PRODUCT DETAILS

Building Design Analyzer (BDA)

The BDA program the capability to calculate a number of common structural conitions that are encountered in the structural design of a residential building. For example, here is a list of specific calculations:

2 Point Beam Roof Valley Shear Wall Drag Link
Box Beam Spread Foot Foundation General Solutions
Angle Beam Deep Pier Foundation Sections
Column or Post Spread Foot Pier Dead Load Determanation
Floor Joist Wind
Ceiling Joist Seismic
Roof Rafter Shear Wall

A typical screen of BDA looks like the following:

Valley Screen of BDA

Seismic Design Analyzer (SDA)

Seismic Design Analyzer is a breakout subset of the more comprehensive Building Design Analyzer program. This allows the program to be less expensive. It concentrates on the more difficult task of performing seismic calculation on residential structures suitable for submittal to Building Departments. It includes the following calculational capability.

Wind
Seismic
Shear Wall
Shear Wall Drag Link

Typical screens for this program are shown below:

SCA Screen

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