PEB Base Plate

The PEB Base Plate plugin allows you to create a base plate detail at the start of PEB Member.

How to locate

Installers are available at Pre-Engineered Building Tools for Tekla Structures version 21.0 and above.
For older versions, download at Pre-Engineered Building Tools old installers

After installation the PEB Base Plate plugin will be available in the Applications & components.

 

Usage

Click PEB Base Plate in the Applications & components. Select PEB component and one pick point as input. The component should be a PEB Member and the point picked should be any point at the start of the component.

Note:

• PEB member column should always be vertical and its start should be at the bottom and the end should be at the top.
• Use only component selection mode and not part selection mode.
• Do not make the first outer flange width/thickness zero.

PEB Base Plate dialog box

The dialog box contains the following tabs:

• Picture
• Bolts
• Parts
• Stiffeners
• Special Stiffeners
• Grout Holes

Picture

   

1. Offset options

Image	After member update, PEB Member start offset is adjusted by the thickness of the base plate.
Image	The base plate is placed at the end of the PEB member.

2. Plate length

Image	Both side plate projection from web line for plate length calculation.
Image	One side plate projection from web line and total length.

Bolts

User Field 8 is for any additional information about bolts. The value is shown in the bolt UDA of Bolt User Field 8.
  

Below an example of a bolt arrangement:
 
  
Here the highlighted one is 'gage 2'. Enter zero to switch off. Here gage 1 has default value 100, which is taken as input.

Parts

End plate parameters can be changed from this tab. If plate profile name is default, it reads from Menu>Settings>Options>Components>ProfileNames>Plate. The same profile name is applicable for stiiffeners also.
 

Stiffeners

  

1. Web stiffener types

 

2. Bolt pitch center stiffener

Defines whether a stiffener is required at the center of the distance between two bolts.
 

Delete bolt pitch centre stiffener: Allows you to remove any unnecessary stiffeners between two bolts.
For example: For the above connection, if you want to remove stiffeners at positions 1 and 3, enter the following:

 

Additional stiffener: You can define additional stiffeners:

  
 

3. Flange stiffener type

Flange stiffener types are similar to web stiffener types.

4. Outer flange stiffener properties

Image

Internal stiffener Bolt gage centre stiffener Main stiffener Bolt gage centre stiffener Internal stiffener

Additional stiffeners are defined from the centre of the base plate.

  

For example: Stiffener dimensions from here.

5. Inner flange stiffener properties

Same as outer flange stiffener properties. There is an option to use outer flange properties for inner flange stiffeners.

6. Inner flange stiffener types

Similar to outer flange stiffeners.
 

Special stiffeners

   

1. Special stiffener options

Image	No special stiffeners
Image	Flange doubler stiffeners
Image	Flange side stiffeners

2. Doubler flange stiffener length option

Image	Doubler stiffener flush with end plate
Image	Flange doubler length input
Image	Flange doubler projection from flange

3. Doubler stiffener types

Image	Rectangular
Image	Rectangular with chamfer
Image	Trapezoidal

4. Side stiffener types

Same as web/flange stiffener types.

5. Side stiffener orientation

Image	Side stiffener aligned to the centre of the flange
Image	Side stiffener aligned to the outer side of the flange
Image	Side stiffener aligned to the inner side of the flange

Grout holes

 

  

Additional information

• Update the PEB Member after applying connection to change the member properties according to the connection.