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Gusset One Member " & " Weld Conn2 " connection design locks
| The gusset for a wide flange vertical brace to a beam is designed per choices made to " Gusset One Member " locks. When ' Standard ' is the " Connection arrangement ," the brace field bolts to the gusset plate with flange angles and web plates.The illustration below shows the near-side flange angles and NS web plate. The gusset plate can shop weld to the beam (" Weld Conn 2 "), or it can shop bolt to the beam with a clip angle (" NS/FS Clip Conn2 ").
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User Defined Connections: Settings that are locked (
) in the user defined connection file will automatically be locked on the member edit window. You can, if you so choose, manually lock additional settings on the member edit window, and your changes will be retained, through multiple processes, so long as you do not change to a different connection then switch back to the original user defined connection.
Vertical Brace Edit: To change a setting, first set it to locked (
) may be updated, and the "
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Connection design locks :
| Locks not dimensioned or called out on the drawing are marked ( not depicted ). |
Gusset One Member
( wide flange vertical brace, standard connection, to a beam )
Gusset plate dimensions and location :
Plate thickness ( not depicted ): The " Material thickness " of the gusset plate. .
Width ( plate width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting beam) from the framing edge of the gusset plate (the edge that welds to the beam in the example shown) to the farthest point on the same surface that is opposite to the framing edge of the gusset plate.
Length ( plate length ): The length of the framing edge of the gusset plate (which welds to the supporting beam in the example shown).The gusset plate " Length " is measured parallel with the work line of the supporting beam.
Refx: The positive (+) or negative (-) distance (parallel with the supporting beam's work line ) from the work point for this end of the vertical brace to the corner of the framing edge of the gusset plate that this end of the vertical brace points toward (see example ). For a gusset plate to a non-sloping beam, this distance is horizontal. A " Refx " of ' 0 ' aligns the corner of the gusset plate with the work point and perpendicular to the beam's work line. Entering a positive (+) distance moves the gusset plate parallel with the beam's work line toward the opposite end of the vertical brace. Entering a negative (-) distance moves the corner of the gusset plate parallel with the beam's work line in the direction that this end of the vertical brace points toward. Changing the " Refx " moves the plate, but not the holes on the plate.
Refy: The positive (+) or negative (-) distance (perpendicular to the supporting beam's work line ) from the work point for this end of the vertical brace to the framing edge of the gusset plate (which welds to the beam's bottom flange in the example shown). For a gusset plate to a non-sloping beam, this distance is vertical. A " Refy " of ' 0 ' aligns the framing edge of the gusset plate with the work point and parallel to the beam's work line. Entering a positive (+) distance moves the gusset plate perpendicular to the beam's work line toward the opposite end of the vertical brace. Entering a negative (-) distance moves the gusset plate perpendicular to the beam's work line in the direction that this end of the vertical brace points toward. Changing the " Refy " moves the plate, but does not move the holes on the plate.
Connection cut width ( cut width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting beam) between the two corners of the connection edge of the gusset plate. The connection edge is the edge that the wide flange vertical brace connects to with web plates and flange angles (see example ). This distance is not the actual width of the connection edge, but the width of that edge as measured parallel with the depth of the beam.
Connection cut length ( cut length ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the supporting beam) between the two corners of the connection edge of the gusset plate. The connection edge is the edge that the vertical brace connects to with web plates and flange angles (see example ). This distance is not the actual length of the connection edge, but the length of that edge as measured parallel with the framing edge of the gusset plate -- that is, parallel with the beam.
Acute side clip cut width: The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting beam) between the two corners of the cut that is made to the acute side of the gusset plate. As the example shows, the gusset plate is divided into an acute side and an obtuse side by the work line of the brace.
Acute side clip cut length ( not depicted ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the supporting beam) between the two corners of the acute-side edge of the gusset plate. As the example shows, the gusset plate is divided into an acute side and an obtuse side by the work line of the brace.
Obtuse side clip cut width: The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting beam) between the two corners of the obtuse-side edge of the gusset plate. As the example shows, the gusset plate is divided into an acute side and an obtuse side by the work line of the brace. The obtuse side of the gusset plate is the side contained by the obtuse angle between the beam and the brace.
Obtuse side clip cut length: The distance (parallel to the work line of the supporting beam) between the two corners of the obtuse-side edge of the gusset plate. As the example shows, the gusset plate is divided into an acute side and an obtuse side by the work line of the brace. The obtuse side of the gusset plate is the side contained by the obtuse angle between the beam and the brace.
Flat width: The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting beam) that is the width of the cut that is made to the corner of the gusset plate that the work line of the brace points toward. In the example above, the " Flat width " cut is made to the corner of the gusset plate that is closest to the brace's work point.
End distance ( not depicted ): The positive distance parallel with the framing edge of the gusset plate (the edge that fastens to the bottom flange of the supporting beam) from the point where the work line of the brace intersects the framing edge of the gusset plate to the corner of the framing edge that this end of the vertical brace points toward.
Length acute side ( acute side length ): The distance (parallel to the work line of the supporting beam) from the acute-side corner of the framing edge of the gusset plate to the work line of the brace. The framing edge has two corners. The acute-side corner is the corner of the framing edge that is interior to the acute angle formed by the work line of the brace to the work line of the beam (see example ).
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Weld Conn2
(wide flange vertical brace, standard connection, to a beam)
Shop weld, gusset plate to the supporting beam
Weld size ( weld ): The weld size for shop welding the gusset plate to the supporting beam (see example ). The gusset can optionally be shop bolted to the supporting beam with a clip angle ("
To get a weld ("
To instead get a clip angle ("