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The shear wall design preferences are basic properties that apply to all wall pier and/or spandrel elements. This Technical Note describes shear wall design preferences for ACI 318-05. To access the shear wall Preferences form, click the Options menu > Preferences > Shear Wall Design command. Default values are provided for all shear wall design preference items. Thus, it is not required that you specify or change any of the preferences. You should, however, at least review the default values for the preference items to make sure they are acceptable to you. The preference options are described in Table 1, which uses the following column headings: