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# Sound Wall \[RW]

The Sound Wall object models a noise barrier carried on top of a retaining wall segment, or on a barrier hosted by it.

## General

**Host (Barrier or Segment):** The barrier or wall segment that carries the sound wall. The sound wall follows the alignment and top elevation of its host.

**Start Offset:** Longitudinal offset of the sound wall start from the start of its host (default: 0).

**End Offset:** Longitudinal offset of the sound wall end from the end of its host (default: 0).

**Sound Wall Material:** Material assigned to the sound wall.

## SoundWall

**Height:** Height of the sound wall above its host (default: 72).

**Thickness:** Thickness of the sound wall (default: 8).

**Transverse Offset:** Transverse offset of the sound wall from the centerline of its host (default: 0).

## FEA

**Generate FEM \[NO=0/YES=1]:** Setting this to NO disables the analytical representation of the sound wall (default: YES=1).

## Quantities

**Total Volume:** Volume of the sound wall. (Read-only)

**Total Weight:** Weight of the sound wall. (Read-only)

**Material:** Material reported for the sound wall in quantity take-offs. (Read-only)


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