Shear Wall Deflection
Shear Walls are designed and sized for capacity and also for deflection.
You can review the deflection calculated per shear wall in the Shear Wall dialog, Deflection tab.
How to Change the Deflection Criteria for Shear Walls
The deflection criteria can be adjusted for the entire model.
The Database- Deflection tab displays all the deflection load combinations and criteria.
To change the deflection follow these steps:
Step 1: Click on the Load Combination to be changed.
Step 2: Adjust the Lateral Deflection criteria.
Step 3: Click “Edit Defl” to save these values to the model file.
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