buildings (open and closed), sign and billboards, free standing wall etc...) and relevant structure parameters to calculate the wind pressures on your structure. This includes:
- Full calculation design pressures and elevations on walls and roof
- Windward, Leeward, Side wall and roof pressures
- Calculation of pressure for roof and wall components and cladding
- Clean and professional PDF reporting, with detailed results
Automatic Snow Loads
The SkyCiv load generator will also calculate the design snow loads and snow pressures required to be applied to your model, including:
- Generate snow loads for your structure - from simple roof case to roof with projections and multilevel roofs
- ASCE 7-16, NBCC, Eurocode and Australian Standards
- Snow load cases for: gable, monoslope, and multilevel roofs
- Simplified and intuitive snow load result figures
- Viewsnow load contours on the map viewer
- Use API to get the wind speeds and snow loads of the structure based on address
- Use API to generate the wind and snow pressures
- Add multiple load cases for easier calculation
- Clean and professional PDF reporting, with detailed results
Apply Directly to your Model
The SkyCiv Wind Load module is completely integrated with SkyCiv Structural 3D, so you can instantly apply your design pressures to your structure. The structural design software will auto calculate the tributary widths and apply DLs quickly and easily. Generate and check your wind load in a few clicks!
- Simple node entries to apply the wind pressures
- Dynamic Loading - as the structure changes, the wind loads adjust themselves
- Auto apply load combinations and factors
- Auto calculates tributary widths and applies DLs to internal members
- Edit, Remove or Adjust wind loads at any time
Powerful PDF Reporting
Need to see the calculations behind the software? SkyCiv's open reporting allows you to view the step by step calculations in a clear, professional PDF report. These clear reports will help you understand exactly what the software is doing, to ensure you always make the correct design decision. Includes references to design codes, clear result output and map/elevation graphics.
The reports also come in a summary report for you to pass to your client or colleagues to check. Get your output in clean and simple format to store with your project documentation.
Capabilities
Powerful and easy-to-use wind design and analysis software
Wind Speeds
- Enter in US map location to get wind speeds as per ASCE 7-16
- Enter in Australian/NZ locations to get wind speeds as per AS/NZ 1170
- Enter in Canadian locations to get wind speeds as per NBCC 2015
- Enter in European or British map location to get wind speeds as per EN 1991-1-4
- Wind Speeds for Average Recurrence Intervals (1 -10000 years)
- SLS + ULS wind speeds (for AS/NZS 1170)
- Multiple terrain categories and wind speed directions
- Multiple terrain types - flat, hill, escarpment and ridge
Wind Load Pressure Calculations
- Multiple building types - open, closed, freestanding wall
- Multiple roof types, including Gable, Hip and Monoslope
- Pressure calculations for wall and roof claddings
- Truss towers
- Freestanding Walls/Solid Signs
- Clean and professional PDF reporting
- Step-by-step calculations
- Clear diagrams and references to help apply forces
Snow Pressures
- Supports NBCC, ASCE, Australian/NZ and European Standards
- Ground Snow loads from site address
- Add multiple load cases for easy calculations
- Snow pressure automatically determined from site location
- Multiple roof types, including Gable, Hip, Monoslope and Pitched
- Clean, powerful reporting with detailed calculations
- Ground snow and associated rain load calcs
Integrations
- Access directly via our Wind Loading API
- Apply pressures to your structural analysis model in S3D
- Select nodes to apply wind loads to a particular face
- Loads applied as variable Distribute Loads on the columns
- Loads can be control and edited as Area Loads
- Load Combinations automatically applied from AS/NZS 1170, ASCE 7-16 NBCC 2015 and EN 1991
- Wind loads auto-adjust with Structural Model changes
Benefits
Faster, Easier and All-in-One.
No Installations. No Lock-ins.
Save thousands of dollars in expensive installation and ongoing maintenance. Flexible pricing, pay for what you need.
Easy Modelling
Speed up your structural modelling with easy-to-use features. Model your structure faster and easier.
Collaborate and Share
Share and collaborate on models with your team in real-time, easily control user permissions and access, and more.
Case Studies
Tried and Tested by Real Engineers around the World
“The ease of use and the presentation of the results are both awesome. I have had ongoing interaction with the support team and everyone is excellent!”
It is used for various civil and mechanical engineering courses and the students love it. We are happy with the continuous updates to SkyCiv as well, highly recommended.
“It was easily the most intuitive package available to learn; it is particularly easy to build the 3D model and define nodes, members, supports, materials, sections, then apply loads & combinations.”
