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iBrace app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 8384 ratings )
Utilities
Developer: Principal Plans Pty Ltd
Free
Current version: 1.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 16 Jul 2013
App size: 5.39 Mb

Bracing calculations at the push of a button. Ideal for residential builders and building designers in Australia.

Spending too much time working out how much bracing resistance is required? Unsure if you are calculating bracing correctly? iBrace is the answer to your woes!

• EASY TO USE
• QUICK RESULTS
• UNLIMITED USE

It is so simple, you just enter a few parameters and iBrace will calculate the area of the short end and long end of your building and tell you what the bracing resistance requirements are given in kiloNewtons.
This app will work for residential dwellings with the following features:
• Hip roof
• One storey or upper storey of a two storey dwelling
• Simple building shape
• Width up to 16m max
• Roof pitch between 5 and 30 degrees
• Non-cyclonic wind regions

Created by building designer for building designers...
The information in iBrace is referenced from AS1684.2 and the Building Code of Australia. Refer to these publications for more information or clarification of bracing calculations and procedures.
iBrace is built to round up the calculations to two decimal places and may tend to give a slightly higher amount of required resistance than actually needed. It’s better to have too much bracing than too little.