Wall Type

The Type/Hold-down configuration input in the Wall and Shear Line Input box has the dual purpose of allowing you to select the wall type, and if it is a wood shear wall, to specify the Hold-down configuration.

The types are

• Non-shearwalls
• Wood shear walls (selected implicitly by choosing any one of the hold-down configuration options)
• Proprietary/non-wood walls

Each of these types are permitted in he same structure, in fact on the same shear line.