<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_f0e4a3d0-a726-46e5-b022-2cdfe6b6c0a5" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>B1D5</sptc><title id="_6c2b28e9-3470-4bf9-9c1c-5a0f062ddffd">Structural software</title><archive-num>2019: B1.5</archive-num><subclause id="_80ff697b-a62e-4f85-aa47-49d991ffb502" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_eff484a5-6f75-44f5-8398-0a95ee454dbc">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="_f4227566-b4c2-40bf-a2da-56bb86dd4048" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions</xref> of the BCA, 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="_d351a74e-b34b-4096-9a12-f2b28fe09a0d" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_a4ec9292-6a23-4958-aa82-8d683f2c037d">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>Structural software referred to in (1) can only be used for buildings within the following geometric limits:</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_3b4b7fa6-d85e-4c68-86d2-96d800ca838d">The distance from ground level to the underside of eaves must not exceed 6 m.</li><li id="_5f4cf0b4-4442-4dd0-b3ff-806b59505980">The distance from ground level to the highest point of the roof, neglecting chimneys, must not exceed 8.5 m.</li><li id="_54880e60-65eb-49d1-a269-431659dab798">The building width including roofed verandahs, excluding eaves, must not exceed 16 m.</li><li id="_5df8398a-73ab-458a-b03d-e227f376b748">The building length must not exceed five times the building width.</li><li id="_1225312f-8e12-4299-8254-d6834edd5032">The roof pitch must not exceed 35 degrees.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_2268ee64-b6a9-4ddb-a882-1d9fa15ddba4" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_b6f1b64c-f7df-4643-bde5-516e418c1a50">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="_10922573-93ea-49fe-9aec-d1bbac324f1a">AS 1684; or</li><li id="_30d06f82-762d-4576-a5e6-ab73d573aef1">NASH Standard Residential and Low-Rise Steel Framing Part 2.</li></ol></subclause></clause>