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NS/FS Clip Conn2 " connection design locks
| " NS/FS Clip Conn2 " gusset clip angles for shop bolting a vertical brace gusset plate to the beam in a vertical brace to beam & column framing situation shop bolt to the beam and can either shop weld or shop bolt to the gusset plate. To get clip angles on the gusset to beam, the gusset to column needs clip angles . To get clip angles on the gusset to column, the beam to column needs clip angles. If the gusset to column is a shear tab or end plate , the gusset welds to the beam. The " Gusset to beam clips " connection specification sets the default.
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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. Also, the "
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Connection design locks :
| Locks not called out or dimensioned on the drawing are marked ( not depicted ). |
NS/FS Clip Conn2
( vertical brace to a beam & column )
Clip angle
Section size ( not depicted ): The angle material to be used for the NS or FS gusset clip angle. For example, ' L4x3x5/16 '. The angle you enter must exist in the local shape file, or validation will not accept your entry. To enter an angle section size, you can type in the section size that you want, or you can press the "file cabinet" browse button (
) and double-click any section that is on the list of available angles in the local shape file . If you are in the "
Long leg to ( not depicted ): Supported or Supporting . This applies when the " Section size " is an angle with unequal legs. If you want when you have selected a clip angle with unequal legs as the " Material ." If you want the long leg of the clip angle to fasten to the gusset plate, select ' Supported '. If you want the long leg of the clip angle to fasten to the supporting beam, select ' Supporting '.
Top of angle ( top ): The positive (+) or negative (-) distance (parallel with the length of the angle) from the work point of the vertical brace to the "top" of the gusset clip angle. In the example above, the "top" of the angle is its right end, and " Top of angle " is a negative number. A " Top of angle " of ' 0 ' aligns the edge of the angle with the brace's work point. A positive (+) distance moves the angle parallel with the work line of the beam, away from brace's work point on the column. Changing the " Top of angle " moves the angle only, not the holes in clip angle.
Length of angle: The length (parallel with the work line of the beam) of the longest edge of the clip angle (see example ). If you leave this field unlocked but change the number of " Rows " or the " Vertical hole spacing ," the " Length of angle " is recalculated automatically.
Connection to supported (gusset clip angle, NS or FS, leg welded or bolted to the gusset plate) :
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Weld size ( weld ): The weld size used to shop weld the "
When " Gusset to clip connection " is set to ' Bolted ', you get the following " Connection to supported " options for shop bolting the brace to the gusset plate. " Connection to supported " settings can be different than the entries made to " Connection to supporting " fields.
Bolt diameter ( not depicted ): May be different than the " Bolt diameter " in the leg to supporting.
diameter of leg-to gusset shop bolts 
Hole type ( not depicted ): The value entered here, for the leg to gusset, may be different than the " Hole type " in the leg to the supporting (beam).
Rows: The value entered here, for the leg to gusset, may be a different number than the " Rows " in the leg to supporting.
Vertical to 1st hole: If, for the " Connection to supported ," you enter a " Vertical to 1st hole " to the "
End connection failure message: Locked vertical to 1st hole value on supported must match .
Vertical hole spacing: It is permissible to have leg to gusset hole spacing that is different than the " Vertical hole spacing " in the leg to supporting.
Top vertical edge distance: You are permitted to enter a leg-to-gusset top vertical edge distance that is different than the " Top vertical edge distance " in the leg to supporting.
Bottom vertical edge distance: You are permitted to enter a leg-to-gusset bottom vertical edge distance that is different than the " Bottom vertical edge distance " in the leg to supporting.
Horizontal to 1st hole ( gol ): The distance (perpendicular to the length of the angle) from the work point on the column to the center of the holes in the leg that bolts to the gusset plate (see example ). For a non-sloping beam, this distance is vertical.
Connection to supporting (vbr to bm & col, gusset clip NS or FS, leg that shop bolts to the beam) :
Bolt diameter ( not depicted ): The diameter of shop bolts in the gusset clip angle's leg to the supporting beam in a gusset to beam & column framing situation. You can either type a 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 bolt diameters " list. The bolt diameter entered here together with the " Hole type " entered below sets the diameter of holes in the leg.
diameter of shop bolts for the leg to the beam 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, set the diameter of holes for shop bolting the leg of the gusset clip angle that frames to the beam.
Rows: The number of bolt holes in the gusset clip angle leg to the supporting beam. In the example above, the number of " Rows " is ' 5 '. If you change the number of " Rows " and the " Length of angle " is not locked, the angle length will automatically be recalculated.
Vertical to 1st hole ( vert to 1st ): A positive (+) or negative (-) distance (parallel with the length of the angle) from the work point of the vertical brace to the center of the hole nearest the "top" of the gusset clip angle. The example above shows a "
End connection failure message: Locked vertical to 1st hole value on supporting must match
Vertical hole spacing ( spacing ): The distance (center to center) between any two adjacent holes in the the gusset clip angle's leg to the supporting beam (see example ). Vertical hole spacing runs parallel with the work line of the beam and the length of the clip angle (horizontally if the beam is horizontal). If the " Length of angle " is unlocked (
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Variable hole spacing can be typed to locked " Vertical hole spacing " fields found in leaves named "
Rows Spacing Result 5 3,5,3,3 4 spaces at 3", 5", 3" and 3" 5 3,5,2@3 4 spaces at 3", 5", 3" and 3" 5 3,5,3 4 spaces at 3", 5", 3" and 3"
(the last spacing -- 3 -- is repeated to fill the spaces that are required for the number of rows)5 3,5,3,3,2,3 End connection failure message (see below). End connection failure message: Variable row spacing specifies too many rows
Top vertical edge distance ( ed ): The distance (parallel with the length of the angle) from the "top" of the gusset clip angle to the center of nearest hole in the leg to the supporting beam. If the beam is horizontal, the " Top vertical edge distance " is dimensioned horizontally. See the example .
Bottom vertical edge distance ( ): The distance (parallel with the length of the angle) from the "bottom" hole in the leg-to-supporting-beam's hole group to the "bottom" of the gusset clip angle. See the example .
Horizontal to 1st hole ( horz to 1st ): The distance (perpendicular to the length of the angle) from the work point (center of gusset plate) to the column of holes in the clip angle leg that bolts to the supporting beam. If " Horizontal to 1st hole " is the same in both the NS and FS gusset clip angles, the value entered to each is equivalent to half the center-to-center distance between the holes in the outstanding legs of those NS and FS angles. See the example .
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