The Material Plate Washer window
To open the Material Plate Washer window, press the " Material Plate Washers " button at Home > Project Settings > Job > Washer Settings .
Choices made on this window apply to all washer situations for which ' Material Plate ' is set as the washer type.
You can override choices made here on the Bolt Edit window.
- To open this window
- " OK " " Cancel " " Reset "
Also see :
- MATERIAL PLATE WASHER OPTIONS (a downloadable HOW/2 .pdf file)
- Rectangular Plate Material window (plate washers may be made of this material)
- Flat Bar Material window (plate washers may be made of this material)
- The [Legacy] Miscellaneous Member Edit window (opens when you edit loose material plate washers)
- The Bolt Detailing Settings window (setup)
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------ General Settings ------
Combine material plate washers: 
or 
. This option applies when bolts are generated for designed connections if ' Material Plate ' is set as the washer type for one or more situations (bolt types, etc.) specified at Home > Project Settings > Job > Washer Settings .
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When material plate washers are uncombined, each bolt gets a separate washer. |
When Washer Settings for one or more situations is ' Material plate ' . . .
If this box is checked (
If the box is not checked (
Override: " Combine material plate washers " on the Bolt Edit window lets you override -- for selected bolt groups -- the choice made here.
Combine to: Strips or Single Plate . This option applies when bolts are generated for connection designed connections if ' Material Plate ' is set as the washer type for one or more situations (bolt types, etc.) specified on the Washer Settings Window . " Combine material plate washers " (above) must be checked ( ) in order for the choice made here to be applied.
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When Washer Settings for one or more situations is ' Material plate ' . . .
Strips : Plate washers are combined to a strip per column of bolts.
Single Plate : Plate washers are combined into a single plate.
Override: " Combine to " on the Bolt Edit window lets you override -- for selected bolt groups -- the choice made here.
Field bolt shipping: Loose or With Member . This option applies when bolts are generated for connection designed connections if ' Material Plate ' is set as the washer type for one or more situations (bolt types, etc.) specified at Home > Project Settings > Job > Washer Settings . This affects whether or not field bolt plate washers are legacy miscellaneous members that are are shipped loose.
When Washer Settings for one or more situations is ' Material plate ' . . .
Loose : Plate washers are created as one or more legacy miscellaneous members. Plate washers for field bolts are not listed as submaterials of the member in the BOM, nor are they called out on the member detail.
With Member : Plate washers are created as submaterials of the member. Plate washers for both shop and field bolts are listed as submaterials of the member in the BOM, and are called out the member detail.
Also see: " Field bolts listed on ... " on the Bolt Detailing Settings window determines which member the bolt is listed with when ' With Member ' is selected.
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------ Standard ------ & ------ Oversized ------
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hed = horizontal edge distance |
Horizontal edge distance: The horizontal distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) from the nearest width edge of the material plate washer to the center of the nearest hole.
Vertical edge distance: The vertical distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) from the nearest length edge of the material plate to the center of the nearest hole.
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------ Slots ------
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ssded = short slot direction edge distance |
Perp to slot edge distance: The distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) measured perpendicular with the slot from the center of the nearest short slot or long slot to the length edge of the material plate washer.
Short slot direction edge distance: The distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) measured parallel with the slot from the center of the nearest short slot to the width edge of the material plate washer.
Long slot direction edge distance: The distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) measured parallel with the slot from the center of the nearest long slot to the width edge of the material plate washer.
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To close the Material Plate Washer window :
"OK" (or the Enter key) closes the Material Plate Washer window and saves the settings on it to the Job Settings file in your current Job .
Note: If you have made changes to this window after having added members to the 3D model, you should interactively mark for processing (or Process Selected ) all members in your current Job, then Process and Create Solids in order to ensure design consistency throughout the Job.
"Cancel" (or the Esc key or the
button) closes this window without saving any changes made to it.
"Reset" undoes all changes made to this window since you first opened it. The window remains open.
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