<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_a6f923cc-d536-4945-8c52-dea6d3d9ca45" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 2"/><facet building="Class 3"/><facet building="Class 4"/><facet building="Class 5"/><facet building="Class 6"/><facet building="Class 7a"/><facet building="Class 7b"/><facet building="Class 8"/><facet building="Class 9a"/><facet building="Class 9b"/><facet building="Class 9c"/></meta><sptc>2.2.5</sptc><title id="_a8dc53ee-fe13-4ff3-aad0-dfa2e8329f18">Structural software</title><archive-num>2019: 3.0.5</archive-num><subclause id="_f975f42a-af39-4315-8f4d-de9e81bd7777" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_47f6b9f3-8135-4c26-ba99-df5e1aeff7dc">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Structural software used in computer aided design of a building or structure that uses design criteria based on the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1236_1.0.0.xml#_2f02788f-8757-4689-b36e-e44d96524cc9" id="_1062dd72-24ed-4d79-85e2-fb0a71195bf4" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions</xref> of NCC Volume Two and the ABCB Housing Provisions, including its referenced documents, for the design of steel or timber trussed roof and floor systems and framed building systems, must comply with the ABCB Protocol for Structural Software.</p></subclause><subclause id="_91cf14f5-1f19-4504-9c65-1fb820715089" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_db37a58e-48d5-433b-9a2c-6216f0a16cba">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>The requirements of (1) only apply to structural software used to design steel or timber trussed roof and floor systems and framed building systems for buildings within the following geometrical limits:</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_56a40e2c-cf24-473b-acdf-6db5a3d7f3e8">The distance from ground level to the underside of eaves must not exceed 6 m.</li><li id="_c060bcd8-8e69-42b3-95d7-ac6fb5418acc">The distance from ground level to the highest point of the roof, neglecting chimneys, must not exceed 8.5 m.</li><li id="_f13226d2-6878-470f-a0e2-04554f9077ea">The building width including roofed verandahs, excluding eaves, must not exceed 16 m.</li><li id="_c1b3148b-9378-4961-9051-43216247c86d">The building length must not exceed five times the building width.</li><li id="_5acc5544-3f69-465d-8dcc-7d7ce414beb9">The roof pitch must not exceed 35 degrees.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_6c4af7a5-73cd-42e8-8865-fa86ffb0b059" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_df9bc834-75b0-45ed-b12d-2676c089259a">SubClause</title><num>3</num><p>The requirements of (1) do not apply to design software for individual frame members such as electronic tables similar to those provided in—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_4101fa0d-e2ed-4f05-b368-3e68cfc76f1f">AS 1684 Parts 2, 3 and 4; or</li><li id="_7d29a86b-e719-41c1-ba85-10ad0283bbec">NASH Standard Residential and Low-Rise Steel Framing, Part 2.</li></ol></subclause><callout id="_ce548590-5b8e-437d-a240-51351cbdf69c"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><p>2.2.5 does not apply where a software package simply eliminates manual calculations and the process of the package requires identical methodology as that undertaken manually, e.g. AS 1684 span tables and bracing calculations.</p></callout></clause>