RAM - Openings in Concrete Walls

I am adding openings in a lateral concrete shear wall at the ground level and the foundation is lowered by 1.2m below the ground level.  When I add the openings in the elevation mode and place the doors with a Y elevation of 1.2m the doors show up at the ground floor level.  However when I go into a 3D view the doors are shown above the ground level and are penetrating the first floor level.  When running the wall design in the concrete module the opening are shown at the same location as the 3d view in modeler.  At the ground floor should the Y elevation be based off of the top of footing elevation or the ground floor elevation?

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  • It's hard to say since I can't reproduce the issue here.  The analysis should be fine since the meshed walls have the openings in the right place (though I would recommend a smaller mesh since you have only a single element between edge and opening). Spot checking the forces using the Ram Frame - shear wall forces module and comparing to Ram Concrete Shear Wall mode would be good. Also update to v17.02 if you have not already done so.