Snow/Wind Loads - Eurocode1

After defining general structure parameters necessary to generate snow/wind loads (envelope, spacing, and depth) for the snow/wind code - Eurocode 1 (EN 1991-1-3:2003 - wind and EN 1991-1-4:2005 - snow and several codes for individual European countries), you must also specify the parameters for the snow and wind loads.

The Snow/Wind Loads dialog has the following 4 tabs:

In addition to the standard buttons OK, Cancel, and Help at the bottom of the dialog, there are the following 2 buttons:

In addition to the general snow and wind Eurocode1code, codes specific to the requirements of individual European countries are also available. Some options are available only for a specific code, which are described in the Help.

Eurocode 1 is available with National Application Documents of the following European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France (EN 1991-1-3/NA May 2007 and EN 1991-1-4/NA March 2008), Spain, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.

Additionally, the Polish code PN-EN 1991-1-3/4:2005 is available. The snow load code PN-EN 1991-1-3:2005 is a mandatory code. The wind load code EN 1991-1-4:2005 is an optional code (wind loads should be generated according to the Polish code PN-80/B-02010).

See also:

Rules of generation of snow and wind loads based on EC1 code