Ways to Create System , Forced , Graphical and Custom Connections (topic)
System connections :
Most of the " Input connection type " connections that are applied on the Beam , Column , Horizontal Brace , Vertical Brace or Joist window are system connections .
Auto standard connections are system connections for beams, columns and joists that have been applied based on framing conditions.
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Moment " connections can be applied, in a full-featured SDS2 program, on the Beam window.
User defined connections are system connections that can be defined in setup or saved from member windows.
Also see: Failed connections are system connections that failed the limit-state strength capacity testing that takes place during connection design .
System connections that have been modified :
Forced connection are system connections that have been forced because they failed.
Graphical connections are system connections that have been modified, probably because above-listed methods didn't work.
Not system connections :
Add Material or Run Parametric or Add Assembly are ways that users of a full-featured SDS2 program can add material to a member's end, thus creating or modifying a connection.
Custom components and custom members also provide ways of creating member end connections. The connection thus created is not a system connection .