" Brace Connection To Gusset Wtee " connection design locks

A stem-vertical W tee vertical brace with shop-bolted NS and FS web plates field bolts per " Brace Connection To Gusset Wtee " locks to the gusset plate for a column & base plate (shown) or column & cap plate (not shown). The W tee brace may be stem ' Down ' (shown) or stem ' Up ' (not shown).

(a vertical brace to a column and base/cap plate)
(vertical brace " Section size " = W tee)
(" Input connection type " = ' Vbrc plate ' or ' User defined ')
(" Stem orientation " = ' Vertical ') 
(" Connection type " = ' Web plates ')
(" Stem direction " = ' Down ' or ' Up ')
" Brace Connection To Gusset Wtee "
( web plates, NS & FS )


" Brace Connection To Gusset Wtee "
( web plate to gusset connection , field bolted)


( web plate to brace connection , shop bolted)

NS and FS fill plates are generated in the model if needed; that is, if the gusset and W tee web have unequal thicknesses. If their thicknesses are the same, then no fill plates are needed, and the connection design locks for those fill plates will, by default, be populated with null values (distance entries of ' 0 ')


Related locks :
Gusset Column Cap
Brace Connection To Gusset (alternative)
Weld Conn2 and Weld Conn1
Cap Plate (if column has auto base/cap plate)

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Connection design locks :

Locks not on the drawing are marked ( not depicted ).

  Brace Connection To Gusset Wtee
(stem-vertical tee vertical brace, web plates, to a column & base or cap plate)

Web plates (NS and FS)

Thickness ( not depicted ):

Width ( plate width ):

Length ( plate length ):

Refx ( plate refx ):

Refy ( not depicted ):

Web plate to gusset connection (field bolted)

Bolt diameter ( not depicted ):

Hole type ( not depicted ):

Rows:

Distance to 1st hole along brace ( to 1st hole ):

Hole spacing along brace ( rsp ):

Edge distance along brace ( ed ):

Other edge distance along brace ( oed ):

Columns:

Hole spacing perpendicular to brace ( csp ):

Horizontal edge distance ( gus hed ):

Web plate to brace connection (shop bolted)

Bolt diameter ( not depicted ):

Hole type ( not depicted ):

Rows:

Distance to 1st hole along brace ( to 1st hole ):

Hole spacing along brace ( rspc ):

Edge distance along brace ( edge dist ):

Other edge distance along brace ( other ed ):

Columns:

Distance to 1st hole perpendicular to brace ( not depicted ):

Hole spacing perpendicular to brace ( cspc ):

Horizontal edge distance ( brc hed ):

Fill plates (web or gusset fill plates, NS and FS)

Location ( not depicted ):

Width ( fill width ):

Length ( fill length ):

Plate thickness ( not depicted ):

Refx ( fill refx ):

Refy ( not depicted ):

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