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BMATWT 540 - Design of Wood Structures


Image: CAD

Instructor:
Dr. Peggi Clouston
Holdsworth Hall, Room 127
clouston@nrc.umass.edu

Course NEWS and Information:


  • Term Project #2 is due in class on Tuesday, November 24. NOTE: This project may be done in teams of 2. Fill out this peer evaluation form if you submit a team-based project.


  • In-class quiz #3 will be held Tuesday, November 24


  • Online quiz #4 is due Tuesday, November 24 at midnight


  • Assignment #4 is due Thursday, December 3


  • Your girder will be tested in class on Tuesday, December 8.


  • Assignments can be done in teams of 2 providing you have a different team member for each assignment. Fill out this peer evaluation form if you submit a team-based assignment.

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    WoodWorks Software is installed on the computers in Holdsworth Room 110 and Room 302.

    If you are registered in BMATWT 540, you can install WoodWorks Software on your home computer. Just follow these steps:

    1) Download the Educational Version of WoodWorks DesignOffice and save the file on your computer.

    2) Install the program on your computer.

    3) Run the program "Sizer" from your start menu. You will see a window requesting a keycode with an associated software ID.

    4) Copy your software ID exactly as shown and email it to me at clouston@nrc.umass.edu. I will email back your keycode so that the program will run.

     
       


    This course website is produced and maintained by Peggi Clouston
    Building Materials and Wood Technology, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, College of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

    PLEASE NOTE: Many of the materials created for this course are the intellectual property of the instructor. This includes, but is not limited to, the syllabus, lectures and course notes. Except to the extent not protected by copyright law, any use, distribution or sale of such materials requires the permission of the instructor. Please be aware that it is a violation of university policy to reproduce, for distribution or sale, class lectures or class notes, unless the faculty member has explicitly waived copyright.