Built-up Angles
The Built-up Angles plug-in allows user to create the built up angle beam along with spacer plates.
How to Locate
Installers are available at Built-up Members
After installation, the ‘Built-up Angle’ plugincomponent that is developed using Tekla Open API
Plugin is a .dll file and loaded inside Tekla Structures process.
Plugins can be started from the applications and components catalog.
is available in the component catalogcatalog that contains all system components and custom components, and the macros and applications
group 'Builtup Members'.
Usage
Click the last icon in the above tool bar. The user has to pick the start point and end point and the built up angle beam will be created.
Plug-in Dialog box
This plug-in dialog box contains following tabs.
• Parameters
• Parts
• Position
• Weld
Parameters
The following section types which can be created along with angles and spacer plates are.
Available Types | Description |
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Back to Back Angle |
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Start Angle |
Avaialble Options | Description |
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Vertical long leg option |
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Horizontal long leg option |
Available Options | Description |
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Non symmetrical batten plates |
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Symmetrical batten plates |
Available Options | Description |
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Horizontal and vertical batten plates are created alternatively. |
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Only horizontal batten plates are created. |
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Only vertical batten plates are created. |
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No batten plates are created. |
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Vertical batten plate is created at start |
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Horizonal batten plate is created at start |
Parts
Position
On Plane: Options Middle, Right and Left
Rotation: Top, Front, Back and Below
At Depth: Middle, Front and Behind
Weld
Bolts
Bolt centers – Along Brace
These values are distance list and each distance represents bolt centers for each batten plate(1) part that represents a flat structure
(1) In some contexts, for example in analysis, the term plate object may be used to refer to plates.
(2) plate that represents a steel structure
(2) Plate is mainly used as a connection piece or as a floor plate.
in the order of creation. Please note that bolt centers within single batten plate is same. Based on bolt centers, the number of bolts are calculated based on batten plate width.
Bolt centers – Across Brace
The gauge details can be entered manually or else you can select automatically based on standard gauges.
* Standard Gauge details text file located in below path, hence you can modify the Gauge details as per your need.
<XSDATADIR>\environments\India\system
Additional Information
When we change the type, then we have to modify twice to get proper assembly UDA’s.
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