Plan Analyst Product Overview

Plan Analyst - International Building Code Plan Review Software

Plan Analyst for the IBC (International Building Code) is the original, and best, solution for building officials, architects, and designers to quickly ensure a commercial building’s compliance to code. This proven software is much faster and more accurate than a manual plan review/code study! Don’t spend hours manually finding the code requirements related to your specific project, doing the calculations, then creating a report.  Plan Analyst for the IBC does this all for you!  Available for code years 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2021.

Plan Analyst - International Residential Code Plan Review Software

Plan Analyst for the IRC (International Residential Code) is the original, and best, solution for building officials, architects, and designers to quickly ensure a residential building’s compliance to code. This proven software is much faster and more accurate than a manual plan review/code study! Don’t spend hours manually finding the code requirements related to your specific project, doing the calculations, then creating a report.  Plan Analyst for the IRC does this all for you! !  Available for code years 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2021.

Plan Analyst - Code Design Calculator Software

Beam and Column Calculator

Users rave about this best selling product. It has the easiest input of any beam calculator on the market.  You simply select the beam material. Options include sawn lumber, engineered wood and steel. Select beam size. Enter the loads on the beam and Plan Analyst checks bending, shear and deflection.  A complete drawing will be created showing the beam with loads, bending, shear, and deflection.  You can easily edit any of the description and see the new results.

Deck Design and Compliance Calculator

A fast and easy way to check and/or design residential decks. Input is simple but very versatile. With a few clicks of the mouse, you select the guardrail style, offsets/cantilevers at the house, style of attachment to the house and support condition. You then dimension the deck and finally you select structural details. Plan Analyst will calculate all beams, joists, footings and connections. Plan Analyst will then create  drawings with all of the information required to design or build a custom deck.

Sign Design and Compliance Calculator

Design professionals can quickly try different footing sizes, support sizes or types of material to determine the best sign design for this location. Now you have complete confidence in code compliance, preventing delays when the plans are submitted for approval.

Plan check professionals can quickly review plans for code compliance, Plan Analyst will make the process faster and more efficient. Plan Analyst contains many different types of support material so there is no need to change software or the procedure you use when projects contain different materials. This will make the plan review process faster, easier and more accurate.

You simply fill in the forms to describe the size, shape and location of signs, support material and size, type of soil and footing diameter.  Plan Analyst will then complete all of the time consuming calculations and create a detailed drawing of this sign.

"The Sign Calculator program is a valuable tool that we use to efficiently review freestanding signs. The program allows us to verify that construction methods are sufficient without adding additional cost to our customers by requiring engineer designed plans."
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