PEB End Plate to Flange

The PEB End Plate to Flange plugin allows you to create an end plate connection between a PEB Member connecting member end to a PEB Member flange. The connection is similar to a seating / end plate connection.

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 End Plate to Flange plugin will be available in the Applications & components.
 

Usage

Click PEB End Plate to Flange in the component catalog. The input components should be PEB Member.

Interior column connection:
Select the rafter component first, and then the column component as input for an interior column connection. 

End plate connection:
Select the column component first, and then the beam component as input for an end plate connection.

Note:

• Continuous member should always be the first component, and the member which is to be connected to the continuous member flange should be the second.
• Use only component selection. No part selection.

PEB End Plate to Flange dialog box

The dialog box has the following tabs:

• Picture
• Bolts
• Parts
• Stiffeners

Picture

    

1. End plate length options

Both side projection	Projection at boths side from web line
Outer flange projection and total length	Projection from outer flange side web line and total length of plate

2. Insert plate option

Image	Without insert plate
Image	With insert plate

3. Erection gap

Give erection gap here if required 

4. Number of long stiffeners

Image	One long stiffener
Image	Two long stiffeners
Image	No long stiffeners

5. Long stiffener orientation 

Image	Long stiffener the same as column orientation
Image	Long stiffener perpendicular to the end plate

 

Bolts

User Field 8 is for additional information about bolts. The value is shown in the bolt UDA of Bolt User Field 8.
  
Below an example of a bolt arrangement:


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

Parts

Column end plate, beam plate, long stiffener 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 stiffeners also.
   

Stiffener depth option

Image	Full depth stiffener
Image	User-defined stiffener depth

Stiffeners

See  PEB Base plate help.

Additional information

The column PEB Member component which holds the end plate should be modified after applying the connection to update the changes to the member resulting from the connection.

Tips

• Splitting the PEB member flange at connection junction: For this, no need to explode the PEB Member. Go to the PEB Member macro and increase the inner/outer flange number by one (depends on the connection on which flange). Try to maintain the split occurring inside the Insert plate anti-material by adjusting the length of the flange, if required. After applying the connection, the Insert plate anti-material will cut both flange plates. In that case, flanges on both sides of insert plate will get different piece marks.