Minimum lateral loads (MLL) (ASCE 7)
MLLs are sets of notional lateral loads that can be used to consider robustness.
You are able to create up to two minimum lateral load sets, 'Case A' and 'Case B'. When working to ASCE 7, by default 'Case A' loads are created as 1% of unfactored Dead loads, (as per ASCE 7-16 clause 1.4.2). The resulting loads are then applied in the analysis as a horizontal force at each node in each level.
The above defaults for calculating the loads can be adjusted from .
The MLL loadcases are then made available in each of the building directions when creating load combinations.
Once you have specified the gravity combination to be used and performed the analysis, you can view the magnitude of the loads from the project workspace. You can also display their magnitude and direction graphically in a results view.