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DHR

DHR

DHR

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After some advice from anyone familiar with the standards and the like, I was looking for planning software for the tubing, poles and fixings needed for a structure I want to put together.

Panic not :p I'm not building my own to support the weight of humans at height, it's for a furniture project with some reclaimed stuff I'm wanting to buy.
 
You can download the connectors etc from the likes of GrabCAD library then model up yourself in a 3D CAD package.
 
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DHR said:
After some advice from anyone familiar with the standards and the like, I was looking for planning software for the tubing, poles and fixings needed for a structure I want to put together.

Panic not :p I'm not building my own to support the weight of humans at height, it's for a furniture project with some reclaimed stuff I'm wanting to buy.
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Off the top of my head the maximum standard load (vertical tube) is about 55kN or 5500kg. Slip load on a coupler is 6.3kN or 630kg. Loads in bracing can be calculated using basic trig and are limited by the coupler configuration at each end. Vertical standard spacing is limited by load carrying capacity or just by constraints to the structure layout.
Loads will also be restrained by spacing between the horizontal ledgers and for that you will need a code. I did use to design bridge falsework back in the day but that was some years ago now as I have been retired for seven years or more.

Reading your post it seems the loading may be slight.
 
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Yeah it's for some shelf racking, little more than media going on it, just a fair amount of it. More for industrial style than load really.
 
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