Wind Method Nomenclature

Important Note – These are descriptions to changes implemented in WoodWorks Shearwalls for version 10.0 and may not reflect current behavior

With ASCE 2010, the terminology “Directional” is used to refer to what used to be called “All Heights” loads (Chapter 27), and the term “Envelope” is used to refer to what was “Low-rise”. The old terminology is still used in the captions to the Figures giving the particulars of these methods. This change has been implemented in the program as follows:

1. Design Settings

   Wind load design procedure is changed to Wind load generation procedure

   ASCE 7-05 All heights is changed to ASCE 7-10 Directional (All Heights)

   ASCE 7-05 Low-rise is changed to ASCE 7-10 Envelope (Low-rise)

2. Site Dialog

   In the Site Dialog, the methods are given as

   ASCE 7-10 Directional Procedure for buildings of all heights (Ch. 27)

   ASCE 7-10 Envelope Procedure for low-rise buildings (Ch. 28)

3. Input Echo in Results Output and Log File

The same identifiers that appear in the Design Settings input appear in the Results Output echo and in the title to the wind load procedure in the Log file.

1. Shear Design Results Output

   In the introduction to the Shear Design section of the Design Results, for the low rise method, the subheading that used to say ASCE 7 Figure 6-10 Windspeed-generated loads now says ASCE 7 Envelope (Low-rise) Loads. For consistency, a subheading ASCE 7 Directional (All Heights) Loads has been added for the directional method.