how to find the loads from roof to foundation for design

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how to find the loads from roof to foundation for design
does anyone know of a step by step guide to find the loads required for the design of a building starting from roof to foundation and how to tranfer them to the member for design purpose.
thanks in advance
aldin
check out our whitepaper library.
once you get the required loads from the appropriate building code, "residential structural design guide: 2000 edition" gives a basic step by step review of how & why they are used. here is a link to the free .pdf download of this 430+ page book
wood frame construction manual for one & two-family dwellings (1995 sbc high wind edition) is an excellent reference also "design of wood structures" - 3rd edition or newer is also an excellent reference. you might also look into the nds for wood construction.
hope those help.
sounds like you need some higher education or hire someone to do this work!
a good text is "loads and load paths in buildings: principles of structural design" by narenda taly, and published by the icc (international code council).  it is a very good introductory text and more.  
geez, slideruleera!  is there anything for which you don't have a reference or a link?
thanks for making so much available to all of us.
thanks crossframe. i seem to have a "knack" for finding things. my wife says that it is because i "think like a search engine".
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many thanks to the guru of engineering slideruleera, ashhafpe and mrmikee for the invaluable response
thanks guys
aldin
thanks slideruleera, good reference, i have a young eit who should put some portions of this to good use. like all of us, there are some areas of the practice which need some work. i understand the apparent frustration of structengineer. i also remember some of the things both my brother and i did which made my father wonder if our brains were in gear.