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Thanks everyone for the responses - really appreciate all the feedback. It seems like most people are in agreement that ENERCALC is the most used program for simple calculations of individual members, yet there is a lot of room for improvement. Tedds seems like it could potentially fill that void, ...

Hey everyone, I am an assistant project engineer in the NY metropolitan area, mainly focusing on high-end residential as well as low to mid-rise residential & commercial new design. I am not part of the decision making for which programs my company buys or uses, so this question is more hypothetical ...

The longer the unbraced length of a column compared to to its radius of gyration dictates whether a column is considered slender. Once a column is considered slender, its lateral deflection due to axial loads must be considered. These secondary moment effects magnify on itself the more the column deflects. ...