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# Designing the Sleepers in a Retaining Wall Sleeper Calculator

> For example, if your sleeper is made of timber, then you'd select the Retaining Wall Sleeper preset under Timber Beam:

This article will provide a step-by-step guide on how to add pre-existing sleeper retaining wall calculations as load links to the retaining wall sleeper preset in beams.

## Step 1

Create a Sleeper Retaining Wall calculation. We are currently in the process of writing a help article for this module; please stay tuned for that!

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/5c09df402c7d3a31944ed720/images/6001a93c2e764327f87bf18d/file-Acivqf78C0.png)

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/5c09df402c7d3a31944ed720/images/6001a9522e764327f87bf18f/file-kF6PjXNFYi.png)

## Step 2

Create a beam calculation with the retaining wall sleeper preset. For more information on how to design beams using Calcs.com, please visit [our collection of support articles.](https://app.calcs.com/docs)

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/5c09df402c7d3a31944ed720/images/60121122b9a8501b295d4dc0/file-KmNHWVKQA1.png)For example, if your sleeper is made of timber, then you'd select the Retaining Wall Sleeper preset under Timber Beam:

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/5c09df402c7d3a31944ed720/images/6001a984b9a8501b295d0e10/file-L5My3wDine.png)

Please note that for demonstration purposes, a timber beam has been used. However, the retaining wall sleeper preset is available for Steel Beam, Cold-Formed Steel Beam, and Rectangular Concrete Beam calculators as well.

## Step 3

In the retaining wall sleeper calculator, link the sleeper wall retaining calculation (from [Step 1](#step1)) to the distributed loads table where it says "ADD LOAD LINK HERE."

[![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/5c09df402c7d3a31944ed720/images/6001a99bcfe30d219ccd8325/file-fWcc5Kym2f.png)](#step1)

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/5c09df402c7d3a31944ed720/images/6001a9b41c64ad47e4b6fab1/file-qQgnMZG5WX.png)

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/5c09df402c7d3a31944ed720/images/6001a9bfc64fe14d0e1fb523/file-XPVRbqRUCC.png)

You're all done! Loads on the sleeper beam will automatically update if the retaining wall is updated.