Member Detailing Settings

Beams

Preferred bottom flange view style: Cross section or Worm's eye view. This Beams section option applies when the bottom flange of a beam needs to be pictured on the beam's detail in order to show something that cannot be seen in another view. The choice made here sets which style of view will be generated. In member isolation. The view that is generated will be listed on the view list. Unless that view is deleted by the user, it will subsequently be regenerated on the beam's detail during Detail Members.

Cross section:   Worm's eye view:

Cross section causes a BOTTOM FLANGE VIEW, CROSS SECTION to be generated if it is needed.

Worm's eye view causes a BOTTOM FLANGE VIEW to be generated if it is needed.

Also: You can change the view on an individual, member-by-member basis in member isolation. You can change the depth checking limits for preset views and system-generated member views in Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Member View Defaults.

Show bottom flange on details if holes or materials detected there:  or .

If this box is checked ( ), the Preferred bottom flange view is automatically generated when you detail a beam that has one or more holes and/or materials on its bottom flange.

If the box is not checked ( ), the Preferred bottom flange view is not automatically generated.

Show top flange on details if holes or materials detected there:  or .

If this box is checked ( ), the top flange view is automatically generated when you detail a beam that has one or more holes and/or materials on its top flange.

If the box is not checked ( ), the top flange view is not automatically generated.

Provide minimum cope depth: or . This Beams section option applies to any beam with a designed copes when Provide minimum cope depth is set to Automatic under Connection type on the Beam Edit window.

d = cope depth. Click here for special-case examples.

If this box is checked ( ), connection design ignores the k distance of the supporting beam when calculating the depth of the cope. A cope of minimum depth is thus provided.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design copes the supported beam so that it clears the k distance of the supporting beam.

Other controls affecting cope depth: Minimum cope radius center clearance, Round cope depth to the nearest, Cope cut type

Minimum clearance for cope: The minimum distance you want connection design to apply for the clearance between the supporting beam's flange and the flange of the supported beam that is being coped.

Other controls affecting cope clearance: Round cope length to nearest

Minimum cope radius center clearance from face of flange: The minimum distance that the center of the cope must be located from the face of the flange.

r = cope radius

The clearance entered here applies when beams are coped. A "cope" is an L-shaped cut to the web and flange of a beam that prevents material interferences. Connection design applies the minimum clearance that is set here when, for example, it copes a supported beam so that it clears the supporting beam's flange.

Round cope length to nearest: The accuracy (0.1 to 2 inches imperial; 0 to 51 mm metric) to which you want the length of a cope measured. This Beams section option applies not just to beams, but also to any member or material with an end prep cope operation on it.

l = cope length.

Effect on connection design: The accuracy that is entered here applies when connection design copes beams in order to prevent material interferences. Connection design rounds the length of the cope it generates up to the nearest multiple of the value set here. If a small number like 1/8 inch has been entered here, the cope is tighter than if a larger value such as 1/2 has been entered.

Round cope depth to nearest: The accuracy (0.1 to 2 inches imperial ; 0 to 51 mm metric) to which you want the depth of a cope measured.

d = cope depth. Click here for special-case examples.

Effect on connection design: The accuracy that is entered here applies when connection design copes beams in order to prevent material interferences. Connection design rounds the depth of the cope it generates up to the nearest multiple of the value set here. If a small number like 1/8 inch has been entered here, the cope is tighter than if a larger value such as 1/2 has been entered.

Cope radius: The distance from the center of the cope to any point on the coped corner's circular edge. This sets the default curvature for cope corners on members with a Cope plain operation. You can override this default by setting a different Cope radius on the beam or other member type. This setup option also sets the default cope radius for Cope plain operations that are specified for miscellaneous members on the Rolled Section Material window.

r = cope radius. Vertical and horizontal construction lines at the vertex points (vtpt) of the cope corner meet at the center point of a construction circle whose Radius is equal to the Cope radius.

Cope cut type: Perpendicular to web angle (legacy) or Parallel to flange. This setup option applies not just to beams, but also to any member with a Cope plain operation. Connection design automatically copes beams, where necessary. Generally speaking, copes for member types other than beams need to be applied by the user. This option applies to both system-generated and user-added copes. If the Web cut angle on the member is 0, the member's web is perpendicular to its flange, and a Cope plain operation produces the same results, no matter what choice is selected here.

Perp to web

Parallel to flange

Perpendicular to web angle (legacy) makes the cope's length perpendicular to the Web cut angle. The Depth of a cope is measured parallel with the Web cut angle.

Parallel to flange makes the cope's length parallel to the flange (top flange for a top flange operation). The Depth of the cope is measured perpendicular to the flange.

Round off material length where possible: or . This Beams section option applies to the connection design for any beam with a clip angle or bent plate on its right end in a beam-to-beam or beam-to-column framing situation.

gap = clearance that is changed. Connection design decreases or increases this gap when it rounds the length of the beam's main material up or down to the nearest 1/4 inch.

If this box is checked ( ), then a beam main material's length is rounded to the nearest 1/4 inch when it has a clip angle connection is on its right end. To accomplish this, connection design adjusts the right end Material setback to increase or decrease the clearance between the beam's right end and the face of the supporting member.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design creates a clearance of 1/2 inch between that beam's left/right end and the face of the supporting member when the beam has a clip angle or shear plate or bent plate. The length of the beam's main material is calculated to the nearest 1/16 inch.

Member end edge distance: The distance from the edge of the beam to the center of the first column of holes. This dimension is measured parallel with the member line of the beam.

ed = edge distance.

Square cut ends of sloped beams: or . This Beams section option applies, when checked, to the end of a sloping beam with a clip angle, single-plate shear, shear through plate, or bent plate connection. The option, when checked, can also apply to a slightly sloping column with a hanger connection.

Square cut ...

Square cut ...

If this box is checked ( ), connection design attempts to square cut the sloping beam and design the connection so that its face is flat against the member being framed to. Connection design checks the edge distance of bolt holes and, in the case of welded clip angles or bent plates, the amount of weld. If the connection is unable to stand up to the load, connection design bevel cuts the beam (as if this option were not checked) instead of failing the connection.

Also see: Checking the box for Skew holes in plate on a single-plate shear connection (shear tab) or for Skew holes in angle for clip angles bolted to a beam web allows connection design to square cut beams that are at greater slopes.

If the box is not checked ( ), the beam is automatically bevel cut so that its framing edge is parallel with the face of connection and the member it frames into.

Square cut ends for spliced beam connection: or . This Beams section option applies to Non-moment splice plates on beams at different slopes.

Square cut

Square cut

If this box is checked ( ), connection design attempts to square cut both beams. If connection design determines that the resulting gap between the beams would be larger than 1.5 inch (38 mm), connection design bevel cuts both beams (instead of failing the connection). Both beams must also be the same depth.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design bevel cuts both of the beams.

Detailed: In position or Horizontal. This Beams section option applies to beams when you Detail Members.

In position

Horizontal

If In position is selected, each subsequently detailed beam is depicted at the angle it appears in the model. The Detail rotation reported on the Drawing Data window reflects the slope of the beam.

If Horizontal is selected, the beam is drawn horizontally on subsequently generated details.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Detailed
Altering a member's main view: In Member Isolation

Show design loads on details: None or Input or All. This Beams section option applies to beams whose piecemarks you select when you Detail Members. If Input or All is selected, you can additionally choose to Show member quantities and/or Show member numbers.

Loads on the left end, Beam Edit window:

Input loads on the beam detail, left end:

All loads on the beam detail, left end:

None results in design loads not being shown on beam details.

Input results in only those loads that have been entered by the user (on the Beam Edit window) being reported on beam details.

All results all design loads -- except loads of 0 -- being noted on the beam detail.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show design loads on details

/ Show member quantities and/or / Show member numbers. This Beams section option applies when Show design loads on details is set to Input or to All and you subsequently Detail Members (beams). Since multiple beams with the same system piecemark can have different design loads, these options can help you to identify which members have which design loads.

Each of these examples is from a detail of four beams combined under the same piecemark. Two of the beams -- member numbers [90] and [91] -- have a user input Shear load of 24.0 kips. The other two beams -- [92] and [93] -- have an automatically calculated Shear load of 24.7 kips.
	Example 1: Show design loads ... is Input. Show member numbers and Show member quantities.
	Example 2: Show design loads ... is All. Show member numbers and Show member quantities.
	Example 3: Show design loads ... is All. Show member numbers and Show member quantities.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show member quantities, Show member numbers

Show capacity loads on details: None or All. This Beams section option applies to beams whose piecemarks you select when you Detail Members. The capacity loads reported on the beam detail should match the Connection Design Calculations or Expanded Connection Design Calculations so long as everything -- the design calculations, the model, the detail -- is all up to date.

Connection capacity loads (Calcs):

Show capacity loads on details = All:

None means connection capacity loads will not be shown on subsequently generated beam details.

All results in connection capacity loads being reported on subsequently generated beam details. You can additionally choose to Show member quantities and/or Show member numbers.although, at least theoretically, you should never get a result other than the total member quantity and all members under the same mark.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show capacity loads on details

/ Show member quantities and/or / Show member numbers. This Beams section option applies when Show capacity loads on details is set to All and you subsequently Detail Members (beams).

Theoretically, if the beam has a system piecemark. corresponding end connections for all beams that share that same piecemark should all have the same capacity.

The Show member numbers setting will show all member numbers under the system piecemark for each capacity load that is reported.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show member quantities, Show member numbers.

Show grid notes on details: None or One or All. This Beams section option applies to beams that you select when you Detail Members.

One

All

None results in no grid-location notes on subsequently generated beam details.

One instructs Detail Members to add to the detail a grid location note stating the plan view grid intersection that is closest to the origin reference point (left-end workpoint) of the bottom, left beam that is under the particular piecemark being automatically detailed. The bottom beam in a plan view is the beam with the lowest Y global coordinate. The left beam in a plan view is the beam with the lowest X global coordinate.

All instructs Detail Members to add to the detail the grid intersections for each beam with the same piecemark. The beam locations will be listed according to their bottom-to-top and left-to-right locations in a plan view. For beams that have the same X-Y global coordinates. the beam at the lower elevation will be listed first.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show grid notes on details

Show end elevations on details: None or First or All. This Beams section option applies to beams whose piecemarks you select when you Detail Members.

None

First

All

If None is selected, end elevations are not be shown on automatically detailed beam details.

If First is selected, the end elevation of the beam with the lowest member number will be shown on an automatically detailed beam detail. The elevation is shown on the left end for a non-sloping beam; both end elevations are shown for a sloping beam.

If All is selected, the quantity and elevation of beams with the same piecemark that are at different elevations will be noted on the beam detail.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show end elevations on details

End elevation reference point: Material end or Work point. This Beams section option applies when you Detail Members. On details of non-sloping beams, the same elevations are reported regardless of the choice made here.

Material end

Work point

Select Material end if you want the end elevations shown on the beam detail to be the top flange elevation at the right/left edge of the beam's main material. The annotation EL will appear on the member detail.

Select Work point if you want the end elevations shown on the beam detail to be the End elevations of the right/left beam work points. The annotation Wp EL will appear on the member detail.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: End elevation reference point

Add work point dimensions: or . When you Detail Members the option selected here applies to details of sloping beams if Work Point is selected for End elevation reference point.

Add ...

Add ...

If this box is checked ( ), dimensions will be generated from the work point to, for example, the end of the material.

If the box is not checked ( ), only the work point elevation will be noted.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Add work point dimensions

Show camber on the bill of material: or . This Beams section option applies to the bills of material that are generated when you Detail beams with camber.

Entry made here, in Fabricator Setup:

Camber annotation on Beam Edit window:

Camber in the Remarks column on the bill:

If this box is checked ( ), the characters that are entered here, followed by the Mid-ordinate entered on the Beam Edit window, are automatically compiled into the beam's bill of material when you Detail Members. You'll find the camber in the Remarks column for the beam main material.

Exception: If 0 is entered as the Mid-ordinate on the Beam Edit window, camber is not shown in the bill of material.
Also: The Rolling operation must be set to Camber annotation or to Camber (Both).

If the box is not checked ( ), camber is not written to the Remarks column of the bill of material when you Detail Members.

In the example above: The characters entered here are C =. The Mid-ordinate is -2. Therefore, the annotation in the Remarks column of the bill of material is C=-2.

Other ways to show camber: You can Show camber on members on erection view drawings or display Camber annotations in 3D Modeling views.

Columns

Preferred baseplate view orientation: Bird's eye view or Worm's eye view.

Bird's eye view:

member isolation column detail

Worm's eye view:

member isolation column detail

Bird's eye view results in column details depicting top-down views of base plates. In member isolation this view is named BOTTOM END VIEW, CROSS SECTION.

Worm's eye view makes those column details depict a bottom-up view of their base plates. In member isolation this view is named BOTTOM END VIEW.

Also: In Modeling, if you select a column with a base plate or other bottom-end-of-column item that needs to be depicted on its detail, then Mark Member for Processing > then Process and Create Solids > then Isolate Member by Location, the resulting view that is shown of that selected column in member isolation will have the Preferred baseplate view orientation that is selected here. If you then select that same column for Detail Members, the Preferred baseplate view orientation that is selected here will be shown on the column detail.

Show C-face on details: As required or Always or Never. On a wide flange or tube column detail, face B is web near side. Face C is the flange on the right when you are looking at face B.

face C

As required results in a view of the C-face being drawn on a column detail when the C-face needs to be represented on that detail in order to ensure that holes and submaterials are correctly added to that column in the shop.

Always puts a view of the C-face on the details of those subsequently processed and detailed columns.

Never results in the C-face not being drawn on the columns details.

Also: Process and Create Solids results in the choice made here being applied to member isolation. If FACE C View is shown in the view list in member isolation, then Detail Members draws that face C view on the column detail.

Show if holes or materials detected there (C-face):  or .

If this box is checked ( ), the C-face view is automatically generated when you detail a column that has one or more holes and/or materials on its C-face.

If the box is not checked ( ), the C-face view is not automatically generated.

Show A-face on details: As required or Always or Never. On a wide flange or tube column detail, face B is web near side. Face A is the left flange when you are looking at face B.

face A

As required results in a view of the A-face being drawn on a column detail when the A-face needs to be represented on that detail in order to ensure that holes and submaterials are correctly added to that column in the shop.

Always puts an A-face view on the details of those subsequently processed and detailed columns.

Never results in the A-face not being drawn on the columns details.

Also: Process and Create Solids results in the choice made here being applied to member isolation. If FACE A View is shown in the view list in member isolation, then Detail Members draws that face A view on the column detail.

Show if holes or materials detected there (A-face):  or .

If this box is checked ( ), the A-face view is automatically generated when you detail a column that has one or more holes and/or materials on its A-face.

If the box is not checked ( ), the A-face view is not automatically generated.

Annotate faces of pipe on details: or . This Columns section option applies to the details of any HSS round (pipe) columns whose piecemarks you select when you Detail Members.

Annotate faces of pipe ...

Annotate faces of pipe ...

If this box is checked ( ), then faces will be annotated as (A) or (B) or (C) on pipe columns.

If the box is not checked ( ), the faces of columns will not be annotated on pipe columns.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Annotate faces of pipe on details

Mill cut column ends: or . This affects labeling only. It applies to the details of any columns whose piecemarks you select when you Detail Members.

Mill cut column ends

Mill cut column ends

If this box is checked ( ), the ends of columns are labeled on details to be MILL CUT.

If the box is not checked ( ), the ends of columns are labeled on details to be SQ CUT.

Show erection pin holes: or . This option adds an erection pin hole to the column when Erection pin hole is set to Automatic under General settings on a Column Edit window. An erection pin hole is a lift hole near the top of a column that can be used by a crane to lift the column into place.

Connection design does not automatically create an erection pin hole in this situation since the pin hole interferes with the clip angle on the beam. To get a pin hole, the user has to select Yes instead of Automatic on the Column Edit window.

If this box is checked ( ), then connection design creates an erection pin hole.

Exception: A pin hole is not automatically designed if it interferes with a connection to the column.

If the box is not checked ( ), an erection pin hole is not designed.

Erection pin holes are CNC downloadable: or . If this box is checked ( ), erection pin holes on columns are able to be downloaded to a CNC punch or drill using the SDS2 CNC Module. You can change this setting for individual pin holes using the Valid for CNC downloading option on the 3D Hole Edit window.

Erection pin hole location for flange plated splice connection:  Web or Flange.

Web places the erection pin hole in the column web.

Flange places the erection pin hole in the splice connection's flange plate.

Erection pin hole diameter: The erection pin hole diameter. This applies to columns that subsequently undergo Process and Create Solids.

Vertical edge distance of hole: The distance from the top edge of the column to the center of the first row of holes. This applies to columns that subsequently undergo Process and Create Solids.

Detailed: In position or Vertical or Horizontal. This applies to columns when you Detail Members. For a perfectly vertical column, In position gives the same results as selecting Vertical.

In position

Vertical

Horizontal

If In position is selected, each subsequently detailed beam is depicted at the angle it appears in the model. The Detail rotation reported on the Drawing Data window will reflect the slope of the column.

If Vertical is selected, the column is drawn vertically on subsequently generated details.

If Horizontal is selected, the column is drawn horizontally on subsequently generated details.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Detailed
Altering a member's main view: In Member Isolation.

Show design loads on details: None or Input or All. This Columns section option applies to the columns whose piecemarks you select when you Detail Members. If Input or All is selected, you can additionally choose to Show member quantities and/or Show member numbers.

Loads on the top end, Column Edit window:

Input top end loads on the column detail:

All top end loads on the column detail:

None results in design loads not being shown on column details.

Input results in only those loads that have been entered by the user (on the Column Edit window) being reported on column details.

All results all design loads -- except loads of 0 -- being noted on the column detail.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show design loads on details

/ Show member quantities and/or / Show member numbers. This applies when Show design loads on details is set to Input or to All and you subsequently Detail Members (columns). Since multiple columns with the same system piecemark can have different design loads, this option can help you to identify which members have which design loads.

These examples are from a detail of two columns combined under the same piecemark. One column -- member number [36] -- has a user-input Load of 10.0 kips. The other column -- [37] -- has a user-input 6.0 kips.
	Example 1: Show design loads ... is Input. Show member numbers and Show member quantities.
	Example 2: Show design loads ... is All. Show member numbers and Show member quantities.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show member quantities, Show member numbers

Show capacity loads on details: None or All. This applies to columns whose piecemarks you select when you Detail Members. The capacity loads reported on the column detail should match the Connection Design Calculations or Expanded Connection Design Calculations so long as the design calculations, the model, and the detail are up-to-date.

Connection capacity loads (Calcs):

Show capacity loads on details = All:

None means connection capacity loads will not be shown on subsequently generated column details.

All results in connection capacity loads being reported on newly generated column details. You can additionally choose to Show member quantities and/or Show member numbers, although the same member quantity (the total) and member numbers (all under the mark) should theoretically be listed for each capacity load.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show capacity loads on details

/ Show member quantities and/or / Show member numbers. This applies when Show capacity loads on detail is set to All and you subsequently Detail Members (columns).

Theoretically, if the column has a system piecemark. corresponding end connections for all columns that share that same piecemark should all have the same capacity. This means that each connection capacity load that is reported will apply to the total quantity of members under the piecemark.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show member quantities, Show member numbers,.

Show grid notes on details: None or One or All. This Columns section option applies to columns when you Detail Members.

One

All

Select None if you do not want to note the grid locations of the column on its detail.

Select One if you want the detail to list only the grid intersection for the bottom, left column.

Select All if you want the grid intersections to be noted for each column that has the same piecemark. The column locations will be listed according to their left to right and bottom to top locations in a plan view. For example: You have four columns with the same piecemark, two on one horizontal grid line, two on another horizontal grid line. The first grid location listed on the detail of these four columns is for the left column on the bottom grid line. The second grid location is for the right column on that same grid line. The third grid location is for the left column on the upper grid line. The fourth grid location is for the right column on the upper grid line.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show grid notes on details

Show end elevations on details: None or First. This Columns section option applies to columns when you Detail Members.

None

First

If None is selected, member end elevations will not be shown on automatically detailed column details.

If First is selected, the elevations for the column with the lowest member number will be shown on an automatically detailed column detail. The end elevations of the column as well as members framing into the column will be shown.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show end elevations on details

Top elevation reference point: Material end or Work point. This Columns section option applies when you Detail Members and when First is selected for Show end elevations on details.

Material end Work point

The top end of a column's material may be different from its top-end work point when, for example, the column's work point is to the workline of a beam that is above the column.

If Material end is selected, the column's top-end elevation is annotated as being at the top edge of the column's main material.

If Work point is selected, the column's top-end elevation is annotated as being at the top-end work point of the column.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Top elevation reference point

Show sections framing into column: or . This Columns section option applies to columns when you Detail Members.

Show ...

Show ...

If this box is checked ( ), Detail Members dimensions the depth of members framing into columns and identifies the section sizes of those members. This helps checkers to ensure that members will fit up correctly at the construction site.

If the box is not checked ( ), Detail Members does not dimension the depth of members framing into columns, nor does it identify the section sizes of those members.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show sections framing into column

Column: Shear Through Plates

HSS notch radius: Auto or 0 or a radius. The radius is for the circular cutouts at the ends of the notch in an HSS column (pipe or tube) that is framed to by a beam (or two opposing beams) which have thru shear plate connections. The notch is generated for inserting the thru shear plate into.

Auto (checked) puts a circular cutout at each end of a square-cornered notch. Each of these circular cutouts has a radius that is half the notch width and is centered at where the center of the horizontal edge of a square-cornered notch would be.

0 (with Auto not checked) creates a square-cornered notch.

a radius (with Auto not checked) adds a circular cutout on each end of the square-cornered notch. Each circular cutout -- if sufficiently large -- is the specified radius and is centered at where the center of the horizontal edge of a square-cornered notch would be. If the radius that is entered here is smaller than half the thickness of the thru shear plate, the circular cutout's radius is made to be half the thickness of the thru shear plate.

Note 1: The circular cutout is automatically included as a hole in an SDS2 CNC file if, during the generation of that file, Add holes was set to in all radii in CNC Setup.

Note 2: The notch width is equal to the sum of the thickness of the shear through plate and the Total notch width clearance that is entered below.

Total notch width clearance: The clearance for the shear through plate that is inserted into a notch in an HSS (pipe or tube) column.

Total notch width clearance is equal to the notch width minus the stiffener thickness.

Effect on connection design: The entry made here controls the Notch width that connection design creates in the column that a shear through plate frames through. A shear through plate can be designed for beam-to-HSS-column framing situations when the beam's Input connection type is Shear or Auto standard or User Defined and Thru shear plate is set to Through plate or Split plate under Connection specifications. Connection design first determines the thickness and other dimensions of the through plate, then uses the Total notch width clearance to calculate the required notch size. HSS notch radius (above) also affects the design of the notch.

To override this setup option: Notch width (column end prep option for HSS sections).

Vertical Braces

Locate angle braces on neutral axis: or . This Vertical Braces section option applies to vertical braces with angle material entered as the Section size when Locate on neutral axis is set to Automatic under General settings on the Vertical Brace Edit window.

workline (x) on neutral axis	workline (x) on gage line

If this box is checked ( ), connection design orients the brace's angle material so that the angle's X-X axis or Y-Y axis intersects with the work line of the brace.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design aligns the gage line of the angle with the work line of the brace.

Minimum member end edge distance: The distance parallel with the workline of the vertical brace from the edge of the brace to the center of the nearest hole.

ed = edge distance for a vertical brace.

Note: If you enter an extremely low edge distance (for example, 1/8 inch), connection design bases the minimum edge distance on the bolt diameter.

Gusset to supporting member: Welded or Clip angle. This Vertical Braces section option applies in the following framing situations when Gusset to supporting member is set to Automatic under Connection specifications.

	Welded	Clip angle
Case 1: vertical brace to beam only
Case 2: vertical brace to column only
Case 3: beam on a vbrc to beam & column when a clip angle bolts to the column
Case 4: vertical brace to a wide flange vertical brace

Detailed: In position or Horizontal. This Vertical Braces section option applies to vertical braces when you Detail Members.

In position

Horizontal

If In position is selected, the vertical brace is depicted at the angle it appears in the model.

If Horizontal is selected, the vertical brace is drawn horizontally on subsequently generated details.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Detailed
Altering a member's main view: In Member Isolation

Show design loads on details: None or Input or All. This Vertical Braces section option applies to vertical braces whose piecemarks you select when you Detail Members. If Input or All is selected, you can additionally choose to Show member quantities and/or Show member numbers.

Loads on the right end, Vertical Brace Edit window:

Input loads on the vertical brace detail, right end:

All loads on the vertical brace detail, right end:

None results in design loads not being shown on vertical brace details.

Input results in only those loads that have been entered by the user (on the Vertical Brace Edit window) being reported on vertical brace details.

All results all design loads -- except loads of 0 -- being noted on the vertical brace detail.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show design loads on details

/ Show member quantities and/or / Show member numbers. This Vertical Braces section option applies when Show design loads on details is set to Input or to All and you subsequently Detail Members (vertical braces). Since multiple vertical braces with the same system piecemark can have different design loads, this option can help you to identify which members have which design loads.

Each of these examples is from a detail of two vertical braces combined under the same piecemark. One brace -- member number [63] -- has a user-input Tension load of 50.0 kips. The other brace -- [151] -- has a user-input Tension load of 46.0 kips.
	Example 1: Show design loads ... is Input. Show member numbers and Show member quantities.
	Example 2: Show design loads ... is Input. Show member numbers and Show member quantities.
	Example 3: Show design loads ... is Input. Show member numbers and Show member quantities.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show member quantities, Show member numbers

Show capacity loads on details: None or All. This Vertical Braces section option applies to vertical braces whose piecemarks you select when you Detail Members. The capacity loads shown on the vertical brace detail should match the capacity shown in the Connection Design Calculations or Expanded Connection Design Calculations so long as the design calculations, model, and detail are up to date.

Connection capacity loads (Calcs):

Show capacity loads on details = All:

None means that connection capacity loads will not be shown on subsequently generated vertical brace details.

All results in connection capacity loads being shown on newly generated vertical brace details. You can additionally choose to Show member quantities and/or Show member numbers, although the same member quantity (the total) and member numbers (all under the mark) should theoretically be listed for each capacity load.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show capacity loads on details

/ Show member quantities and/or / Show member numbers. This Vertical Braces section option applies when Show capacity loads on details is set to All and you subsequently Detail Members (vertical braces).

Theoretically, if the vertical brace has a system piecemark, corresponding end connections for all vertical braces that share that same piecemark should all have the same capacity. This means that each capacity load that is reported on the detail will apply to the total quantity of members under the piecemark.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show member quantities, Show member numbers

Show grid notes on details: None or One or All. This Vertical Braces section option applies to vertical braces that you select when you Detail Members.

One

All

None results in no grid-location notes on subsequently generated vertical brace details.

One instructs Detail Members to add to the detail a grid location note stating the plan view grid intersection that is closest to the origin reference point (left-end workpoint) of the bottom, left vertical brace that is under the particular piecemark being automatically detailed. The bottom vertical brace in a plan view is the brace with the lowest Y global coordinate. The left vertical brace in a plan view is the brace with the lowest X global coordinate.

All instructs Detail Members to add to the detail the grid intersections for each vertical brace with the same piecemark. The vertical brace locations will be listed according to their left-to-right and bottom-to-top locations in a plan view. For vertical braces that have the same X-Y global coordinates. the vertical brace at the lower elevation will be listed first.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show grid notes on details

Show end elevations at workpoints on details: or . This Vertical Braces section option applies to vertical braces that you select when you Detail Members.

Show end elevations ...

Show end elevations ...

If this box is checked ( ), subsequently detailed vertical brace details will depict member end elevations. If the vertical brace detail represents multiple vertical braces with the same piecemark, the end elevations that will be shown on the drawing will be those of the one vertical brace that has the lowest member number.

If the box is not checked ( ), subsequently detailed vertical braces will not have their end elevations shown on their details.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show end elevations at workpoints on details

HSS erection bolts: None or One or Two. This Vertical Braces section option applies when Automatic is selected for Erection bolts in Connection specifications. Erection bolts may be designed on a HSS/pipe/tube vertical brace that is field welded to the gusset.

None

One

Two

None stops holes for erection bolts from being generated in the pipe or tube vertical brace.

One specifies that connection design generate a field erection bolt along with holes for inserting the bolt into.

Two instructs connection design to generate two field erection bolts along with holes for inserting the bolts into.

Bolt Settings (setup): HSS welded brace erection bolts

Spacing for two erection bolts: Hole spacing along brace (vbrc to beam)
Spacing for two erection bolts: Hole spacing along brace (vbrc to columns)
Spacing for two erection bolts: Hole spacing along brace (vbrc to beam & column)
Spacing for two erection bolts: Hole spacing along brace (vbrc, 2 point, to a beam)
Spacing for two erection bolts: Hole spacing along brace (vbrc, 2 point, to a column)

Hole type for HSS erection bolts: Standard round or Short slot or Long slot or Oversized round or User slot #1 or User slot #2. This Vertical Braces section option applies to the gusset (not the brace) when HSS erection bolts has been set to One or Two.

Effect on connection design: The hole type selected here applies to the holes in the gusset only. The holes in the brace are always standard round. Erection bolts may be designed on a HSS/pipe/tube vertical brace that is field welded to the gusset.

Intersection gusset notch preparation: Rounded slot or Weld around end. This Vertical Braces section option applies to vertical brace intersection plates for X bracing when the supporting vertical brace is a HSS (pipe or tube). The supporting vertical brace in X bracing is the brace that the supported vertical braces frame to. The intersection plate shop welds to this brace.

When two vertical braces frame to opposite sides of an HSS brace, NS and FS notches are created for inserting the intersection plate into.

Rounded slot instructs connection design to create NS and FS notches with rounded ends. The entry made to HSS notch radius and Total notch clearance controls the rounding.

Weld around end instructs connection design to create NS and FS notches with squared ends. The Total notch clearance controls how tightly the notch is fit around the intersection plate.

HSS notch radius: Auto or 0 or a radius. This sets the radius of the circular cutout at the interior end of the notch at the end of an HSS (pipe or tube) vertical brace. The notch is generated for inserting the gusset plate into. A hole at the end of the notch can be generated with a CNC machine to make fabrication of the notch easier. This also applies to intersection gusset plates when Rounded slot is selected.

In these examples, the notch width is 1/2 inch. Auto gives a notch radius of 1/4 inch.

Auto (checked) rounds the end of the notch by adding a circular cutout that has a radius that is equal to half the notch width. The circular cutout is centered at where the center of the interior edge of a squared notch would be. On a notch for an intersection gusset plate, both ends of the notch are rounded.

0 (with Auto not checked) squares off the corners at the interior end of the notch. On a notch for an intersection plate, both ends of the notch are squared.

a radius (with Auto not checked) adds a circular cutout that is the specified radius at the interior end of the notch. The circular cutout is centered at where the center of the interior edge of a squared notch would be. On a notch for an intersection gusset plate, both ends of the notch are rounded.

Note: The circular cutout is automatically included as a hole in an SDS2 CNC file if, during the generation of that file, Add holes was set to in all radii in CNC Setup.

Total notch width clearance: The clearance for a gusset plate that is inserted into the notch in an HSS section when the Pipe/tube end-fitting is Welded. When the Pipe/tube end-fitting is Paddle plate, this is the clearance between the paddle plate and the notch in the HSS section. When the Connection arrangement for a wide flange vertical brace is Paddle plates, this is the clearance between the gusset and the notch in the paddle plate. Connection design uses the clearance that is entered here to determine the Notch width in the HSS section or, for a wide flange vertical brace paddle plate connection, the notch width in the paddle plate.

This example shows a connection like you would get when Pipe/tube end-fitting is Welded. As stated above, the Total notch width clearance also applies to other types of connections.

To override this setup option: Notch width (end prep option for HSS sections)

HSS double paddle clearance: The clearance for the gusset plate that is sandwiched between the double paddle plates in a vertical brace's double paddle plate connection.

HSS double paddle clearance is equal to the paddle plate gap minus the gusset thickness.

Effect on connection design: The entry made here controls the spacing between the double paddle plates that connection design creates when Double paddle plate has been selected as a vertical brace's Pipe/tube end fitting.

Welded angle end weld: or . This Vertical Braces section option applies when Automatic is selected for Include end welds under Connection specifications.

Welded angle end weld (welds 3 edges)

Welded angle end weld (welds 2 edges)

If this box is checked ( ), connection design is instructed to weld three edges of the angle to the gusset plate. A weld is placed at the end of the angle along with the welds along the length of the angle.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection deign is configured to weld two edges of the angle to the gusset plate. The two welds are along the length of the angle.

Welded angle balanced welds: This Vertical Braces section option applies when Automatic is selected for Balanced welds under Connection specifications.

Welded angle balanced weld

Welded angle balanced weld

If this box is checked ( ), connection design is instructed to create a weld group that is balanced. A weld group is balanced when its center of resistance aligns with the center of force.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design is configured to create welds of equal length along the length of the brace.

Maximum web stiffener thickness: The maximum thickness of stiffeners for vertical brace gusset plates that weld to a beam's web.

Connection design may create stiffeners for a vertical brace gusset plate to a beam's web when Check supporting member web stress is set to As required in the vertical brace's Connection specifications.

Avoiding connection failure: A vertical brace gusset plate connection may fail with the message Supporting web/flg overstressed by axial load if the Maximum web stiffener thickness that is entered here is too low.

Vertical Braces: Clip Angle of Gusset to Supporting Member*

* Excludes the clip angle to a column in a beam-column-vertical brace condition.

Gusset to clip connection: Welded or Bolted. This Vertical Braces section option applies in the above-listed framing situations when Gusset to clip connection is set to Automatic under Connection specifications.

Welded

Bolted

Welded specifies that connection design shop weld the clip angle to the gusset plate. Bolted instructs connection design to, where possible, shop bolt the clip angle to the gusset plate and leave a half-inch clearance (13 mm) between the gusset and the face of the supporting member. Connection design may change the connection to welded instead of failing the connection.

Clip angle size: The angle section size (angle) to be used for both the near side and far side gusset clip angles when Clip angle size is set to Auto on the Vertical Brace Edit window (or for a user defined connection) in the above-listed framing situations.

The angle you enter here must exist in the local shape file, or validation does not accept your entry. To enter an angle section size, you can type in the section size that you want (for example, L4x3x5/16), or you can press the file cabinet browse button ( ) and double-click any section size that is on the list of available angles in the local shape file.

How connection design applies this angle: If connection design determines that the angle will work in the connection, the angle is used. If it doesn't work, connection design tries to select an angle from the miscellaneous Preferred Angle Sizes setup list. If none of those angles work, connection design chooses an angle from the local shape file.

Attach long leg to: Supported or Supporting. This Vertical Braces section option applies to vertical brace gusset clip angles when Attach long leg to is set to Automatic under Connection specifications.

In this example, the long leg of each of the gusset clip angles bolts to the column since Attach long leg to is set to Supporting.

Supported specifies that connection design fasten the long leg of the gusset clip angle to the gusset plate.

Supporting instructs connection design to fasten the long leg of the gusset clip angle to the supporting beam or column or wide flange vertical brace.

Hole type supported: Standard round or Short slot or Long slot or Oversized or User slot #1 or User slot #2. This is the hole type for shop bolting the leg of the clip angle to the vertical brace gusset plate when Hole type supported is set to Auto on the Vertical Brace Edit window (or for a user defined connection).

Hole type supporting: Standard round or Short slot or Long slot or Oversized or User slot #1 or User slot #2. This is the hole type for field bolting the outstanding leg of the angle to the supporting beam, column or wide flange vertical brace when Hole type supporting is set to Auto on the Vertical Brace Edit window (or for a user defined connection).

Gage on supporting member: 0 (zero) or the center-to-center distance between columns of holes on the outstanding legs of the clip angles. This Vertical Braces section option applies when Gage on supporting is set to Auto on the Vertical Brace Edit window (or for a user defined connection). Connection design attempts to use this gage regardless of Clip angle size that is selected.

g = gage on supporting member. The supporting member in this example is a column (not shown). Connection design uses double clip angles for vertical braces to the supporting member.

0 (zero) instructs connection design to treat all situations as exceptions (see below).

A specific center-to-center distance instructs connection design to attempt to use this gage.

Exceptions: If this gage doesn't work, then connection design uses the gage in the local shape file for the supporting member (for example, Flange gage for a wide flange column). If that gage doesn't work, connection design uses the angle gage.

Gage on supported member: The GOL (gage on leg) as measured from the corner of the angle to the first hole in the leg to the gusset. This gage applies to the Clip angle size that is selected above or to the Clip angle size selected on the Vertical Brace Edit window (or for a user defined connection) as long as it is greater than or equal to the Minimum edge distance for the bolt size used plus the 1/2-inch (13 mm) clearance between the gusset and the supporting member.

g = gage on supported member. The supported member is the vertical brace.

Tip: Entering 0 (zero) instructs connection design to use the Minimum edge distance for the bolt size used plus the 1/2-inch clearance between the gusset and the supporting member.

Stagger bolts: or . This Vertical Braces section option applies when Automatic is selected for Stagger bolts under Connection specifications.

Stagger bolts

Stagger bolts

If this box is checked ( ), connection design staggers the bolts on the clip angle.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design does not stagger the bolts.

Use expanded bolt spacing: or . This Vertical Braces section option applies regardless of the Clip angle size that is selected on the Vertical Brace Edit window (or for a user defined connection).

Use ...

Use ...

If this box is checked ( ), connection design expands the bolt spacing on the clip angle to 1.5 times the Bolt spacing per bolt diameter if doing so still allows the clip angle to carry the load.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design uses the Bolt spacing that is set for the bolt diameter, in Connection Detailing/Fabricator Options.

Allow reduced edge distance for 7/8" and 1" bolts: or . For metric bolts, This Vertical Braces section option applies to bolts with diameters of 20 mm, 22 mm and 24 mm. It applies to the design of clip angles for attaching the gusset of a vertical brace to a supporting member other than a column in a beam-column-vertical brace condition.

v = edge distance

If this box is checked ( ), connection design is permitted to use a reduced edge distance instead of the standard edge distance specified by your selected connection design method when using 7/8" and 1" bolt diameters.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design will use the minimum edge distance specified by your selected connection design method or the value entered to Vertical edge distance at ends in Clip Angle Settings.

Also: Bolt diameter sets the diameter of bolts for vertical brace gusset clips.

Horizontal Braces

Locate angle braces on neutral axis: or . This Horizontal Braces section option applies to horizontal braces with angle material entered as the Section size when Locate on neutral axis is set to Automatic under General settings on the Horizontal Brace Edit window.

workline (x) on neutral axis	workline (x) on gage line

If this box is checked ( ), then connection design orients the brace's angle material so that the angle's X-X axis or Y-Y axis intersects with the work line of the brace.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design aligns the gage line of the angle material with the work line of the brace.

Minimum member end edge distance: The distance parallel with the workline of the horizontal brace from the edge of the brace to the center of the nearest hole.

ed = edge distance for a horizontal brace.

Note: If you enter an extremely low edge distance (for example, 1/8 inch), connection design calculates the minimum edge distance based on the bolt diameter.

Gusset to single beam connection: Welded or Clip angle. This Horizontal Braces section option applies to a horizontal brace framing to a single beam when Gusset to beam connection is set to Automatic under Connection specifications.

Welded

Clip angle

Welded specifies that connection design shop weld the horizontal brace gusset plate to the supporting beam.

Clip angle instructs connection design to attempt to field bolt the gusset to the web of the beam with a clip angle.

Also see: Gusset to beam clips (Bolted or Welded) and Gusset clips on (Both sides or Near side or Far side).

Detailed: In position or Horizontal. This Horizontal Braces section option applies to horizontal braces when you Detail Members. In member isolation, the main view of the brace is always horizontal.

In position

Horizontal

If In position is selected, the horizontal brace is depicted at the angle it appears within the structural model.

If Horizontal is selected, then the view of the horizontal brace is oriented horizontally on subsequently generated details.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Detailed
Altering a member's main view: In Member Isolation

Show design loads on details: None or Input or All. This Horizontal Braces section option applies to horizontal braces that are selected when you Detail Members. If Input or All is selected, you can additionally choose to Show member quantities and/or Show member numbers.

Loads on the left end, Horizontal Brace Edit window:

Input loads on the horizontal brace detail, left end:

All loads on the horizontal brace detail, left end:

None results in design loads not being shown on horizontal brace details.

Input results in only those loads that have been entered by the user (on the Horizontal Brace Edit window) being reported on horizontal brace details.

All results all design loads -- except loads of 0 -- being noted on the horizontal brace detail.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show design loads on details

/ Show member quantities and/or / Show member numbers. This Horizontal Braces section option applies when Show design loads on details is set to Input or to All and you subsequently Detail Members (horizontal braces). Since multiple horizontal braces with the same system piecemark can have different design loads, this option can help you to identify which members have which design loads.

Each of these examples is from a detail of two horizontal braces combined under the same piecemark. One brace -- member number [159] -- has a user-input Tension load of 80.0 kips. The other brace -- [167] -- has a user-input Tension load of 75.0 kips.
	Example 1: Show design loads ... is Input. Show member numbers and Show member quantities.
	Example 2: Show design loads ... is Input. Show member numbers and Show member quantities.
	Example 3: Show design loads ... is Input. Show member numbers and   Show member quantities.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show member quantities, Show member numbers

Show capacity loads on details: None or All. This Horizontal Braces section option applies when Show design loads on details is set to Input or All and you subsequently Detail Members (horizontal braces). The capacity loads shown on the horizontal brace detail should match the capacity shown in the Connection Design Calculations or Expanded Connection Design Calculations so long as everything -- the design calculations, the model, the detail -- is all up to date.

Connection capacity loads (Calcs):

Show capacity loads on details = All:

None means connection capacity loads will not be shown on subsequently generated horizontal brace details.

All results in capacity loads being shown on newly generated horizontal brace details. You can additionally choose to Show member quantities and/or Show member numbers, although the same member quantity (the total) and member numbers (all under the mark) should theoretically be listed for each capacity load.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show capacity loads on details

/ Show member quantities and/or / Show member numbers. This Horizontal Braces section option applies when Show capacity loads on details is set to All and you subsequently Detail Members.

Theoretically, if the horizontal brace has a system piecemark, corresponding end connections for all horizontal braces that share that same piecemark should all have the same capacity. This means that each connection capacity load that is reported on the detail will, theoretically, apply to the total quantity of members under the piecemark.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show member quantities, Show member numbers

Show grid notes on details: None or One or All. This Horizontal Braces section option applies to horizontal braces that you select when you Detail Members.

One

All

None results in no grid-location notes on subsequently generated horizontal brace details.

One instructs Detail Members to add to the detail a grid location note stating the plan view grid intersection that is closest to the origin reference point (left-end workpoint) of the bottom, left horizontal brace that is under the particular piecemark being automatically detailed. The bottom horizontal brace in a plan view is the brace with the lowest Y global coordinate. The left horizontal brace in a plan view is the brace with the lowest X global coordinate.

All configures Detail Members to add to the detail the grid intersections for each horizontal brace with the same piecemark. The horizontal brace locations will be listed according to their left-to-right and bottom-to-top locations in a plan view. For horizontal braces that have the same X-Y global coordinates. the brace at the lower elevation will be listed first.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Show grid notes on details

Back to back angle stitch plate gap: The clearance that you want applied between the two "backs" of a back-to-back double-angle horizontal brace when Stitch plate gap is set to Auto on the Horizontal Brace Edit window. This also sets the thickness of the stitch plate (spacer).

stitch plate gap = 0 stitch plate gap > 0

A gap of 0 (zero) results in the back-to-back double-angle braces being designed without a stitch plate.

Allow material workline offset: or . This Horizontal Braces section option applies when Automatic is selected for Allow material workline offset under General settings on the Horizontal Brace Edit window.

A material workline offset is allowed when a horizontal brace frames to the bottom flange of a beam. To get a connection in such a situation, the beam workline must be in the same plane as the beam's bottom flange.

If this box is checked ( ), then connection design offsets the main material of the horizontal brace by the thickness of the gusset plate so that the brace can connect to the bottom flange of the beam.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design will not offset the main material of the horizontal brace. The connection on the end of a brace that frames to the bottom flange of the beam will fail with the message Invalid brace work point location.

HSS erection bolts: None or One or Two. This Horizontal Braces section option applies when Automatic is selected for Erection bolts under Connection specifications. Erection bolts may be designed on a HSS/pipe/tube horizontal brace that is field welded to the gusset.

None

One

Two

None specifies that connection design not generate an erection bolt or design holes into the pipe or tube horizontal brace.

One instructs connection design to generate a field erection bolt along with holes for inserting the bolt into.

Two configures connection design to generate two field erection bolts along with holes for inserting the bolts into.

Bolt Settings (setup): HSS welded brace erection bolts

Hole type for HSS erection bolts: Standard round or Short slot or Long slot or Oversized round or User slot #1 or User slot #2. This Horizontal Braces section option applies to the gusset (not the brace) when HSS erection bolts has been set to One or Two.

Effect on connection design: The hole type selected here applies to the holes in the gusset only. The holes in the brace are always standard round. Erection bolts may be designed on a HSS/pipe/tube horizontal brace that is field welded to the gusset.

HSS notch radius: Auto or 0 or a radius. This sets the radius of the circular cutout at the interior end of the notch at the end of an HSS horizontal brace. The notch is generated for inserting the gusset plate into. A hole at the end of the notch can be generated with a CNC machine to make fabrication of the notch easier.

In these examples, the notch width is 1/2 inch. Auto gives a notch radius of 1/4 inch.

Auto (checked) rounds the end of the notch by adding a circular cutout that has a radius that is equal to half the notch width. The circular cutout is centered at where the center of the interior edge of a squared notch would be.

0 (with Auto not checked) squares off the corners at the interior end of the notch.

a radius (with Auto not checked) adds a circular cutout that is the specified radius at the interior end of the notch. The circular cutout is centered at where the center of the interior edge of a squared notch would be.

Note 1: This setting does not apply to intersecting gusset plates.

Note 2: The circular cutout is automatically included as a hole in an SDS2 CNC file if, during the generation of that file, Add holes was set to in all radii in CNC Setup.

Total notch width clearance: The clearance for a gusset plate that is inserted into the notch in an HSS section when the Pipe/tube end-fitting is Welded. When the Pipe/tube end-fitting is Paddle plate, this is the clearance between the paddle plate and the notch in the HSS section. Connection design uses the clearance that is entered here to determine the Notch width in the HSS section.

To override this setup option: Notch width (end prep option for HSS sections)

HSS double paddle clearance: The clearance for the gusset plate that is sandwiched between the double paddle plates in a horizontal brace's double paddle plate connection.

HSS double paddle clearance is equal to the paddle plate gap minus the gusset thickness.

Effect on connection design: The entry made here controls the spacing between the double paddle plates that connection design creates when Double paddle plate has been selected as a horizontal brace's Pipe/tube end fitting.

Welded angle end weld: or . This Horizontal Braces section option applies when Automatic is selected for Include end welds under Connection specifications.

Welded angle end weld (weld on 3 sides)

Welded angle end weld (weld on 2 sides)

If this box is checked ( ), connection design is instructed to weld three edges of the angle to the gusset plate. A weld is placed at the end of the angle along with the welds along the length of the angle.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design is configured to weld two edges of the angle to the gusset plate. The two welds are along the length of the angle.

Welded angle balanced welds: This Horizontal Braces section option applies when Automatic is selected for Balanced welds under Connection specifications.

Welded angle balanced weld

Welded angle balanced weld

If this box is checked ( ), connection design is instructed to create a weld group that is balanced. A weld group is balanced when its center of resistance aligns with the center of force.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design is configured to design welds of equal length along the length of the brace.

Maximum web stiffener thickness: The maximum thickness of stiffeners for horizontal brace gusset plates that weld to a beam's web.

Connection design may create stiffeners for a horizontal brace gusset plate to a beam's web when Check supporting member web stress is set to As required in the horizontal brace's Connection specifications.

Avoiding connection failure: A horizontal brace gusset plate connection may fail with the message Supporting web/flg overstressed by axial load if the Maximum web stiffener thickness that is entered here is insufficient to stiffen the web.

Maximum rise out of plane brace connection: A distance. This option lets you instruct connection design to use a clip angle for situations where there is a small gap at the toe of the field-bolted leg. When the gap is small, the field-bolted leg can be tightened to the web of the beam at the construction site.

Connection design determines the method of field attachment to a beam for a gusset at a beam-beam corner based on the Maximum rise ... distance that is entered here.

If the rise of the field bolted leg is less than the Maximum rise ... entered here, connection design uses a clip angle (as shown above).

If the rise in the field bolted leg is greater than the Maximum rise ... entered here, connection design designs a bent plate.

Horizontal Braces: Clip angle Connection of Gusset to Supporting Member

Gusset to clip connection: Welded or Bolted. This applies when Gusset to clip connection is set to Automatic under Connection specifications.

Welded Bolted

For a gusset to two beams, the gusset-to-brace connection is shop bolted. and the clip-to-beam connection is field bolted. The gusset-to-clip connection is Welded or Bolted per the choice made here.

Welded specifies that connection design shop weld the clip angle(s) to the gusset plate. The Attach clip to option should be set to On gusset to prevent connection design from generating the failure message Brace clip angle cannot be welded to gusset and shipped with beam.

Bolted instructs connection design to bolt the clip angle(s) to the gusset plate. Clip angles at a beam-beam corner (as shown above) and for 2-point bracing will be shop bolted to the gusset. For clip angles to a single beam, the choice made to Attach clip to can set whether the bolts at the gusset-to-clip interface are shop bolts or field bolts.

Beam to clip connection: Welded or Bolted. This applies when Beam to clip connection is set to Automatic under Connection specifications.

Welded Bolted

In these examples, Attach clip to and Attach gusset to are each set to On supporting, which means the clip angle and gusset assembly shop attaches to the beam. The clip angle shop welds or bolts to the back of the channel beam.

Welded instructs connection design to shop weld the horizontal brace gusset clip to the supporting beam.

Bolted instructs connection design to bolt the horizontal brace gusset clip to supporting beam.

Attach clip to: Automatic or On gusset or On supporting. This applies when Attach clip to is set to Automatic under Connection specifications.

On gusset On supporting

In both of these examples, Attach gusset to is set to On brace. The beam in these screen shots is hidden (displayed in Stick with Display Options > Member lines turned off).

On gusset specifies that the gusset clip angle(s) shop bolt or shop weld to the gusset plate.

On supporting specifies that the gusset clip angle(s) shop bolt or shop weld to the beam. The clip angle will be shipped with the beam and detailed on the beam. Clip angles must be shop welded to an HSS/TS beam and can optionally be shop welded to a channel beam.

Attach gusset to: Automatic or On brace or On supporting. This applies when Attach gusset to is set to Automatic under Connection specifications.

On brace On supporting

In both of these examples, Attach clip to is set to On brace. The beam in these screen shots is hidden (displayed in Stick with Display Options > Member lines turned off).

On brace specifies that the gusset shop bolt to the brace. The gusset plate will be shown on the horizontal brace detail. Gusset clip angles may or may not be shop attached to (and shipped with) the gusset plate potentially depending on the choice made to Attach clip to.

On supporting specifies that the entire gusset-plate-and-clip-angle assembly be shop attached to and shipped with the beam and shown on the beam detail. The clip angle may shop bolt or shop weld to the beam. Clip angles can be shop welded to an HSS/TS or channel beam. Clip angles cannot be shop bolted to an HSS/TS beam.

Gusset clips on: Both sides or Near side or Far side. This Horizontal Braces section option applies when Gusset clips on is set to Automatic under Connection specifications.

Both sides attaches the clip angles to both the near and far sides of the gusset plate. Connection design may create clip angles on one side of the gusset to prevent interference with the top/bottom flange of the supporting beam.

Near side instructs connection design to try to place the clip angles on the near side (top) of the gusset. If the clip angles clash with the beam, connection design moves them to the far side instead of failing the connection.

Far side instructs connection design to try to place the clip angles on the far side (bottom) of the gusset. If the clip angles clash with the beam, connection design moves them to the near side instead of failing the connection.

Clip angle size: The section size of the angle material to be used when Clip angle size is set to Automatic under Connection specifications.

The angle you enter here must exist in the local shape file, or validation does not accept your entry. To enter an angle section size, you can type in the section size that you want, or you can press the file cabinet browse button ( ) and double-click any section that is on the list of available angles in the local shape file.

Attach long leg to: Supported or Supporting. This Horizontal Braces section option applies when Automatic is selected for Attach long leg to under Connection specifications.

The supported is the gusset plate. The supporting is the web of the beam.

Supported instructs connection design to attempt to attach the long leg of the angle to the gusset plate.

Supporting configures connection design to attempt to attach the long leg of the angle to the beam web.

Hole type supported: Standard round or Short slot or Long slot or Oversized or User slot #1 or User slot #2. This is the hole type for shop bolting the leg of the clip angle to the horizontal brace gusset plate when Hole type supported is set to Auto on the Horizontal Brace Edit window (or for a user defined connection).

Hole type supporting: Standard round or Short slot or Long slot or Oversized or User slot #1 or User slot #2. This is the hole type for field bolting the outstanding leg of the clip angle to the supporting beam when Hole type supporting is set to Auto on the Horizontal Brace Edit window (or for a user defined connection).

Double gage on supporting member: The center-to-center distance between the columns of holes in the outstanding legs of the near side and far side clip angles on the horizontal brace gusset plate.

dg = double gage on supporting member

Single gage on supporting member: The distance from where the Gage is measured from to the first column of holes in the leg that fastens to the supporting beam.

sg = single gage on supporting member

Gage measured from: Gusset CL or GOL.

Gusset CL

GOL

Gusset CL instructs connection design to measure the Single gage on supporting member from the center line of the gusset.

GOL instructs connection design to measure the Single gage on supporting member from the face of the leg of the clip angle that fastens to the gusset.

Gage on supported member: The distance from the face of the outstanding leg of the clip angle to the first column of holes in the leg that fastens to the gusset plate.

ga = gage on supported member

Stagger bolts: or . This Horizontal Braces section option applies when Automatic is selected for Stagger bolts under Connection specifications.

Stagger bolts

Stagger bolts

If this box is checked ( ), connection design staggers the bolts on the clip angle(s).

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design does not stagger the bolts.

Allow reduced edge distance for 7/8" and 1" bolts: or . For metric bolts, this applies to bolts with diameters of 20 mm, 22 mm and 24 mm. This applies to clip angles for attaching the gusset of a horizontal brace to a beam.

v = edge distance

If this box is checked ( ), connection design is permitted to use a reduced edge distance instead of the standard edge distance specified by your selected connection design method when using 7/8" and 1" bolt diameters.

If the box is not checked ( ), connection design will use the minimum edge distance specified by your selected connection design method or the value entered to Vertical edge distance at ends in Clip Angle Settings.

Also: Bolt diameter sets the diameter of bolts for horizontal brace gusset clips.

Clip to gusset dimension: The distance from the web of the supporting beam to the edge of the horizontal brace gusset plate. This applies to horizontal brace gusset plates that bolt to a beam web with a clip angle.

d = clip to gusset dimension

Handrails

Noted at top rail from: Not noted or Top of top rail or Center of top rail. This Handrail section option applies to the detail of any handrail that you select when you Detail Members.

Not noted

Top of top rail

Center of top rail

Not noted instructs Detail Members not to generate a pointer and label that identifies the elevation of the top rail on subsequently generated handrail member details.

Top of top rail instructs Detail Members to generate a pointer and label that identifies the elevation of the top of the top rail.

Center of top rail instructs Detail Members to generate a pointer and label that identifies the elevation of the center of the top rail.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Noted at top rail from

Noted at bottom of post: or . This Handrail section option applies to the detail of any handrail that you select when you Detail Members.

Noted at bottom

Noted at bottom

If this box is checked ( ), Detail Members generates a pointer and label that identifies the elevation of the bottom post on the subsequently generated handrail detail.

If the box is not checked ( ), Detail Members does not identify the bottom post elevation on the subsequently generated handrail detail.

Per-drawing setup override for detailing with templates: Noted at bottom of post

Stairs

Preferred stringer auxiliary view orientation from: Outside (default) or Inside. This affects Member Isolation and Detail Members.

When you change the setting shown here for a stair that is already in the model, you will have to do the following in order to apply your change to that stair: 1. In Modeling. select the already modeled stair, then choose Mark Member for Processing. 2. Choose Process and Create Solids. If you are adding a new stair, then the above steps are not necessary. The results described below will be shown in member isolation immediately after the new stair is added.

Outside instructs Create Solids to generate a Member Isolation view type named MAIN VIEW, CROSS SECTION. That view looks at the stair from the near side of the NS stringer and therefore has the same left-right orientation as the MAIN VIEW. Choosing Outside produces the same automatic detailing results that you would traditionally expect to see in a stair member detail.

Inside instructs Create Solids to generate a member isolation view type called INSIDE STRINGER, CROSS SECTION. The view looks at the NS stringer from the far side of the NS stringer and has an orientation that mirrors that of the MAIN VIEW. Detail Members places an Inside view to the right of the shorten limit line, vertically aligned with its MAIN VIEW. This vertical alignment is maintained when you Unshorten and Shorten the stair detail.

New stair stringer length on BOM and detail: Pre-cut or Post-cut. This Stairs section option applies when the End condition for a stair stringer is Bolt to floor. It sets the default selection that is made for NS/FS stringer length on BOM on the Stair Edit window. This affects the description x length callout in the submaterial detail as well as the Length reported in the member bill of material.

Example: A short stair with a bolt-to-floor end condition. Pre-cut Post-cut

Pre-cut results in the Length reported for the near side and far side stringers in a stair's bill of material being the Order length of that material. The pre-cut length will also be reported, along with the description, in the callout on a subsequently auto detailed submaterial detail of the stringer. The "pre-cut length" corresponds to what is referred to as the saw length on the CNC Setup window. This is the length of the stringer material before cuts were made to its end so that it could be bolted to the floor.

Post-cut results in the stringer's Length in the bill being its Part length.The description and pre-cut length will also be reported in the callout on the submaterial detail. For CNC, the post-cut length is referred to as the final length. This is the length of the stringer material after its end was cut so that it could be bolted to the floor.

Stitch Plates

Type of spacer for double bracing: Bolted ring or Bolted plate or Welded plate. This sets the type of spacer to be used for angle or channel Double material vertical bracing or angle Double material horizontal bracing. On double-angle horizontal braces, either Both sides must be selected or the Stitch plate gap must be greater than zero. Spacers are generated even if the Input connection type is Plain end on both ends of the brace. However, if the connections fail on both ends of the brace, you do not get stitch plates.

Bolted ring

Bolted plate

Welded plate

Bolted ring causes a bolted round bar to be used as the spacer for a Back to back double-angle or double-channel vertical brace or a double-angle horizontal brace on Both sides of the gusset (or whose Stitch plate gap is greater than zero). For a Star configuration vertical brace, a bolted plate stitch plate is used.

Bolted plate causes a bolted rectangular plate to be used as the spacer. As with a bolted ring, holes are generated through the plate and both materials of the Double material brace. A shop bolt is generated through the holes.

Welded plate causes a simple rectangular plate (without holes or bolts) to be used as the spacer between the two materials that make up the vertical brace or horizontal brace.

Also: Stitch plate extension beyond brace and Stitch plate width give you control over the size of stitch plates.You can set the stitch plate steel grade in Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Standard Fabricator Connections > Preferred Connection Material Sizes > Preferred Plate Sizes > Other Plates.

Type of spacer for welded connections: Bolted ring or Bolted plate or Welded plate. This Sitch Plates section option applies to the design of welded back-to-back double-angle vertical bracing to the stem of a W tee (click here for an example).

Bolted ring	Bolted plate	Welded plate
The members in these screen shots are displayed in solid transparent main so that you can see the spacers.

Bolted ring shop bolts the two angles together using a round bar with a hole in it as the spacer (stitch plate).

Bolted plate shop bolts the two angles together using a rectangular plate with a hole in it as the spacer (stitch plate).

Welded plate causes a simple rectangular plate (without holes or bolts) to be used as the spacer (stitch plate) between the two angles that make up the double-angle vertical brace.

Also: Stitch plate extension beyond brace and Stitch plate width control the size of stitch plates. The stitch plates shown above are what you get when both of these options are checked.

Max allowed stitch plate spacing: or . This distance sets the default spacing (center-to-center) between stitch plates and theleft/right end of the brace. Left/right end = end of the brace material for a Plain end or Welded connection. Left/right end = inside bolt if the end has a gusset.

s = spacing

If this box is checked ( ), then connection design uses the Minimum number of allowed stitch plates to set the default spacing between stitch plates and the left/right end of the brace.

If the box is not checked ( ), you can enter maximum spacing you want to allow.

To apply this setting: For the spacing and/or number of stitch plates set here to apply to the design of stitch plates, Auto needs to be checked for Max stitch plate spacing and Number of stitch plates on the Vertical Brace Edit window (or for Max stitch plate spacing and Number of stitch plates on the Horizontal Brace Edit window).

Minimum number of allowed stitch plates: This number (1 or 2 or 3 ...) applies to vertical braces and horizontal braces with stitch plates. It sets the default minimum number of stitch plates that will be generated, regardless of the Max allowed stitch plate spacing.

Number of stitch plates = 3

To apply this setting: For the spacing and/or number of stitch plates set here to apply to the design of stitch plates, Auto needs to be checked for Max stitch plate spacing and Number of stitch plates on the Vertical Brace Edit window (or for Max stitch plate spacing and Number of stitch plates on the Horizontal Brace Edit window).

Stitch plate extension beyond brace: or . This Sitch Plates section option applies no matter what Type of spacer is selected. It applies to both horizontal and vertical braces.

X = extension beyond brace

If this box is checked ( ), the Stitch plate width determines whether or not a Bolted ring spacer extends beyond the brace. If Stitch plate width is also checked, you get default stitch plates like those shown for Type of spacer for welded connections.

If the box is not checked ( ), you can type in the distance that you want the stitch plate to extend beyond the brace.

Stitch plate width: or . This Sitch Plates section option applies no matter what Type of spacer is selected. It applies to both horizontal and vertical braces.

W = width of stitch plate

If this box is checked ( ), the Stitch plate extension beyond the brace sets the diameter of a Bolted ring spacer.

If the box is not checked ( ), you can type in the distance that you want for the width of the stitch plate. This is the diameter of the round bar if Bolted ring is the Type of spacer that is selected.

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous members detailed: In position or Horizontal or Vertical. This Miscellaneous section option applies to legacy miscellaneous members when you Detail Members. It does not apply to the new miscellaneous members, which are custom members.

In Position (not shortened)

Horizontal (shortened)

Vertical (shortened)

In position shows on the legacy miscellaneous member's detail the same main view that is shown in member isolation. Preset views are based off of that main view. In member isolation, the main view of a legacy miscellaneous members is, by default, based on the member's orientation with respect to the view in which it was added. You can change the view of a legacy miscellaneous member in isolation (e.g., rotate the view) as described here or here.

Horizontal or Vertical results in the member being shown flat on its detail. Preset views are based off of that flat main view, instead of the view that is shown in member isolation. Generally speaking, Horizontal will show the length of the legacy miscellaneous member horizontal across the detail, although this may not always be the case. Vertical rotates the perspective shown on the detail 90 degrees from horizontal.

To add member views to details: Member Isolation
Altering a member's main view: In Member Isolation
A quick way to alter a main view: Rotate View in Member Isolation

Add bearing bar thickness to description in BOM for grating material: or . This applies to both miscellaneous members and legacy miscellaneous members.

Add ...	Add ...

If this box is checked ( ), then Detail Members will include a grating's Bearing bar thickness in the description that it automatically enters to a member bill of material. The bill of material Description will be in the form: GR+DEPTH x THICK x WIDTH, where GR is the description prefix for grating, DEPTH is the Bearing bar depth, THICK is the Bearing bar thickness, and WIDTH is the Grating width.

If the box is not checked ( ), then the description for a grating that will automatically be entered to a member bill of material will not include the Bearing bar thickness of the grating.

Add bearing bar thickness to description in BOM for grating tread material: or . This applies to both miscellaneous members and legacy miscellaneous members.

Add ...	Add ...

If this box is checked ( ), then Detail Members will include a grating tread's Bearing bar thickness in the description that it automatically enters to a member bill of material. The bill of material Description will be in the form: GT+DEPTH x THICK x WIDTH. where GT is the description prefix for grating tread, DEPTH is the Bearing bar depth.THICK is the Bearing bar thickness and WIDTH is the Grating width.

If the box is not checked ( ), then the description for a grating tread that will automatically be entered to a member bill of material will not include the Bearing bar thickness of the grating tread.

Tension Only Braces

Length of bottom rod for rod bracing: A distance. This sets the default for the Rod length and Middle rod length locks in the leaf named Brace Connection To Gusset.

Connection design lock (bottom rod): Rod length
Connection design lock (top rod): Rod length
Connection design lock (middle rod): Middle rod length
Round bar material: Material length (makes the connection graphical)
Connection Guide: Rod Bracing.

Length of rod brace thread: A distance. This sets the default for the Thread length lock in the leaf named Brace Connection To Gusset. That lock applies to each end of each rod that makes up a rod brace.

len = length of rod brace thread

Connection design lock (all rods): Thread length
Round bar material (left or right end of a rod): Thread length (makes the connection graphical)

Gap between rod braces at turnbuckle: The distance from the end of the rod brace to the center of the turnbuckle. This distance is half the distance between the two round bars that are joined at a turnbuckle to form a rod brace.

g = gap between rode braces at turnbuckle

Pin type: Headed or Cotter.

Headed results in a clevis pin with a head. Connection design locks for Clevis pin shoulder height and Clevis pin head thickness will be available for adjusting the head size in the rod brace leaf named Brace Connection To Gusset.

Cotter results in a straight clevis pin with a uniform diameter along its entire length.

Connection design locks (bottom rod): Clevis pin shoulder height & Clevis pin head thickness
Connection design locks (top and middle rods): Clevis pin shoulder height & Clevis pin head thickness
Clevis material: Pin head thickness & Pin head diameter (make the connection graphical)