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Important Note – These are descriptions to changes implemented in WoodWorks Shearwalls for version 10.0 and may not reflect current program behaviour.
The output report showing intermediate calculations for load generation and for torsional analysis has been split into two separate files, one for load generation and the other for torsional analysis.
The toolbar button that previously showed the word log and is called Load Generation and Torsional Analysis Details has been replaced by two buttons, one which shows three arrows and is called Load Generation Details, and another which shows a semi-circular arrow and is called Torsional Analysis Details. These buttons are adjacent to the existing button for Detailed Shearwall Design.
The button for the primary design results has been changed to convey the tabular nature of that output.
Previously, the combined file was output when loads were generated, then appended to after Design button was pressed when the torsional analysis is performed. If loads were then regenerated, the torsional analysis results were lost. Other synchronization problems occasionally occurred.
Now, the Load Generation Details file is output when loads are generated and Torsional Analysis Details when the design is performed, eliminating any interference between the two.
The titles and headers to the load generation and torsional analysis results have been redesigned to achieve a consistent format across all three intermediate output files, torsional analysis, load generation, and shearwall design.
The 14th and final step in the introductory Getting Started window has been modified to refer the Torsional Analysis Details, Load Generation Details, and Detailed Shearwall Design output reports rather than the log file.
Sime of the inputs in Wood Properties and Construction Details section of the Hold-down settings were too small to show typical data without scrolling, and have been enlarged.
In the format Settings when changing from Metric to Imperial units, the Imperial Formatting input remained disabled. It is now active immediately upon changing to Imperial.
In the list of Imperial format choices in the Format settings, the examples were prefaced by "e.g." rather than "e.g.", the correct spelling. This has been corrected
The word "table" has been removed from several Options Settings in the Display design results group, as it had been inconsistently applied to some design results tables and not others. The setting that previously said Materials table now says Sheathing/framing materials; in all other cases the word "table" has just been excised.
After clicking the Reset original settings button in the Default Values settings page, the default province was correctly set to British Columbia, but the list of cities showed those in Ontario instead of British Columbia, with the default being Kincardine rather than Vancouver (City Hall). If you then then select a city from the list the wrong velocity pressures were selected.
These problems have been corrected.
The following changes have been made to the data field labels in the View settings, which area now shown in separate Plan View and Elevation View boxes:
The word intervals has been changed to snap increments for consistency with the nomenclature in Display Gridlines, which uses the term snap increment. For Display gridlines, Snap has been changed to snap.
An asterisk (*) has been placed beside those inputs that are not saved to the project file, with an explanatory note at the bottom of the box. These inputs are the zoom increment and the Fit Building… and Fit Window… settings
After restoring all Standard Walls to the ones that originally came with the program using the Default Values setting, the program crashed if there were any standard walls that you had made being used in the project.
Shearwalls now only allows the standard walls to be reset if there are no open documents. If you attempt to reset them with a document open, the program now prompts you to close the open document.
For a one-storey structure, the Levels indicator is shown in the Extend to field. Now it is shown in the Current level and the Extend to field is invisible in this case.
Upon inputting the ceiling depth above level 6 in Structure input view, a Windows "improper argument" message appeared. This has been corrected.
Changed all instances of C & C to C&C in the Show menus, Load Input view, drawings, and output. Also changed End Zone to End zone and Load to load.
Added a separator to the Elevation View Show menu separating the options dealing with graphical elements such as wall names with those dealing with design results text.
The title of the section of wall input view giving the hold-down configuration, location, now says e.g. Wall A-1 rather than Wall segment A-1. The inputs are for an entire wall, including openings and possibly several segments, not for an individual shearwall segment.