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How should I label piers for a wall with openings?

ANSWER: A suggested pier labeling scheme for walls with openings is given in Figure 1:


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Figure 1 - Pier labeling scheme

  • Additional information is available through Help > Documentation > Shear Wall Design > General Design Information.
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How are surface loading conditions applied to an area?

Answer: Loading conditions may be applied as follows:

  1. Mesh the area at appropriate locations and intervals using the options available through Edit > Mesh Areas.

  2. Concentrated loads – Apply concentrated moments and point loads to any node location by selecting Assign > Point Load.

  3. Line loads – For linear distributed loading, define a frame object with negligible structural properties, then draw these frames where line loads are to be applied. Draw line loads on the frame objects by selecting Assign > Frame loads > Distributed, then scale their magnitude according to tributary allocation.

  4. Area loads – Similarly, apply area loads by selecting Assign > Area loads > Uniform (Shell) or Uniform to Frame (Shell).
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