At any stage of the project, it may feel the need to transform beams with defined stories, shearwalls with two columns inserted, such as basement perimeter shearwalls. The existing story and beam must be deleted in order to be able to define a shearwall instead of the beam. With the Beam to Shearwall command, you can do this at once without deleting stories and beams.

Location of Beam to Shearwall Command

You can access it from the ribbon menu Modify tab under the Transform heading.

Usage Steps

• Click the Beam to Shearwall icon.

• Select the beam or beams to be transformed into shearwalls.

• The shearwall settings dialog will open.

• If necessary, change the dimension or concrete material properties.

• Click the OK button.

• The beam will be transformed to shearwall automatically without corrupting the existing data input.

Usage step
Beams to be transformed into shearwalls
Choosing the beams
Transforming beams into shearwalls