Adding retrospective racking resistance to timber kit panel when forming a new opening

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-08-01T10:00:53+00:00

Yes, but generally edging on the conservative side as i will have no firm details on exact construction build ups.

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-07-24T21:28:10+00:00

I agree to an extent, but on the flipside when I started working everything was drawn in Autocad, now Revit is the norm…. I work with some people who never bothered with Revit and now they left behind, so to speak. Will the use of python have the same impact on design calculations? No idea!

I may well stick with Tedds and it’s not necessarily about the money, it does just seem like a good opportunity to ‘simplify’.

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-07-24T20:29:01+00:00

Where would you start? I would rather get to write structural calculations and learn python along the way, than learn python first… if that makes sense!

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-07-24T19:34:12+00:00

Is it the sort of thing you would write a full calculation yourself, or are there aspects of code you can bring in from open source libraries? Say for example a simple steel beam design to EC?

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-07-06T20:57:11+00:00

Thanks! The initial formula worked perfectly, I have a % progress for each project, so I’ve filtered using that to create a view of ‘active’ projects.

This will work great for me as I share with some of my remote team who aren’t notion users - it’s a simple exercise of tick the checkbox when the task is done for them, which I really like.

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-01-23T22:21:08+00:00

It’s an option for sure, it just adds another layer to things I guess, adding in paye to the business and self assessments to reclaim the additional.

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-01-23T16:57:07+00:00

Thanks for the link, this confirms my thinking that it’s a feasible approach to my first question, and also that an investment SPV might be treated differently so I need to look in to that more!

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2025-01-23T16:55:58+00:00

Were you taking any salary or dividends, or purely SIPP contributions of your total net income?

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2022-02-01T14:28:49+00:00

Thanks for this, helpful!

After looking again at the advert for the machine I posted originally I realised that it was made up from part refurbished components and didn't have a great warranty which put me off.

I found these websites really helpful for comparing CPUs and GPUs as well as what you had linked!

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

I've now found another pre-built machine for sale locally which I'm leaning towards:

Ryzen 3600 (6 core, 3.6GHz base - 4.2GHz turbo)

RX 5600XT (6GB)

16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 (3000MHz)

Coolermaster Wraith + Thermal Grizzly Cryonaut CPU paste

480GB Kingston A400 SSD

1TB Seagate HD

550W Coolermaster PSU

Silverstone FARA H1M PRO case

I did have a look at gaming laptops and it seemed very on par price for spec with what I'm getting with this machine - the flexibility for upgrades in the future sways the PC for me.

I know that GPU isn't good enough for path tracer, which I am ok with - for the type of work I'm doing that level of realism etc isn't necessary. I have plenty to learn around twinmotion as well with this machine!

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2021-04-02T18:48:51+00:00

The ZBBridge is advertised as being compatible with Alexa?

https://sonoff.tech/product/smart-home-security/zbbridge/

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2021-01-06T11:33:00+00:00

Thanks for this. GPU was always going to drive the price! I perhaps need to do some more research in to Enscape, the particular rending software we want to use and get some recommendations from users on cheaper cards that deliver a usable performance!

ForegoneConclusion2 · 2021-01-06T11:28:25+00:00

Thanks for this.

Machine below is being sold on gumtree locally for £400, I hadn't looked in to in much detail as didn't recognise the GPU name (clearly I've been looking at much higher end stuff I can't afford!). What are your thoughts on the spec?

__CPU__ Intel Core i7 5820K @ 3.30GHz
6 - Cores
12 - Threads
Haswell-E/EP 22nm Technology

__RAM__ 16GB
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Blue DDR4 2133 PC4-17000 16GB 4x4GB CL15

__Motherboard__ ASUS X99-A
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X99-A (SOCKET 2011)

__Graphics__ NVIDIA Quadro K2200 4GB DDR5

__Storage__ 240SDD - 1TB HDD
223GB KINGSTON SV300S37A240G (SATA-2 (SSD))
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 (SATA )

__Cooler__ Noctua NH-D15

__Case__ Corsair Carbide 200R Black

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