The Standard End Plates window ( Fabricator Settings )
To open this window, your current Fabricator needs to be the Master Fabricator . The option to " Change Fabricator " can be found on the SDS2 Setup Job or Fabricator Options window (setup).
- To open this window
- Making entries
- " OK " " Cancel " " Reset "
Also see :
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- Advanced End Plate Standard Piecemark Options (opens with " More... " on this window)
- Setup of end plates (index)
- Standard piecemarks (topic)
- Connection design (automatically uses standard piecemarks where appropriate)
- Existing material (to manually add materials with standard piecemarks)
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Your current Fabricator needs to be the Master Fabricator before you can open this window window using the following methods.
Method 1 : Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Piecemarking > Standard End Plates .
Password protection: If a password has been set using the Change Setup Password utility, you can open this window only if you first enter that exact password.
If your current Fabricator is not the Master Fabricator , connection design will continue to reference the version of this window that appears in the Master Fabricator and, when it creates an end plate that exactly matches an end plate defined on the window, SDS2 piecemarking assigns the " Piecemark " that is entered for that end plate. This ensures that all end plates with standard piecemarks come from a single setup source, regardless of your current Fabricator.
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Making entries to Standard End Plates :
To add a new plate description, click in the first available cell under the " Piecemark " column so that a cursor appears. Type in the piecemark you want assigned for this end plate, then press Tab . Make appropriate entries for each column until you come to the end of the line. At this point you have added a new plate description.
To erase an entry, double-click to highlight the previous entry, then press the Backspace key. Deleting a " Piecemark " entry will erase the entire line when you press " OK ."
To edit an entry, double-click to select the previous entry, press the Backspace key, then type in your new entry.
Ways to move from cell to cell:
Tab moves the cursor forward one cell.
Shift+Tab moves you back one cell on the table.
up arrow key moves you up one cell on the table.
down arrow moves you down one cell on the table.
For more information, see text entry widgets .
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Columns on the Standard End Plates window :
| Tip: Press " More... " if you want to assign piecemarks to a non-moment end plate that has a ' Safety-notch ' connection. |
Piecemark: The standard submaterial mark ( standard piecemark up to 61 characters) that you want assigned to non-moment end plates whose description matches the entries to this line.
| Ways to add standard end plate marks in Modeling : |
| Let connection design assign the mark -- click here . |
Press F2 > filter for "  Miscellaneous steel " > double-click " Miscellaneous > Existing Material ."
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Press F3 > filter for " Other " > double-click " Existing Material ."
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A ' standard submaterial mark ' entered here must be unique. If the submaterial piecemark you enter here has already been assigned to a material, when you try to go to a different cell the validation program opens the warning message, " Piecemark already assigned. " You must then change your entry to an unique submaterial piecemark not currently assigned before you will be allowed to move on to another cell.
A special case: If you have chosen to "
To delete a line: Deleting the " Piecemark " causes its entire line to be erased when you press " OK ."
Tip: You can select an end plate's standard piecemark when you add an existing material , even if the end plate with the standard piecemark has not yet been placed in the 3D model.
Thickness: The distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) between the two faces of the plate that have the largest surface area.
t = thickness of end plate. Setup: Fabricator Setup > Standard Fabricator Connections > End Plate Settings > " Minimum thickness " sets the mininum end plate thickness. If you instruct connection design to "
Width: read-only . The width of the end plate is automatically calculated from the " Horizontal Edge Distance " and the " Center to Center " hole distance.
Length: read-only . The length of the end plate is automatically calculated from the " Vertical Edge Distance ," " Row Spacing " and " No. of Rows ."
No. of Rows: The count ( 1 or 2 or 3 or ... ) of rows of holes in the end plate. Bolt row spacing runs parallel with the web of the supported beam.
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No. of Rows = ' 3 '. |
Tip: Since an end plate has two hole columns, the number of rows on the end plate is equal to one half of the total number of holes.
Vertical Edge Distance: The vertical distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) from the horizontal edge (top or bottom) of the end plate to the center of the nearest hole.
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Lv = vertical edge distance. |
Setup: Connection design uses the " Vertical edge distance " in End Plate Settings .
Row Spacing: The vertical distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) between the centers of any two adjacent rows of holes in the plate.
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s = row spacing. |
Setup: Connection design uses the " Bolt spacings " set in Connection Detailing/Fabricator Options .
Horizontal Edge Distance: The horizontal distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) from the vertical edge of the plate to the center of the nearest hole.
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Lh = horizontal edge distance. |
Setup: Connection design uses the " Horizontal edge distance " in End Plate Settings .
Center to Center: The distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) between the centers of the columns of holes on the plate.
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g = center-to-center between columns of holes. |
Setup: Connection design uses the " Center to center holes, wide gage " or the " Center to center holes, narrow gage " in End Plate Settings .
Hole Diameter: The diameter of holes (in the appropriate " Units " or other units ) that are in the end plate.
| From TABLE J3.3, AISC Thirteenth Edition , p16.1-105 | ||||
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Bolt
Diameter |
Standard (Dia.) |
Oversized (Dia.) |
Short-Slot
(Width) |
Long-Slot
(Width) |
| 1/2 | 9/16 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 9/16 |
| 5/8 | 11/16 | 13/16 | 11/16 | 11/16 |
| 3/4 | 13/16 | 15/16 | 13/16 | 13/16 |
| 7/8 | 15/16 | 1 1/16 | 15/16 | 15/16 |
| 1 | 1 1/16 | 1 1/4 | 1 1/16 | 1 1/16 |
| 1 1/8 or > | d + 1/16 | d + 5/16 | d + 1/16 | d + 1/16 |
| From TABLE J3.3M, AISC Thirteenth Edition , p16.1-105 | ||||
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Bolt
Diameter |
Standard (mm) |
Oversized (mm) |
Short-Slot
(mm) |
Long-Slot
(mm) |
| M16 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
| M20 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 22 |
| M22 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 24 |
| M24 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 27 |
| M27 | 30 | 35 | 30 | 30 |
| M30 | 33 | 38 | 33 | 33 |
| M36 or > | d + 3 | d + 8 | d + 3 | d + 3 |
Setup: Connection design sets the hole diameters (width for slots) based on the hole type and the bolt diameter (see the above tables). It uses the " Standard hole type " on the End Plates Setup window. For non-moment end plates that are not auto standard, it uses the " NM bolt diameter " on the Beam Edit window. For auto standard end plates, it uses the " NM bolt diameter " on the Auto Standard Connections window.
Slot rotation: A positive or negative number of degrees (from 90 to -90 ). This applies when the " Hole type " is ' Long slot ' or ' Short slot '. Slot rotations can be modeled to a precision of 0.1 degree.
Slot length: The distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) between the two points farthest from one another on the perimeter of a slot. This applies when the " Hole type " is ' Long slot ' or ' Short slot '.
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Bolt diameter: The diameter (inches or mm) of the shank of the bolt to be used for connecting the end plate to the supporting member.
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Hole Type: Standard round or Short slot or Long slot or Oversized round .
Setup: Connection design uses the " Standard hole type " on the End Plates Setup window for holes in end plates.
Type of Plate: Plate or Flat Bar .
Select ' Plate ' if no listing on the Preferred Flat Bar Sizes window matches the " Thickness " and " Width " that is entered for this line on this window.
Select ' Flat Bar ' if the Preferred Flat Bar Sizes window does have a listing that matches the " Thickness " and " Width " that is entered for this line on this window.
Setup: Connection design uses plate material for end plates unless there is a suitable flat bar listed on the Preferred Flat Bar Sizes window.
Material Grade: Any steel grade from Home > Project Settings > Job > Plate Grades . These same steel grades appear in Flat Bar Grades . It does not matter if the " Type of Plate " is a ' Plate ' or a ' Flat Bar '.
Setup: To ensure that the end plate " Piecemark " defined on this line is used as much as possible, the grade that you select here should match the Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Standard Fabricator Connections > Plates > the " End Plates " section > " Plate material grade ." The grade under that tab is used when the" End plate grade " for the connection is set "
opens the Advanced End Plate Standard Piecemark Options window, so that you can define copes in plates that match the end plate you get when the end plate is a ' Safety-notch ' connection.
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To close Standard End Plates :
"OK" (or the Enter key) closes the Standard End Plates window and saves the settings on it to the Master Fabricator for your current Job .
Note 1: If, on this window, you changed a plate description for which a " Piecemark " was assigned to one or more plates in your current Job, then piecemark validation informs you that there is a piecemarking conflict and gives you options for changing the marks on plates that match the old plate description (before it was revised). Click here for more information.
Note 2: If the " Piecemark " for a particular line is left blank, that line will be gone when you open this window again.
"Cancel" (or the Esc key or the 
button) closes this window without saving any changes made to it.
"Reset" undoes all changes made to this window since you first opened it. The window remains open.
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