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Important Note – These are descriptions to changes implemented in WoodWorks Shearwalls for version 10.2 and may not reflect current behavior.
Changing the location of a wall via the input field in the Wall Input dialog of a wall to a location that was invalid because it is outside the building perimeter, intersects with another wall, etc., caused the program to crash. The program now shows an error message and does not allow the wall to be made.
The hold-down setting to subtract the hold-down offset from the overturning force moment arm operated in reverse, that is, when you selected that the offset was to be subtracted, it didn’t subtract, and vice-versa. This has been corrected and the program subtracts the offset when you indicate so in the settings.
In the Site Information dialog, when the Dynamic analysis checkbox was unchecked, pressing the Estimate button caused the Eccentricity values to change unexpectedly. Eccentricity for north-south loads was reduced by a factor of 100 and for east-west loads by about 1000. These values were retained and used for design if they are not changed back.
When walls fail due to C&C design only, the note in plan view said that it fails for flexible wind design; however, flexible distribution is not relevant to C&C design. This has been corrected by indicating that it fails for C&C design instead. If it fails for both C&C and MWFRS design, both are indicted in the note.
The default setting for Save as default for new files for Default Values and Company Information settings has been changed from being unchecked by default to being checked by default.
When a wall has an opening positioned at the start of the wall with zero offset, the total Shear Force V reported for the next wall segment was incorrect in a random way. This was a problem with the output report only; the correct value is used in design. The correct shear value V now appears in the output report.
The Shearwall Wall and Opening Dimensions table legend has been updated to make it more readable and fix minor typos. Each item now appears on a separate line, similar to other legends. Improved explanations are given for wall groups and wall length.
For some Windows 8 systems, for any building, even a simple rectangular building with no openings, after pressing the design button and when the progress bar indicated that the program is outputting results, the program crashed. This no longer occurs for version 10.2.
The plan view now draws more smoothly without flashing on changes or when scrolling
For large structures, the arrows in Plan View representing applied loads became much more widely spaced than for smaller structures, and the arrowhead was not visible. This has been corrected and the appearance of the load arrows is similar for large and small structures.