Snow Load API
Roof snow-load maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically using the ASCE 7 method. The roof endpoint turns a ground snow load into the design roof snow load: the flat-roof load is pf = 0.7 · Ce · Ct · Is · pg, using the exposure, thermal and importance factors, and the sloped-roof load is ps = Cs · pf, where the slope factor Cs follows the warm-roof all-surfaces curve (1.0 up to 30°, falling linearly to 0 at 70°) or a value you supply. It reports every load in kilopascals, pascals, pounds per square foot and kilograms per square metre, and — if you give a roof area — the total load in kilonewtons, kilograms, tonnes and pounds. The depth endpoint converts a measured snow depth and a density (given directly or by snow type, from fresh ~100 to ice ~917 kg/m³) into a load. The convert endpoint converts a snow load between kPa, psf, kg/m², Pa and psi. Depths accept millimetres, centimetres, metres, inches or feet. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. An engineering aid, not a code-stamped design — always confirm against the governing local code with a qualified engineer. Ideal for structural and roofing tools, building-code and permitting apps, solar-install and carport planners, and winter-risk calculators. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is roof snow-load engineering; for roof pitch and area geometry use a roofing API and for beam reactions use a beam API.
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