Simple, yet multifunctional - such is the EasyFix app, which includes specialized modules and performs precise calculations, so it is able to guide us in selecting the right fasteners for a given project. Let's find out exactly what the application from Rawlplug offers and how to use it optimally.
Specialized modules and segments of construction work
The application covers the key scopes of activities from the point of view of designers and contractors: fastening elements in concrete and masonry substrates; fastening insulation and waterproofing on flat roofs and thermal insulation on facades in ETICS systems; inserting reinforcing bars in reinforced concrete technology.
Calculations are made in selected ranges included in the modules. All of them have been assigned to a category dedicated to a particular segment of execution work. This makes it easier for users to find their way to the appropriate point in the application. Each thematic module contains assembly elements selected to meet specific needs arising from various applications encountered on construction projects.
EasyFix - an innovative fastener design application from Rawlplug
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Module capabilities in the EasyFix application
In four categories: Anchors, Concrete Structures, Wind Calculations, Roads and Bridges included the following modules:
- Concrete
- Walls
- Balustrade
- Reinforcing bars
- Over concrete
- Lantern
- Roof insulation
- ETICS facade
- Sheeting on roof
- Metal sheet on the facade
- Sandwich panel on roof
- Sandwich panel on facade
- Anchor of sidewalk slab
- Sound absorbing screens
- Resin consumption calculator
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The Res in Consumption Calculator allows you to calculate the amount of resin needed to fix a rod in a hole with actual dimensions. The Concrete module covers the design of fastenings in concrete substrates, and the Masonry module covers fastenings in masonry substrates. The Balustrade module also covers design in concrete substrates, but includes diagrams tailored to the layouts used in installing safety barriers. The Rebar and Over Concrete modules allow you to design the insertion of rebar in concrete substrates. The Lantern module is used to design the fixing of road lighting lanterns in concrete slabs and foundations. The feet of support posts for noise barriers can also be fixed in them, and the Noise Screens module will be used to design them. In terms of wind calculations, mountings can be designed taking into account wind loads in concrete, masonry, steel and wood substrates. The application allows you to select wind zones and terrain categories. One of the system's options is to exclude the area of window openings or entire walls from the calculations. Such calculations are based mainly on wind standards.
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Why should you try EasyFix?
The EasyFix app is an excellent free design assistant. It speeds up the designer's work - fixings are selected automatically based on the data entered. The application covers the most commonly used substrate types, and is constantly updated to take into account new Rawlplug test results and legal changes, especially with regard to ETAG, EAD and Eurocode standards and design guidelines.
EasyFix is characterized by full professionalism and precision in its calculations, thanks to the modules' reliance on the latest design methods. Calculations are generated in real time, at any time we can preview changes and adapt fixings to real needs. The calculation module is so extensive that it takes into account not only static loads, but also fire and seismic loads. The developers have equipped the application with additional functions, including the determination of the thickness of the slab, spacer fastening, elongation of holes, asymmetric distribution of anchors, optimization of fastened elements already at the initial design stage.
EasyFix - an innovative fastening design application from Rawlplug
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A range of convenient and cost-effective solutions
Using the support of the EasyFix application ensures cost efficiency. Precise selection of products and calculation of the number of fasteners needed makes it possible to optimize investment costs in real terms. In addition, the application is easy to use and free of charge. The program's interface has been created so that there is no need to learn how to use it. At the designer's fingertips are filters that speed up movement through the modules and access to optimal solutions, thus everyone is able to individually adjust the program's capabilities for current needs. According to current users, Easy Fix is intuitive and practical thanks to, among other things, the ability to generate calculations and variants of how to anchor to print for inclusion in projects.
EasyFix - an innovative fastening design application from Rawlplug
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How to use the EasyFix application?
The program can be downloaded for free from the website prepared by the manufacturer https://easyfix.rawlplug.com/pl/pobierz-easyfix/. It is available for Windows and macOS. In order to use all the program's features, you also need to create an account, which is no different from the standard ways of creating new accounts on the Internet. The aforementioned site provides instructions on how to register and how to use the various modules, and there is also an option for video tutorials. If you have any doubts, you can use the form on the site to contact technical advisors and Rawlplug engineers who will help you design your anchorages.
EasyFix is the combination and result of a great deal of experience, know-how and a bet on innovation. Thanks to daily close cooperation with the people for whom Rawlplug creates its products, the brand was able to develop such comprehensive support.
EasyFix - an innovative fastener design application from Rawlplug
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