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Gusset One Member " & " Weld Conn2 " connection design locks
| The gusset for a wide flange vertical brace to a column is designed per " 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 gusset plate can shop weld to the column (" Weld Conn 2 ") or shop bolt to the column 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 column)
Plate thickness ( not depicted ): The " Material thickness " of the gusset plate
Width ( plate width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting column) from the framing edge of the gusset plate (which welds to the column 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 actual length of the framing edge of the gusset plate (which welds to the column in the example shown). Since the framing edge of the gusset plate is parallel to the column, the gusset plate " Length " is parallel with the work line of the column. This distance is vertical if the column is vertical.
Refx: The positive (+) or negative (-) distance (parallel with the work line of the column) from the work point of the vertical brace to the corner of the framing edge of the gusset plate that this end of the vertical brace points toward (this also happens to be the corner nearest the work point -- see example ). A " Refx " of ' 0 ' lines up the corner of the gusset plate horizontally with the work point on this end of the vertical brace. Entering a positive (+) distance moves the corner of the gusset plate parallel with the column toward the opposite end of the vertical brace. Entering a negative (-) distance moves the gusset plate parallel with the column in the direction that this end of the vertical brace points toward. Changing the " Refx " moves the gusset plate, but does not move the holes on the plate.
Refy: The positive (+) or negative (-) distance (perpendicular to the work line of the column) from the work point for this end of the vertical brace to the framing edge of the gusset plate (see example ). A " Refy " of ' 0 ' aligns the framing edge of the gusset plate with the work point. Entering a positive (+) distance moves the gusset plate perpendicular to the column toward the opposite end of the vertical brace. Entering a negative (-) distance moves the gusset plate perpendicular to the column in the direction that this end of the vertical brace points toward. Changing the " Refy " moves the gusset 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 column) 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 width of the connection edge, but the width of that edge as measured parallel with the depth of the column.
Connection cut length ( cut length ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the supporting column) 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 column, which means that this will be a vertical measurement if the column is vertical.
Acute side clip cut width: The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting column) between the two corners of the cut that is made to the acute side of the gusset plate. As the example shows, the work line of the brace divides the gusset plate into an acute side and an obtuse side.
Acute side clip cut length ( not depicted ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the supporting column) between the two corners of the acute-side edge of the gusset plate. As the example shows, the work line of the brace divides the gusset plate into an acute side and an obtuse side.
Obtuse side clip cut width: The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting column) between the two corners of the obtuse-side edge of the gusset plate. As the example shows, the work line of the brace divides the gusset plate into an acute side and an obtuse side.
Obtuse side clip cut length: The distance (parallel to the work line of the supporting column) between the two corners of the obtuse-side edge of the gusset plate. As the example shows, the work line of the brace divides the gusset plate into an acute side and an obtuse side.
Flat width: The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting column) that is the width of the cut that is made opposite to the work line of the brace.
End distance ( not depicted ): The positive (+) or negative (-) distance (parallel with the work line of the column) from the point at which the work line of the brace intersects the framing edge of the gusset plate (the edge that fastens to the column) to the corner of the framing edge that this end of the vertical brace points toward. In most cases, this distance is positive (+). This distance is negative (-) only if the work line of the brace does not intersect the framing edge of the gusset plate.
Length acute side ( acute side length ): The distance (parallel to the work line of the supporting column) from one corner of the framing edge of the gusset plate to the work line of the brace. The framing edge has two corners. Since this is the acute side of the framing edge, the one corner that this distance must be measured from is the corner that is interior to the acute angle formed by the work line of the brace to the work line of the column.
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Weld Conn2
( wide flange brace, standard connection, to a column )
Shop weld, gusset plate to the supporting column
Weld size ( weld ): The weld size for shop welding the gusset plate to the supporting column as in the example shown. You can optionally shop bolt the gusset to the column with a clip angle ("
To get a weld ("
To instead get a clip angle (" NS/FS Clip Conn2 "), select ' Clip Angle ' for " Gusset to supporting member ."