Important Note – These are descriptions to changes implemented in WoodWorks Shearwalls for version 10.4 and may not reflect current behavior.
The program would sometime take portions of low-rise wind loads generated for one corner load case and assign them to another corner load case, creating duplicate loads for one case and gaps in the other case. This was most likely to occur if the structure is heavily indented, and has been corrected.
After additional blocks are created for roofs only, with no attached walls, the program was creating a duplicate set of wall wind shear loads for walls on the other blocks. For multi-storey buildings this was happening on all levels except the top level.
If the project file was saved and then re-opened and then loads were re-generated the duplicate loads were no longer being created.
This has been corrected.
When the Design Setting was set to exclude deflection analysis, the shear flow arrows for diaphragm shear and base shear and the segment shear force arrows did not show up in elevation view. This has been corrected.
Under Seismic Loads in the Generate Loads dialog, the note giving the percentage of snow load used was missing. It has been restored to the program.
When the Wind directions S->N, E->W and N->S, W->E are selected in the Show menu, the Rigidity shown in Wall Input view was a nonsensical value. This was a display issue only and the correct rigidity was used in the shearwall design. It has been corrected.