Added v0 of a base plate design tool. Currently it only does axial loads, but we will work on incorporating flexure in the next update.
New Look
Upgraded the site to latest version of DaisyUI and Next.js, and added some visual enhancements along the way.
New Basement Wall Tool
Added a basement wall design tool to analyze and design basement walls for lateral earth pressures. Integrated Three.js for the first time for visualization.
New Wood Design Tool
Revised the look of the tool cards on homepage and category pages
Added a section for wood tools
Added a sawn lumber calculator and built-up post calculator (CSA O86)
New Base Shear Tool
Added a tool to calculate design response spectrum, seismic base shear and vertical distribution of forces per ASCE 7
New Tool
Added a tool to perform concrete quantity takeoffs
New Tool
Added a basic snow load calculator from NBCC
Further enhancements needed for location lookup and irregular roof calculations
New Tool
Added a unit converter to convert between common engineering units
Visual updates and enhancements
Added NBCC 2020 data and a response spectra plot to the Climate and Seismic Hazard tool
Fixed typo in weld group equation
New Tool
Added a tool to show NBCC 2015 design parameters
Shows location coordinates and map
NBCC 2020 data to be added soon
New Tool and Fixes
Added Beam Equations for some simple beam bases
Fixed error in equation for Sx of double vertical weld line
Switched graphs to use Plotly instead of ReCharts
New Tools and Look
Migrated code to Next.js
Added links to historical references
Added fixed-end moment and virtual work integration tables
Progress
Working on a general frame solver, which performs matrix structural analysis right in the browser
Visual
Completely overhauled the site look
Added a navigation sidebar
Began templating explanation pages for calcs
Hotfix
Fixed the equation parser which was not displaying output correctly for some calcs