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Brace Connection To Gusset Wide Flange Web Plate " connection design locks
| Web plates (shown) or channels (not shown) can be designed per " Brace Connection To Gusset Wide Flange Web Plate " locks for connecting a wide flange vertical brace to a shared gusset attached to a beam when ' Standard ' is the " Connection arrangement ." Only the near-side web plates are shown in the illustrations below.
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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 ). |
Brace Connection to Gusset Wide Flange Web Plate
( wide flange vertical brace, standard connection, 2- or 3-point, to a beam )
Web plates ( NS and FS or channels )
Length ( plate length ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the vertical brace) between the two edges of the near-side web connection plate that are perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace (see example ). In other words, this is the length of either of the two edges of the web plate that are parallel with the work line of the vertical brace. This distance also applies to the far-side web plate.
Width ( plate width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace) between the two edges of the near-side web connection plate that are parallel with the work line of the vertical brace (see example ). In other words, this is the length of either of the two edges of the web plate that are perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace. This distance also applies to the far-side web plate.
Plate thickness ( not depicted ): The " Material thickness " of the near-side web connection plate. This also sets the thickness of the far-side web plate.
Refx ( plate refx ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the vertical brace) from the work point for this end of the vertical brace to the nearest edge of the near-side web connection plate (see example ). This distance also applies to the far-side web plate.
Refy ( plate refy ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace) from the work line to the edge of the near-side web connection plate that is closest to and parallel with the top flange of the wide-flange vertical brace (see example ). This distance also applies to the far-side web plate.
Web plate to gusset connection ( field bolted )
Bolt diameter ( not depicted ): You can either type in any diameter (inches or mm), or you can select a bolt diameter from the combo box (
). The diameters that are listed in the combo box come from Home > Project Settings > Job > Bolt Settings > the " Available bolts " list. The bolt diameter entered here together with the " Hole type " entered below determine the diameter of holes through the gusset plate.
Hole type ( not depicted ): Standard round or Short slot or Oversized or Long slot or User slot #1 or User slot #2 . The hole type selected here, together with the " Bolt diameter " entered above, determine the diameter of holes for field bolting the web plate to the gusset plate.
Rows: The total number of holes in any column of holes on the vertical brace gusset plate. For the wide-flange vertical brace shown in the example above, the number of " Rows " is ' 2 '.
Distance to 1st hole along brace ( to 1st hole ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the vertical brace) from the work point for this end of the vertical brace to the center of the nearest row of holes in the gusset plate (see example ).
Hole spacing along brace ( rsp ): Row spacing. This is the distance (center to center) between of any two adjacent holes in the same column of holes in the gusset plate (see example ). Bolt row spacing on a vertical brace gusset plate runs parallel with the work line of the vertical brace.
End connection failure message: Invalid bolt spacing
Edge distance along brace ( ed ): The distance from the forward edge of the web plate to the nearest hole in the web plate. This distance is measured along the work line of the wide-flange vertical brace. The forward edge of the web plate is the plate's width edge that is nearest to the work point of the brace.
Other edge distance along brace ( oed ): The distance from the connection edge of the gusset plate to the nearest hole for field bolting the web plate to the gusset. This distance is measured along the work line of the wide-flange vertical brace.
Columns: The number of columns of holes in the gusset plate. These holes will be used for field bolting the NS and FS web plates (or channel web connections) to the gusset plate. In the example above, the number of " Columns " is ' 2 '.
Distance to 1st hole perpendicular to brace ( not depicted ): The distance from the work line of the vertical brace perpendicular to the nearest column of holes in the web plate to gusset connection. In the example above, this distance would be half the " Hole spacing perpendicular to brace " since the work line runs half-way between the column spacing.
Hole spacing perpendicular to brace ( csp ): Column spacing. This is the distance (center to center) between any two columns of holes (see example ). Column spacing runs perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace.
Horizontal edge distance ( hed ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace) from the length edge of the web plate to the nearest column of holes for field bolting the web plate to the gusset plate. See the example .
Web plate to brace connection ( shop bolted )
Bolt diameter ( not depicted ): You can either type in any diameter (inches or mm), or you can select a bolt diameter from the combo box (
Hole type ( not depicted ): Standard round or Short slot or Oversized or Long slot or User slot #1 or User slot #2 . The hole type selected here, together with the " Bolt diameter " entered above, determine the diameter of holes for shop bolting the web plate to the brace.
Rows: The total number of holes in any column of holes on this end of the vertical brace. For the wide-flange vertical brace shown in the example above, the number of " Rows " is ' 2 '.
Distance to 1st hole along brace ( to 1st hole ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the vertical brace) from the work point for this end of the vertical brace to the center of the nearest row of holes in the web of the wide-flange vertical brace (see example ).
Hole spacing along brace ( s ): Row spacing. This is the distance (center to center) between of any two adjacent holes in the same column of holes on the vertical brace (see example ). Bolt row spacing on a vertical brace web plate (or channel ) runs parallel with the work line of the vertical brace.
Edge distance along brace ( edge dist ): The distance from the edge of the web plate to the nearest hole in the web plate for shop bolting the web plate to the web of the wide-flange vertical brace (see example ). The edge of the web plate that is referred to here is perpendicular to the work line of the brace and is that plates' width edge that rests on the web of the wide-flange brace.
Other edge distance along brace ( other ): The distance from the forward edge of the wide-flange vertical brace's web to the nearest hole in the brace's web for shop bolting the web plate (see example ). The forward edge of the wide-flange vertical brace is the edge of the brace's web that is closest to the work point of the brace. The two width edges of each web plate are parallel to the forward edge of the brace.
Columns: The number of columns of holes in the brace. These holes will be used for shop bolting the vertical brace web plates (or channels ) to the brace. In the example above, the number of " Columns " is ' 2 '.
Distance to 1st hole perpendicular to brace ( not depicted ): The distance from the work line of the vertical brace perpendicular to the nearest column of holes in the web plate to brace connection. In the example above, this distance would be half the " Hole spacing perpendicular to brace " since the work line runs half-way between the column spacing.
Hole spacing perpendicular to brace ( csp ): Column spacing. This is the distance (center to center) between any two columns of holes (see example ). Column spacing runs perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace, parallel with the depth of the brace.
Horizontal edge distance ( brc hed ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace) from the length edge of the web plate to the nearest column of holes for shop bolting the web plate to the web of the wide-flange vertical brace. This edge distance applies to both length edges of the web plate. See the example .
Fill plates ( on the gusset or brace web, NS and FS )
Location ( not depicted ): On brace web or On gusset plate . Select ' On brace web ' if the gusset plate is thicker than the web of the wide-flange vertical brace. Near-side and far-side fill plates will be placed between the brace web and the web plate as shown in the example above. Select ' On gusset plate ' if the web of the wide-flange vertical brace is thicker than the gusset plate -- a situation that is not shown in the example above.
Length ( fln ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the vertical brace) between the two edges of the near-side fill plate that are perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace (see example ). In other words, this is the length of either of the two edges of the plate that are parallel with the work line of the vertical brace. This distance also applies to the far-side fill plate.
Width ( fill width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace) between the two edges of the near-side fill plate that are parallel with the work line of the vertical brace (see example ). In other words, this is the length of either of the two edges of the plate that are perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace. This distance also applies to the far-side fill plate.
Plate thickness ( not depicted ): The " Material thickness " of the near-side fill plate. This also sets the thickness of the far-side fill plate.
Refx ( fill refx ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the vertical brace) from the work point for this end of the vertical brace to the nearest edge of the near-side fill plate (see example ). This distance also applies to the far-side fill plate.
Refy ( fill refy ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace) from the work line to the edge of the near-side fill plate that is closest to and parallel with the top flange of the wide-flange vertical brace (see example ). This distance also applies to the far-side fill plate.
For channel web connections ( settings for both the NS and FS ):
Section size ( not depicted ): A channel section. Connection design creates the web connection using the section size that is entered here when -- in "
An example of a channel web-to-gusset connection for a web-vertical wide flange vertical brace to a beam & column.