Column Designer

Steel columns to AISC 360-16 and wood columns to NDS 2018, under axial load and bending.

Member

Steel Wood

Shape type

Shape

Steel

Design method

Type

Size

Species

Grade

Width (in)

Depth (in)

Where

Height and supports

Height (ft)

Ends

Weak axis braces every (ft)

0 if it's braced only at the ends.

Loads

Service loads on the column top, by type. Compression is positive; enter uplift as negative. Wind and earthquake are strength-level loads, as in ASCE 7-16.

	P (kips)	M_x (kip-ft)	M_y (kip-ft)

Moment at the bottom

Load off-center, e_x (in)

Bends it about x.

Load off-center, e_y (in)

Bends it about y.

Results

Design the footing under it · Worked steel examples