Starting Your First Wall Design

1.For your first wall design, launch RetainPro and click Create a Project File in the Project Assistant.

2.On the Create New RetainPro Project File dialog give it a name, such as Practice Walls, or if you have a project ready to start, use the name of the project. Think of this as a file where you will keep all the walls you design for this project. After naming the file, click Save.

3.You’ll now see a blank screen (it will fill up as you design walls for this project).

4.Click Insert and you will have a screen with choices for the types of walls the program can design.

5.When you select a wall type, you will first get a screen to enter the information about the wall (for example: “12 ft East Property Line Wall”). What you enter will appear on your printouts.

6.When you are done experimenting with this wall calculation, click the Save & Exit button in the upper right corner of the screen.

7. To continue, refer to the tutorial topic for the specific type of wall you have selected.