W Wood Design NDS calculator

Building Project

Lay out shear walls on each floor's diaphragm, distribute the story forces, then design every element from its own tab — no page reloads. Finish with a 3D model of the building.

  1. 1 Floors & loads
  2. 2 Wall layout
  3. 3 Distribution
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Floors & story forces

Level 1 is the lowest story (base). Forces are the lateral force applied at each level; the engine accumulates story shear downward by wall id. Center of mass defaults to the diaphragm centroid.

LevelStory ht (ft)ShapeLx (ft)Ly (ft) DiaphragmFx (lb)Fy (lb) CoM xCoM y

3D model

Drag to orbit · scroll to zoom · right-drag to pan. Walls are colored by direction; height stacks by story. Run the distribution first to populate it.