" Brace Connection To Gusset " connection design locks

Rod braces are designed when a round bar is entered as the vertical brace " Section size ."

VIDEO A rod brace is added in the model. Brace Connection To Gusset locks are then edited. (Recorded in SDS2 Detailing , v2016.)

(vertical brace to a beam or column) (vertical brace to a beam & column) (vertical brace to a column & base/cap plate) (vertical brace " Section size " = round bar) (" Input connection type " = ' Vbrc plate ' or ' User defined ')

" Brace Connection To Gusset " ( bottom end & top end )

Note 1: To get three rods as shown in this example, " Number of rods " needs to be ' 2 ' in the top-end Brace Connection To Gusset . The number of rods for the bottom end is always one, and there is no lock for changing to a number other than one. Note 2: You can simultaneously view the locks for both the top and bottom ends of a rod brace on its Vertical Brace Review window. In a full-features SDS2 program, making changes to the bottom end updates the top end and vise-versa. On the Connection Component Edit window, only one end or the other can be seen.

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Connection design locks :

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

  Brace Connection To Gusset

Bottom end of a round bar vertical brace

Clevis index ( bottom clevis ):

Clevis pin diameter ( not depicted ):

Clevis pin length ( not depicted ):

Clevis pin shoulder height ( not depicted ):

Clevis pin head thickness ( not depicted ):

Clevis pin grade ( not depicted ):

Clevis grip ( not depicted ):

Clevis thread ( not depicted ):

Turnbuckle index ( primary turnbuckle ):

Turnbuckle thread ( not depicted ):

Rod length ( bottom rod length ):

Thread length ( not depicted ):

tl = thread length

How Modeling represents the threaded area of a round bar displayed in solid opaque form.

Gusset edge distance along brace ( bed ):

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  Brace Connection To Gusset

Top end of a round bar vertical brace

Clevis index ( top clevis ):

Clevis pin diameter ( not depicted ):

Clevis pin length ( not depicted ):

Clevis pin shoulder height ( not depicted ):

Clevis pin head thickness ( not depicted ):

Clevis pin grade ( not depicted ):

Clevis grip ( not depicted ):

Clevis thread ( not depicted ):

Turnbuckle thread ( not depicted ):

Number of rods:

Rod length ( top rod length ):

Middle rod length:

Secondary turnbuckle thread ( secondary turnbuckle ):

Gusset edge distance along brace ( ted ):

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