The End Plate Settings setup window ( Fabricator Settings )
- Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > End Plate Settings options work in coordination with individual end plate "
Connection specifications " to configure connection design for when the Beam Edit window > " Connection type " > " Input connection type " is ' End plate ' or ' Auto standard ' or ' User defined '.
Settings applied here, to the End Plate Settings window, are for your current Fabricator . When you " Change Fabricator ," the settings for this same-named window in the Fabricator you change to may be different then the settings that appear here now, for this Fabricator.
- To open this window
- Substituting flat bar for plate
- " OK " " Cancel " " Reset "
Also see :
- End plate input specs (settings for defining end plates)
- Location (setting for defining a moment end plate)
- Bolt pattern (setting for defining a moment end plate)
- Setup of end plates (index)
- Connection guide (examples of end plates)
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To open End Plate Settings :
Method 1 : Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Standard Fabricator Connections > End 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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| When creating an end plate, connection design checks the " Flats " list for an appropriate flat bar. If appropriate material is found, connection design uses that flat bar and takes into account the rolled edge when setting the " Horizontal edge distance ." If no appropriate material is found, connection design creates a plate with the edge distance recommended in Table J3.4 or J3.4M, AISC Thirteenth Edition , p16.1-107 or 1 1/4 inch (whichever value is greater). |
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. |
Effect on connection design: The minimum vertical edge distance entered here applies to the connection design of end plates. The actual designed vertical edge distance may be greater than the distance entered here.
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. |
Effect on connection design: The minimum horizontal edge distance applies to the connection design of end plates. The actual horizontal edge distance may be greater than the distance entered here. This setting does not apply to flat bar "end plate" connections, which use sections from Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Standard Fabricator Connections > Flats and apply the minimum edge distance at rolled edges as specified in the third column of Table J3.4 or Table J3.4M (p16.1-107) in the ASD/LRFD 13th edition and in other design codes . Connection design uses the Schedule of Minimums for Structural Members to determine the number and spacing of holes on end plates.
Minimum thickness: The minimum thickness (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) of end plates that connection design uses when designing end plate connections.
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t = thickness of end plate. |
Effect on connection design: The minimum thickness entered here applies to the connection design of end plates. Connection design uses thicker plate material than is entered here if such material is needed to meet connection design method guidelines and structural loading criteria.
Center to center holes, wide gage: The distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) between the centers of the columns of holes on the plate. This distance should be between 5 1/2 and 7 1/2 inches in order for an end plate to be designed.
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g = gage (center-to-center between columns of holes). |
Effect on connection design: The gage entered here applies during the connection design of end plates when " Wide Gage " has been specified by the user for that end plate. For offset framing , connection design may increase this gage.
End connection failure message: Valid connection gage: 5.5 to 7.5 in; 138 - 192 mm
Center to center holes, narrow gage: 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 = gage (center-to-center between columns of holes). |
Effect on connection design: The gage entered here applies to the connection design of end plates when " Narrow Gage " has been specified by the user for that end plate. For offset framing , connection design may increase this gage.
Standard hole type: Standard round or Short slot or Long slot or Oversized round or User slot #1 or User slot #2 .
Effect on connection design: The hole type entered here applies to the connection design of holes in end plates. Connection design determines the specific size and shape of the holes on the end plate according to the hole type that is entered here and the diameter of bolt that is used.
End plate safety connection: Non-safety or Safety-offset or Safety-notch . This applies when " Safety connection " is set to ' Automatic ' in an end plate's " Connection specifications " on the Beam Edit window or at Home > Project Settings > Job > Auto Standard Connections or Home > Project Settings > Job > User Defined Connections . Connection design can create an end plate safety connection for two beams with end plates that frame to opposite sides of a supporting column web (or a beam web). In such a framing situation, the end plates on the two beams share bolts.
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| The wide flange column in these illustrations is in stick form ( red ) so that its flange does not cover the end plates that frame to its web. The right beam's end plate is outlined in blue . | ||||||||
When " Safety connection " is ' Automatic ' . . .
' Non-safety ' specifies that connection design design the two end plates to share all bolts.
' Safety-offset ' instructs connection design to attempt to vertically offset the end plates with respect to one another so that one row of bolts is not shared by the end plate of the opposing beam.
' Safety-notch ' configures connection design to create deeper end plates to accommodate an extra row of bolts and to perform a " Cope " on each plate so that each bolt in the top row of bolts is shared by the column and a different beam. The cut to the plate is on the far side of the beam that has its end plate specified on its left end ; the plate cut is on the near side of the other beam (which will have the end plate on its right end).
Minimum flange to first hole dimension for moment end plates: Auto or a user-entered distance . The " Flange to first hole dimension " is from the center of the hole to the nearest face of the flange (top or bottom face, whichever is closer).
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f = flange to first hole. |
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Auto (checked) ' instructs connection design to calculate this dimension as the bolt diameter plus 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) plus the flange weld " Weld size " if the flange weld is a fillet weld. If the flange weld is a groove weld with a reinforcement fillet weld, the reinforcement weld size will be used instead of the flange weld (minimum 1st hole dimension = bolt dia + 0.5 inch + reinforcement fillet weld size).
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Auto (not checked) ' instructs connection design to use the ' distance ' that is entered here in its design of the moment end plate only if the distance is greater than the minimum first hole distance. The minimum first hole distance is the value used when "
Combine beam and vertical brace end plates: or . For an angle , W tee or channel vertical brace framing to a beam and column, connection design creates an end plate for the gusset-to-column interface if the beam connects to the column with an end plate. This option sets whether or not you want the end plates combined into a single end plate. It applies when ' Automatic ' is selected for " Combine beam/vbr end plates " in the " Connection specifications " for an end plate defined on the Beam Edit window or at Home > Project Settings > Job > Auto Standard Connections or User Defined Connections .
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When " Combine beam/vbr end plates " is ' Automatic ' . . .
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Use expanded vertical bolt spacing: or . This applies when ' Automatic ' is the choice made to " Use expanded vertical bolt spacing " in the " Connection specifications " for an end plate defined on the Beam Edit window or at Home > Project Settings > Job > Auto Standard Connections or User Defined Connections . The option applies only to ' Non-moment ' end plate connections.
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When " Use expanded vertical bolt spacing " is ' Automatic ' . . .
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A possible application: When an axial load (" Tension " or " Compression ") has been entered on the end of a beam with an end plate connection, expanded vertical bolt spacing can promote uniform loading across the connection bolts.
Another application: Expanded vertical hole spacing can also help to reduce fabrication costs by minimizing the number of rows of bolts in end plates.
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To close End Plate Settings :
"OK" (or the Enter key) closes this window and saves the settings on it to the current Fabricator . They will be applied in your current Job only when that Fabricator is your current Fabricator . 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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