Metsec Purlin Joints in Advance Steel 2017 not correct

[Anonymous]

UK Advance Steel 2017.

When using the connection vault macros for connecting two Metsec cold rolled purlins with a sleeve over a rafter. The connection is incorrect, the

sleeve that is generated is at the incorrect height and with to many holes for the given section. The macro allows no adjustment to these.

Having discussed this with Graitec, it appears these macros have not been updated or validated by Metsec. Considering I'm about to start a project

that will have more than a thousand of these connections I'm a little concerned!

Is this going to be resolved by having a validated set of macros and at least more flexibility within the existing macro. This is the first major negative

I've found with Advance Steel and Autodesk needs to realize this needs to be looked at as a priority as this is a big part, time wise, of detailing most

projects.

Regards

Peter

[Emanuel.Nestor]

Hello Peter,

Thank you for using Advance Steel Forum.

I understand that when try to use some joints for purlins, the results are not according to the producer specifications, while there are not enough available options / parameters in the the joint(s).

It would be great if you could attach some examples of the results that you get, to better understand your request: if the joint does not behave as designed, or it does not cover the producer requests.

I will investigate them and I will try to answer you. 

On the other hand, as you probably already know, Advance Steel (AS) cannot cover all producers requests / catalogs / systems.

So usually you can find and use the available joints (even generic) until one point. Further, you can continue using the AS options and features.

One particular area might be very helpful for that: Custom connections

Whenever AS does not provide an "out-of-box" joint for a connection and that connection occurs several times in a project, it worth taking in consideration to create a custom connection.

You might find useful these articles:

• Custom Connections

I hope these will help you.

Best regards,
Emy 

[Emanuel.Nestor]

Hi Peter,

Thank you again for using the Advance Steel Forum.

Please let me know if I can help you with anything else in this post.

Best regards,
Emy