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Wall Section Forces Results

Select Process – Results – Wall Section Forces to see the forces at a section cut. Select a section cut to bring up the Wall Section Forces dialog. It lists all the Load Cases or Load Combinations, depending on the current mode, and the resulting forces for the selected section cut.

The results at section cuts use the sign convention shown in the following figure.

Positive definition of calculated forces and moments along section cuts.

Note that calculated quantities at section cuts are equilibrium based forces and moments. In other words, they are in balance with applied loads on walls. Hence, equilibrium equations are always satisfied.