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Gusset 2 Point " & " HB Conn2 " connection design locks
| HSS horizontal braces with welded tees (shown) or other end fittings (not shown) field bolt to a 2- or 3-point shared gusset plate (" Gusset 2 Point "). For braces-to-beam-top-flange framing situations, that gusset plate shop welds to the beam's top flange per " HB Conn2 " locks.
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| " Gusset 2 Point "
(shared gusset plate dimensions and location)  |
" HB Conn2 "
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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 drawings are marked ( not depicted ). |
Gusset 2 Point
(HSS horizontal braces, 2- or 3-pt, to a beam's top flange)
Plate thickness ( not depicted ): The " Material thickness " of the shared gusset plate.
Width ( plate width ): The distance (perpendicular to the beam's work line ) between the two longest edges of the shared gusset plate (see example ).
Length ( plate length ): The length of the framing edge of the shared gusset plate (which welds to the flange of the supporting beam -- see example ). Plate length is measured parallel with the work line of the beam.
Refy: The distance (perpendicular to the supporting beam's work line ) from the work point of the horizontal brace to the framing edge of the shared gusset plate (which welds to the beam's top flange -- see example ). Changing the " Refy " moves the plate only, not the holes on the plate.
| Note: The member number [num] of the left horizontal brace is shown in brackets [num] in the heading for this section. |
Refx ( refx left ): The distance (parallel with the supporting beam's work line ) from the work point of the left horizontal brace to the left corner of the gusset plate's framing edge (the edge that shop welds to the beam's top flange -- see example ). Changing the " Refx " moves the plate only, not the holes on the plate.
Connection cut width ( lft cut width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting beam) between the two corners of the edge of the clip cut that is made to the gusset for the left horizontal brace to frame to (see example ). This distance is not the actual width of the clip cut, but the width of that clip cut as measured parallel with the depth of the beam.
Connection cut length ( lft cut length ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the supporting beam) between the two corners of the edge of the clip cut that is made to the gusset for the left horizontal brace to frame to (see example ). This distance is not the actual length of the clip cut, but the length of that cut as measured parallel with the work line of the beam. Note that the member number [num] of the left horizontal brace is shown in brackets [num} in the heading for this section.
| Note: The member number [num] of the right horizontal brace is shown in brackets [num] in the heading for this section. |
Refx ( refx right ): The distance (parallel with the supporting beam's work line ) from the work point of the right horizontal brace to the right corner of the gusset plate's framing edge (the edge that shop welds to the beam's top flange -- see example ). Changing the " Refx " moves the plate only, not the holes on the plate.
Connection cut width ( rt cut width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting beam) between the two corners of the edge of the clip cut that is made to the gusset for the right horizontal brace to frame to (see example ). This distance is not the actual width of the clip cut, but the width of that clip cut as measured parallel with the depth of the beam.
Connection cut length ( rt cut length ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the supporting beam) between the two corners of the edge of the clip cut that is made to the gusset for the right horizontal brace to frame to (see example ). This distance is not the actual length of the clip cut, but the length of that cut as measured parallel with the work line of the beam. Note that the member number [num] of the right horizontal brace is shown in brackets [num} in the heading for this section.
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HB Conn2
(HSS horizontal braces, shop weld, 2- or 3-pt gusset to a beam's top flange)
Weld size ( weld ): The weld size used to shop weld the framing edge of the shared gusset plate to the top flange of the beam. This is also the weld size used to weld the under side of the gusset plate to the forward edge of the beam's top flange, which is shown with a blue dashed line ( - - - - - ) in the example . The example above shows a shared gusset framing to the flange of a beam. Shared gusset plates are detailed with the beam and field bolted to the braces.