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Go to Foundation in the tree view. Enter Elevation feet -5 feet. It will return to the Foundation step after completed Stories step.

Go to Stories in the tree view. Click Add button and add 3 floors. Enter 12-24-36 feet at the elevation of floors.

Choose 1st floor for all of them as a similar story. Place the 1st floor a drawing file.

Click Add button again.

"Enter a story no between 0 and 3 to define the story insertion point?" Enter the value 3 in the question.

This entered value asks which numbered floor we want to add.

"How many stories do you want to create?" Enter the value 1 in the question.

Here we check the operation of the add floor button.

Copy all the data from the top line to the new added floor, manually enter the elevation value of 48 feet and change New Stories' name.

Go to the 1st floor in Stories. Check that the properties values are correct.

Call the Drawing file added to the 1st floor to the Cad view by using overlay button.

Go to the Slab below 1st floor. Draw Slab Edge on Cad view. Enter data as in the screen shoot.

Click the Refresh Parametric Model button to update the model and check the 3D view.

Draw Slab Piece on Cad view. Enter data as in the figure.

Click the Design Strip button. Draw a line for design strip.

Click yes for the question "Do you want to create same design strip definition for all stories?".

Go to Openings below 1st floor. Draw the openings.

Have to draw 1 Rectangular, 1 circle, 1 Arbitrary Openings according to Cad view.

Go to Shearwall below 1st floor. Draw Shearwall by using Shearwall button. Set material value.

Check if the hold point can be changed.

Go to the Analytical definition tab. Draw an Analytical wall on Cad view.

Make sure that a break point is formed on the horizontal wall.

Click the elevation views to see the horizontal view of the Shearwall.

Click on the wall opening. Have to draw rectangular, circular and arbitrary spaces on Shearwall.

Go to the Column below 1st floor and draw rectangular column by using rectangular column button. Enter 45° degree orientation angle.

Draw a circular column by using circular column button. Enter the bottom offset X=10 inch and Y=20 inch

Click the Arbitrary Column button, draw an Arbitrary column. Change the Hold point of column C2. Enter an orientation angle of 60° degrees in both columns

You can enter remaining cells based on the figure.

Click the Show Tributary button. Check to see if an image appears on the BDS screen close to the area in the figure.

Go to Beam below 1st floor. Click draw beam button and draw the beam between 2 arbitrary columns.

Enter the Material class="Conc 4000psi" and Depth="24 inch" values into the cell.

Go to the analytical line and draw the analytical line. Enter the width and depth values. Manually enter the break point right in the middle on beam

Click the Show Tributary button. Check the tributary area of the beam.

Go to Load below 1st floor. Click area button and draw the area in the figure
Click line button and draw the line load in the screenshot.
Click point button create point load in screenshot

After all the values are entered in the cells, click the Refresh Load Distribution Factors button. Make sure the Geometric Distribution To column % value is 100%.

Go back to the 1st floor. Click the Update similar stories button. Select all checkbox on the left side of the table. Select the 2nd floor checkbox on the right.

Click the Update similar stories button.

Go to the 3rd floor and click Copy From button.

Select all the checkbox in the Select objects to copy section. Select 1st floor in Select a source story. Click the copy all button.