" Web Extension Plate " connection design locks

A web extension plate for clip angles is designed to extend past the bottom of a beam's flange per choices made to " Web Extension Plate " locks. The clip angles can bolt or weld to the extension plate.

(beam, web extension plates for clip angles, to a column or a beam) (" Input connection type " = ' Clip angle ' or ' Auto standard ' or ' User defined ')
" Web Extension Plate "	Availability : " Web Extension Plate " connection design locks become available when the designed connection is a clip angle connection, regardless of whether or not the extension plate is required. If the extension plate is not required or " Extend past flange " is set to ' Never ', the connection design locks have null values (e.g., distances of ' 0 ') and no physical extension plate is designed. If the user then sets at least one of the null-value locks to a non-null value, a web extension plate will be designed around the user-entered values even if the web extension plate is still not required.
Related locks :   NS Clip / FS Clip

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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.

Beam 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.

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Connection design locks :

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

  Web Extension Plate
( for a clip angle on a beam framing to a column )

Horizontal to plate ( horz ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the column) from the beam's work point to the edge of the extension plate that the clip angles fit to. For a beam to a vertical column, this distance is horizontal, and the plate's " Width " is vertical. See example .

Top of plate ( top ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the beam) from the beam's work point to the nearest point on the top edge of the extension plate. For a non-sloping beam, the top edge of the extension plate is horizontal, and this distance is vertical. See example .

Plate length ( length ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the column) from the bottom edge of the extension plate to the farthest point on the top edge of the extension plate. For a non-sloping beam to a vertical column, this distance is vertical. See example .

End connection failure message: Extension plate geometry fails due to locked length/width

Plate width ( width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the column) between the two edges of the extension plate that are parallel to the column. For a non-sloping to a vertical column, this distance is horizontal. See example .

End connection failure message: Extension plate geometry fails due to locked length/width

Plate thickness ( not depicted ): The " Material thickness " of the extension plate.

Bottom cut width ( cut width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the column) from the bottom corner of the cut to the top corner of the cut. For a non-sloping beam to a vertical column, this distance is horizontal. See example .

Bottom cut length ( cut length ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the column) from the bottom edge of the extension plate to the top corner of the cut. For a non-sloping beam to a vertical column, this distance is vertical. See example .

Weld size ( weld ): The weld size for shop welding the extension plate to the flange of the beam. To remove the weld, set the " Weld size " to ' 0 ' (zero).

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