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 Downloadable AutoDesigner Spreadsheets
  Links to sections below of documents to download:
     AutoDesigner
     Run Sorter
     Calculation Package
     Compression Post Designer
     Distributor Package

  
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AutoTight AutoDesigner

An Excel spreadsheet to assist in designing Rod Type Holdown systems.
This is the heart of our system.
You input your job name and relevant design details from the plans.
You input the run loads.
You get a system fully designed for loads including materials list.
You can then adjust rod sizes to reduce elongation if you need to.
You can then play what-if games to your hearts content.

     AutoDesigner Snapshot Sample of a typical job (.pdf 75 kb)
     AutoDesigner Live Sample of a typical job   (.xls 3.9 mb)
     AutoDesigner Quick Start Sample job   (.xls 3.9 mb)    Quick Start
     AutoDesigner blank template   (.xls 3.9 mb)                 Clean Start

Instructions for AutoTight AutoDesigner
     Instructions for AutoDesigner (.pdf 6.4 mb, 57 pages)

  
Top of Page      Sample AutoDesigner Load Justification Sheet

Sample LJT
 		 
 

AutoTight Run Sorter
An Excel spreadsheet to assist in organizing and counting runs from plans
It allows you to track each instance of every run type then guides you through sorting them into similar configurations and loads.
The last step is to group similar runs together to minimize the number of different run types.

     Adobe.pdf sample of a typical job (.pdf 45 kb)
     MS Excel.xls version of sample job (.xls 41 kb)
     MS Excel.xls blank sorter template (.xls 44 kb)

Instructions for AutoTight Run Sorter
     Instructions for Run Sorter (.pdf 1.1 mb) (under construction)
Top of Page      Sample Run Sorter Spreadsheet

Run Sorter Sample
 		 
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AutoTight Calculation Package
An Excel spreadsheet to generate calculations suitable to send to your engineer
to stamp and submit to the local code enforcement agency.
This uses input from the AutoDesign package to generate a signature ready document and to flag any over stressed or excess elongation.

     AutoTight Calculation Package sample of a typical job (.pdf 100 kb)
     AutoTight Calculation Package sample of a typical job (.xls 5.1 mb)
     AutoTight Calculation Package blank template            (.xls 3.3 mb)

Instructions for AutoTight Calculation Package
     Instructions for AutoTight Calculation Package  (.pdf 23 kb)

  
Top of Page      Sample Calculation Package Output
Sample Calcs Output

  
  AutoTight Compression Post Designer
An Excel spreadsheet to assist in designing Compression Posts for holdown systems.
This allows you to input job floor heights and loads then it gives you stresses and lets you adjust post sizes to minimize wood or labor depending on your preference.

     AutoTight Compression Post Designer sample of a typical job (.pdf 37 kb)
     AutoTight Compression Post Designer sample of a typical job (.xls 1.53 mb)
     AutoTight Compression Post Designer blank template             (.xls 1.53 mb)

Instructions for AutoTight Compression Post Designer
     Instructions for AutoTight Compression Post Designer            (.pdf 8.8 kb)


Top of Page      Sample View Compression Post Designer Output

Compression Post Calcs
 		 
  Distributor Package
This is a sample of a complete job ready to send to your customer with your bid and to an engineer for stamping and submitting to code approval authorities.

Distributor Bid Package of sample project (.pdf 3.12 mb)

  
 
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icces logoladbs logo AutoTight® Rod Holdown Systems and components are covered by one or more of the following U.S. Patents 6,390,747; 6,585,469; 6,625,945, other patents both foreign and domestic are pending.