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’ plugin is available in the component catalog 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.

Types

Available Types	Description
Image	Back to Back Angle
Image	Start Angle

Leg Options

Avaialble Options	Description
Image	Vertical long leg option
Image	Horizontal long leg option

Batten Symmetricity

Available Options	Description
Image	Non symmetrical batten plates
Image	Symmetrical batten plates

Batten Options

Available Options	Description
Image	Horizontal and vertical batten plates are created alternatively.
Image	Only horizontal batten plates are created.
Image	Only vertical batten plates are created.
Image	No batten plates are created.

 

Start Batten Plate Option

Image	Vertical batten plate is created at start
Image	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 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.