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Bamboo Rod Design and Analysis (RodDNA) Software

Welcome to RodDNA - The Bamboo Rod Design and Analysis Software. If you are a bamboo rod maker and would like to obtain a licensed copy of RodDNA free of charge please click the *Download* menu selection and select the appropriate download link for you operating system. For those makers who want to design and modify their own tapers, the new RodDNA Designer release and book "Bamboo Rod Taper Design with RodDNA Designer" is now available via this link: RodDNA Designer
If you would like to find out how to become a Sponsor, select the Sponsors/Vendors menu selection. If you are a Vendor or supplier of rodmakers supplies or components and want to be added to the master Vendors list, please select the Sponsors/Vendors menu selection. You can also view the current list of sponsors via this selection.
The latest released free version of RodDNA is Version 2.0. This release supports all operating systems including all versions of Windows, Macintosh OS X, Linux and Unix. For those makers who want to design and modify their own tapers, please visit the RodDNA Designer page.

Welcome to RodDNA - The Bamboo Rod Design and Analysis Software. If you are a bamboo rod maker and would like to obtain a licensed copy of RodDNA free of charge please click the Download menu selection and select the appropriate download link for you operating system.

For those makers who want to design and modify their own tapers, the new RodDNA Designer release and book "Bamboo Rod Taper Design with RodDNA Designer" is now available via this link:

RodDNA Designer

If you would like to find out how to become a Sponsor, select the Sponsors/Vendors menu selection. If you are a Vendor or supplier of rodmakers supplies or components and want to be added to the master Vendors list, please select the Sponsors/Vendors menu selection. You can also view the current list of sponsors via this selection.

The latest released free version of RodDNA is Version 2.0. This release supports all operating systems including all versions of Windows, Macintosh OS X, Linux and Unix.

For those makers who want to design and modify their own tapers, please visit the RodDNA Designer page.

RodDNA provides many tools for the Rodmaker. Here are some examples:

Stress Curve and taper dimension charts for one or many Models (tapers)
An implementation of John Bokstrom's Controlled Modification strategy
A Rod database with configurable pull-down lists and serial # generation
Vendor and Customer databases with hot links to their URLs
Program options can be configured to your liking
Charts can be zoomed, saved and printed
Models and Vendors can be shared with other Rodmakers or not
Rodmakers can be queried and chatted with
Over 800 Models are provided with a growing master list
Rod geometry can be changed with the associated dimension adjusted
The # of Rod sections/pieces can be changes with the dimension adjusted
Rod length, action and line weight can be modified for any given Model
Rod tapers can be imported from other programs
All data is maintained in XML files for portability
The ability to open multiple instances of program dialogs
Automatic calculations of ferrules, ferrule locations, tip tops, guides, etc.
Can run on any computer that runs the latest Java run-time environment
Tapers can be compared on charts or in tables
Data can be saved locally and to the network
Planing reports including Morgan Hand-Mill Setting report
Models (tapers) can be annotated and submitted to the master database, etc.