Coming Soon
The next update of both the
Canadian and USA versions of WoodWorks® Shearwalls will include mechanics-based building period,
cumulative rotational deflections, and multi-storey tie-down systems.
The next major Canadian
release of WoodWorks Sizer will include update to the CSA O86-24 Design
Standard.
MASS
Version 5.0
Expected
in 2026.
News Releases
March 3,
2026
WoodWorks – Major Release: USA Version 2026. Update to ASCE 7-22 for Shearwalls. Please
refer to the WoodWorks website for
more details.
November
19, 2025
MASS – Update: Version
4.3. Update to NBCC 2020.
Please refer to Mass
version 4.3 for more details. MASS is sponsored
by the Canada Masonry Design Centre and
the Canadian
Concrete Masonry Producers Association.
October
21, 2025
Woodworks Custom
Version: Version 9.0
of WoodWorks Sizer for Nordic Structures released, for design of Nordic’s
I-joist, glulam, and CLT products. Refer to Nordic Structures' website for more details.
September
11, 2025
WoodWorks – Update: USA Version 2023, Update 3. Update to NDS 2024. Please refer to the WoodWorks website for more details.
September
13, 2025
WoodWorks – Update: Canadian
Version 2025, Update 1. Please refer to
the WoodWorks website for
more details.
June 13,
2025
WoodWorks – Major Release: Canadian Version 2025. Update to CSA O86-24 and to NBC 2020 for
Shearwalls; detailed I-joist design. Please refer to the WoodWorks website for
more details.
November
15, 2024
WoodWorks – Update: USA Sizer Version 2023, Update 2. Update to IBC 2024, NDS 2024, and ASCE 7 2022 design codes. Please refer to the WoodWorks website for more details.
September
13, 2024
WoodWorks – Update: Canadian
Sizer Version 2020, Update 5. Update to
NBC 2020. Please refer to the WoodWorks website for
more details.
March
18, 2024
MASS – Update:
Version 4.2. Please refer to Mass
version 4.2 for more details. MASS is sponsored by
the Canada Masonry
Design Centre and the Canadian Concrete
Masonry Producers Association.
March
8, 2024
WoodWorks – Update: USA Version 2023,
Update 1. Please refer to the WoodWorks website for more details.
December
21, 2023
WoodWorks – Update: Canadian Version 2020, Update 4. Please refer to the WoodWorks website for more details.
March
1, 2023
Woodworks
Custom Version: Version 8.1 of WoodWorks Sizer for Nordic
Structures released, for design of Nordic’s I-joist, glulam, and CLT products.
Refer to Nordic Structures' website for more details.
December
22, 2022
WoodWorks – Major
release: USA Version 2023 conforms to NDS 2018, IBC 2021,
ASCE 7-16 standards. Please refer to the WoodWorks website for more details.
WoodWorks – Proprietary
Product: KLH CLT materials added to the USA
edition.
October
26, 2022
WoodWorks
Custom Version: Version 4.0 of WoodWorks Sizer for Web
Joist released. Refer to Web Joist’s website for more details.
July
2022:
Acronym moves to
its new office at 194 King St. S, Waterloo Ontario.
WoodWorks – Update: Canadian Version 2020, Update 3. Please refer to the WoodWorks website for more details.
WoodWorks – Proprietary
Product: KLH CLT materials added
to the Canadian edition.
WoodWorks – Proprietary Product:
LVL Global materials added to the
Canadian edition.
October
28, 2021
WoodWorks – Update: USA Version 2019, Update 4. Please refer to
the WoodWorks website for more details.
WoodWorks – Proprietary Product: Boise Cascade Versa-Lam®
LVL materials added to the USA
edition.
July
17, 2021
WoodWorks – Proprietary
Product: Element5 CLT materials added to the
USA edition.
June
21, 2021
MASS
– Update: Version 4.1.
Please refer to Mass
version 4.1 for more details. MASS is sponsored
by the Canada
Masonry Design Centre and the Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers
Association.
May
28, 2021
Woodworks
Custom Version: Version 8.0 of WoodWorks Sizer for Nordic
Structures released, for design of Nordic’s I-joist, glulam, and CLT products.
Refer to Nordic Structures' website for more details.
December
23, 2020
WoodWorks – Major Release: Canadian
Version 2020, includes update to CSA O86-19 design standard. Please refer to
the WoodWorks website for more details.
WoodWorks – Proprietary
Product: Element5 CLT materials added to the Canadian edition.
December 8, 2020
WoodWorks
Custom Version: Version 5 of WoodWorks Sizer
for Western Archrib, Inc. of Edmonton, Alberta
released, for design of their glulam products. Refer to the Western Archrib
website for more details.
October
30, 2020
WoodWorks
Custom Version: Version 3.1 of WoodWorks Sizer
for Web Joist of Chehalis, Washington released, for design of their open web
trusses and Web-i I-joists. Refer to Web Joist’s website for more details.
July
28, 2020
MASS
– Major
release: Version 4.0, adds multiple storeys, boundary
elements, and ductility verification for shear wall design, and the NBC
Simplified Method for low seismic regions. Please refer to the MASS
version 4.0 for
more details. MASS is sponsored by the Canada Masonry Design Centre
and Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers
Association.
December
13, 2019
WoodWorks – Major release: USA Version 2019 including upgrades to NDS 2018, IBC 2018, ASCE 7-16 standards. Please refer to the WoodWorks website for more details.
WoodWorks – Update: USA Version 11.3 for those users who wish to continue designing with NDS 2015 and IBC 2015. Please refer to the WoodWorks website for more details.
November 21, 2016
WoodWorks – Proprietary Product:
Nordic Structures Nordic Lam materials added to the USA
edition.
WoodWorks – Proprietary
Product: Nordic Structures Nordic Lam materials added to the Canadian
edition.
WoodWorks – Proprietary
Product: Weyerhaeuser TimberStrand®
LSL, Microllam® LVL and Parallam® PSL materials added to the Canadian
edition.
WoodWorks – Proprietary Product:
LP
Building Solutions SolidStart® LVL
and LSL materials added to the Canadian edition.
August 7, 2014
WoodWorks – Proprietary
Product: Boise Cascade Versa-Lam®
LVL materials added to the
Canadian edition.
Jan 1, 2008
SODA – Acronym is no longer responsible for the SODA steel design software. For SODA products, sales, and support, please go to the SODA website or email sales@sodaspace.ca.