The Extended Flange Plate Settings setup window ( Fabricator Settings )
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Extended flange plates with tapered stiffeners can be designed (for erection purposes) when a column with a base/cap plate frames to a beam's flange and the column plate is wider than the beam's flange. The column " Input connection type " can be ' Auto base/cap ' or ' User base/cap ' or ' Auto standard '. The user must select ' Yes ' or ' Automatic ' for " Use extended stiffeners " (user base/cap plate) or " Use extended stiffeners " (auto base/cap plate).
- To open Extended Flange Plate Settings
- " OK " " Cancel " " Reset "
Also see :
- Use extended stiffeners (user base/cap plate)
- Use extended stiffeners (auto base/cap plate)
- Top / Bottom Extension Plates (connection design locks)
- Beam flange extension plates with tapered stiffeners (Connection Guide)
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To open Extended Flange Plate Settings :
Method 1 : Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Standard Fabricator Connections > Extended Flange Plate Settings .
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.
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------ General settings ------
Minimum plate thickness: The minimum thickness (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) of the extended flange plate.
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This and the other examples on this page show column base plates. Be aware that extended flange plates and stiffeners can also be designed for a column cap plate to a beam flange. |
Connection design lock: Plate thickness .
Maximum plate thickness: The maximum thickness (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) of the extended flange plate.
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The top surfaces of extended flange plates for beams framed to by columns with base plates are in the same plane of the top flange of the beam. |
Connection design lock: Plate thickness .
Minimum plate length: The minimum length (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) of either of the extended flange plate's edges that are parallel with the beam's flange. This width applies to both the NS and FS extended flange plates.
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The designed flange plate's length will approximately equal the length of the column plate plus two times the " Plate clearance parallel to support ." |
Connection design lock: Plate length
Minimum plate width: The minimum width (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) of either of the extended flange plate's edges that are perpendicular to the beam's work line . This length applies to both extended flange plates.
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The designed flange plate's width will approximately equal half the length of the column plate minus half of the beam's flange width plus the " Plate clearance perpendicular to the support ." |
Connection design lock: Plate width
Plate clearance parallel to support: The distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) from either edge of the column base/cap plate that is perpendicular to the beam's work line to the outside edge of the extended flange plate (which extends the beam's flange width). The distance is measured parallel with the work line of the beam, in the plane of the beam's flange whose flange width is being extended.
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The " Plate clearance parallel to support " is the distance that the extended flange plate extends beyond the column plate. |
Plate clearance perpendicular to support: The horizontal distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) from either edge of the column base/cap plate that is parallel to the beam's flange to the outside edge of the extended flange plate (which extends the beam's flange width). The distance is measured in the plane of the extended flange. It is a true horizontal distance only if the column is perfectly vertical and the beam's web is vertical.
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The " Plate clearance perpendicular to support " is the distance that the extended flange plate extends beyond the column plate. The distance is measured perpendicular to the work line of the supporting beam. |
Plate overhang tolerance: The horizontal distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) from either edge of the column base/cap plate that is parallel to the beam's flange to the beam's flange. The distance is measured in the plane of the beam's flange. It is a true horizontal distance only if the column is perfectly vertical and the beam's web is vertical.
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The " Plate overhang tolerance " ( t ) is used by connection design when ' Automatic ' is selected for " Use extended stiffeners " (user base/cap plate) or " Use extended stiffeners " (auto base/cap plate). If the overhang in the model is larger than the overhang entered here, connection design will attempt to design extended flange plates and stiffeners. |
------ Beam stiffener ------
If this box is checked (
), connection design is permitted to create beam stiffener plates that taper to fit to the extended flange plates. These flange plates extend the effective flange width of the beam.
If the box is not checked (
), rectangular, non-tapered beam stiffeners will be designed.
Minimum non-cope length: The minimum distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) from the outside corner of the stiffener plate that is nearest to the extended flange plate to the corner where the stiffener plate begins to taper.
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Assuming that the column is vertical and the beam is web vertical and not sloping, the non-cope length is a vertical distance. |
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To close Extended Flange Plate Settings :
"OK" (or the Enter key) closes the Extended Flange Plate Settings window (this window) and saves the settings on it to the current Fabricator that is currently loaded in your current Job . To change to a different Fabricator , Home > press "fabname" > double-click the Fabricator you want.
Note: If you want changes to this window applied to particular members, you can Process Selected Members then Process and Create Solids . Or you can Mark Members for Processing then Process and Create Solids .
"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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