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h2. How should I label piers for a wall with openings?

*ANSWER:* A suggested pier labeling scheme for walls with openings is given in Figure 1:

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{center-text}Figure 1 - Pier labeling scheme{center-text}

* Additional information is available through Help > Documentation > Shear Wall Design > General Design Information.

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h2. How are surface loading conditions applied to an area?

*Answer:* Loading conditions may be applied as follows:

# Mesh the area at appropriate locations and intervals using the options available through Edit > Mesh Areas.
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# *Concentrated loads* -- Apply concentrated moments and point loads to any node location by selecting Assign > Point Load.
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# *Line loads* -- For linear distributed loading, define a frame object with negligible structural properties, then draw these frames where line loads are to be applied. Draw line loads on the frame objects by selecting Assign > Frame loads > Distributed, then scale their magnitude according to tributary allocation.
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# *Area loads* -- Similarly, apply area loads by selecting Assign > Area loads > Uniform (Shell) _or_ Uniform to Frame (Shell).

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