The Column Edit window ( Modeling )

The navigation tree is found in the left pane of the Column 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 when you right-click a custom component .

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

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

" Show images " (when checked) lets you see 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
  Bottom end settings
  Top end settings

"Copy" "Paste" "Save" "Load" buttons
    General settings -------------------------------------------------
  Section size ( )   Column rotation   Main material
  Piecemark   Toe direction   Marked for process ( )
  Piecemark group   Configuration   Marked for detailing
  Steel grade   Long leg   Node-match job
  Surface Finish   Double material   Model complete
  Sequence   Welded section ...   Complete date
  Erection pin hole   Sloped column   WP to WP length
  Break apart
Detailing Buttons
 
ABM options apply to a column's " Section size " -- the column's main material.

Bottom end settings
Top end settings
                                     the " Save As User Defined Connection " button.             

General settings
    Bottom/Top end settings
        Information

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

General settings
    Bottom/Top end settings
        Information
        Member

  Member --------------------------------------------------- --
  End elevation   Material setback
  Move material (bottom end only)   Standard detail
  Minus dimension  

General settings
    Bottom/Top end settings
        Information
        Member
        Connection type

  Connection type ------------------------------------------ --
  Input connection type   System designed connection
  User defined connection   NM bolt type
  Plate schedule number ( )   NM bolt diameter
  Plate rotation   Use miscellaneous plates list
  Offset parallel to web   Disable framing situation checks
  Offset parallel to flange  

General settings
    Bottom/Top end settings
        Information
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specification

  Connection specifications --------------------------------- --
----- Splice plate ----
  Column attachment   Channel lower connection
  Butt plate   Channel connection side
  Web plates   Splice plate grade
  Channel web connection   Inner flange plates
----- Auto base/cap plate ----
  Weld pattern   Align stiffeners with
  Use transverse beam stiffener   Base/cap plate grade
----- User base/cap plate ----
  Weld all around   Use transverse beam stiffener
  Flange welds   Align stiffeners with
  Web welds   Use extended stiffeners
  Seal welds  

General settings
    Bottom/Top end settings
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Loads

  Loads -------------------------------------------------------- --
Load Splice uplift
Moment Horizontal shear
Weak axis moment Tie force

General settings
    Bottom/Top end settings
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Loads
        End preparations

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

General settings
    Bottom/Top end settings
        Information
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Loads
        End preparations
       Connection design locks

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


      Column Plate ( auto base/cap, to a beam or joist )
      Column Plate ( auto, no framing situation -- forced )
      Stiffener Plate ( beam stiffeners for auto or user base/cap plates )
      Top / Bottom Extension Plates ( auto base/cap plate )
      Column Plate Welds ( auto or user base/cap plate ) ( )
      Column Plate ( user base/cap, to a beam or a joist )
      Column Plate ( user base/cap, no framing situation )
      Left/Right/Top/Bottom Base Plate Extension ( user base/cap ) ( )
      Additional Holes ( user base/cap )
      Outer Flange Plate ( column flange splice plate connection )
      Upper Outer Flange Fill Plate ( column flange splice plate connection )
      Butt Plate ( column flange splice plate connection )
      Web Plate ( column splice )
      Upper Web Fill Plate ( column splice )
      Web Channel ( for column spices that are field welded )

General settings
    Bottom/Top end settings
        Information
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Loads
        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 states to better assess how your changes affect the capacity of the connection.


General settings
    Bottom/Top end settings
        Information
        Member
        Connection type
        Connection specifications
        Loads
        End preparations
        Connection design locks
        Left/right end limit state
      Components

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

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

• Some of the custom components whose settings may appear on a Column Edit window are " Beam Stiffeners at Column ," " Safety Tabs - Column " and " HSS Cap Plates ."


To open the Column Edit window :

Also see :

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