# Structural Framing Resources
**URL:** https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/structural-framing-resources/5004
**Category:** Project Planning & Design
**Created:** [February 19, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/structural-framing-resources/5004 "2023-02-19T22:13:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@rmholmquist](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/rmholmquist)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/structural-framing-resources/5004/1 "2023-02-19T22:13:48Z")
@chrishopstock
As mentioned in yesterday’s workshop. Can you help with resources on lateral brace framing and when to use which type?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@coachchrishopstock](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/coachchrishopstock)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/structural-framing-resources/5004/2 "2023-02-20T18:01:30Z")
Hi @rmholmquist - check our our videos in section 1.3 of PDD, particularly ’ [Moment Pinned Diaphragms](https://blackspectacles.com/videos/moment-pinned-diaphrams)’
Some outside resources that are helpful for this topic:
The Architect’s Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design - beginning of Chapter 2 is all about lateral stability and talks about when to use each type of system.
Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders - Chapters 4-2 through 4.4
Like I mentioned in the workshop, I’m not sure that a chart exists that would say ‘if you have these 3 considerations, use this lateral bracing system’. I think it’s more about understanding the relative costs of each (moment connections are expensive!) the tradeoffs of each (shear walls create blank facade areas, moment connections offer design flexibility), etc.
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### Author:  [@Sargol.Toofani](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/Sargol.Toofani)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/structural-framing-resources/5004/3 "2023-05-16T12:13:29Z")
Hi, May I ask which of these 3 systems are more economical ? Is it the braced frame or shear wall ?
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### Author:  [@coachchrishopstock](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/coachchrishopstock)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/structural-framing-resources/5004/4 "2023-05-16T14:23:24Z")
Braced frames are expensive, so if the design can accommodate a shear wall (i.e. it doesn’t require large expanses of windows where the lateral bracing is required) then a shear wall should be used.
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### Author:  [@Sargol.Toofani](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/Sargol.Toofani)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/structural-framing-resources/5004/5 "2023-05-17T13:59:55Z")
Thank you for your reply. So the shear wall is the cheapest among the other 2 systems? does the braced frame more expensive than the rigid frame?