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End Connection dialog box |
Sample Beam 1 |
Sample Beam 2 |
Level beam demo
Sloping beam demo
The Beam package consists of beams and
columns. Beam to beam and beam to column connections can be saved while
detailing the support beam and later recall the connection while detailing the
filler beam or column, thereby reducing the amount of input and errors in
connection matching. Sloping beams will be drawn in position and may be sloping
and skewed, (hip and valley). Internal connections can be square with the flange
of a sloping beam or vertical. Set the configuration so beams are detailed the
way your customer wants them, (blocks, tails, marks).
Below is a list of
some of the features in the Beam package.
Key Features
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Sloping
beams are drawn in position.
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Hip and
Valley connections are possible for end connection.
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Beam to
beam connection matching.
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Use ASD
or LRFD in developing end connections. Enter end reaction, calculate end
reaction or use maximum rows.
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Main
member and all sub pieces automatically shop billed for you.
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Detail in
imperial or metric.
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Save CNC data and
extract the data in the DSTV file format.
Automatic calculations
are:
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Rows of
bolts for end connection.
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Length
and depth of blocks at top and bottom flange
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Flange
width cuts for clearance in column web connection.
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Minus
dimensions.
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Center
to center of holes in clip or end plate for beam to column connection.
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Tail
dimensions.
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Overall
length.
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Cut
length.
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Slope
lengths on sloping beams.
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Thickness of end connection checked if in tension.
Options include:
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Use
fabricator's standard bolted and welded clip marks or use generic type aa, ab
or a1, b1 or aa1, ab1.
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Carry
sub marks through.
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Tail to
clip or end of beam.
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Tail
every hole or first hole in a group.
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Vary the
distance from the clip to the end of the beam.
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Out to
out can be from clip to clip or from end of beam to clip.
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Blocks
dimensioned from clip or from end of beam.
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Minus
dimension can be increased 1/16" at both ends or at one end and half web at
the other end when framing into beam webs.
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Beams
can be sloping or level.
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Bevel
flanges for welding or cut square.
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Center
to center, (control), dimension can be placed at either end.
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Overall
dimension can be placed at either end.
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Put edge
distance at bottom of clip angle.
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Beam to
beam connection matching.
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Horizontal
dimensions can be above or below the beam.
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Add
connections after beam is detailed.
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