If you do not have a current database.ini file so that the species group is not identified, an error now appears on the screen and a stud density of 0.42 corresponding to S-P-F is used for anchorage deflection calculations. Previously the program would show nonsensical hold-down design, which also affected deflection calculations.

Please note that if this situation occurs, the program repeats the message many times. If you continue to dismiss the message, the design will eventually complete normally. This will be corrected for the next version of the Shearwalls. The situation that an incorrect database.ini file is on the computer ordinarily exists only in internal testing environments.