Guys, span tables is anyone using them at the design stage?
Ok, I’ll be to the point, the floor thickness has a huge impact on the rest of the model.
Eg 1. If you have a roof that travels between the ground floor and level 2 your size will impact the wall height above. So getting it right early in the design stage will have a huge impact on redrawing later and also buildability
2. The floor joist size will have an impact on the stair height and the finished floor level & in some cases it could help you with height planes and overshadowing.
A long time ago we actually create a floor joist calculator that was inside the floor joist tool, would anyone like to take it for a spin? It is still in Alpha (because we got sidetracked) but it is a cool tool, especially considering the lack of timber/wood materials available due to covid.
Here is an example of a Span table for softwood floor joists in Australia and New Zealand
Guys, you can add these span tables to your members in PlusDesignBuild; See this image:
We did this using the create material button in floor joists. This helps ensure your project is buildable and reduces the likelihood of mistakes in design and estimating.