Overview

About the Calculator

The ClearCalcs Wind Load Calculator to ASCE 7-16 makes it easy to perform in depth wind analysis to US codes in only minutes. With support for simple or complex site criteria, the wind calculator provides a deep range of customisation options to provide fast results, and in depth customisation where required.

Wood shear wall design to American standards

Wood Shear Wall design to the American Wood Council (AWC) 2018 National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction and the AWC's 2015 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS) .

Check shear capacity and chord forces at a glance

The all-in-one design solution that lets you check allowable wind shear capacity and allowable chord tension and compression forces.

Member selector tool to quickly compare your design

Use ClearCalcs classic “member selector” tool to quickly compare different sheathing types and thicknesses, as well as nail spacings.

Easily input design parameters for your wood shear wall design

Easily input the design parameters for your Wood Shear Wall such as stud size and grade, stud spacing, the total wall length, the story height, and the location of your wall openings with ClearCalcs clean and easy-to-use interface.

Maximum chord tension load data available

Easily obtain the hold-down anchor forces from your Wood Shear Wall design calculation to compare with your favorite manufacturer data.

With spreadsheets and clunky software

Frustration, fuss, and fragile formulas—the old way of engineering calculations that holds you back.

Struggle with endless spreadsheets and custom formulas.

Building codes change, but outdated software and spreadsheets don’t.

Triple-check and verify manual input at every turn.

Old software feels like a maze, with unclear settings, limited templates, and rigid interfaces.

With ClearCalcs

Effortless, efficient engineering calculations at your fingertips.

100+ pre-built calculators for different materials.

Every calculation comply with the latest codes and standards.

Forget the worry of “black box” calculations; verify calculators with inline formulas, codes, and checks.

Intuitive tools built to your workflow, plus unmatched customer support.

How it works

Your code-compliant calculator

Tired of complex calculations? ClearCalcs Calculator Library keeps it simple, secure, and code-compliant—so you can calculate with confidence.

Save time with ready-to-use templates for wood, steel, and concrete

ClearCalcs offers an extensive library of easy-to-use calculators for beams, columns, and footings, designed to make structural calculations simpler and faster.

Choose from a wide range of pre-configured beam and column options, complete with automatic member sizing, so you can quickly reach reliable designs and reduce rework.

Beams

Columns

Foundations

Walls

Loads

Dynamically track your load paths from roof to foundation

No need to copy and paste reactions between calculations! If the top calculator's reactions change, the loads being inherited onto the lower calculator will update automatically. This includes all loads such as dead, live, snow, seismic, and wind.

Submit professional reports for permit review

ClearCalcs is not only easy to use, but also easy to check! All calculations follow an easy to understand traffic light check system, with multiple levels of detail available giving you the choice of printing every step of the calculation and all code and standard references, or simply a compact, one-page print out.

Report heading includes your project name and address

Easily upload your organization logo for a professional report

Use custom PDF upload to merge additional documents to your structural calculations

Download a sample report

Wood Shear Wall (ASD) Calculator to AWC SDPWS 2021, AWC NDS 2018