Lifter and Bracing Design

PanelsPlus can be used for lifting stage design and wind loading during construction, while the panel is supported only by the bracing. The software will provide envelope stresses in both directions, and moment diagrams during lifting for different angles of rotation. The stress results can be used to evaluate the need for additional reinforcement, and to predict the risk of crack development.

Once the panels are imported into PanelsPlus, it is very easy to define the lifters, and to check the lifting stresses and bending moments.  PanelsPlus implements a Finite Element bending analysis.