Bevel for stiffener plates

[acbsdesign]

Hello,

Ref. screen shot below,

Applies to Stiffener Plate Connection,  Moment Connection Beam to Column, Shear Plate Connection:

Please include bevel for stiffener plates at all W-shapes in general.

On a recent project there were 1,000+ stiffener plates, all bevels were made using the Bevel command.

Default Value of bevel is 45 degrees with 1/16" Land-if this is going to be implemented-please make this default setting, it will be a time saver.

Regards,

Ilko Dimitrov

[acbsdesign]

Just to clarify why this is needed-it is a requirement for full penetration welds at beam to column moment connections:

[acbsdesign]

This is done for the moment connection macro, I meant to say-to be included for the Stiffener and for the Shear plate connection macro.

Very often we need to place stiffener that is also beveled at a different location than the default from the Moment Connection macro location.