Walls of Unequal Width

Walls of unequal width may be vertically unaligned. You may need to align the analytical models of these walls so that they coincide prior to input into analysis and design software.

In this example, you can align the analytical model of the wall above (the shorter wall) to the analytical model of the wall below. You can adjust the analytical model of one of these walls so that it is aligned with the analytical model of the other, as shown in the following procedure:

1. On the Project Browser, select View 1 - Analytical as your current view. You can see the vertical lines of the analytical model of each wall.
   
2. Click Analyze tabAnalytical Model Tools panel Analytical Adjust.

   Notice that the Status Bar reads Pick source analytical model for adjustment.

3. In the analytical model of the shorter wall, select a vertical line.

   The Status Bar then reads Pick target analytical model for adjustment.

4. In the analytical model of the longer wall, select the vertical line nearest the vertical line selected in Step 3.
5. Click Analyze tabAnalytical Model Tools panel Analytical Adjust.
6. In the analytical model of the shorter wall, select the other vertical line.
7. In the analytical model of the longer wall, select the vertical line opposite the vertical line selected in Step 4.

   The analytical models of the walls align vertically.

   
8. To reset the analytical model of the shorter wall, click Analyze tabAnalytical Model Tools panel Analytical Reset, then select the analytical model of the shorter wall in the drawing area.