Model, analyze and design CLT panels, glulam, sawn lumber and SCL, plus light-frame shear walls and floor diaphragms, in one 3D model. GSE™ Timber checks every wood element to NDS and CSA O86 and shows the limit states in colour on the model.
Built for structural engineers
GSE™ Timber is the wood design module of GSE™ General Structural Engineering, a 3D structural analysis and design program for light-frame wood, mass timber and CLT buildings. Model sawn lumber, glulam, SCL (LVL, PSL, LSL), CLT panels, shear walls and diaphragms in one environment.
GSE is multi-material, so wood works with steel, cold-formed steel, reinforced concrete and aluminum in the same model. Steel transfer beams, concrete podiums and cores, and aluminum elements are analyzed together with the wood structure, and each material is checked to its own code at the same time. No exporting reactions between programs.
Analyze with static, P-Delta, nonlinear, buckling, seismic and dynamic time-history analysis, and design wood members to NDS (ASD & LRFD) and CSA O86, with limit states shown in colour on the 3D model.
Mass timber
Model cross-laminated timber (CLT) floors and walls as true 3D panels, with glulam beams and columns and SCL members, in the same model. GSE™ Timber captures how mass timber panels actually behave, then designs every element to NDS and CSA O86.
Model CLT floor and wall panels directly in the 3D model, with full control of material and geometric properties.
Define each layer’s thickness and orientation to match the manufacturer’s panel layup.
Simulate the true anisotropic properties of cross-laminated panels, with different stiffness in each direction.
Simulate slip between adjacent panels with advanced analytical functions for realistic floor and wall behaviour.
Design glued-laminated timber beams and columns and LVL, PSL and LSL members from extensive material libraries.
Verify fire resistance and deflection of mass timber elements, with limit states shown in colour on the 3D model.
GSE™ covers every major structural material. Model wood and CLT together with steel and cold-formed steel, reinforced concrete slabs and foundations and aluminum, analyze everything as one structure and check each material to its own code. No exporting reactions between programs.
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Light-frame wood
Design light-frame wood bearing walls, shear walls and floor diaphragms without building the analysis model by hand. Enter wall outlines, openings, sheathing and anchors, and GSE™ Timber's automated parametric generation creates the complete engineering model for you. Every wall is then checked to NDS and CSA O86, in one 3D model.
Building on a concrete podium or a steel transfer level? Model it in the same project. The wood storeys, the concrete podium and the steel framing are analyzed together, with each material checked to its own code.
Lay out the walls, then copy wall outlines to generate structure faces and multiple storeys efficiently.
Insert window and door openings into each wall from the built-in opening library.
Set sheathing, hold-downs and continuous rod anchorages for each wall.
GSE™ generates the engineering model automatically, runs the analysis and checks every bearing wall, shear wall and diaphragm, with results shown on the 3D model.
Code-based design
Design every wood beam, column, joist and panel in the model to NDS (ASD & LRFD) and CSA O86, with strength, fire and serviceability checks. Steel, concrete and aluminum members in the same model are designed to their own codes at the same time.
Designing a single beam or column? The SAFI™ Wood Calculator designs individual wood beams and columns without building a full 3D model.
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From light-frame wood buildings to CLT and hybrid structures, see what structural engineers analyze and design with GSE™ Timber.
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Trusted by engineering firms since 1986 for wood, mass timber and multi-material structures.
Multi-material design
With GSE™, steel, timber, concrete and aluminum live within a single model. Multi-material analysis and design run simultaneously, in one unified platform.
CLT, mass timber and light-frame wood design, with automated parametric wall generation, custom lay-ups and orthotropic CLT behaviour.
Steel and cold-formed steel design, with member optimization and the Direct Analysis Method.
Reinforced concrete design, with slab and foundation design, punching shear, design strips and slab-on-grade analysis.
Aluminum structural analysis and design for aluminum members and structures.
Technical specifications
Everything GSE™ Timber supports for wood, CLT and light-frame structures, at a glance.
| Category | GSE™ Timber |
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| Wood design codes |
USNDS ASDUSNDS LRFDCACSA O86
National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction and CSA O86 Engineering design in wood.
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| Loads & load combinations |
USASCE 7CANBCC 2020
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| Wood products & sections |
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| CLT & mass timber |
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| Bearing walls, shear walls & diaphragms |
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| Analysis |
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| Wood design checks |
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| Multi-materialSame model as wood |
SteelUSAISC 360USAISI S100CACSA S16CACSA S136
ConcreteUSACI 318CACSA A23.3
AluminumUSAA ADM 2020CACSA S157
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| Modeling & interface |
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| Reports & exports |
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How to get GSE™ Timber
GSE™ Timber is a design module of GSE™ General Structural Engineering. Choose your 3D analysis, add the Timber module, then add any other material or calculator you need.
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