The Preferred Plate Sizes setup window ( Fabricator Settings ) (read-only)

• The " Plate material grade " sets the default plate material grade that is applied to connections plates of the type described by a particular tab.
• Plate thicknesses entered on the Preferred Plate Sizes window are used for the design of end plates, shear plates, moment flange plates, etc.
• During connection design in a full-featured SDS2 program , the program determines the thickness that is required, then refers to this window and chooses the nearest thickness listed that is equal to or larger than the thickness that is required. Thicknesses may be in inches or mm or in gages.

To open Preferred Plate Sizes :

Method 1 : Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Standard Fabricator Connections > Preferred Connection Material Sizes > Preferred Plate Sizes .

Also see :

• Use miscellaneous plates list (applies Preferred Plate Sizes to beam connections)
• Use miscellaneous plates list (applies Preferred Plate Sizes to column connections)
• Use miscellaneous plates list (applies list to horizontal brace connections)
• Use miscellaneous plates list (applies list to vertical brace connections)
• Use miscellaneous plates list (applies list to joist connections)

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