Changelog

Here's what we've been working on:


  • New Steel Base Plate Tool
    • 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    • Added links to historical references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