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Gusset Intersection " & " Brace Connection To Gusset " connection design locks
| Angle horizontal braces field bolt to an intersection plate per " Gusset Intersection " and " Brace Connection To Gusset " locks. An erection bolt is provided for shop attaching the intersection plate to the supporting center brace. A " Stagger bolts " hole pattern is shown, but angle braces can have other hole patterns. The intersection plate's " Plate length " is parallel with the two supported horizontal braces.
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" Gusset Intersection "  |
" Brace Connection To Gusset "
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End connection failure message: Braces must be colinear
End connection failure message: Both braces must be either on/off the neutral axis
Connection Guide: Click here or here for related screen shots.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.
Horizontal 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 detail are marked ( not depicted ). |
Gusset Intersection
Thickness ( not depicted ): The " Material thickness " of the intersection plate.
Width: The distance (perpendicular to the work lines of the supported braces) between the two edges of the intersection plate that are parallel with the supported braces' work lines (see example ). In other words, this is the length of either of the two short edges of the intersection plate.
Increasing the plate " Width " on both of the supported braces adds material down, toward the bottom of your computer screen in a plan view.
Tip: The plate " Width " is symmetrical around the work lines of the two supported braces if the " Refy " is half the distance entered here.
Length: The distance (parallel with the work lines of the supported braces) between the two edges of the intersection plate that are perpendicular to the supported braces' work lines (see example ). In other words, this is the length of either of the two long edges of the intersection plate.
Increasing the plate " Length " on both of the supported braces adds material to the end of the plate associated with the left brace.
Tip: The plate " Length " is symmetrical around the work point shared by the two supported braces if the " Refx " is half the distance entered here.
Refx: The distance (parallel to the work lines of the two supported braces) from the work point to the edge of the intersection plate that the right horizontal brace frames to (see example ).
Increasing the " Refx " on both of the supported braces shifts the center of the intersection plate toward the right brace. Changing the " Refx " moves the plate only, not the holes on the plate.
Refy: The positive distance (perpendicular to the work line of either of the supported braces) from the work point to the upper longer edge of the intersection plate (the upper edge is the edge that is higher on screen in a plan view -- see example ).
Increasing the " Refy " on both of the supported braces shifts the intersection plate upward in a direction perpendicular to the work lines of the supported braces. Changing the " Refy " moves the plate only, not the holes on the plate.
Brace Connection To Gusset
Hole type ( not depicted ): Standard round or Short slot or Oversized or Long slot or User slot #1 or User slot #2 . This sets the hole type for all bolts on the horizontal brace intersection plate. If you enter a different " Hole type " for the two supported horizontal braces, connection design uses the hole type entered for the left brace.
Detailing: A horizontal brace intersection plate shop bolts (at the work point) to the supporting brace and field bolts to the two supported braces.
Bolt diameter ( not depicted ): The diameter of the field bolts to be used to fasten the supported brace that you are editing to the intersection plate. You can type in any diameter (inches or mm) or select a bolt diameter from the menu ( 
). Diameters listed on the menu come from Home > Project Settings > Job > Bolt Settings > the " Available bolts " list.
The bolt diameter entered here, along with the " Hole type " entered above, together set the diameter of the holes the bolts goes into. The two braces can have different bolt diameters.
Rows: The total number of holes in the column of holes with the greatest number of holes.
For the angle brace shown in the example above, the number of " Rows " is ' 4 '.
Distance to 1st hole along brace: The positive distance (parallel with the work line of the supported brace that you are editing) from the work point to the first row of holes on the half of the intersection plate associated with the brace you are editing (see example ).
Hole spacing along brace ( row spacing ): The distance (center to center) between of any two adjacent holes in the same column of holes on the half of the intersection plate associated with the supported brace that you are editing (see example ).
Bolt row spacing on a horizontal brace intersection plate runs parallel with the work lines of the two supported horizontal braces. Holes within an individual row run perpendicular to the work line.
End connection failure message: Invalid bolt spacing
Columns: The number of columns of holes for bolting either of the supported braces to the intersection plate.
For the example above, this number would be ' 2 '.
Hole spacing perpendicular to brace ( column spacing ): The distance (center to center) between columns of holes (see example ).
Bolt column spacing runs perpendicular to the work lines of the two supported horizontal braces. Holes within an individual column run parallel with the work line.