| Symbols & Numeric |
| 19.2” Stud Spacing for Unblocked Factor |
| A |
| Accept Design |
| Accept Design (Feature 153) |
| Adding Openings over CAD Import (Feature 150) |
| Allow 3.5:1 Aspect Ratio |
| Allowable Drift |
| Amplification of Accidental Torsional Moment |
| Apparent Stiffness Ga |
| Application Data |
| Applied Shear vs Shear Capacity |
| Area Elements |
| ASCE 7 Provisions |
| ASCE 7-05 Supplement 2 |
| Aspect Ratio Limits and Factor |
| Aspect Ratio Limits and Factors |
| Aspect Ratio Limits and Factors |
| Aspect Ratio Limits and Factors |
| Asymmetric End Studs |
| B |
| Block Creation Strategy |
| Block Operation |
| Blocks and Levels |
| Bolt-hole Tolerance and Other Components |
| Building Mass Generation |
| Building Masses |
| Building Masses |
| Building Masses |
| Building Masses vs. Dead Loads |
| Building Model |
| Building Model and Assumptions |
| Building Model and Graphics |
| Building Model and Program Operation |
| Building Model Assumptions |
| Building Structure |
| C |
| CAD Import |
| Collector Force Location |
| Collector Forces |
| Combination of Sheathing Capacities and Stiffness |
| Combined Shear and Nail Slip Deflection |
| Company Information Settings |
| Component and Cladding (C&C) Loads |
| Component and Cladding Design for Wind Loads |
| Component and Cladding Loads |
| Component and Cladding Wind Loads |
| Convergence of Continuous Deflections |
| Creating and Changing Walls |
| Crushing |
| Cub Factor for Unblocked Shearwalls |
| D |
| Data Input |
| Data Input and Program Operation |
| Dead and Wind Uplift Components |
| Dead Load Completely Counteracts Overturning |
| Dead Load Component |
| Dead Load Does Not Completely Counteract Overturning |
| Dead Load Generation |
| Dead Loads |
| Dead or Wind Uplift Load Concentrated at End Chords |
| Default Settings |
| Deflection |
| Deflection Amplification Factor |
| Deflection Analysis |
| Deflection Analysis |
| Deflection Analysis |
| Deflection Analysis |
| Deflection Calculations |
| Deflection Equation and Components |
| Deflection of FTAO Walls |
| Deflection of Non-wood/Proprietary Walls |
| Deflection of Perforated Shear Walls |
| Deflection of Two-Sided Shear Wall |
| Deflection of Unblocked Walls |
| Deployment on Multiple Computers |
| Design and Load Distribution Processing Time |
| Design By Wall Type |
| Design Capacities |
| Design Cases |
| Design Code Updates: SDPWS 2008, IBC 2012, and ASCE 7-05 Supplement 2 |
| Design Codes and Standards |
| Design Codes and Standards |
| Design Codes and Standards |
| Design Codes and Standards |
| Design Codes and Standards per Version |
| Design Codes Available |
| Design Criteria |
| Design Factors |
| Design for Compression Forces |
| Design for Unknown Parameters |
| Design Iterations |
| Design Iterations per Level |
| Design Iterations per Level |
| Design Iterations Per Level |
| Design Options |
| Design Output |
| Design Procedures |
| Design Processing Time |
| Design Properties |
| Design Provisions |
| Design Results |
| Design Results Output |
| Design Results Output |
| Design Results Output |
| Design Settings |
| Design Settings |
| Design Settings |
| Design Summary |
| Detailed Analysis and Design |
| Detailed Seismic Load Generation Output |
| Detailed Torsional Analysis Output |
| Detailed Wind Load Generation Output |
| Diaphragm Design Force |
| Diaphragm Flexibility Cases |
| Diaphragm Force and Drag Strut Force Increase |
| Diaphragm Options |
| Different Blocks along Same Building Face |
| Direct Shear Forces |
| Directional (All Heights) Procedure |
| Directional (All-Heights) Procedure |
| Displacement and Capacity Components |
| Dissimilar Materials on Shear Line |
| Distribution of Dead And Wind Uplift Loads to End Chords |
| Drag Strut Force Increase |
| Drag Strut Forces |
| Drag Strut Forces in FTAO Walls |
| Drag Strut Forces in Perforated Walls |
| E |
| Eccentric Ridge Lines |
| Editing Building Masses |
| Effect of Gypsum Underlay |
| Effects of Wind Uplift, Upper Levels, and Adjacent Openings |
| Elevation View |
| Elevation View |
| Elevation View |
| Elongation |
| Enclosure Category |
| End Chord Bending Deflection |
| Engineering Design |
| Engineering Design |
| Engineering Design |
| Engineering Design and Deflection Analysis |
| Envelope (Low-rise) Load Model |
| Envelope (Low-rise) Procedure |
| Equalization of Deflections |
| Establish Factors and Design Walls |
| Exposure Categories, Minimum Loads and Ground Elevation Factor |
| Extending Walls Upwards |
| F |
| Factors Applied to Shear Line Forces |
| Fastener Slippage |
| Fastener Types and Sizes |
| Fasteners |
| Fasteners |
| Fasteners |
| Fasteners |
| Fiberboard Panels |
| Fibreboard Provisions |
| Final Design Check |
| First Level Walls |
| Flexible Diaphragm Distribution |
| Flexible Diaphragm Forces for All Heights Case 2 Loads |
| Flexible Diaphragm Vertical Transfer |
| Floor, Ceiling, and Flat Roof Mass Generation |
| For Systems Administrators |
| Force Components |
| Force Distribution to Equalize Deflections |
| Force Distribution within FTAO Walls |
| Force Distribution within Shear Line |
| Force Locations |
| Force Offset |
| Forces Based On... |
| Force-transfer Walls (Feature 33) |
| Format Settings |
| Framing Input |
| Framing Materials |
| FTAO Strap/Blocking Forces |
| FTAO Wall Forces |
| FTAO Wall Continuous Strap |
| FTAO Wall Design |
| FTAO Walls |
| Future Version 1 |
| Future Version 2 |
| G |
| General Information |
| Graphical Selection of Openings (Feature 23). |
| Graphics and Output |
| Gypsum Materials |
| Gypsum Provisions |
| Gypsum Underlay |
| Gypsum Underlay |
| Gypsum Underlay |
| Gypsum-based Materials |
| H |
| Height-to Width Ratios and Factors |
| Help Documentation |
| Highlight of Failing Walls |
| Highly Variable and Zero Forces on Segments |
| Hold-down and Compression Design |
| Hold-down and Compression Forces |
| Hold-down and Compression Forces |
| Hold-down and Compression Forces |
| Hold-down Connection Assembly |
| Hold-down Connections |
| Hold-down Connections |
| Hold-down Connections |
| Hold-down Data Group |
| Hold-down Database |
| Hold-down Database |
| Hold-down Database |
| Hold-down Database Editor |
| Hold-down Database Editor |
| Hold-down Database Editor |
| Hold-down Deflection |
| Hold-down Design |
| Hold-down Design |
| Hold-down Design |
| Hold-down Displacement |
| Hold-down Displacement Component |
| Hold-down Displacement Parameters |
| Hold-down Forces Under Gable Ends |
| Hold-down Input |
| Hold-down Input |
| Hold-down Input |
| Hold-down Offset |
| Hold-down Selection |
| Hold-down Settings |
| Hold-down Settings |
| Hold-down Settings |
| Hold-down Types and Properties |
| Hold-downs |
| I |
| Identical Materials and Construction on Shear Line |
| Ignore Non-wood-panel Contribution |
| Implementation History |
| Import of Bitmap and PDF Versions of CAD Files (Feature 126) |
| Importance Factor I |
| Inherent Eccentricities for Rigid Diaphragm Wind Design |
| In-plane Anchorage Shear Force |
| Input |
| Input |
| Input |
| Input and Program Operation |
| Input Dialogs |
| Installation Procedure |
| Irregularities |
| Irregularities |
| Irregularities |
| Irregularity Analysis |
| Iteration to Determine Rigidity |
| L |
| Lateral Loads on Sloped Roofs |
| Leeward vs Windward Loads |
| Levels |
| License Deployment |
| License Management Settings |
| Licensing and Registration |
| Limitation of Case 2 Loads to Three Stories or More |
| Limitations |
| Load and Force Distribution |
| Load and Force Generation and Distribution |
| Load Cases |
| Load Cases |
| Load Cases |
| Load Combination |
| Load Combinations |
| Load Distribution |
| Load Distribution Output – Miscellaneous Changes |
| Load Distribution to Shear Lines |
| Load Generation |
| Load Generation |
| Load Generation |
| Load Generation |
| Load Generation and Distribution |
| Load Generation and Distribution |
| Load Generation and Distribution |
| Load Generation and Force Distribution |
| Load Generation and Force Distribution |
| Load Generation and Force Distribution |
| Load Generation Assumptions |
| Load Generation Options |
| Load Generation Process |
| Load Generation, Load Distribution, and Shearwall Design |
| Loads |
| Loads and Forces Settings |
| Loads and Load Generation |
| Local Building Code Capacity Modification |
| Log File Button (Change 153) |
| Low Rise Loads on Hip Roof |
| Low-rise Height-to-width Limit Based on... |
| Lumber Siding |
| Lumber Siding Provisions |
| M |
| Managing the View |
| Material Abbreviations |
| Material and Component Databases |
| Maximum SDS Value in the Determination of Cs and Ev |
| Maximum Shear Capacity Limitation |
| Member Dimensions |
| Menus and Toolbars |
| Minimum Loads |
| Minimum Wind Loads |
| Multiple Blocks |
| Multiple Extend Upwards (Feature 193) |
| N |
| Nail Slip Deflection |
| Nail Withdrawal Capacity |
| Nail Withdrawal Design for C&C Loads |
| Network Installations |
| Non-Convergence due to Dead Load Counteracting Force |
| Non-shearwalls |
| Non-wood/Proprietary Walls |
| Non-wood/Proprietary Walls |
| Non-Wood/Proprietary Walls |
| O |
| Openings |
| Openings |
| Openings |
| Optional Rigid and Flexible Design Methods |
| Options |
| Options Settings |
| Other Changes |
| Other Changes |
| Other Changes |
| Out-of-plane Bending Design for C&C Loads |
| Out-of-plane Forces |
| Out-of-plane Sheathing Assumptions |
| Out-of-plane Sheathing Capacities |
| Out-of-plane Wall and Wall Anchorage Forces |
| Output |
| Output |
| Output |
| Output |
| Output |
| Output – Miscellaneous |
| Output and Graphics |
| Output and Graphics |
| Output and Graphics |
| Overhangs |
| Overlap of Structure and Legend/Materials In Elevation View (Bug 2405) |
| Override Hold-down Displacement Properties |
| Over-rides of Case 2 Eccentricity and Load Percentage |
| Overturning Force Calculation |
| Overturning Forces |
| Overturning Restraint |
| P |
| Panel Shear Deflection |
| Perforated Shear Wall Co Factor (Versions 11 and 12) |
| Perforated Shear Wall Design |
| Perforated Walls |
| Perforated Walls |
| Perforated Walls |
| Period T |
| Permissibility of Structures for Seismic Design Categories |
| Physical Parameters |
| Plan and Elevation View Settings |
| Plan View |
| Plan View |
| Plan View |
| Plan View |
| Previous Versions |
| Previous Versions |
| Previous Versions |
| Procedure for Deflection of Entire Wall |
| Program operation |
| Program operation |
| Program Operation |
| Program Operation |
| Program Operation |
| Program Operation |
| Program References |
| Progress Bar |
| Project and Structural Data |
| Project File Backup |
| Project Information |
| Projected Area |
| Provisions by Sheathing Material Type |
| Provisions Not Implemented |
| R |
| Redundancy |
| Redundancy Factor |
| Redundancy Factor |
| Redundancy Factor |
| References to the Design Standards |
| Response Modification Factor R |
| Ridge Information |
| Rigid Diaphragm Analysis |
| Rigid Diaphragm Distribution |
| Rigid Diaphragm Vertical Transfer |
| Rigidity for Shear Force Distribution |
| Risk Category |
| Roof and Snow Mass Generation |
| Roof Construction |
| Roof Creation |
| Roof Geometry |
| Roofs |
| S |
| Scope of Site, Structural, and Design Procedures |
| SDPWS 2021 |
| SDPWS Deflection Equation |
| Segmented Shear Walls |
| Segmented Walls |
| Seismic Design Requirements |
| Seismic Force Resisting System |
| Seismic Load Generation |
| Seismic Load Generation |
| Seismic Load Generation |
| Seismic Load Generation in Design Results – Miscellaneous Changes |
| Seismic Load Generation in Log File – Miscellaneous Changes |
| Seismic Load Generation Input - Miscellaneous Changes |
| Seismic Load Generation Nomenclature |
| Seismic Loads |
| Seismic Provisions |
| Seismic Site Information |
| Seismic Story Drift |
| Seismic Torsions when Low Rise Wind Method Selected ( Bug 2656) |
| Self Weights |
| Service Conditions |
| Settings |
| Shear Capacity |
| Shear Capacity Adjustment |
| Shear Capacity Combination by Relative Shear Stiffness |
| Shear Distribution to Wall Segments Within Shearline |
| Shear Force Distribution |
| Shear Force Distribution Methods |
| Shear Force in Sheathing |
| Shear Forces on Shear Line |
| Shear Line Force for Drag Struts and In-plane Anchorage |
| Shear Line Forces |
| Shear Line Offsets |
| Shear Lines |
| Shear Loads |
| Shear Overturning Component |
| Shear Wall Design |
| Shear Wall Design |
| Shear Wall Design |
| Shear Wall Design Data |
| Shear Wall Height |
| Shear Walls and Shear Lines |
| Shearwall Design |
| Shearwall Design |
| Shearwall Design |
| Shearwall Design |
| Shearwall Design |
| Shearwall Design Iterations |
| Shearwall Materials and Shear Capacities |
| Shearwalls 2023 |
| Sheathing Combination Rules |
| Sheathing Input |
| Sheathing Layout |
| Sheathing Materials |
| Shrinkage |
| Side Pressures |
| Simultaneous Case 1 and Case 2 Load Cases |
| Site Classes |
| Site Information |
| Slope Angles |
| Sloped Area Mass Generation |
| Spectral Response Accelerations and Site Coefficients |
| Standard Hold-downs |
| Standard Wall Copy (Feature 178) |
| Standard Walls |
| Standard Walls |
| Standard Walls |
| Standard Walls and Wall Design Groups |
| Standards Updated (Feature 195) |
| Story Drift |
| Story Drift Calculations |
| Story Drift Calculations |
| Story Drift Calculations |
| Structural Iteration for Redundancy Factor |
| Structure Input |
| Summary of Version 10 Features |
| System Requirements |
| T |
| Tabulated Design Capacities |
| Technical Support and Training |
| Tension vs. Compression Forces |
| Text Output |
| Topographic (Speed-up) Effects |
| Torsional Analysis Calculations |
| Torsional Analysis for Flexible Diaphragms |
| Torsional Analysis in Log File |
| Torsional Sensitivity |
| Transfer of Accidental Eccentricity |
| Transfer of Inherent Torsion |
| Tributary Area |
| U |
| Unblocked Factor |
| Unblocked Factor Cub |
| Uneven Block Heights |
| Uninstall |
| Update to ASCE 7-16 – Seismic Load Generation and Design (Feature 239) |
| Update to ASCE 7-16 – Wind Load Generation (Feature 239) |
| Uplift Anchorage Force t |
| User Interface and Program Operation |
| User Interface, Output, and Program Operation |
| User-applied Shear Line Forces |
| User-applied Shear Line Forces |
| User-applied Shear Line Forces |
| User-input Masses |
| V |
| Version 10 |
| Version 10.1 |
| Version 10.2 |
| Version 10.21 |
| Version 10.3 |
| Version 10.31 |
| Version 10.4 |
| Version 10.41 |
| Version 10.42 |
| Version 11 |
| Version 11.0.1 |
| Version 11.1 |
| Version 11.2 |
| Version 12 (Shearwalls 2019) |
| Version 13.1 |
| Version 9 |
| Version 9.1 |
| Version 9.11 |
| Version 9.12 |
| Version 9.13 |
| Version 9.2 |
| Version 9.21 |
| Version 9.22 |
| Version 9.25 |
| Version 9.3 |
| Version 9.3.2 |
| Version History |
| Versions 9.11-9.13 |
| Versions 9.21, 9.22 and 9.25 |
| Vertical Distribution of SFRS Strength |
| Vertical Loads |
| Vertical Shear Force Accumulation |
| Vertical Transfer for Flexible Diaphragms with Torsions |
| Vertical Transfer of Forces |
| W |
| Wall Construction |
| Wall Construction |
| Wall Construction |
| Wall Design Groups |
| Wall Design Groups (Feature 17) |
| Wall Design Iteration |
| Wall Height |
| Wall Height at Gable Ends |
| Wall Mass Generation |
| Wall Material Design |
| Wall Materials |
| Wall Materials and Construction |
| Wall Materials in Shear Line |
| Wall Name in Shearline, Wall and Opening Dimension Table (Bug 2420) |
| Wall or Segment Length |
| Wall Type |
| Wall Types and Materials |
| Walls |
| Weak Story Check |
| Weights for Seismic Load Generation |
| Welcome to Shearwalls |
| Whole-structure Iterations |
| Wind Load Design Procedure |
| Wind Load Generation |
| Wind Load Generation |
| Wind Load Generation |
| Wind Load Generation in Design Results Summary – Miscellaneous Changes |
| Wind Load Generation in Log File – Miscellaneous Changes |
| Wind Load Generation Inputs – Miscellaneous Changes |
| Wind Load Standard |
| Wind Method Nomenclature |
| Wind Pressure Constant |
| Wind Serviceability - ASCE 7 CC.2.2 |
| Wind Shear Loads |
| Wind Site Information |
| Wind Speed |
| Wind Speed |
| Wind Speed |
| Wind Story Drift |
| Wind Uplift Component |
| Wind Uplift Loads |
| Wood Properties and Construction Details for Displacement |
| Wood Structural Panel Provisions |
| Wood Structural Panels |
| Worst Case Selection and Design Check |
| Worst-case Design |