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Project defaults act as the central information hub for all your calculations. In this video, we review how to input your project address to automatically pull site-specific data (wind, seismic, snow) and configure your building codes.
Why use Project Defaults? Instead of typing the same wind speed or deflection criteria into every beam calculator, define it once in Project Defaults. If the project location changes, simply update the address, and all linked calculations update automatically.
Key features covered:
  • Automatic Geo-location: Entering the project address pulls data from contours maps for Wind, Seismic (USGS), and Snow.
  • Building Codes: Default support for IBC, with options for California and Florida building codes.
  • Site Parameters: Define tornado considerations, deflection criteria (long/short term), and building geometry.
  • Custom Loads: Define custom distributed loads here to be used later.
Check out our Project Defaults Cheat Sheet for a crash course on commonly used references. Next, see Linking Project Defaults to Calculators.

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Frequently asked questions

Project address load retrieval is supported for Australian, New Zealand, and US locations. Eurocode wind and seismic regions require manual selection for the current release.
Calcs.com uses the same underlying geographic data as the applicable standard. For AU and NZ, this is the GIS data referenced in AS/NZS 1170. For US, it is the USGS data referenced in ASCE 7.