Program Operation

Important Note – These are descriptions to changes implemented in WoodWorks Shearwalls for version 9.3 and may not reflect current behavior.

1. Getting Started Steps (Change 122)

   The Getting Started dialog has been updated to reflect the current state of the program. The text shown for Roofs and Generate Loads has been changed and a new step, Step 14, Log File Output, has been added.

2. Back-up Files (Change 123, Feature 203)

   The program now saves two files to the Windows 7 folder C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\WoodWorks\CWC\USA\9 – BackupPre.wsw and BackupPost.wsw. The first of these saves a project file immediately before design or load generation, the second saves the file after design or load generation.

   These files are accessed in the following situations

   • if an unsaved file is lost after a successful design or load generation is made, for example by an automatic system reboot. Either file can be used for this.
   • The file BackupPre is used to record the state of the program before design/generation, so that if a fatal error occurs during one of these processes, you will have a file to send WoodWorks technical support for diagnosis. In most cases, this file cannot be used to continue work, as the error will likely occur again on the next design.
   • The file BackupPost is used to continue work if an error occurs during design or load generation, or at any other time. It will return you the state you were in when the last successful design or generation occurred. Then you can try to remake the changes you made to your structure, and it is possible the error will not re-occur. If it does, contact Woodworks Technical support and they will try to diagnose the problem and find a work-around.

   The folder that these files are saved to in Windows XP is C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\WoodWorks\CWC\USA\9\.