Help Needed on Architecture Beam Calculations with CSC Tedds

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The discussion revolves around calculating beam loads for a two-storey building, specifically when removing a wall. The user details the dead loads from the wall, floor, and roof, and expresses confusion about inputting these values into CSC Tedds software. They highlight a discrepancy between their manual calculations and the software's requirements, particularly regarding load factors of 1.6 and 1.4. Ultimately, the user resolves their issue independently, indicating that they figured out the correct approach to inputting the data. This conversation underscores the importance of understanding load factors in structural calculations.
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hi, not sure if I am posting in the right section, had a good look through the search option but cannot find what I am looking for, probably because I am being stupid..

im working on some simple beam calculations, I am a studying architecture, however I am trying to get my head round load factors..

if i have a 2 storey building and i want to remove a facing wall say 5.0 in length this is how i would calculate the load on the beam

Dead load
1. area of wall it will carry in this case 5m x 3m high wall x 4.4kn/m2 (load for 240mm brick wall with plaster.

2. floor 5m x 2.5 (half of floor distribution onto beam) x 2.05kn/m2

3. roof 5m x 2m x 1.19kn/m2

then the imposed loads on the roof

my question is, I am trying to input this data onto CSC Tedds calculation software and I am confused as to what loading information i should input .. i would assume i would put total dead and total imposed loads by multiplying the width by height by load of material which i have tried..

however it fails the beam size that has been approved manually. i believe I am doing something wrong with the data input as Tedds has load factors of 1.6 and 1.4 which i did not use any load factors when working out manually.. can somone guide me as to what the load factors for dead and imposed means? do i need to use these if i have worked out the total udl with the example above?

thank you so much in advance
 
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its cool guys i figured it out.. thanks
 
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