A guide to Assist the Detailer in Selecting the Appropriate Connection Type - Lists Advantages and Disadvantages of each

These connections are usually quite complex and require careful detailing. They are by necessity, all-bolted and are fabricated separately from the connecting beams and columns.

This series of articles will provide general information to assist the structural detailer on basic detailing practice.

These subjects will be presented in a step-by-step sequence covering only the basic commands and functions necessary to produce the model, detail drawings and CNC NC files that would typically …

Parabuild is a steel detailing software application to model all types of structural steel in 3D. It allows you to automatically produce the bills of material, shop drawings and CNC files needed to fabricate and …

We mention this because there is no definitive selection process available for the structural detailer, we can only refer to what has been done before in line with what we consider to be best practice.

structural hollow sections / blind fasteners, bolt types, bolted connections, CHS, detailing structural hollow sections, hollow section moment connections, HSS, moment-connections, open fasteners, …

The stiffener should be extended to the full depth of the beam to the inside of the tension flange, and as near as possible, fitted. Transverse web-stiffeners are examined in more detail under– Strengthening …

The main difference as far as the detailer is concerned is that in the first case, the gusset plate will be fixed to the web of the beam, while in the second instance, the gusset plates will be fixed to the …

The scale at which drawings are prepared should reflect the level of detail of the information they are required to convey. Different line thicknesses can be used to provide greater clarity for certain elements.