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Shearwall restraints at base

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I have longer shear walls (33 ft long) and since I drew them as one shell (per floor), the wall spans from the two corner pin restraints at the base which results in M3 moments under gravity loads.

My question is, should I just ignore these, or add an edge constraint at the base of each wall (a series of pins)? Any thoughts?
 
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The best thing is always to try and model the actual real life restraint/BC as much as possible.
 
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