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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.
Discover key features of SkyCiv Wind and Snow Load Software
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, EN 1991-1-4, IS 875-3, NSCP 2015, CTE DB SE-AE, and CFE Viento
- 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 7, AS/NZS 1170, NBCC, EN 1991, IS 875, NSCP, CTE DB SE-AE, and CFE 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
Full capabilities for everything you need in wind and snow load 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
- Enter in Indian locations to get wind speeds as per IS 875-3
- Enter in address in Philippines to get wind speeds as per NSCP 2015
- Enter in address in Spain to get wind speeds as per CTE DB SE-AE
- Enter in address in Mexico to get wind speeds as per CFE
- 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/Signboard
- Solar Panels
- Poles
- Clean and professional PDF reporting
- Step-by-step calculations
- Clear diagrams and references to help apply forces
Snow Pressures
- Supports NBCC, ASCE 7, 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
More benefits from SkyCiv
SkyCiv structural design software is 100% cloud, giving you instant access through your web browsers. Simply log into your SkyCiv account and visit the software directly. You can now access your files from anywhere and at any time.
SkyCiv software is built with a number of great modeling, editing, and reviewing features that help you achieve a much faster modeling workflow. These range from the pen tool, bulk editing, camera roll, and more.
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SkyCiv software allows you to tailor your own analysis reports in PDF and CSV formats, with full step-by-step calculations made by the software.
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Share and collaborate in real-time with your team using our file sharing and permission control functionalities. They also allow the SkyCiv Support team to view your models so support can never be easier.
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One account gives you access to all SkyCiv software, allowing you to make the most of our structural engineering software.
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Case studies of real structural engineering projects
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.”
