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12 Jan

Software Tips, Technical, Troubleshooting

How to use MASS to Design Walls that Span Horizontally

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Brad Crumb

January 11, 2021

Getting the most out of MASS is easy once you understand how to model your design within the software This article originall...

17 Nov

Software Tips, Technical, Troubleshooting

Understanding the χ factor and how it can help with masonry beam design

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Brad Crumb

January 6, 2021

Beam design can be tricky but understanding the factors at play makes it easy to design beams with masonry This article orig...

11 Nov

Software Tips, Technical, Troubleshooting

Bars spaced at 200mm? Consider fully grouting your walls

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Brad Crumb

January 6, 2021

MASS might be telling you to place a bar in every cell. Maybe you need that much steel... but what if you don't? This articl...

28 Oct

Announcements, Technical

How to start designing in MASS using the new 2014 S304 Standard

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Brad Crumb

January 6, 2021

Ahead of the official release, you can sign up and start using the current release edition of MASS Version 3.0 today This article orig...

26 Aug

Software Tips, Technical

Why can’t I add stirrups to my masonry beam?

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Brad Crumb

January 6, 2021

Want to place stirrups but the options are greyed out? This is one of the most common question we get having to do with masonry beam d...

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Technical

How to use MASS to Design Walls that Span Horizontally

Understanding the χ factor and how it can help with masonry beam design

Bars spaced at 200mm? Consider fully grouting your walls

How to start designing in MASS using the new 2014 S304 Standard

Why can’t I add stirrups to my masonry beam?

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