Timber Design for RFEM 6 | Features

Using the Timber Design add-on, you can consider cut-to-grain angles, transversal tension stresses, and curvature radii dependent on volume for tapered and curved members. When designing cut-to-grain angles, the strength in bending tension or bending compression is adjusted accordingly.

To ensure the stability analysis, even with the equivalent member method, you can specify the height for determining the buckling and warping lengths at a distance of 0.65 x h from the actual design point. This allows for a precise and comprehensive calculation of curved and tapered members.

This add-on allows you to take into account initial, internal, or end notches of a beam using member cross-section reductions. The reduction of the beam is included in the calculation of the load-bearing capacity, while it has no effect on the stiffness. This feature allows for precise adjustment of the calculations to the actual geometry of the beam.