Shear wall w/openings

[Tdog67]

Fellers,

i am looking for a good program that would let me design tilt wall panels with openings as shearwalls and load-bearing. Up to 4 stories in height. What are the better programs for this?

thanks

 

[JAE]

I'm not aware of any good tilt wall programs out there. I once looked at PCA Wall but didn't like it.

Here's the link to PCA Wall:

http://www.structurepoint.org/soft/soft_profile.asp?l_family_id=26

 

[frv]

I've used PCA wall and found it good.

Not very intuitive, but it'll get the job done.

 

[abusementpark]

Ram Advanse has a Tilt-Up Wall module. I have never used it, but know it is there.

 

[680718]

I think the best way is doing by hand or design the wall between openings as a shear wall. I have never seen a good masonry program.

 

[ash060]

The ram advanse tilt-up module works very well. And it will do up to 4 story tilt-up. The only problem is when you exceed the 0.06 f'c code limit, than ram has some problems, but all in all I think it is very good.