Seismic Load Generation Nomenclature

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

1. Risk Category

   What was formerly called “Occupancy” has been renamed “Risk Category, in accordance with the nomenclature change in ASCE 7 2010 vs the 2005 edition. This change is reflected in the Site Information Input, the Design Results output, and several places in the Log file output.

2. Importance Factor

   In several places in the Log file output for seismic load generation, and under the Seismic Information Table, the symbol I for Importance factor has been changed to Ie for Importance Factor - Earthquake