Modelling shear wall support

Good day,

I would like to find out how best can the supports for a shear wall be modeled. Considering the footing under a shear wall is continuous, placing fixed footing at the ends of the wall would suggest that the wall is only supported at these point, which in my view is inaccurate. Is it acceptable to model a shear wall supported by multiple fixed footings to simulate a continuous type of fixed foundation?

I have included an image as well as a model to illustrate this concept.

 wall example.zip

Thanks,

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  • Thank you for this answer, but I have two additional queries as it relates to this command and its application:
    1. I received the following warning and would like to know it relevance and effect on the analysis results : **WARNING, 1 or more joints are in multiple SUPPORT commands, First Joint 2
    The subsequent entries will add to support direction specs. See Tech Ref Manual.
    2. If i wish to design a Mat foundation to support my walls, how best can I model this type of foundation? Is it suitable for me to use this Strip method and then import these reactions into STAAD Foundation, or do I have to model it as springs from the beginning of the analysis.
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