topic Re: Moment Connection Beam to Beam in Advance Steel Forum

Moment Connection Beam to Beam

advandes — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 19:04:50 GMT

Using Advance Steel 2020. Thank you for reviewing my post.

Can anyone please help me figure out how to make this basic moment connection between two beams? I hope there is a single macro that does this, but I haven't found it yet. I have tried using a combination of macros ( Moment Beam to Beam and Shear plate) but it doesn't seam to work the way I would expect it to. Thanks for any help. Please refer to the attached screen captures. The detail is what I want to achieve.

Re: Moment Connection Beam to Beam

AleckGiles — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:46:57 GMT

Hi,

You will need to combine 2 joints either side of the main beam. First, use a Fin Plate joint on either beam (maybe called Shear Plate outside the UK) connecting the secondary beams to the main beam. Then use the "Moment Connection Beam to Beam" on either side of the main beam.

I attach an example not strictly to all your dims (I use metric) but shows the options needed to get the desired arrangement.

Re: Moment Connection Beam to Beam

advandes — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 12:41:51 GMT

Aleck, That is exactly what I was trying to do, but didn't give it enough time and effort. Thank you for confirming the procedure and showing me the example. I was able to make it work. 8-)

Re: Moment Connection Beam to Beam

votuananhvungtau — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 07:13:54 GMT

Dear Mr. AleckGiles,

Your example drawing had the light color on the background:

I do not know how to set up that.
My drawing always with black color on the background

So, could you please help me ?

Re: Moment Connection Beam to Beam

AleckGiles — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 07:16:29 GMT

HI,
Simply type the command BACKGROUND and set what you want. It is probably best to do that in your model template so it is the same for all new projects.
Regards,
Aleck.

Re: Moment Connection Beam to Beam

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:37:44 GMT

This connection is crap.

Re: Moment Connection Beam to Beam

bjur — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:53:59 GMT

How did you get the macro to assign the "top" backing bar to the bottom of the beam?