Solid Wood: Calculating Timber Fastening Connections

The software calculates methodically joints of timber to timber, steel to timber or mass timber while helping the user to find the right product for the application.

The software is easy to use and makes it easier to understand and specify the right solutions, based on substrate density, material characteristics, corrosion category and load. The software generates solutions from fasteners that are in stock in New Zealand, and provides a PDF-report that can be used as documentation for the project.

In four simple steps, Solid Wood finds a code-approved fastening solution which is suitable for the specific project:

Documentation according to Eurocode 5 (EN 1995-1-1)
Support for CLT calculations according to ETA-21/0670
Faster and easier than calculating by hand
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Mass Timber Construction Solutions For more than 65 years, Simpson Strong-Tie has focused on creating structural products that help people build safer and stronger homes and buildings.

Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT)
Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL)
Glued Laminated Timber (Glulam)
Engineered Wood Products (EWP)

The fact that we extensively test our connection solutions gives you the reassurance that they will perform in the toughest conditions. Our connector products comply with the AU/NZ timber connector requirements, and our fastener products comply with the European timber fastener requirements. They are suitable for use with AU and NZ sawn timbers, CLT, LVL, and other engineered timber products designed by specific engineering design using AS 1720, NZS AS 1720.1, or NZS 3603, or for prescriptive/conventional connector applications AS 1684 and NZS 3604.

The quality and variety of our product lines gives engineers and builders more freedom to design flexibly, while offering reliable and proven performance. In addition, customers can count on our technical support and a team of experienced field representatives.

The characteristic and design values published within this document have been determined from test and calculation values in accordance with AS 1649, AS 1720, and NZS 3603 for connectors and the fastener characteristic values from BS EN14358 for use with Limit State Design methods. Corresponding deflection limits are published, where appropriate, which indicate the amount of slip in the connection at the design capacity.

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