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©COMPUTERS AND STRUCTURES, INC., BERKELEY, C ALIFORNIA AUGUST 2007
SHEARW ALLDESIGN ACI 318-02
Technical Note
Input Data
General
This Technical Note describes the shear wall input data that can be printed to
a printer or to a text file when you click the File menu > Print Tables >
Shear Wall Design command.
Using the Print Shear Wall Design Tables FormTo print Shear Wall design input data directly to a printer, use the File menu
> Print Tables > Shear Wall Design command and click the Input Sum-
mary check box on the Print Shear Wall Design Tables form next to the de-
sired type(s) of data. Click the OK button to send the print to your printer.
Click the Cancel button rather than the OK button to cancel the print.
Use the File menu > Print Setup command and the Setup>> button to
change printers, if necessary.
To print shear wall design input data to a file, use the File menu > Print Ta-
bles > Shear Wall Design command and click the Print to File check box on
the Print Shear Wall Design Tables form. Click the Filename button to change
the path or filename. Use the appropriate file extension for the desired format
(e.g., .txt). Click the Save buttons on the Open File for Printing Tables form
and the Print Shear Wall Design Tables form to complete the request.
Note:
The File menu > Display Input/Output Text Files command is useful for displaying out-put that is printed to a text file. The Append check box allows you to add data to an existing file. The path and
filename of the current file is displayed in the box near the bottom of the PrintShear Wall Design Tables form. Data will be added to this file. Or use the
Filename button to locate another file, and when the Open File for Printing
Tables caution box appears, click Yes to replace the existing file.
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Shear Wall Design ACI 318-02 Input Data
Summary Input Data Page 2 of 2
If you select a specific shear wall(s) before using the File menu > Print Ta-
bles > Shear Wall Design command, the Selection Only check box will bechecked. The print will be for the selected wall(s) only. If you uncheck the Se-
lection Only check box, the print will be for all shear walls.
Summary Input Data
Table 2 of Input Data Shear Wall Design identifies summary input data.
Design Preferences Input Data
The output for the Shear Wall design preferences is provided in a series of
tables. The tables correspond to the tabs in the Preferences form. You canclick the Options menu > Preferences > Shear Wall Design command to
access the Shear Wall preferences.
Note:
The Shear Wall preferences are described in Technical Note Preferences Shear WallDesign ACI 318-02.
Recall that the Shear Wall preferences apply to all beams designed using the
Shear Wall Design postprocessor. A few of the preference items can be over-
written on a beam-by-beam basis in the Shear Wall overwrites. Those prefer-
ences items that can be overwritten are mentioned in this documentation.
You can select one or more beams and then click the Design menu > Shear
Wall Design > View/Revise Overwrites command to access the Shear
Wall overwrites.
Table 1 of Input Data identifies the Shear Wall Design Preferences Output.