" Brace Connection To Gusset " connection design locks

A stem-vertical W tee vertical brace field bolts to its gusset plate per choices made to " Brace Connection To Gusset " locks. Since the brace's " Connection type " is ' Coped flange ', the W tee's flange is cut flush to the side of the web (NS or FS) that the gusset will bolt to. The gusset shop attaches to a beam.


(stem-vertical WT vertical brace, field bolted to gusset, to a beam)
(vertical brace " Section size " = W tee)
(" Stem orientation " = ' Vertical ') 
 (" Stem direction " = ' Down ' or ' Up ')
(" Input connection type " = ' Vbrc Plate ' or ' User defined ')
(" Connection type " = ' Coped flange ')
(" Side of gusset " = ' Near side ' or ' Far side ')
" Brace Connection To Gusset "
( hole pattern for field bolts )



The gusset plate can shop weld to the beam (" Weld Conn2 ") or shop bolt with a clip angle (" NS/FS Clip Conn2 "). A wide flange beam is shown, but the beam can also be other material types .
Related locks :
Gusset One Member
Brace Connection To Gusset Wtee
Weld Conn2 (alternative to " NS/FS Clip Conn2 ")
NS/FS Clip Conn2 (alternative to " Weld Conn2 ")

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 ( ). Related settings that are unlocked ( ) may be updated, and the " Left/Right end limit state " calculations will be updated. Settings that are locked ( ) will not be changed by connection design , even if doing so might prevent a connection failure.

VIDEO A stem-vertical W tee vertical brace has its " Connection type " set to ' Coped flange ' and its " Side of gusset " set to ' Near side ' then to ' Far side '. (Recorded in SDS2 Detailing , v2016.)

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Connection design locks :

Locks not dimensioned or called out on the drawing are marked ( not depicted ).

  Brace Connection To Gusset
( stem-vertical W tee, coped flange, to a beam )

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 bolt diameters " list. The bolt diameter entered here, together with the " Hole type " entered below, set the diameter of holes for field bolting the stem-vertical W tee brace to 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, set the diameter of holes for field bolting the stem-vertical W tee brace to the gusset plate.

Rows: The total number of holes in any column of holes used to bolt the brace to the gusset plate (see example ). Bolt row spacing on a vertical brace gusset plate runs parallel with the work line of the vertical brace. For the stem-vertical tee 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 hole in the brace-to-gusset connection (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 in the gusset plate (see example ).

End connection failure message: Invalid bolt spacing

Edge distance along brace ( edge dist ): The distance from the forward edge of the tee brace to the nearest hole. This distance is measured along the work line of the web-vertical W tee vertical brace. The forward edge is the brace's edge that is nearest to its work point.

Other edge distance along brace ( other edge dist ): The distance from the connection edge of the gusset plate to the nearest hole for field bolting the brace to the gusset. This distance is measured along the work line of the web-vertical W tee vertical brace.

Columns: The number of columns of holes used to field bolt the brace to the gusset plate (see example ). 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 brace-to-gusset connection. In the example above, this distance would be ' 0 ' (zero) since the nearest column of holes is centered over the work line of the brace.

Hole spacing perpendicular to brace ( column spacing ): The distance (center to center) between any two columns of holes (see example ). Bolt column spacing runs perpendicular to the work line of the vertical brace.

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