The Beam Edit window ( Modeling )

The navigation tree is found in the left pane of the Beam Edit window. It makes navigating the window easier. Right-click opens a menu with options to " Expand all " and " Collapse all ." A " Delete " option is shown on the menu if you right-click a custom component .

Selecting a section name opens that section on the Beam Edit window. In the example at left, " Setbacks " is selected and, as a result, the " Setbacks " leaf is expanded (as opposed to collapsed) ( VIDEO1 ). Sections are scrolled to when opened or, if they are already open, when double-clicked ( VIDEO2 ).

To resize the pane containing the navigation tree, drag its right edge.

" Show images " (when checked) displays drawings that depict the dimensions that are controlled by connection design locks . ( VIDEO3 )

" Overlay " (when checked) displays one section at a time, just like selecting a tab on a window with tabs displays only the section for that one tab.


General settings
  Left end settings
  Right end settings

  General settings -------------------------------------------------
                       "Copy" "Paste" "Save" "Load" buttons   
  Section size   Composite design   Main material
  Piecemark   Slab width   Marked for process ( )
  Piecemark group   Number of studs   Marked for detailing
  Steel grade   Beam rotation   Node-match job
  Surface Finish   Hold rotations   Model complete
  Sequence   Rolling operation   Complete date
  Long side   Mid-ordinate   WP to WP length: plan
  Toe direction   Included angle   WP to WP length: actual
  Configuration   Rolling radius   Lift assignment
  Long leg   Spiral offset  
  Double material   Swap member ends
Detailing Buttons
  Center material   Break apart
  Welded section  
ABM options apply to a beam's " Section size " -- the beam's main material.
  Seismic -------------------------------------------------
Seismic moment frame member Story height above node
Seismic moment frame type Story height below node
  Uniformly distributed gravity load

Left end settings
Right end settings
                                     the " Save As User Defined Connection " button.            

General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Information

Connection Changed Message   Connection Failure Message
  Connection:   Connection:
 
context-sensitive help

General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Information
        Member

  Member --------------------------------------------------------------- --
  End elevation   Standard detail
  Web rotation  

General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Information
        Member
        Connection type

  Connection type  --------------------------------------------------- --
  Input connection type Use a safety erection seat
User defined connection Location of safety erection seat
Embed schedule entry Attachment
System designed connection Safety erection seat gap
NM bolt type to supported  

NM bolt type to supporting

Minimum setup connection
NM bolt diameter Provide minimum cope depth
Use miscellaneous plates list Disable framing situation checks

General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Information
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specification

  Connection specifications ------------------------------------- --
Clip angle
Bent plate
End plate
Shear
Seated beam connection
Splice plate

General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Information
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Setbacks

  Setbacks -------------------------------------------------------------- --
  Field clearance   Connection setback
  Input minus dimension   Input material setback
  Automatic minus dimension  Automatic material setback
 

General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Information
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Setbacks
        Moment

  Moment ----------------------------------------------------------------- --
  Moment type   Location
  Design for doublers   Bolt pattern
  Design for stiffeners   Bolt type
  Column web doubler side   Bolt diameter
  Connection material   Re-entrant cut
  Connection type   Groove angle
  Use inner flange plates   Haunch location
  End plates  

General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Setbacks
        Moment
        Loads

  Loads ------------------------------------------------------------------- --
  Shear load   Tension load
  Story shear   Compression load
 Moment load   Tye force
  Panel zone moment load  
 

General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Setbacks
        Moment
        Loads
        Summary
        End preparations

  End preparations ------------------------------------------------------- --
  End-cut type   Moment connection web setback
  Web cut   Top flange operation
  Flange cut   Bottom flange operation
 

General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Information
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Setbacks
        Moment
        Loads
        Summary
        End preparations
        Connection Design Locks
        ( non-moment )

Tip: Connection design locks may also be found on an edit window for a connection component .


Non-Moment Beam Connections
      NS Clip / FS Clip ( moment connection components can be added ) ( )
      Beam End Pocket ( for a beam with a bearing embed )
      Beam Web Doubler ( values of ' 0 ' if no web doublers are designed )
      Web Extension Plate
      Welded Tee
      Bent Plate ( moment connection components can be added ) ( )
      End Plate ( non-moment ) ( )
      Shear Tee
      Shear Thru Plate On [mem num] [end]
      Shear Tab
      Tab Clips and Copes
      Paddle Plate for HSS Beam ( )
      Safety Seat ( non-moment beam-to-column connections except beam seats )
      Column Reinf Plate ( may also apply to welded moment connections )
      Stability Plate ( extended shear tab to a column web )
      Seated Tee
      Seated Plate
      Seated Angle
      Web Stability Angle ( for a beam seat )
      Top Flange Stability Angle ( for a beam seat )
      Web Plate ( beam splice -- moment connection components can be added )
      Web Fill Plate ( values of ' 0 ' if no fill plates are designed )

General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Information
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Setbacks
        Moment
        Loads
        Summary
        End preparations
        Connection Design Locks
        ( moment )
Moment Connections
      Moment End Plate
      Bolts ( end plate moment bolts )
      Moment Stiffeners ( for a moment end plate )
      Top/Bottom Moment Haunch Stiffener ( moment end plate, Eurocode )
      Top/Bottom Moment Plate ( to a web or flange )
      Top/Bottom Moment Plate ( welded moment, to a web, shear tab )
      Top/Bottom Moment Angle ( flange )
      Moment Cap Plate ( welded moment, to top of column flange )
      Column Web Doublers ( moment )
      Column Flange Stiffeners ( opposite to moment connection )
      Moment Stiffeners ( moment end plate )
      Moment Flange Plate ( beam splice )
      Inner Flange Filler Plates ( beam splice )
      Welds ( fully welded moment connection )

General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Setbacks
        Moment
        Loads
        Summary
        End preparations
        Connection Design Locks
        Limit State

  Left/Right end limit state --------------------------------------------------------------------------

• The capacity of a connection is calculated for various limit states during connection design .

• Connection design takes place when you Process and Create Solids , or when you change a connection design lock .

• When changing connection design locks , refer to the reported limit state to better assess how your changes affect the capacity of the connection.


General settings
    Left/Right end settings
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Setbacks
        Moment
        Loads
        Summary
        End preparations
        Connection Design Locks
        Left/right end limit state
        Components

  Components ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• Custom component settings will appear on the Beam Edit window only if a custom component has been added to the beam (using Model > Component > Add ).

• Some of the custom components whose settings can be made to appear on a Beam Edit window are " Safety Holes ," " Safety Tabs ," " Beam Outrigger ," " Beam Stiffeners " and " HSS Cap Plates ."

To open the Beam Edit window :

Also see :

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