INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT

(3) Select the Current Member

Select the non-continuous member (i.e. the new member)

(4) Shorten the Member

• First work out the distances to shorten by.

Right-click the mouse in the bottom right area of the screen. This floating menu appears:

Utilities - Dist (Select from the Interactive Utilities floating menu) Measure from Point ! to Point " in sk 7.2

Note the Y component (i.e. 82.50)

• Now Shorten the member

Move the mouse cursor over the member and press the right-hand button on the mouse. The menu of interactive commands available for the selected member will appear:

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Choose the SHORTEN command. This will shorten the current end.

Choose Shorten by Distance Enter 107.55 (i.e. 82.55 +25) (For thickness of 2 plates and 1mm clearance)

• Measure Dimension for Plate across Toes of Supporting Beam Utilities - Dist (Right click in bottom right for floating menu) From Point # to Point $ in sk 7.3

(This distance is to determine the length of the plate required across the toes of the supporting member) Note the Z component (i.e. 403.4)

(A distance of 400 will be used later)

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(5) Add End Plate sk 7.4

Click the right-hand button on the mouse over the member to get the menu of interactive commands for the selected member.

Choose the PLATE command.

This will create a new plate defined from a face of the column.

You are then asked which face of the column to connect the plate to:

Choose the END face.

Confirm ... YES You are then asked to select the shape of the plate:

Select Shape ... RECT

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Now set up the plate parameters as you did in Exercise 6:

Plate Parameters (select default, unless noted otherwise) Thickness ... 12

B ... 150 D ... 250 Face of Plate to Connect.... FRONT Confirm ... YES No Rotation

Measure ... Distance (Top of plate to top of beam)

Base Point ... RETURN (i.e. 0,0,0)

New Point ... 75, -124.3 (i.e. distance measured above) (To keep the plate flush with the top flange)

Confirm ... YES

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(6) Add a Second Plate across the Toes

Right-click the mouse cursor over the new plate and a menu interactive commands applicable to the selected plate will appear:

Choose the Scopy command (Solid Copy - this enables us to copy the plate) Base Point ... INT %

New Point ... REF/INT & Z=1 (1mm clearance) Number of Copies ... 1

(7) Edit Plate across the Toes of Supporting Beam

Right-click mouse on the newly copied plate to get the menu of interactive commands on it

Choose the EDPLATE command

This enables us to edit the parameters of the selected plate:

Plate Ownership ... SHOP ANOTHER D ... 400 (i.e. approx. the 403.8)

Select Member ... Select Continuous Member

We use Shop Another because we are defining the plate off the current member, but we actually want the plate to be shown on another member’s shop detail (the supporting member), and not on the current member.

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(8) Move Plate into Position

Right-click mouse over second plate for the interactive plate commands.

Choose the Smove command (use Solid Move to move the plate) Base Point ... RETURN (0,0,0) New Point ... REL Y= -150

(9) Add Top Flange Stiffener

• First measure the size that the stiffener plate will be.

Right-click the mouse in the bottom right area of the screen. The Interactive Utilities floating menu appears:

Utilities - Dist (Select from the Utilities floating menu) From Point ' to Point ( in sk 7.5 Note the Y & Z components

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• Create Stiffener Plate

Right-click mouse over the mid-bay member to get the Interactive Member menu again

Choose the Plate command (to create the new plate) Select Face of Beam ... END

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(10) Add Web Stiffener sk 7.7

• Measure Size for Web Stiffener

Utilities - Dist (Select from bottom right floating menu) From point 11 to point 12 in sk 7.7

(To determine stiffener plate dimensions) Note the Y & Z components

• Create Stiffener Plate See sk 7.8

Right-click mouse over the mid-bay member to get the Interactive Members commands menu. Choose the Plate command.

Select face of Beam ... END Confirm ... YES

Select Shape ... STIFF2

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(11) Add Bolts SK 7.9

Right-click the mouse over the end plate of the smaller UB to get the menu of interactive commands applicable to that plate.

Choose the Bolts command.

Select face of plate ... FRONT (so that bolts drill through both plates)

Confirm ... YES (UDS icon on plate)

Bolt Parameters (use defaults, unless noted otherwise)

Number in X ...……… 2 (note X-Y axis direction

(Ignore Number of Plies and Hole Type - we will use the defaults)

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(12) Check Plate Ownership

Utilities - Hifit (Select from bottom right floating menu)

Shop Current Highlights plates shopped to current member.

Accept? NO (thus allowing us to select another option after viewing our Shop Current selection) Shop Another (Select Continuous Member)

Highlights plates shopped to Continuous Member Accept? YES (to exit command)

NOTE: Although the plates are all defined off the current member end, the ownership of the two stiffeners and the toe plate was shop another. This means that they will appear on the shop detail of the continuous member you selected to shop them to. However, the plates that are highlighted as shop another to the continuous beam are not defined off that member. This becomes important when you save your interactive connection as a “Putlib”. When you run Putlib, the items saved are everything defined off the current member, including items shopped to another member. In this case, everything is included in the one Putlib.

(13) Save the Interactive Work

Right-click the mouse over the mid-bay member to get the Interactive commands menu for the selected member.

Select current member