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Structural Walls

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    All wall types within the Basic Wall family have an instance property called Structural Usage, which can have the following values:

    ShearRigid planar surfaces that inherently resist lateral thrusts of shear.
    BearingWalls that support a vertical load in addition to their own weight.
    Non-bearingWalls that define and divide spaces and support no vertical load except their own weight.
    Structural combinedWalls that serve more than one purpose.

    When you use the Wall tool, Revit LT assumes you are placing partition walls. Whichever wall type you select, the default Structural Usage value is non-bearing. When you use the Structural Wall tool, and select the same wall type, the default Structural Usage value is bearing. In either case, the value is read-only, but you can change it after the wall is placed.

    Typical structural wall