Key Features

‘The Mobile Bracing App’

Calculate residential racking forces in under 30 seconds!

Don’t spend any more time working out the projected area of your elevation or looking up charts in AS1684.2 to figure out your racking force.  It’s all done for you in iBrace.

iBrace

Tap on ‘Terms of use’ to read the disclosure and then tick the box to confirm that you agree with the terms.

You must read and agree to the terms of use before you can start.

“Wow!!!!!”

        Rishabh Bhardwaj

Measurements

From your floor plan, enter the length, width and top plate height in meters.  Enter the roof pitch in degrees.

All fields must be filled before you can proceed to the next screen.

Details

Select the end of the building that you would like the result for first as well as the wind category.

You can come back and change these after you calculate.

Results

You will get the projected area of elevation of the building plus the total racking force for the direction selected.

Select the back button (arrow in top left corner) to change the direction for your building and then recalculate.

iBrace can be used for residential dwellings with the following features:

1. •Hip roof
   

2. •One storey or upper storey of a two storey dwelling
   

3. •Simple building shape
   

4. •Width up to 16m
   

5. •Top plate height up to 3m
   

6. •Roof pitch between 5 and 35 degrees
   

7. •Slab on ground
   

8. •Non cyclonic regions

Ideal for Builders and Building Designers in Australia

“Keep it up, great work”

        Ankit Chhabra

“Nice informatic app”

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