Adjusting Analytical Walls to Other Elements

You may need to adjust the analytical wall element in relation to other analytical elements before export to analysis and design software. Use the Wall Adjustment tool to adjust the analytical wall to:

Adjusting Analytical Walls to Other Elements

  1. Click Analyze tab Analytical Model Tools panel Analytical Adjust.
  2. Click Edit Analytical Model panel Wall Adjustment.
  3. Select an end edge of the analytical wall to adjust as the source analytical element. You can select only wall vertical end edges as the source analytical element.
  4. Select the target analytical element. Elements that you can select as target analytical elements are highlighted when you place the mouse cursor over them.
  5. Click Select panel Modify to accept changes and finish the Wall Adjustment tool. You are still in the Analytical Edit mode. You can continue adjusting analytical elements.
  6. Click (Finish Edit Mode) to save changes and exit the Analytical Edit mode. To exit the Analytical Edit mode without saving changes, click Cancel.

Adjusting the analytical wall to another wall

  • To adjust the analytical wall so its end edge corresponds with another analytical wall, select a vertical end edge of the other wall as the target element
  • To adjust the analytical wall so its end edge extends to the surface of another analytical wall, select the top edge of the other wall as the target element.

Adjusting the analytical wall to a column

Adjusting the analytical wall to a beam

Adjusting the analytical wall to the node of a floor or foundation slab