To Auto Tension

Vertical Braces from Input to Auto Tension Load ( Home & Modeling & 2D )

Tool summary :

Lists vertical braces in the model that have user-entered tension loads on at least one of their ends. Select on the list those braces whose tension loads you want to be set to auto.
On each end of the Vertical Brace Edit windows of the members you selected to be changed, you will find the " Tension load " is set to " Auto ."
An auto tension load is calculated based on the " Brace design tension. . . % of allowable load " entered in Design Settings . The magnitude of such a load affects the size and strength of the vertical brace's end connection.

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Step by step instructions :

1 . Do any of the following to invoke Vertical Braces from Input to Auto Tension Load :

Method 1 : Home > Utilities > Utility Functions > Change Options > Vertical Braces from Input to Auto Tension Load .

Method 2 : Click the Vertical Braces from Input to Auto Tension Load icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Edit -- Change Options ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 3 : If the " Modeling layout style " or " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Edit > Change Options > Vertical Braces from Input to Auto Tension Load .

Method 4, 5 & 6 : Vertical Braces from Input to Auto Tension Load can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .

2 . After you invoke this Change option, a selection dialog opens. On it is a list of vertical braces with a " Tension load " that has been entered by the user. Since you cannot perform this operation on vertical braces that have their " Model complete date " set, or on vertical braces whose edit windows are set to " Lock end ," such members do not appear on the list. Each vertical brace is listed by its member number [num] and piecemark.

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[57] VB_53
[69] VB_71

When you press " OK ," the tension loads of the selected vertical braces will be set to " Auto ."

2a (optional) : Note that a " Print " button is available on this selection dialog so that you can print the list of vertical braces with user-entered tension loads if you like. To list all vertical braces with user-entered tension loads, you can " Show All ."

2b : Select the vertical brace(s) on whose edit windows you want to have " Auto " selected as the " Tension load ," then press " OK ."

3 . " Auto " is selected as the left and right end " Tension load " on the edit window(s) of the vertical brace(s) you selected in step 1. The vertical braces are marked for Process and Create Solids .

Note: The next time you Process and Create Solids , the left/right " Tension load " is recalculated, and the connection design redesigns the gusset plates on both ends of the vertical brace(s) so they stand up to the newly calculated left/right end loads.