Description

Timber is increasingly chosen for modern buildings, but designing it to Eurocode 5 often means jumping between analysis software, spreadsheets and hand calculations. This session introduces the new Timber Design plug-in for MIDAS GEN NX, which brings modelling, analysis and EC5 design together in a single environment.

The walkthrough starts with creating timber and glulam materials and sections directly in GEN NX, then moves on to the Eurocode 5 checks for timber members, covering strength, stability, deflection, vibration and fire. Every check is presented with its clause, formula and intermediate values, so engineers can follow and verify each result.

The final part focuses on reviewing and documenting the design. A 3-D utilisation view highlights critical members at a glance, member-end forces are made available for connection design, and detailed calculation reports can be generated and exported to Excel, giving a complete and traceable EC5 design record.