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Various steel structural elements are used when defining steel structures. In order for the steel construction elements used to work together, they are connected to each other with steel connections.
Connection Definition
Connections are selected by clicking on the connection icon to be applied, elements in plan, perspective or any working plane.
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Parameters related to bolt class, diameter, hole type, hole diameter, number of bolts, placement geometries of bolts can be set in the connections dialog, according to the connection type in the bolts tab.
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Bolt properties:
Bolt diameter, bolt class and bolt hole type are determined in the bolt properties dialog.
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Resources are found in the join properties dialog. The source type for all joint types is determined automatically by the program. It also checks if the program resource type is not available.
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Welding Geometry
Welding geometry is determined automatically by the program. These properties can be changed to easily determine the joint properties. Geometry features are in accordance with industry standards and in the form specified in AISC.
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Corner Weld (Design Input)
The main element in the weld connection may have less strength than the weld strength. This requirement is controlled for all welded connections.
FEXX = Electrode strength
Full Penetration Bulk Welding (Design Input)
Full penetration butt welding is designed to use all the strength of the main element as a result of the welding of the welded element completely. According to the American Welding Society (AWS), the metal material used as the electrode must have the same properties as the main element metal material. The program compares the beam, column and connection material to determine the welding electrode. If the materials are not compatible, the program warns the user that the source control is wrong. The properties of the main element and the electrode must be the same. An abbreviated list of compatible materials is available in AISC Specification J2.6.
Weld Limits
The program determines the lower limits of the weld sizes according to AISC restrictions. The program warns the user when the limits regarding resource dimensions are exceeded.
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