It's a really attractive phone with a 13MP front and 19MP rear high end cameras. Inside the Fortress electronics and telecom store at the Hong Kong International Airport, the Sony Xperia XZ Premium was seen showing off its 5.5 inch HDR display supporting 4K video. There's also no DisplayPort video support on the Xperia XZ similar to the Samsung Galaxy S7 which also no longer supports MHL.Īn advantage Sony phones have over other Android phones is to fully embrace Android through Sony's partnership with Google's software and cloud dominance. It's assumed the Sony Xperia XZ Premium is also able to enjoy the full benefits of its Android 8.0 Oreo platform. Sony has also ditched the MHL video interface on the Sony Xperia XZ Premium but still used by other Xperia phones like the Z3+, Z4, and Z5. The Sony Xperia XZ Premium unlike the Axon 7 comes without a 3.5mm audio jack to join phones like the Le Max 2, Le 2 Pro, Le 2, and Moto Z Droid. While the Axon 7 uses an older Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 processor, the Sony Xperia XZ Premium gets a newer and faster Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. The phone doesn't support USB Power Delivery charging just like the ZTE Axon 7, also a USB-C 3.1 Gen 1 phone that also uses Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0. Branded as their premium flagship, the Sony Xperia XZ Premium phone supports USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s speeds) and Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 technology for fast charging over a USB Type-C connector. ![]() Sony remains a stronghold in Japan despite Apple/Samsung's dominance which has just released the Sony Xperia XZ Premium. Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (2.35GHz+1.9GHz) or octa-core Samsung Exynos 8895 (2.35GHz+1.7GHz)Ģ.Sony's USB Type-C Xperia XZ Premium Phone Boasts the Latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 You can only take a short burst of super-slow-motion, and it's usually trial-and-error in getting the timing right.ġ3-megapixel (standard), 13-megapixel (wide)ġ2-megapixel (telephoto), 12-megapixel (wide) You capture slow motion video by pressing record to start recording at normal speed, then pressing again when you want to capture a quick burst (roughly about a second in real time) of slow motion. I've had a lot of fun playing with the function, but that too needs some work. Even mundane things like a common London pigeon taking flight look fascinating when you watch them back at a super-slow pace. While the iPhone 7 shoots at 240 frames per second, the XZ Premium tops that with 960 fps. ![]() Sony's phone turns it from a feature common to all phones into something really special. Life is fun in slow motionĪ new addition - and the phone's best, most unique trick - is the slow-motion video function. There's NFC and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner for Android Pay contactless payments too (frustratingly, this is turned off for the US), and it comes with a decent 64GB of storage as standard. The Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor is extremely powerful, handling demanding mobile gaming and photo editing without hesitation. The 4K display (3,840x2,160-pixel) is pin-sharp, extremely bright and has colours vivid enough to melt out your corneas. Tired design aside, this phone does have plenty to shout about.
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![]() A few soundbar systems, like those from Roku and Sonos, also support expansion with separate wireless subwoofers. Just like it takes a lot of space to move that much air, it also takes a lot of power. You also need to either make sure your subwoofer is powered (has a built-in amp) or connect a preamp between your unpowered subwoofer and the soundbar. You have to consider cables if you add a subwoofer this way, though. Some soundbars have subwoofer outputs, so you can add one after the fact. If your soundbar doesn't include a subwoofer, you might still have options. You can get a good listening experience with just a soundbar, but if you really want to make the walls shake and feel your favorite movies or music, you should invest in a subwoofer. It's typically bulky and uses a large driver (usually around six inches) so it can move a lot of air to get that low-end rumble. ![]() ![]() That's why many soundbars include separate subwoofers.Ī subwoofer is a speaker designed specifically for putting out low-frequency sound in the bass and sub-base ranges. Because of how sound travels, you need a lot of physical volume to get very powerful bass, and the wide, shallow shape of soundbars doesn't offer that. Soundbars can put out a lot of sound from low-mid to high frequencies, but they usually can't reach deep down into the low-frequency ranges. See our roundup of the best computer speakers for some ideas. It also might not fit as neatly under or in front of your TV. Almost any Bluetooth speaker or one with an optical, RCA, or 3.5mm input (if your TV has a headphone jack) can greatly improve your audio experience, though its power and ability to produce a sound field might be better for smaller screens. You don't technically need to stick to a soundbar for a simple audio system for your TV. They're add-on sound systems that don't take up much more space than your TV but add much-needed power, range, and clarity to your audio experience. Soundbars are long, usually thin (but still thicker than your TV) speakers that incorporate stereo, left/right/center surround sound, or even Spatial audio in an easy-to-set-up device you plug into your TV's HDMI or optical port. You need a separate sound system if you want loud, high-quality audio for your home theater that isn't thin or tinny: You need a soundbar. This means that, as pleasing as the picture looks, your TV's built-in speakers probably don't sound too good. Speakers typically need a lot of space to produce good audio (with a few unique technical exceptions, like expensive and rare electrostatic panel speakers or the actuators on certain high-end OLED TVs), and there simply isn't much real estate in slim sets. However, a slender frame isn't an advantage for sound quality. New TVs are generally thin, which makes them look great on your wall or in your entertainment center. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac. ![]()
Kane & Lynch is a tremendously frustrating experience. If you can't get enough of screaming "Objection!" at your DS, pick up Trials and Tribulations. If it wasn't your thing before, this one won't change your mind. It's just that the game feels more like an expansion pack than full-fledged sequel. The fantastic characters, interesting cases, and catchy music are as good as they've ever been. That's not necessarily a bad thing, though. The only series in the "portable criminal defense simulator" genre is back, and well, it's pretty much the same experience as it's always been. Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (DS) It has its share of sub-par events, but the good ones ensure it'll be a nice title to pull out when there's company over. Winning some of the events seems to be based more on your character's stats than your skill level, but some make excellent use of the Wii Remote (Archery is probably the best). It's casual enough to play with your non-gamer friends, but a few of the events might be a little tougher for those not familiar with the button layout (Rowing, Trampoline). I wasn't too impressed with the gameplay for the first couple of hours, but as I unlocked more and played some four-player, I started seeing its potential as a party game. Brawl, you can have them compete in fencing, swimming, hurdling, and archery against each other. ![]() Yes, a couple of months before you can have them beat the crap out of each other in Smash Bros. However, I didn't expect the first meeting between the two to be at the Olympic games. ![]() Once Sega started putting games out on Nintendo systems, everyone knew it was just a matter of time before everyone's favorite blue hedgehog finally went toe-to-toe with everyone's favorite Italian plumber. ZX Advent is certainly better than the first ZX thanks to a much better map system, but it still pales in comparison to the NES games and those in the MMX series. I have no idea who these new characters are or how they fit into the Mega Man lore, but this narrative definitely shouldn't get in the way of the gameplay. I feel old saying it, but Mega Man needs to be a robot guy in a blue helmet shooting guys with scissors and snakes on their heads. I'm not sure exactly when the Mega Man series became the most confusing story in videogaming, but I know I don't like it. It still offers dozens upon dozens of hours of gameplay, and I know I'll be playing this game for a very long time. It's worth giving a try even if you don't like RPGs, as it's actually more of a strategic experience. The translation from PSX to portable is great, as the sprites are sharp and the widescreen conversion is a nice change. Thankfully, FFT: WOL brings back everything that was great about the PSX original, and even adds a few more classes. It was essentially the same chess-like strategy game, but with a controversial new "Judge" system that sent your warriors to jail if they violated certain rules. Worth playing for the humor alone.įinal Fantasy Tactics: War of Lions (PSP)įans of the Playstation Final Fantasy Tactics game were somewhat torn over the Game Boy Advance incarnation that was released a few years back. There's the occasional unfunny line, but most of the humor and parodies are spot-on. Sparkle, the Spirograph factory, the Hellfish treasure) as well as nods at other videogames (Sonic, Mario, Wolfenstein 3D, GTA, Shadow of the Colossus). There are countless excellent references for longtime fans of the show (Mr. It's one of the few times I can say the humor and dialogue almost makes up for a few shoddy gameplay elements (poor targeting system and camera). Surprisingly, I laughed more during this game than any other in the last few years. Licensed games in general are terrible, and this license in particular passed its prime almost a decade ago. Obviously, I went into the Simpsons game expecting the worst. ![]() Homer got too stupid, the jokes weren't nearly as clever, and the overall quality couldn't even come close to the show I grew up watching. Like the majority of hardcore Simpsons fans, I've been tremendously disappointed with the last 8 or 9 years of the show. Still, it should be considered more of a first-person adventure game than a shooter. It shifted the series' traditional 2D platforming action to a perspective behind Samus' visor. The Prime subseries kicked off in 2002, with the release of Metroid Prime on GameCube ( $83 at Amazon). The whole Metroid Prime Trilogy is available on Wii and Wii U. It's an indisputable fact that adding "Prime" to any name makes it 100 percent more awesome (hello, Optimus) and Nintendo clearly knew it. So play well if you want to see her real face!Ĭonveniently, Samus' Morph Ball form fits perfectly between the larval Metroid's mandibles. The series carries on the tradition of Samus removing her helmet or armor in its better endings. Game developer Paul McInnes with character Samus Aran, a Nintendo icon.įairfax Media/Fairfax Media via Getty Images In the '80s, having a female game protagonist was unheard of. ![]() Her sex was only revealed to players who completed the game in less than five hours, which resulted in an ending scene that saw Samus removing her helmet. Decked out in an orange Power Suit, she battles the Metroids and the Space Pirates across the galaxy. Who is Samus Aran?Īn intergalactic bounty hunter and Nintendo icon, Samus Aran made her debut in the original NES game. "We attached 'android' to the 'metro subway' and that's how we got 'Metroid,'" he told Nintendo Dream. But Nintendo's Hiroji Kiyotake revealed its real-life origin in a 2004 interview. In their universe, "Metroid" means "Ultimate Warrior" in the language of the alien Chozo. A select few can become Queen Metroids, which sustain the species by laying eggs. Their larval form, which resembles a floating jellyfish, is the most iconic and uses four sharp mandibles to grip its prey.įrom this form, the Metroids become increasingly dangerous as they go through a lifecycle that sees them evolve into a massive Omega Metroid. Metroids are a species native to the planet SR388. Since then, it has appeared on most of Nintendo's consoles and the 14 games (including spinoffs) have sold nearly 17 million copies. The Metroid series started with the 1987 release of Metroid, a 2D action-adventure game on the NES. Ultimate.įor now, let's get familiar with the series. He also noted that he's mostly been playing as series villain Ridley in Super Smash Bros. "We haven't announced it, but yeah, the game is well in development." "Internally, we have expectations about when is going to be released," he said. "It's progressing well, and we'll share more at the appropriate time."įils-Aime shared a little more in an interview with Mashable in November, saying the company has an idea when it'll come out. "It's still in development," Fils-Aime said. "Last year with Metroid Prime 4, it was important to highlight for the Metroid fan that that franchise was going to come to Nintendo Switch, so that we could also share Metroid: Samus Returns for the 3DS, and not have them be so disappointed that a mainline Metroid experience isn't coming," he said, before offering a minor update on Prime 4. ![]() We didn't get an update in the Nintendo Direct: E3 2018 presentation, but Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime told The Verge why it was revealed in 2017 and not shown a year later. "However, we will continue developing the game so that when it is completed, it will stand shoulder to shoulder with the past Metroid Prime series titles." "It will be a long road until the next time we will be able to update you on the development progress, and development time will be extensive," he said. He noted that producer Kensuke Tanabe will work with Retro Studios "and restart development from the beginning" to ensure that it meets fans' expectations. We have decided to reexamine the development structure and change it," Takahashi said. "From this perspective, we have determined that the current development status of the game is very challenged, and we had to make a difficult decision as a development team. Shinya Takahashi, a senior managing executive officer, announced in a video that the game wasn't meeting Nintendo's standards and Retro Studios, the Texas-based team developer of the Metroid Prime Trilogy, has been brought back in to save the project. Metroid Prime 4 has restarted development, Nintendo revealed Friday. ![]() When you start out, your ships are the same blue that merchants use (since you are one), but once you join a faction, all of your ships are repainted in your faction's colors. Test targets and Author ships use lime green. When you upgrade, that new ship will come with a very basic set of equipment and some possible upgrades, but those upgrades are actually what will affect the performance of your ship when it comes to a specific role rather than the role itself. The Syndicate are blue on the map, and use purple ships. While it’s true that many of the ships have a different visual ascetic to them, their appearance actually doesn’t have much of an influence on how they perform a certain role. Isshi ML5-A class S exotic ship which can hold 15 (+4) slots with a. These size of your ship also influences the areas which you can land planet side too - although both of these differences are completely negligible in the long run with the right upgrades.Įssentially, each starship you find within No Mans Sky is a gigantic suitcase with a cockpit and engine. For No Mans Sky on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled Update 2. It turns out though, that regardless of the type of ship your end up purchasing - the class system isn’t all that important.Įach class of ship does have a specific amount of hit points, meaning that Trade class ships can take the most damage (once your shields are down), while Fighter and Explorer can take less overall. Explorer class ships were supposed to travel faster and further, Fighter class ships were set to be the dogfighters of the universe, and Trade class ships were designed to withstand more damage while storing more valuables. When No Man’s Sky was originally revealed, Hello Games discussed how each starship in the game would fit a specific mold and be categorized by class. But it doesn’t look like the actual multi-tool or starship you end up picking matters outside of the slot space it offers. During the journey through the galaxy, you’ll consistently be upgrading your equipment to keep your exosuit, multi-tool, and starship up to snuff with the various challenges. Choose from different victory conditions and adapt your strategy on the fly.No Man’s Sky has been out for a week now, encouraging players to explore the vast universe by visiting planets and collecting data on their many inhabitants. Modify the size, shape, density, age and a lot more to create your ideal galaxy. Generate an infinity of random galaxies where every start begins a new adventure. Define your own custom civilizations and confront the ones created by your friends.Įndless Replayabilit圜ontrol every new game’s scope, from a quick match-up to an endless war. Permit instant jump-in for your ongoing online games. Discover an innovative and dynamic simultaneous turn-based gameplay. Expect to face a real challenge when playing against AI opponents thanks to the Adaptive Multi-Agent System (AMAS). ![]() ![]() Take on the UniversePlay against up to seven opponents and build up – or break – alliances at will. The player has a plethora of choices of how to best destroy or dissuade his enemy. ![]() Customize your ship with modules, armament, engines and special mods. Create the perfect combinations from dozens of unique ships per civilization. Optimize each fleet for epic battles around contested stars. Space OperaExperience Endless Space with state-of-the-art graphics and interface, switch between strategic battle decisions and long-term planning. Hire heroes to become fleet admirals or system governors and discover five hero classes and their unique ability trees and specializations. Will you control the entire galaxy through subtle trade and diplomacy, explore every corner of the universe to find powerful artifacts and resources, overwhelm other civilizations with your advanced technologies, or destroy your enemies with massive armadas?Įndless DiscoveriesWith hundreds of star systems to explore, different planet types, luxuries and strategic resources to exploit, the mysteries within the Dust to master and a host of strange scientific phenomena to deal with, the player will have no lack of challenges. The galaxy will belong to the faction that can take control of the Dust and uncover its secrets…Ī Born LeaderGuide one of twelve civilizations as you strive for galactic domination. A substance found scattered or in forgotten temples, it once gave powers to admirals and galactic governors. Long before our eyes gazed upon the stars they flew between them, though all that remains of this people is what we call Dust. This galaxy is ancient, and its first intelligent life was the civilization we call the Endless. About This Game Endless Space - Definitive Edition includes all the expansions and updates released for the game (including Endless Space Disharmony). ![]() ![]() You are fighting with creation, and that’s what makes creation itself the most frightening thing in your life.” ***Let go of fear - it doesn't control you, you control it**** Excerpt From: Michael A. Unhappily Ever After is an American sitcom television series that aired for 100 episodes on The WB from January 11, 1995, to May 23, 1999, for a total of. You’re either trying to figure out how to keep things from happening, or you’re trying to figure out what to do because they did happen. That’s why you have all these dialogues going on inside your mind. Snow White and her new friends must rescue the Prince when he is captured by the Wicked Queens vengeful brother. With Edward Asner, Irene Cara, Carol Channing, Dom DeLuise. Happily Ever After Long Wear Lip Liner - Everyday Spice-20. All they have to do is say or do one thing, and the next thing you know there’s disturbance inside of you. Happily Ever After: Directed by John Howley. You will feel that anyone, at any moment, could cause you disturbance. Happily Ever Afterwards is a webtoon original work by Hwang DoTol and adapted by Jeongseo. There will be competition, jealousy, and fear. You’ll feel that life is a struggle and that every day is heavy because you have to control and fight with everything. If you attempt to arrange people, places, and things so they don’t disturb you, it will begin to feel like life is against you. “As you grow spiritually, you will realize that your attempts to protect yourself from your problems actually create more problems. ![]() Total Income/Expenses - Use the drop-down menu to the left of these values to specify the time period for which you'd like this information to be displayed.If you do not enter an end date, the budget will continue indefinitely. End Date - Select the date you'd like your budget for this item to end.Start Date - Select the date you'd like your budget for this item to begin.When selecting the interval, you can also choose whether you want the time period to be prorated or not. Interval - Use the drop-down menu to select the frequency at which your budget will repeat.Category - Click on the drop-down menu to select the category you'd like to budget for.Amount - Enter the amount of money you'd like to budget for this category.Here's an explanation of each of the fields when creating or editing a budget line entry: You can print and copy the budget from this screen.Ĭalculate - See Calculating a Budget below. To add a new budget item, press the “+” button and enter the appropriate values for each column. ![]() Setting up a budget using the ‘Mixed interval’ budget format -Īfter selecting a budget in the left side bar, you can edit it by clicking on the “Edit” button in the upper right corner of the screen. To add, edit, or delete categories go to Tools→Categoriesīudgeted - Displays only categories that you’ve set budgeted amounts for the current calendar yearĪctive - Displays all categories which have been used this calendar year. The filters are at the top right of the screen, shown within a blue bar.Īll - Displays all categories in your data file. You can locate these filters by viewing the budget register. Using the 'Newer' Budget format View Filters. For example, if last period’s grocery budget was $200 and you spent $150, this period’s grocery budget would be $150. Use actual spending from previous period: Sets this period’s budget as the amount spent during the last budgeting period. For example, if last period’s grocery budget was $200 this period’s grocery budget would be $200, regardless of what your spending was in the previous period. For example, if last period’s grocery budget was $200 and you spent $150, this period’s grocery budget would be $250.Ĭopy previous period: Sets this period’s budget as the last period’s budget. You can easily set your budget based on past spending by right-clicking on the heading (the three letter abbreviation for the month followed by the year) of any of the time period columns and selecting one of the following options:Ĭopy and rollover previous period: Sets this period’s budget as the sum of last period’s budget and the difference between the previous period’s spending and budget. To set the amount, click the right number (it'll be 0 if you haven't budgeted anything for that category) and enter the amount that you want to budget for that category. The left number is the amount (either income or expenses) currently in the category, while the right number is the amount budgeted for the category. The center column is the active time period being budgeted for you'll see two columns of numbers. Setting up a budget using the ‘New’ budget format. Once you have created your budget, you have to close the budget manager window, then select your budget from the left sidebar column in the Moneydance window to access and edit it. Selecting Mixed Interval will create an older style budget, which can have categories with different time intervals. Selecting either Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly or Annually will create budget using this time period, and the 'Newer' budget format. You can then enter the budget name and select the ‘period’. Go to Tools -> Budget Manager, and select ‘New’ If you're using Moneydance 2012 or earlier, ‘Mixed Interval’ is the budget format you'll be working with. It is not possible to convert budgets created in older versions of Moneydance to the new Moneydance 2014 format. The ‘Mixed Interval’ budget format should be used when budgeting categories with different time intervals. The old budget format was retained, and is referred to as the ‘Mixed Interval’ budget format. Moneydance 2014 introduced the ‘new’ budgeting format for creating and working with budgets. Please refer to the more recent knowledge base articles on this page What type of budget should I create?. Resource packs are add-ons that can modify textures, models, animations, music, sounds, user interfaces, and languages. We are going to start off small and teach you how to make a resource pack. also supports transparency and has a more simple and basic UI, get it hereīlockbench makes it easier to change models and textures, and you can use the entity wizard plugin to add an entity in a couple of clicks. You can also use Paint 3D, as it allows for transparency. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free image editing program that allows you to save out transparent images. Microsoft Paint works for modifying most textures, but does not work for saving out textures that have transparency (like most entities). iOS devices can use the pre-installed Files app, or if your iOS is jailbroken, you can also use iFile. Atom is also recommended, which you can download here.ĮS File Explorer can be used on mobile devices, you can get it here. You can download Visual Studio Code from here. ![]() ![]() Visual Studio Code is an excellent choice, and is a free text editor with syntax highlighting for lots of programming languages. You need the following programs to follow along with this tutorial:Īny text editor should work, but using some sort of programming IDE is recommended. This tutorial should take around 1.5 to 2 hours to complete, if you are new to the concept. This tutorial is intended for beginners! If you are looking for specific component details, check the Entity Component Reference Guide. Unexpected dam releases caused rapid rises in river level that have devastated communities downstream, causing millions in damage shocking the river’s ecological processes. China’s dam management is causing erratic and devastating changes in water levels downstream. Sudden unexpected flood events downstream can now be linked to the completion of the Dachaoshan dam and the Nuozhadu dam in 20-2014.China is impounding much more water than it ever has in the past during wet seasons and releasing more water than ever before during the dry seasons. After the completion of the Nuozhadu dam in 2012, China’s dam operations change significantly with dams collectively impounding more water in the wet season and releasing more water during the dry season. ![]() This is part of a long pattern that has driven numerous wet season droughts. The increasing frequency of wet season drought in the Lower Basin tracks closely to the way China releases water during the dry season and restricts water during the wet season.If China’s dams did not restrict flow, portions of the Mekong along the Thai-Lao border would have experienced significantly higher flows from July 2019 to the end of the year instead of suffering through severe drought conditions. Snowmelt and rainfall was normal to high for much of China’s portion of the basin for the entirety of 2019. New data shows that during a severe wet-season drought in the lower Mekong Basin in 2019, China’s dams restricted nearly all upper Mekong wet season flow. ![]() ![]() As per general thumb rule and guidelines, a double 18″ lvl beam can allow span upto 30 feet far distance used for residential building or projects. How far can a double 18″ lvl span:- a double 18″ lvl is made by laminating of two 1 3/4 inches or 40mm thick and 18″ deep LVL. As per general thumb rule and guidelines, a double 16″ lvl beam can allow span upto 26 feet far distance used for residential building or projects. How far can a double 16″ lvl span:- a double 16″ lvl is made by laminating of two 1 3/4 inches or 40mm thick and 16″ deep LVL. As per general thumb rule and guidelines, a double 14″ lvl beam can allow span upto 23 feet far distance used for residential building or projects. How far can a double 14″ lvl span:- a double 14″ lvl is made by laminating of two 1 3/4 inches or 40mm thick and 14″ deep LVL. As per general thumb rule and guidelines, a double 12″ lvl beam can allow span upto 20 feet far distance used for residential building or projects. How far can a double 12″ lvl span:- a double 12″ lvl is made by laminating of two 1 3/4 inches or 40mm thick and 11 7/8″ deep LVL. As per general thumb rule and guidelines, a double 10″ lvl beam can allow span upto 16 feet far distance used for residential building or projects. How far can a double 10″ lvl span:- a double 10″ lvl is made by laminating of two 1 3/4 inches or 40mm thick and 9 1/2″ deep LVL. Beam depths are typically 5 1/2 inches, 7 1/4 inches, 9 1/4 inches, 11 1/4 inches, 11 7/8 inches, 14 inches, 16 inches, 18 inches, and 20 inches. It is typically used for headers, beams, rimboard, and edge-forming material.ĭesign a beam depth based on the rule of thumb for estimating the depth of manufactured beams which is to divide the span by 20. LVL beam (Laminated veneer lumber) is an engineered wood product that uses multiple layers of thin wood assembled with adhesives. More than 60 Feet there is difficulty in transportation and handling. It can be customised according to your requirement. ![]() LVL length are generally available in 24, 28, 32, 36, 40 and 44 feet with special order upto 60 Feet. It is available in thickness from 19mm (3/4 inches) to 178mm (7 inches). Lvl sizes may vary according to manufacturer but lvl standard thickness of 1 3/4 inches (one ply), 3 1/2 inches (2 ply), 5 1/4″ (3 ply) and 7 inches (4ply). LVL offer several advantages over technical milled lumber, it is made in factory under control specification and it is more stronger straighter and more uniform in size. LVL has a “maximum allowable bending stress” of 2,800 or 3,000 psi. Because of the wood’s dimensional stability, inspection times are often reduced, too. Use an LVL beam to eliminate twisting and splitting for quiet floors. LVL is a straight, enough strong wood that fights warping and shrinking, providing great stability for your projects. LVL is product of recent innovation they are result of new technology and economic pressure to make use of new wood species and smaller trees that cannot be used to make solid Lumber. The American wood Council National design specification for wood, lvl is type of structural composite lumber comparable to glued laminated timber (glulam). |