Design Tools

This section provides a list of available Design Tools to aid your design of timber structures.

Timber Design Tools

Open Source Wood
Open innovation project by Metsa Wood aimed at facilitating knowledge sharing and growth in modular wood construction. The source offers structural design tools for connections, fire design, stability design, etc.

TimberTech
Born at the University of Trento and developed by TimberTech, Timber Tech Buildings is a structural design programme for the analysis of timber structures.

Dlubal Software
Dlubal offers a 90-day trial of their design software and it is possible to download a complimentary package for the structural design of timber structures (RX-Timber).

Trada
Trada provides software (TimbersizerPro Eurocode 5 edition) to efficiently size timber cross sections for your design in accordance with Eurocode 5.

CLT Design Tools

CLTDesigner
CLT designer developed at the University of Graz offers verification for the ultimate limit state of CLT panels with respect to bending and shear for permanent, live and accidental (Fire) loading situations. 

Calculatis
Developed by Stora Enso, Calculatis design software allows for the efficient sizing and structural anlaysis calculations for the design of floors, columns, beams, headers, supports, continuous beams, and CLT  panels in addition to  connection design and acoustic calculations.

KLH Designer
KLHdesigner is a structural design software to aid in the structural design of CLT elements in accordance with Eurocode 5 and ETA-06/0138

Connection Design Tools

Rothoblaas Software (My Project)
Rothoblaas provide calculation software for the design and verification of metallic connections in wooden structures.

Sherpa Design Tool
Sherpa pre-dimensioning tool allows for fast and efficient selection of connectors by considering different loading conditions in accordance with Eurocode 5.

SPAX Design Software
SPAX provide software to calculate the design loads of screws under tension and shear loading situations. In addition to this, shear reinforcement and compression reinforcement of beam supports may also be calculated.

Trada Connection Design Tool
Trada provides software (Timber connectionsPro Eurocode 5 edition) to efficiently design timber-timber and steel-timber connections in accordance with Eurocode 5.

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This is a living database that is updated frequently to keep up to date with a fast-growing and innovative industry. If you have any suggested products, manufacturers or topics that should be included in this database, please inform us via the link below 
Timber Resource Centre: Suggestions