In the Concrete Shear Wall program, walls are grouped for design into "Wall Design Groups". A Wall Design Group can consist of a single wall or multiple walls. To assign Wall Design groups, do the following:

• Select Assign > Wall Design Groups…
  
• Click [Add > Single]
• Click on the bottom L shaped walls in both stacks (4 walls total).

Right click the mouse to return to the Assign Wall Design Groups dialog.

Note that the Wall Design Group number is update to 2, indicating that the next assignment will default to Wall Design Group number 2. The "new" in parentheses denotes that no walls are currently assigned to Wall Design Group 2.

• Click [Single]
• Click the target cursor on the remaining walls that comprise the elevator shaft boundaries.
• Right click to return to the dialog.
• Click [Fence]
• Fence the remaining 2 walls of the model.

Now all of the walls in the model belong to a wall design group.

You can also assign a wall panel priority to any wall panel which will force the program to design that wall panel first. To assign a Wall Panel Priority:

• Select Assign-Wall Panel Priority
• For Priority Enter 1.
  Note: This is an arbitrary number, but the higher number will get the higher priority. All walls have Priority zero unless otherwise assigned.
• Click [Single].
• Select the two walls in Wall Group 1 between grids B and C.