Snow loads in Poland can vary significantly dependent on region and can get as high as 4.5kN.m^2 in extreme cases. This said, in my experience the average load is approx. 1.5kN.m^2 which fits in pretty well with your 1.1 * 1.4 factor supplied by client.
I can't comment on your US terminology...
Although I have heard some suggest that Low Iron Glass has a lower Tensile Strength then simple clear, none of my own tests have confirmed this. In any event, due to the variability of the strength in any annealed glass product, I always design to remain below the stress value which was induced...
Thanks for the input SparWeb,
Out of interest, does SolidWorks handle ACAD drawings comfortably i.e. without messing all of the fonts and layers etc. I have a lot of past ACAD data and ditching Inventor means ditching ACAD.
Tim
I'm currently running ACAD, Inventor & LUSAS as a combined CAD & FEA package in a design office. I want to ditch LUSAS for a more friendly package, but can't decide whether to go for an Ansys package and use my existing Inventor as the front end - or take the plunge and change CAD & FEA...
