" Column Plate " connection design locks

Users can " Force " an auto base/cap plate that frames to nothing "to get Column Plate " locks and a connection in the model. Forcing the connection does not clear the " No supporting member " connection failure message.
  • These instructions assume that the " Plate rotation " is set to ' 0 ' (zero).
  • The plate is divided into left and right sections by the column web center line.
  • The near side of the column web is right section of the column plate.
  • The base/cap plate is mirrored across the half-depth line of the column.
  • The left and right sections DO NOT have to be mirror images of one another.
(column, forced auto base/cap plate, to nothing)
(" Input connection type " = ' Auto base/cap ' )
( Force is required to get a connection in the model)
" Column Plate "
(In this example, " Column rot " = ' 90 ', " Plate rot " = ' 0 ')
When the " Input connection type " is ' Auto base/cap ' and the column does not frame to a beam or joist, connection design will normally fail the connection with the message " No supporting member ." However, users of a full-featured SDS2 program can still get a connection in the model by setting the " Connection " to " Force ."

Related locks :
Column Plate (user base/cap - beam)
Column Plate (user base/cap)
Column Plate (auto base/cap)
Top/bottom extension plate
Column Plate Welds ( )

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Connection design locks :

Locks not on the drawing are marked ( not depicted ).

  Column Plate

Plate dimensions (forced auto base cap plate framing to nothing)

Length left ( left plate length ):

Length right ( right plate length ):

Plate width:

Plate thickness ( not depicted ):

All bolts

Hole type ( not depicted ):

Bolt diameter ( not depicted ):

Left bolts

Rows ( rows left ):

Horizontal to hole left:

Horizontal hole spacing left ( row spc left ):

Columns ( columns left ):

Vertical hole spacing left ( col spc left ):

Vertical gage left ( vert gage left ):

Right bolts

Rows ( rows right ):

Horizontal to hole right:

Horizontal hole spacing right ( row spc right ):

Columns ( columns right ):

Vertical gage right ( vert gage right ):

Vertical hole spacing right ( col spc right ):

Welds

Size (to flange) ( not depicted ):

Size (to web) ( not depicted ):

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