Shearwalls 2023

Shearwalls 2023 (version 13.0) was released December 22, 2022

The primary difference in this version compared with Shearwalls 2019 was an update from SDPWS 2015 to SDPWS 2021. The resulting changes have been described fully in the topics under Update to SDPWS 2021 .

Descriptions of other changes and bug fixes have not yet been compiled, but this On-line Help has been modified to describe the current operation of the program. Some significant changes are:

• Automatic generation of dead loads on wall lines using wall self-weights and supported weights entered for each wall.
• Design for compressive resistance of wall bottom plate under end stud pack.
• A rigorous, mechanics-based application of the SDPWS v_max force used for drag struts for perforated shear walls.
• Improved and clarified the presentation of shear forces in Elevation view, esp. for perforated walls.
• Updated Simpson hold-down database and present hold-down names in the output tables more readably