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hello, plz i need help in designing shear wall i want to ask about the reason that some time the shear wall considered at all like a boundary element it means that the reinforcement along the wall have the same distribution like a boundary element ( transversal and longitudinal reinforcement + vertical reinforcement

Everything that you need to know. https://www.fema.gov/earthquake-publications-building-codes-and-seismic-rehabilitation + More specific on the topic http://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1556-20490-0462/fema454_chapter8.pdf Thanks.

Revit is super easy (BIM) also learn Robot I would recommend you to go deep in one specific structural software like ETABS and after that learn other softwares. I would recommend you LUSAS, STRAND7, DYNA (each one of them has its own lovely features) then also try learning ARUP GSA. then there are RISA and MIDAS. Personally I am captivated by STRAND7 and GSA right now. ETABS is too common. Bring some variety on your cv. Also explore other materials like glass and aluminium. But learn one software first, later on, on other softwares, you just have to learn the GUI that where are releases option, where are shear or flexural results etc. But first get familiar with all these terminologies in one specific software.

Just to make sure that I have read your question correctly, you are worried because of shear wall design results that show same amount of reinforcement in both horizontal and vertical direction? Thanks.