Articles in this category Timber Building Modeling and Static Analysis with StatiCAD In the current version of the StatiCAD program, you can perform operations such as modeling timber buildings, calculating earthquake forces, obtaining cross-sectional effects of elements using the fin... Timber Building Modeling Recommendations with StatiCAD A practical method and procedural steps for creating grid elements (edge columns, middle columns, top header beams, band beams, bottom header beams) inside timber shear walls are provided. A practica... Editing Inadequate Elements in Timber Buildings with StatiCAD For Version 9 and Later: You can resolve inadequacies using the "Select Inadequate Elements" and "Increase Selected Element Dimensions" options from the Macros menu. If some elements still show inade... Connection Details in Timber Buildings In StatiCAD, timber building calculations can be performed in accordance with the 2018 Earthquake Code and the Timber Building Design, Calculation and Construction Principles (ABTHYE) published in the... Obtaining Timber Project Drawings in StatiCAD In the current version, the program provides foundation layout plan, floor plan, formwork plan, and axis-by-axis side view details of the building for timber project drawings. To obtain drawings, run... Resolving Timber Element Inadequacies 1- Increasing timber quality 2- Correct selection of additional loads on floors The program automatically accounts for the self-weight of timber beams and floors. It is usually not necessary to appl... Checking for Errors in Analysis Since timber building systems have a large number of elements, errors may occur in finite element analysis when element connections are not made properly. The main points for understanding whether er... Determining Timber Classes As is known, ABTHYE 2025 classifies timber elements based on their fm,k values and according to softwood or hardwood classes. The classification of timber obtained from some trees grown in Turkey is ... Defining Wind and Snow Loads In order for wind and snow loads to be taken into account in the StatiCAD program, the "Use timber structure load combinations" option must be active in the Project General Settings. Snow load and win...