Alternatively, use our 'Import from Design Code' function to automatically assign the loads you created to the specific load combinations prescribed by your region's Design Code!.Open the 'Load Combinations' menu to apply different factors for each Load Case. The reason for adding Load Cases becomes apparent now in the final step.You can do so using the 'Load Case' drop down menu before adding each respective load. We also highly recommend specifying the different load cases each load corresponds. Use the 'Point Loads', 'Moments', or 'Distributed Loads' menus to apply one or multiple of those load kinds onto your created beam. Your beam is now set up! Now we can apply the loads that you'd like to assess the beam's resistance to.

After selecting your section, you have the opportunity to add any hinges along the beam span under the 'Hinge' menu.

Section Builder also allows you to easily create and save custom shapes using the Shape Templates option.

This opens a new menu with our fully integrated Section Builder, allowing you to access preset Database Shapes we've included from all around the world.

Alternatively, we also include a button to use Sk圜iv's Section Builder Tool:

Use the 'Section' menu to apply a custom Moment of Inertia (Iz) or Young's Modulus (E) value.

Use the 'Supports' menu to apply your support type at any location along your beam.

Input your beam length using the 'Beam' menu.

Version 1.0 of the calculator can be downloaded free of charge from Apple’s iTunes App Store – search for ‘Tube bending tooling calculator’.To use the calculator, simply follow these steps: Already under development are user-selectable tube profiles and material types, such as steel, stainless steel, copper, etc, which will facilitate machine-specific calculations such as bending force requirements. The calculator helps demystify the ‘black art’ of tube bending, and is likely to appeal to anyone faced with evaluating tooling requirements for production or costing purposes.Ĭompatible with any iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad running IOS 4.0 or later, the tube bending tooling calculator will be regularly updated with new features and functions. Simply by entering the bend radius, tube diameter and wall thickness – in metric or imperial units – users can instantly gain a clear visual representation of the type of mandrel and wiper die they will need to employ to achieve a perfect bend. Developed by tube bending machinery specialist Unison, the calculator enables users to quickly and easily determine the tooling needed for performing a particular bending task on any type or make of tube bender.

A unique calculator for evaluating bending machine tooling is now available for the Apple iPhone.

Tube bending calculator app