FORMSOFT — The Complete Guide: Free Design of Formwork Ties and Anchors
FORMSOFT by ADIT is aimed at site engineers who need the numbers behind a formwork arrangement rather than a rule of thumb. The tool sizes the formwork ties and anchors for the fresh-concrete pressure of a given pour rate and height, and issues the calculation. It runs in the browser, with a Hebrew interface, nothing to install and no registration.
FORMSOFT — formwork design
ADIT Ltd (ADIT)
Designs formwork and its anchoring for concrete pours.
Get it from the vendorWhat you get
- Fresh-concrete pressure — worked out from the pour data.
- Pour rate — an input that directly affects the pressure.
- Pour height — the second input that sets the load on the formwork.
- Ties and anchors — design of the elements that hold the formwork.
- Full calculation report — for the record and for submission.
A tip from site
A fast pour increases the pressure on the formwork. If the actual pour rate may end up higher than planned, it is worth running that case too and checking that the ties still work.
Related tools
For designing scaffold ties — SCAFSOFT. For full anchor design in concrete — AAS. For the amount of chemical resin a job needs — VOLSOFT.
SCAFSOFT — scaffolding design
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Designs scaffolding and the anchors that tie it to the structure.
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AAS — concrete anchor design
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Designs anchors into concrete for the full range of failure modes.
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VOLSOFT — chemical anchor quantity calculator
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Works out how much chemical anchor resin a job needs.
Get it from the vendorThe bottom line
FORMSOFT puts a calculation behind the formwork arrangement instead of an estimate — free and in the browser.
Disclosure: the owner of this site also owns ADIT.