Braced wall panels in a sunroom

[Sifu]

You have a room with a bunch of windows and a Simpson Strong Wall might solve your problem.When I hear sunroom, I think of this http://www.southerncaliforniarooms.com/sunrooms.html

Most have an ICC ES Report

When I have seen these type of systems before they have usually been an engineered system or had an ES report. The problem here is nobody has ever required those specs and I show up asking for them and you would think I just killed their dog. In this case its just a stick built addition so I am trying to work out the walls straight out of the code, without reducing the windows. I think I have it now. I'll give him the option between the code method I have or an RDP.

 

[Francis Vineyard]

From Deck Builders Mag . . .

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[Big Mac]

Looks more like a portal frame than alternate braced panels, based on visual, but a portal frame could work.

You did not provide details on the width of the wood panels, although if the dimension are right it appears they are >4' on each end. That is based on an overall width of 18', deduct (3) 2'5" wide windows, assume even 6" between windows and that would stillleave a 5' panel on each end. What are they proposing for bracing panel on the two ends?