" Left/ Right Base Plate Extension " or " Top/ Bottom Base Plate Extension "

User base/cap plate extensons may be populated with values from Base/Cap Plate Options. Making changes to " Left/ Right Base Plate Extension " or " Top/ Bottom Base Plate Extension " locks does not affect the Base/Cap Plate Schedule and will likely result in a new piecemark being assigned to the user base/cap plate.

VIDEO Connection design locks in leaves with names such as " Left Plate Extension " are available for user base/cap plates. This video shows the applying of a left and bottom extension to a user base plate.

(user base/cap plate on a column) (" Input connection type " = ' User base/cap plate ' or ' Auto standard ' or ' User defined ') (" Section size " = any valid shape) (" Column rotation " = any, ' 0 ' is shown in the example below) ( " Plate rotation " = any, ' 0 ' is shown in the example below) (For a column to a beam, the length of the column plate aligns with the beam.)

" Left Base Plate Extension " l = " Leg length " hc = " Horizontal to 1st hole " c = " Columns " hs = " Horizontal hole spacing " rfs = " Rows " (FS) fs = " Vertical to first hole " (FS) sf = " Vertical spacing " (FS) rns = " Rows " (NS) ns = " Vertical to 1st hole " (NS) sn = " Vertical hole spacing " (NS)

Relationship to setup : Leaves named " Left Base Plate Extension " and " Right Base Plate Extension " and " Top Base Plate Extension " and " Bottom Base Plate Extension " are available on the Column Edit window or Connection Component window whenever the " Input connection type " for a column is a ' User base/cap plate '. Connection design locks in these leaves will have null values (e.g., distances of zero) unless corresponding sections have been filled out on the Base/Cap Plate Schedule screens. Making changes to these locks (in Modeling ) does not affect Home > Project Settings > Job > Connections > Base/Cap Plate Schedule. Making changes to these locks will likely result in a new piecemark being assigned to the base/cap plate. Related locks : Column Plate (user - to a beam) || Column Plate (user base/cap) || Stiffener Plate (beam stiffeners) Additional Holes || Column Plate Welds ( )

User Defined Connections: Settings that are locked ( ) in a user defined connection file will automatically be locked on a member edit window for which that file is the " Input connection type ." 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.

Column Edit: To change a setting, first set it to locked ( ). Related settings that are unlocked ( ) may be updated, and the " Left/Right end limit state " calculations will be updated. Settings that are locked ( ) will not be changed by connection design , even if doing so might prevent a connection failure.

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Connection design locks :

  Left Base Plate Extension

Leg length: The distance from where the edge of the base/cap plate would be if there were no extension leg to the edge of the extension. In other words, this is the length of the extension.

l = leg length

The left of the base/cap plate is on the left when the " Column rotation " is ' 0 ' and the " Plate rotation " is ' 0 ' and the column does not frame to a beam or support a joist. See the example .

All bolts

Horizontal to 1st hole: The distance parallel with the " Leg length " from the center of the column to the first column of holes in the plate extension (the leg).

hc = " Horizontal to 1st hole "

This distance is measured horizontally when the " Column rotation " is ' 0 ' and the " Plate rotation " is ' 0 '. Otherwise, this will not be a perfectly horizontal distance..

Columns: The number (0, 1, 2 or etc.) of columns of holes.

c = " Columns "

Horizontal hole spacing: The distance (center-to-center) between columns of holes.

csp = " Horizontal hole spacing "

Near side bolts

Rows (NS): The number (0, 1 or 2 or etc.) of rows of holes in the near side of the plate extension (the leg).

rns = " Rows " (NS)

Vertical to 1st hole (NS): The distance perpendicular to the " Leg length " from the center of the column to the first row of holes in the near side of the leg.

vns = " Vertical to 1st hole " (NS)

The near side of the base/cap plate is the near side of the column when the " Plate rotation " is ' 0 ' and the end of the column does not frame to a beam or joist. This distance is a perfectly vertical distance when the " Column rotation " is ' 0 ' and the " Plate rotation " is ' 0 '.

Vertical hole spacing (NS): The distance (center-to-center) between rows of holes in the near side of the plate extension (the leg).

sns = " Vertical hole spacing " (NS)

Far side bolts

Rows (FS): The number (0, 1 or 2 or etc.) of rows of holes in the far side of the plate extension (the leg).

rfs = " Rows " (FS)

Vertical to first hole (FS): The distance perpendicular to the " Leg length " from the center of the column to the first row of holes in the far side of the plate extension (the leg).

vfs = " Vertical to 1st hole " (FS)

The far side of the base/cap plate is the far side of the column when the " Column rotation " is ' 0 ' and the " Plate rotation " is ' 0 '.

Vertical spacing (FS): The distance (center-to-center) between rows of holes in the far side of the plate extension (the leg).

sfs = " Vertical spacing " (FS)

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