Every structural design ultimately answers a deceptively simple question: how much load arrives at each column, each wall and each footing? Getting that answer right governs member sizing, foundation design and, increasingly, the cost and carbon of a project. Yet as buildings become taller and more irregular, the load path from the roof to the ground becomes less obvious.

Join this webinar exploring and comparing Load Take Down and FEM approaches to understand the best practices of establishing how vertical loads accumulate and travel down through a building to its foundations. Discover how new Load Take Down Analysis functionality in SCIA Engineer can remove manual bookkeeping while preserving the transparency that makes a take-down trustworthy.

What is covered?

• Tributary area vs. FEM Load paths
• Load paths and transfer structures
• One way vs two-way load distribution
• Common pitfalls
• Load takedown in SCIA Engineer

Who is this for:

• Structural engineers and designers
• Engineering firms interested in structural workflow optimization
• Current SCIA Engineer users who want to optimize their workflows

Why join:

• Explore best practice Load Takedown guidelines
• Understand when a simple tributary area approach is sufficient
• Learn when a full finite element approach is required
• See how Load Takedown Analysis in SCIA Engineer bridges both approaches

Keith Wan
Keith is a Sales Engineer at ALLPLAN, providing training and technical support on SCIA Engineer. Before joining ALLPLAN, he worked in consultancy for 10 years in the United Kingdom, typically designing building and civil structures of various sizes and uses.