Dear friends, I really appreciate your discussion on the subject of masonry walls, because it has shed some light on how to use them in structural robots. So in this regard, I have a case in which a building has been passed to me in an IFC format file that comes from REVIT STRUCTURAL, therefore, apart from bringing beams and columns frames, it brings slabs and walls, that is, that ROBOT STRUCTURAL has recognized all these elements, therefore, I would like to take advantage of the workflow, to consider the walls but only as elements anchored on the slabs and I want them to be detached from side columns, beams and upper slabs, all this, just to use their own weight. So I would like to hear from one of you: 1) what would be the best way to model what I want in ROBOT STRUCTURAL?; 2) Would it be enough to separate with gaps at the edges of the wall panels at their upper and lateral ends from the frame and slab elements, and only add recessed supports to them at their bases? or; 3) Would you have to define free supports or relaxations for them, to explicitly tell ROBOT what to do on the edges of the wall panels at their upper and lateral ends? nothing to add, thanks and says goodbye, Arnoldo Roque
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