I have user defined story seismic forces which are causing the error "error designing one or more section cuts". I've went through the suggested fixes for this error but that didn't help. I then discovered that I only get this error when I'm running the user defined story forces load cases. If I'm running the ASCE seismic load cases, the shear wall design module goes smoothly with no errors. Any suggestions as to why this is happening only when running the user defined cases? Thanks!
Are the internal forces acting on the section from this load case significantly larger than others, perhaps a lot of tension? You could adjust your load combination load factors to rule out a "magnitude" problem. Otherwise send your file and confirm your version.
The forces are the same forces from the ASCE analysis so I'm thinking that's not the case. I just uploaded the file. One thing to add is I only get the error when assigning hinges. If I run the design with section cuts and no hinges it works fine. Thanks!