{"id":32882,"date":"2026-04-27T12:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/technical-manuals\/frequently-asked-questions\/how-to-model-curved-walls-in-protastructure\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:37:50","slug":"how-to-model-curved-walls-in-protastructure","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/how-to-model-curved-walls-in-protastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Model Curved Walls In Protastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n <span class=\"colour\">Curved Reinforced Concrete (RC) wall is currently beyond the scope of ProtaStructure. However, as a work around you can approximately model it as a series of segmented straight RC walls.<br \/>\n <\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"colour\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ol><span class=\"colour\"><br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: decimal\"><span class=\"colour\"><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/>\n   <\/span><u><b><span class=\"colour\">Model the axes according to the angle of your curved wall<\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/u><span class=\"colour\">In this example, the shape of the curved wall is as shown below.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n   <u><b><br \/><\/b><\/u>\n  <\/div>\n<div>\n   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-fe62c64442e6d27f4029560641f6786d.png\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 731px;height: auto\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_3886285750548295\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"\"><br \/>\n   <br \/><span class=\"colour\">Now model the axes by following the shape.<\/span>\n  <\/div>\n<div>\n   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-8c77441dc9c37d47c33f945f5c2b2768.png\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 739px;height: auto\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_5232394431317462\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"\"><br \/>\n   \n  <\/div>\n<div>\n   \n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: decimal\"><b><u><span class=\"colour\">Insert the RC walls.<\/span><br \/><\/u><\/b><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-6e747cc0648e2e665fcd4631fb1ae813.gif\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 830px;height: auto\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_5845904128731525\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: decimal\"><b><u><span class=\"colour\">Done !<\/span><br \/><\/u><\/b><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-b1f448ee7104c0bd3d1bb9ffeb84a532.png\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 723.5px;height: auto\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_6642162796833033\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"best\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>\n \n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <span class=\"colour\">Obviously, this is not a perfect curve but a simplification method to model the curved RC walls in Protastructure.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n <span class=\"KB_New_Editor_Highlights\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;position: relative;padding: 10px 10px 10px 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-image=\"contentStyle\" style=\"position: absolute;left: 12px;top: 14px;width: 15px\" data-type=\"non-resize\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-5540036b581904a01c04cb1a70a11798.png\" alt=\"Alert\"><\/p>\n<div>\n   <span class=\"colour\">However, please note that this method comes with a limitation: The RC walls will be analyzed and designed as individual RC walls.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n   \n  <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <span class=\"KB_New_Editor_Highlights\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;position: relative;padding: 10px 10px 10px 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-image=\"contentStyle\" style=\"position: absolute;left: 12px;top: 14px;width: 15px\" data-type=\"non-resize\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-2341ee88657a35c02fa4bfbebe2294b2.png\" alt=\"Notes\"><span class=\"colour\"><br \/>\n   <\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/>\n    For more about modelling RC wall, please read&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.protasoftware.com\/portal\/en\/kb\/articles\/working-with-walls\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working with Walls<\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\n    \n   <\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curved Reinforced Concrete (RC) wall is currently beyond the scope of ProtaStructure. 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