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Settings

All user preferences and program settings are accessed through the "Settings…" item on the main menu. A window appears, containing several tabbed forms, or "pages". Click on the tab for the settings you wish to change.

The tabs are as follows:

Default Values View Company Information Project Description

Design Format Options Loads And Forces Hold-down Settings License Management

Two items are common to each settings page:

Save As Default for New Files

If this box is checked when you click "OK", then the settings in that page are used for all new projects opened with "File New".

Restore Original Settings

If this button is clicked, then the settings in that page are immediately changed to the ones that originally came with Shearwalls. In order to save these for future use, however, you must make sure that the "Save As Default" button is checked before exiting.

In This Chapter

Company Information Settings

Project Information

Default Settings

Design Settings

Hold-down Settings

Format Settings

Plan and Elevation View Settings

Options Settings

Loads and Forces Settings

License Management Settings