BALCSOFT — The Complete Guide: Free Fixing Design for Balconies and Balustrades
BALCSOFT by ADIT checks the fixings of balcony structures and their railings against the horizontal and vertical loads required for guarding, and produces a full calculation report. It runs in the browser, with a Hebrew interface, nothing to install and no registration.
BALCSOFT — balcony and balustrade fixing design
ADIT Ltd (ADIT)
Designs the anchoring of balconies, railings and their connections.
Get it from the vendorWhat you get
- Balcony and railing together — checks on the fixings of the structure and of the railing.
- Horizontal load — the push on the railing required for guarding.
- Vertical load — the loads the balcony and railing pass to the connection.
- Connection details — the usual weak point of a balcony assembly.
- Full calculation report — to attach to a submission.
Where the focus is
On balconies, failure usually starts at the connection rather than in the element itself. BALCSOFT focuses exactly there — on the anchors and connection details that carry the load into the existing structure.
Related tools
For designing railings and their anchors — RAILSOFT. For full anchor design in concrete — AAS. For post-installed rebar connections between concrete elements — ARS.
RAILSOFT — railing and balustrade anchor design
ADIT Ltd (ADIT)
Designs railings and the anchors that hold them.
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AAS — concrete anchor design
ADIT Ltd (ADIT)
Designs anchors into concrete for the full range of failure modes.
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ARS — post-installed rebar connection design
ADIT Ltd (ADIT)
Designs post-installed reinforcement connections between concrete elements.
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STRUCTSOFT — 2D Structural Analysis
ADIT Ltd (ADIT)
Plane frame and truss analysis in the browser — forces, displacements, diagrams and steel design.
Get it from the vendorThe bottom line
BALCSOFT gives a documented answer for the most sensitive part of a balcony — the connection — free and in the browser.
Disclosure: the owner of this site also owns ADIT.