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Read MoreThe ability to design and build a wide variety of steel frame buildings starts with the software used to model all the parts digitally.
The ENDUROCADD® software system is the only light gauge steel framing design and detailing software package to be entirely self-certified in accordance with the ABCB Protocol for Structural Software.
The ENDUROCADD® software has been designed around the ENDURO® rollformer and the ENDUROFRAME® Building System to ensure they work together as a whole. Engineering calculations are carried out within a single program with no need to export to another program.
Jobs that fall within self-certification requirements defined by the ABCB Protocol for Structural Software do not need signing off by an engineer. This can save time and money.
The ENDUROCADD® steel frame software is independently audited for compliance with applicable Australian standards.
User-defined automated rules ensure that trusses, wall panels and floor joists are built quickly and accurately, saving detailer time compared to manually inserting each time.
Extensive design manuals complement the ENDUROCADD® steel frame software ensuring a complete design not only covering ENDUROFRAME® sections.
Detailed cost reports can be generated including ENDUROFRAME® components, accessories, and fabrication labour based on user inputs.
The ENDUROCADD® steel frame software system has been used extensively in steel framing manufacturing plants across the world for over 20 years. This means the system has been rigorously tested and proven to perform.
The ENDUROCADD® software system is a simple yet powerful solution that allows users without specialist CAD skills to quickly detail trusses and wall frames using one program. This can save time and money by allowing you to get started quickly then get the job done without jumping between multiple programs.
Walls can be automatically imported into the ENDUROCADD® software and BIM output files can be generated to check against other building elements.
Training available via online videos and tutorials, webinars, and classes organised by experienced Enduroframe staff.
There is an expanding network of independent detailers using the ENDUROCADD® software to provide detailing services. There are also many opportunities for detailers who want to provide detailing services.
ENDUROCADD® software is a cost-effective way to get started detailing light gauge steel frames with licences costing $495 including GST. Steel frame designs with the ENDUROCADD® software can also be a cost effective solution!
The ENDUROCADD® steel frame software is used in a wide range of building applications providing detailing and engineering capabilities. The gallery below shows 3D models of multiple building types.
Examples of single storey jobs modelled in the ENDUROCADD® software by both Enduroframe and our customers
Single storey jobs are often quite large and can have complex roof shapes. This means that large span trusses are required which can have truss shapes which can vary. All of which is easily possible in the ENDUROCADD® software!
Click on these links to see how these have been modelled using the ENDUROCADD® software.
Job modelled by Fortitude Frames, Tocumwal.
Examples of 2 storey jobs modelled in the ENDUROCADD® software
2 storey jobs have their own unique design challenges. Structural beams and posts are often required however these can be easily modelled in the ENDUROCADD® software to fit in with joists and walls. Pockets can also easily be created to nest beams into.
In addition, floor joists need to align with studs underneath and be braced. The ENDUROFRAME® system makes this easy using our patented integrated flooring system which fixes joists directly to the side of studs.
These models show the variety of 2 storey jobs that our customers use the ENDUROCADD® software for.
Designed by Ultimate Steel Frames, Gold Coast.
Commercial jobs modelled in the ENDUROCADD® software
Commercial building applications are one of the fastest growing markets for light gauge steel frames, but they are often complex buildings requiring sophisticated design solutions, and extensive engineering. Commercial building applications include multi-storey apartments, child care facilities, schools, aged care facilities, fast food stores, and hospitals, to name a few.
The large spanning capacities of the ENDUROFRAME® system mean that often the structural steel quantities can be replaced using ENDUROFRAME® sections, reducing cost and providing a competitive advantage. Below are features in the ENDUROCADD software to make
Click on the links below to see jobs detailed by ENDUROCADD® software licensees.
Designed by Steer Manufacturing, Melbourne, Victoria.
Designed by Ultimate Steel Frames, Gold Coast, Queensland
Designed by Ultimate Steel Frames, Gold Coast, Queensland
Designed by Ultimate Steel Frames, Gold Coast, Queensland.
The building applications that light gauge steel frames are being used in are getting more and more complicated. Ensure you are using a software package that enables you to model – and therefore build – complex buildings.
The ENDUROCADD® software makes this possible with sophisticated modelling tools.
Outputs from the ENDUROCADD® software are comprehensive, yet clear and simple to read, making approvals, assembly and installation straight forward.
There are 2 ways capacities for light gauge steel frames can be generated: calculations and testing.
A defining feature of the ENDUROCADD® software is that much of the design calculations are based on hundreds of tests carried out over decades at BlueScope Steel’s NATA accredited laboratory. Tests are carried out on entire trusses, wall panels, and even connections made from the ENDURO® rollformer using TRUECORE® steel.
Generally, testing provides much better capacities than those developed using calculations while providing certainty that frames will perform the same when constructed as they have been designed.
Better capacities mean less steel needs to be used, saving money. This is one reason we see up to 40% less steel being used than many alternative systems.
Light gauge steel frames are much more than just the sections made on a rollformer. There are many connections and brackets required to connect the frame together…..and these need to be engineered!
Developing a full library of details of connections that are approved by an engineer is both time consuming and expensive. Supplying a building without these is potentially dangerous and risky.
The ENDUROFRAME®️ system makes this easy with a comprehensive range of construction details available out-of-the-box prepared by our light gauge steel experts. These are provided as part of the ENDUROCADD®️ software package.
Designing cost-effective frames is much more than just designing studs and trusses, and guessing the types and sizes of all ancilliary items. The ENDUROCADD® software makes designing frames simple with extensive design manuals. ENDUROFRAME® components can also be used to design building features using the online Spanman calculator. The design manuals include design information for the following.
The following input files can be imported into the ENDUROCADD® software to speed up detailing times:-
The following input files can be exported from ENDUROCADD® software:-
The ENDUROCADD® complies with the ABCB Protocol for Structural Software 2011.2 which describes the essential elements of structural software that can be used for designing in compliance with the NCC Deemed-to-Satisfy (DTS) Provisions as well as general requirements for software documentation, testing, quality assurance and user training.
Calculations carried out in the ENDUROCADD® software comply with the following standards:-
The ENDUROCADD® software does comprehensive take-offs for accurate costing and easy supply including:-
In addition, any other item can be automatically calculated using formulas based on job variables.
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Read MoreENDUROCADD® software licenses are included with the purchase of an ENDURO® rollformer, however independent designers can purchase a subscription for $594 per annum. Click here to request a license.
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