APF WOODJOINT
Structural software specific for timber joint
The engineering synergy
Now available the new powerful plugin to manage the wood joints from NextFEM software
Shear connection
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- Shear connection, 2 steel to timber
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- Shear connection, 2 timbers to steel
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- Shear connection, 2 timbers to timber
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- Shear connection, steel to timber
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- Shear connection, timber to timber
Base anchor plate
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- Base anchor plate
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- Column base with brackets
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- Column base with steel dowels and screws
End support
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- Crossed screws
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- Steel hanger
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- Dovetail and single fastener
End support
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- Intermediate support with screw – A
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- Intermediate support with screw – B
Intermediate support
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- Intermediate support with screw
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- Intermediate support with steel angle
Gusset plate
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- Gusset plate with diagonals
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- Apex steel gusset plate
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- Singlepoint steel gusset plate
End plate, hidden bracket
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- Gusset plate, splice
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- Carpentry joint, single tooth
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- Mortise and tenon with steel stirrup
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- Timber cantilever with hidden steel bracket
SOFTWARE FOR ANALYSIS TIMBER STRUCTURE JOINTS
Design, check and optimise the timber joints in timber structures. APF WoodJoint aids in the analysis and design of traditional carpentry connections and modern nailed, screwed or bolted connections with metal plates
APF WoodJoint lets you design traditional carpentry connections or modern timber joints (nailed, screwed, bolted) in accordance Eurocode 5 (EC5).
All you have to do is specify the dimensions, the configuration and the actions. APF WoodJoint performs all the required checks for ULS, according to Eurocode 5.
APF WoodJoint warns you in case of unacceptable design of the connection
All the design variables, such as load coefficients, material properties (mechanical properties of timber and fasteners), can be adjusted by you, according to your needs (or the requirements of any National Standard or National annex to the Eurocodes).
APF WoodJoint performs a structural analysis of the connection, examining the fastener as well as the connected members. The forces acting on the structural elements are displayed by the graphical interface, for each load case separately.
APF WoodJoint lets you design many types of connections:
- carpentry joints (front notched joint, mortise and tenon joint, with stirrups and tension ties)
- steel-plate to timber connections (bolts with side gusset steel plates, apex plate, heel plate, point plate, slice plate)
- connections to supporting beams (with screws, steel hangers, steel angles, dovetails)
Some of these timber joint can be importetd from APF WoodBeam
WOODJOINT
FEATURES
Design, check and optimise the timber joints in structures
- Design traditional timber carpentry connections
- Design modern connections with metal plates and metal dowel type fasteners
- Check the strength of connected members, the fastener resistance, and the overall load-carrying capacity (you can choose which checks to perform)
- Quick summary of utilization factors
- Design is in accordance with Eurocode 5 (EN 1995-1-1:2004 + A1:2008 + A2:2014), all nationally determined parameters are editable
- Connections can be formed with fasteners in single or double shear
- Timber-to-timber and timber-to-steel connections
- Different metal dowel type fasteners: nails, screws, dowels, bolts
- Outputs figures and charts in JPEG or PNG, outputs drawings in DXF
- Clear and easy to read report in HTML or DOCX
- You can add any number of actions
- solid timber (softwoods, EN338:2009 C14 ÷ C50; hardwoods, EN338:2009 D18 ÷ D70)
- glulam (EN 14080:2013 GL20h ÷ GL32h, GL20c ÷ GL32c)
THE FOLLOWING ULS ARE CHECKED:
- Connected members: cross section strength
- Fasteners: shear and bearing resistance
- Steel plates: load bearing capacity
- Connection: load-carrying capacity
The new releases are coded to be launched after the MicroSoft .NET 6.0 Desktop App installation that could be downloaded at this LINK.
Help
PDF copy of WoodJoint's manual to professionals that need to manage joint in timber is available in the resource section.Aggiornamenti
- It is now possible to import geometry and nodal actions from APF WoodTruss, with a simple Copy and Paste function
- Updated to the last version of Eurocode 5: - EN 1995-1-1 11/2004 - errata corrige AC:2006 - update A1 06/2008 - update A2 05/2014
- Specific detailed report and drawing of the selected design situation and action group
- Revised conversion of all drawings in DXF format
- User interface and dependencies updated to the .NET Core 3.0
- New types of joints: connection to supporting beam with crossed screws, steel hanger, dovetail and single fastener, intermediate support with steel angle or single fastener, apex steel gusset plate, slice steel gusset plate
- You can export drawings to the DXF file formats
- You can now save and share common settings between applications: unit tables, document styles, eurocode parameters, ...
- Small changes to the user interface
Software Requirements
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows 10
- Microsoft .NET 5.0
Hardware Requirements
- 1.0 GHz or faster processor
- 1 GB of RAM
- 1 GB of available hard disk space
- 5400 RPM hard drive
- DirectX 9-capable video card running at 1024 x 768 or higher display resolution