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I hope you didn’t miss our latest blogpost

I hope you didn’t miss our latest blogpost “Tributary areas of columns and how to best calculate them”? No worries if you did, you can still read it here: Don’t miss out on the action! Sign up for the free beta today at tribby3d.com/signup

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New copy functionality in Tribby3d

Finally got around to add a “copy” tool to Tribby3d, which makes modeling repetitive elements hell a lot easier 😀 I hope you’re having a splendid weekend, friends! Don’t miss out on the action! Sign up for the free beta today at tribby3d.com/signup

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Some progress on multi-story column load take down

Some progress on multi-story column load take down, which is a feature coming soon to Tribby3d. Don’t miss out on the action! Sign up for the free beta today at tribby3d.com/signup

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Quiz: can you calculate the tributary area of this column?

QUIZ: What is the tributary area of column C-2? I hope you didn’t miss our latest blog post, where the answer to the question can be found along with a lot more information on the subject of tributary areas. If you’re interested in testing out Tribby3d to automate column load calculation, don’t hesitate to sign […]

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Tributary Areas of Columns and how to Best Calculate them

This article explains what tributary areas are, why they are important and presents a simple geometric method to calculate them. The chosen units displayed in the examples is expressed in meters, but all numbers are applicable in feet as well. How do columns work? The fact that columns are everywhere in buildings may not be […]

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Analysis of floor supported by 8 columns and 4 walls

Analysis of floor supported by 8 columns and 4 walls. If you’re interested in testing out Tribby3d to automate column load calculation, don’t hesitate to sign up for the free beta version at https://tribby3d.com/sign-up

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Tribby3d version 0.12 is finally here!

Tribby3d version 0.12 is now released and live at tribby3d.com! Lots of new exciting features: Added ability to define area loads and intersect these with tributary areas. Added “Breakdown” to show a text summary of area load and tributary area intersection results. Added property tab to the side panel, which enables object level data inspection […]

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33 columns, 4 walls and one floor with two openings

Tributary areas of structure including 33 columns, 4 walls and one floor with 2 openings. Easy-peasy using Tribby3d! Also check out the actual areas in m2 and the initial configuration. If you’re interested in testing out Tribby3d to automate column load calculation, don’t hesitate to sign up for the free beta version at https://tribby3d.com/sign-up

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Area loads are finally coming to Tribby3d!

Column force calculations are finally coming to Tribby3d! Column point loads can be calculated by multiplying the column’s tributary area with applicable area loads. For some structures, several area loads might overlap with the same column’s tributary area. Then the loading zones must be intersected with the tributary area to find out how much each […]

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Calculating tributary areas of columns using Tribby3d

Happy Friday all! Using tributary areas for calculating column loads is a great way to achieve results fast, especially in early design stages. With Tribby3d, that gets even faster! Check out https://tribby3d.com/solution to learn more, and visit https://tribby3d.com/sign-up to sign up for the free beta.