Updated by "Forest Circular Economy" Editorial Board on February 03, 2026, 2:59 PM JST
Editorial Board, Forest Circular Economy
Forestcircularity-editor
We aim to realize "Vision 2050: Japan Shines, Forest Circular Economy" promoted by the Platinum Forest Industry Initiative. We will disseminate ideas and initiatives to promote biomass chemistry, realize woody and lumbery communities, and encourage innovation in the forestry industry in order to fully utilize forest resources to decarbonize the economy, strengthen economic security, and create local communities.
Shelter, in collaboration with Net Eagle, recently began offering XF15, a nonresidential wood pre-cut CAD system, to partners of Moku Building, which supports the supply of medium- and large-sized wood buildings. By utilizing digital technology to manage the entire process from design to fabrication, the company aims to improve productivity and spread the use of medium- to large-scale and medium-to-high-rise wooden buildings.
Moku Building is the first system in Japan to be certified by the Japan Housing and Lumber Technology Center as a supply support system for medium- to large-scale, medium-to-high-rise wooden structures. Shelter's experience in supplying more than 20,000 wooden structures, its cultivated technological resources, and its extensive wood component supply network have been made available to partner companies to lower the hurdles for conversion to wood construction.
XF15," now available, is a specialized CAD system developed by Net Eagle for non-housing wood construction. The system enables centralized management of a series of processes from structural calculation, structural design, timber costing, pre-cut processing, CLT, and even BIM linkage. In 2025, the system was adopted for the first five-story pure wood-frame building in western Japan, which was completed in Hiroshima City.
The system can handle up to 10 stories, and has the strength to flexibly handle complex structures such as arcs and trusses. In addition to CAD/CAM pre-cutting linked with domestic and overseas pre-cut processing machines, the system can also handle distributed processing at multiple factories by designating construction zones. In addition, by linking the design office to the pre-cut shop using common data, wasteful design revisions and duplicate work can be eliminated, shortening the construction period and reducing costs at the same time.
The spread of wooden construction plays a crucial role in the realization of a decarbonized society. The two companies' efforts go beyond the mere provision of tools. Together with their partners, they aim to expand the market for wooden construction and to digitally upgrade the supply system for such construction.
Increasing the number of buildings that make effective use of forest resources by transforming production processes using digital technology will be a major step toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
