Bearing wall properties
| General | |
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| Name | The automatically generated name. |
| User Name | Can be used to override the automatically generated name if required. |
| Top Level | Specifies the top level for the wall. |
| Base Level | Specifies the bottom level for the wall. |
| Wall Type | Bearing Wall Note: Bearing walls must
be rectangular in a vertical plane.
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| Material Type |
Choice of:
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| Assume extra floors supported | Enter the number of extra floors supported. |
| AutomaticGenerate Support |
• Cleared - a support will only be created if the Generate support property is checked. • Checked - a support will only be created if no members/slabs capable of providing support exist under the wall. |
| Generate support |
• Cleared - no support is created under the wall. • Checked - a support is created under the wall. Note: When a support is created, a line support is formed under a
meshed wall, a point support under a mid-pier wall, and a series
of point supports under a bearing wall.
Note: When a support is created, its degrees of freedom are as
specified in the ‘Wall support’ area of the wall
properties.
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| Plane | Indicates the grid along which the wall is placed. |
| All panels | |
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| Concrete type | While you can apply both normal and lightweight concrete, wall design using lightweight concrete is currently beyond scope. |
| Grade | The grades available here are set from the Materials button on the Home ribbon.
Note: The grade is only required to specify the correct density to be
used in the wall self weight calculation. |
| Thickness | The thickness of the wall. Note: The thickness is only required for the wall self weight
calculation. |
| Alignment |
Alignment of the wall:
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| Alignment offset | When the alignment is set to User it can be adjusted by specifying an exact offset. |
| Wall support | |
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| Angles (Fx/Fy/Fz, Mx/My/Mz) |
Used to specify the translational and rotational degrees of freedom in which the support acts: • Fixed - indicates the support is fixed in the specified direction. • Free - indicates the support is free to move, or has a stiffness applied in the specified direction. |
| Translational stiffnesses (x/y/z) |
Used to specify the translational stiffness applied in a direction that is not fixed: • Release • Spring Linear • Spring Non-linear |
| Rotational stiffnesses (x/y/z) |
Used to specify the rotational stiffness applied in a direction that is not fixed: • Release • Spring Linear • Spring Non-linear |
| Panel 1, 2, 3 etc. | |
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In a multi-stack wall properties can be entered for a specific panel, over-riding those defined at the All panels level. |
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| Count the floor as being supported | |
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Top level (Interediate levels) Base level (Head Code Eurocode, BS or IS) |
If checked, the floor will be treated as supported when calculating the live/imposed load reductions. |
| Restrained | |
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Used to indicate at which levels the wall is restrained. Note: Only levels with a connecting member are listed.
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| UDA | |
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Name Finish Class Phase Note File |
A customizable list of the attributes that can be applied to individual members and panels. |