> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://calcs.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Link Loads

> Link reactions between calculators so loads flow through the load path.

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  <Card title="Link Loads and Reactions Between Calculators" icon="book" href="/docs/running-calculations/linking-loads/linking-loads-reactions-between-calculators-load-path-tracking">
    Track loads through a structure by linking reactions between Calcs.com beams, columns, walls, and footings, including sign convention for linked values.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Link Loads and Units" icon="video" href="/docs/running-calculations/linking-loads/link-loads-and-units">
    Connect calculators with load linking, and work with unit-aware inputs and expressions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Link Joists to Beams" icon="video" href="/docs/running-calculations/linking-loads/linking-joists-to-beams">
    Push designed deck joist reactions into a deck beam as a linked line load.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Link Beams to Columns" icon="video" href="/docs/running-calculations/linking-loads/linking-beams-to-columns">
    Transfer a designed deck beam or joist reaction into a supporting column.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Link Columns to Footings" icon="video" href="/docs/running-calculations/linking-loads/linking-columns-to-footings">
    Complete the gravity load path by sending column reactions into the footing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Link Design Calculators to Truss & Portal Frame Analysis" icon="book" href="/docs/running-calculations/linking-loads/linking-analysis-to-design">
    Link Design Only calculators to Truss Analysis and Portal Frame Analysis results to check member capacity against the analysis forces.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Update Linked Calculations" icon="video" href="/docs/running-calculations/linking-loads/updating-linked-calculations">
    How a change at the source flows through linked calculations, and how to check them with Member Schedule.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Lateral Loads" icon="video" href="/docs/running-calculations/linking-loads/lateral-load-linking">
    Overview of the lateral load path workflow, from wind pressure through the diaphragm into the shear wall.
  </Card>
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