Can't really comment about TEDDS just yet although the videos are impressive - TEDDS Lite is also free on their website and it seems pretty useful although quite limited content. I just wish they gave away more.
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Tom Novak, SE
TJN Engineering
Richard,
Yes. I hope somebody else will add their 2 cents worth as that's just my personal opinion.
Gary
Richard Calvert wrote:
Gary,
Is that when using the MS word module? From the demo it seemed pretty simple, but then again demo's are always a bit diluted…
From: Gary L. Hodgson and Assoc. [mailto:design@hodgsoneng.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:45 AM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: Re: FREE STRUCTURAL DESIGN SOFTWARE
Nathan,
I can't comment on the free composite beam problem, but I have been using theit TEDDS calculation sheets for several years and like several of the pre-written problems, e.g. rolling loads, continuous beams , reinf conc columns and a few others. However I find writing your own solutions tedious and error prone.
Gary
Nathan Petersen wrote:
I finally had a chance to download and try this composite beam software. What's the catch? It has a good interface and there's a lot of information available on their website to help you learn how to use it. It seems like a quality piece of software - I'm just about to start using it on a project. Can anyone else share their experiences?
Thanks.
Nathan
From: Matthew Newton[mailto:matthew.newton(--nospam--at)cscworld.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:07 AM
To: seaint(--nospam--at)seaint.org
Subject: FREE STRUCTURAL DESIGN SOFTWARE
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