" Gusset One Member " & " Brace Connection To Gusset Wide Flange Flange Plate " & " Weld Conn2 "
NS and FS gusset plates field bolt to the left and right flanges of a web-horizontal wide flange vertical brace and are designed per "  Gusset One Member " and " Brace Connection To Gusset Wide Flange Flange Plate " locks when ' Flange gussets ' is the selected " Connection arrangement ." The near-side flange gusset is shown in this example. The two gusset plates shop attach to the column per choices made to " Weld Conn2 " or " NS/FS Clip Conn2 " locks.
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| " Gusset One Member "
(gusset plate dimensions and location)  |
" Gusset One Member "
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| " Weld Conn2 "
(" Gusset to supporting member " = ' Welded ')  |
" Brace Conn To Gusset Wide Flange Flange Plate "
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Connection Guide: Click here .
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 ). |
Gusset One Member
( web-horizontal wide flange vertical brace, flange gussets, to a column )
Gusset plate dimensions and location
Plate thickness ( not depicted ): This sets the thickness for both the near-side and the far-side flange gusset and is The " Material thickness " of the rectangular plate flange gusset material.
Width ( plate width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting column) from the framing edge of the gusset plate (the edge that welds to the column) to the farthest point on the same surface that is opposite to the framing edge of the flange gusset. See the example .
Length ( plate length ): The length of the framing edge of the gusset plate (which welds to the supporting column). See the example . The flange gusset " Length " is measured parallel with the work line of the supporting column.
Refx: The positive (+) or negative (-) distance (parallel with the supporting column's work line ) from the work point for this end of the vertical brace to the corner of the framing edge of the flange gusset that this end of the vertical brace points toward (see example ). For flange gussets to a vertical column, this distance is vertical. A " Refx " of ' 0 ' aligns the corner of the flange gusset with the work point and perpendicular to the columns's work line. Entering a positive (+) distance moves the flange gusset parallel with the column's work line toward the opposite end of the vertical brace. Entering a negative (-) distance moves the corner of the flange gusset parallel with the column's work line in the direction that this end of the vertical brace points toward. Changing the " Refx " moves the plate, but not the holes on the plate.
Refy: The positive (+) or negative (-) distance (perpendicular to the supporting column's work line ) from the work point for this end of the vertical brace to the framing edge of the flange gusset (which welds to the column's flange -- see example ). For a flange gusset to a vertical column, this distance is horizontal. A " Refy " of ' 0 ' aligns the framing edge of the flange gusset with the work point and parallel to the column's work line. Entering a positive (+) distance moves the flange gusset perpendicular to the column's work line toward the opposite end of the vertical brace. Entering a negative (-) distance moves the flange gusset perpendicular to the column's work line in the direction that this end of the vertical brace points toward. Changing the " Refy " moves the plate, but does not move the holes on the plate.
Connection cut width ( cut width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting column) between the two corners of the connection edge of the gusset plate. The connection edge is the edge that the web-horizontal wide flange brace connects to (see example ). This distance is not the actual width of the connection edge, but the width of that edge as measured parallel with the depth of the column (or the width of the gusset). .
Connection cut length ( cut length ): The distance (parallel with the work line of the supporting column) between the two corners of the connection edge of the gusset plate. The connection edge is the edge that the web-horizontal wide flange brace connects to (see example ). This distance is not the actual length of the connection edge, but the length of that edge as measured parallel with the framing edge of the gusset plate -- that is, parallel with the column.
Acute side clip cut width ( acute side cut width ): The distance (measured perpendicular to the work line of the column) between the two corners of the acute-side clip cut. As the example shows, the gusset plate is divided into an acute side and an obtuse side by the work line of the brace. The acute side of the gusset plate is the side contained by the acute angle between the brace and the column.
Acute side clip cut length ( acute cut length ): The distance (measured parallel with the work line of the column) between the two corners of the acute-side clip cut. As the example shows, the gusset plate is divided into an acute side and an obtuse side by the work line of the brace. The acute side of the gusset plate is the side contained by the acute angle between the brace and the column.
Obtuse side clip cut width ( obtuse cut width ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting column) between the two corners of clip cut made to the obtuse side of the gusset plate. The obtuse side of the gusset plate is the side contained by the obtuse angle between the column and the brace. See the example .
Obtuse side clip cut length ( obtuse cut length ): The distance (parallel to the work line of the supporting column) between the two corners of the clip cut made to the obtuse side of the gusset plate. The obtuse side of the gusset plate is the side contained by the obtuse angle between the column and the brace. See the example .
Flat width ( F ): The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the supporting column) that is the width of the cut that is made to the corner of the gusset plate that the work line of the brace points toward. In the example above, the " Flat width " cut is made to the corner of the gusset plate that is closest to the brace's work point.
End distance ( end dist ): The distance (parallel with the framing edge of the gusset plate, which welds to supporting column in the example ) from the point where the work line of the brace intersects the framing edge of the gusset plate to the corner of the framing edge that this end of the web-horizontal wide flange brace points toward.
Length acute side ( acute side ): The distance (parallel to the work line of the supporting column) from the acute-side corner of the framing edge of the gusset plate to the work line of the brace. The framing edge has two corners. The acute-side corner is the corner of the framing edge that is interior to the acute angle formed by the work line of the brace to the work line of the column (see example ).
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Brace Connection To Gusset Wide Flange Flange Plate
( web-horizontal wide flange vertical brace, flange gussets, to a column )
Brace connection to the gusset plate ( 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 bolt diameters " list. The bolt diameter entered here, together with the " Hole type " entered below, set the diameter of holes through the near-side and far-side flange gussets.
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 web-horizontal wide flange brace to the near-side and far-side flange gussets.
Rows: The total number of holes in any column of holes on the near-side flange gusset. The number of " Rows " entered here will also be applied to the far-side flange gusset. Bolt row spacing on a web-horizontal wide flange brace flange gusset runs parallel with the work line of the vertical brace. For the brace shown in the example above, the number of " Rows " is ' 3 '.
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 on the flange gusset (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 on the flange gusset (see example ).
End connection failure message: Invalid bolt spacing
Edge distance along brace ( edge dist ): The distance from the forward edge of the web-horizontal wide flange vertical brace's flange to the nearest hole in that brace's flange. See the example . The forward edge of the brace's flange is the edge that is closest to the work point of the vertical brace. Holes in the brace's flange are for field bolting to the flange gusset plates. This edge distance applies to both flanges of the brace.
Other edge distance along brace ( other edge dist ): The distance from the connection edge of the flange gusset plate to the nearest hole for field bolting that flange gusset plate to the flange of the web-horizontal wide flange vertical brace. See the example . This one edge distance applies to both flange gusset plates.
Columns: The number of columns of holes on the flange gusset (see example ). These holes will be used for field bolting the flange of the brace to the gusset. Columns of holes run perpendicular to the work line of the web-horizontal wide flange brace. In the example above, the number of " Columns " is ' 2 '.
Distance to 1st hole perpendicular to brace ( perp ): The distance from the work line of the vertical brace perpendicular to the nearest column of holes. In the example above, this distance would be half the " Hole spacing perpendicular to brace " since the work line of the brace is centered between the two columns of holes.
Hole spacing perpendicular to brace ( cs ): The distance (center to center) between any two columns of holes (see example ). Bolt column spacing runs perpendicular to the work line of the web-horizontal wide flange brace.
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Weld Conn2
( web-horizontal wide flange vertical brace, flange gussets, to a column )
Shop weld, flange gusset plates to the supporting column
Weld size ( weld ): The weld size for shop welding each of the two flange gussets to the supporting column. See the example . You can optionally shop bolt the flange gussets to the column with clip angles (" NS/FS Clip Conn2 "). The flange gussets are detailed with the supporting column and field bolt to the web-horizontal wide flange brace.
To get a weld ("
To instead get a clip angle (" NS/FS Clip Conn2 "), select ' Clip Angle ' for " Gusset to supporting member ."
A special case : If the supporting column has a narrow flange and ' Welded ' is selected for " Gusset to supporting member ," the flange gussets may shop weld to the supporting column's flange with clip angles.