Create general walls
You can create meshed general walls in level, frame, or structure views. For detailed information on creating general walls, see the following instructions.
Material type
The Grade lists all the
available General materials in the Materials database under the current head
code.
Note: Care should be taken when
choosing the grade, as some general materials in the database may not be
appropriate for meshed walls. Meshed walls resist loads in all directions and
isotropic stiffness properties are assumed.
If the grade you want to use is not
listed, you can open the Materials
dialog and add the grade to the database, taking care to first select the
General material type as shown below.
Geometric rules
- Meshed walls are defined as quadrilaterals in a single plane that can be vertical or sloping, (unlike mid-pier concrete walls which must be rectangular in a vertical plane).
- Openings are permitted in meshed walls.
- The alignment and offsets in the wall properties are not structurally significant as they have no affect on the solver elements that are formed in the solver model.
- Concrete meshed walls can be included in cores, General meshed walls cannot.
Sub-division of meshed walls
Each wall object is split into separate panels only at those construction levels where an element or slab attaches to the wall. At the levels where the wall has been split, wall beam elements are also inserted.
Create rectangular walls in a level view
Create rectangular walls in a frame or structure view
Note: In order to define
a wall in a frame or structure view, you must have already defined the
construction levels between which the wall will run, and the grid points between
which it will lie.
Create quadrilateral walls in a frame or structure view
Note: In order to define
a wall in a frame or structure view, you must have already defined the
construction levels between which the wall will run, and the grid points between
which it will lie.