Scope (ASCE 7 Wind Wizard)

Tekla Structural Designer
2021
Tekla Structural Designer

Scope (ASCE 7 Wind Wizard)

The scope of ASCE 7 Wind Wizard encompasses:

  • Choice of method:
    • ASCE/SEI 7 - Directional Procedure Part 1 - Rigid Buildings of All Heights
    • ASCE/SEI 7 - Envelope Procedure Part 1 - Low-Rise Buildings
  • The input of appropriate basic wind data is your responsibility.
  • Having defined wall panels and roof panels (defaults are standard wall, flat or pitched roof depending on the slope), you are able to specify the type in more detail e.g. monoslope / mansard etc.
  • Wherever possible the wind parameters are determined for you but conservatively, you are able to override the values should you wish to.
  • Given the above, zoning is semi-automatic, with full graphical feedback.
  • Load decomposition is fully automatic where valid, (wall panels and roof panels need to be fully supported in the direction of span).
  • Minimum design wind loads can be created in addition for each wind model direction.
  • There may be situations when you perceive a need to manually define loads that cannot be determined automatically. You can do this by defining additional wind loadcases to contain these loads and then include these with the relevant system generated loads in design combinations in the normal way.
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