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You can generate dead loads representing the self-weight of the walls and/or the load supported by the wall by activating check boxes for each of these in the Load Generation input. The self-weight of the wall is the same self-weight used for seismic building mass generation. The load supported by the wall is entered for each wall or shear line in Wall Input view.
Please note that the supported dead loads thus created are not related to the floor and roof building masses used for seismic load generation. It is your responsibility to determine the vertical distribution of the dead loads and manually enter the load supported by the walls. Refer to Building Masses vs. Dead Loads.
The program identifies generated dead loads from wall self-weight for use in hold-down effect factor Jhd calculations. If you wish to include these dead load loads for that purpose, but rely on a floor partition weight for interior wall building masses, then we recommend generating both dead loads and building masses from wall self-weight, then deleting the building masses before generating seismic loads.