New bolted connections
- Beam joint type: a main continuous element to which one or two orthogonal elements are pinned to it.
- Two beam connection (with or without a bottom haunch) fixed to the flanges of a column (continuous or non-continuous).
- Two beam connection (with or without a bottom haunch) fixed to the flanges of a column (continuous or non-continuous) with an orthogonal beam pinned to the web of the column.
- Two beam connection (with or without a bottom haunch) fixed to the flanges of a column (continuous or non-continuous) with two orthogonal beams pinned to the web of the column.
New options for connection design
- Stiffeners at haunch ends
Stiffeners may be used at haunch ends in column-beamconnections and at ridge connections even though they may not be required in the design calculation. These two options can be activated in the Options dialogue (Joints > Options) which now contains two tabs:- Bolts: Contains bolt design options. These options were available in previous versions.
- Stiffeners: Contains the two new options that force the program to always provide stiffeners in column-beam and ridge connections.
- Baseplate options
The same design options that are used in the Baseplates module are used for the baseplate design in the Joints I module, except for the type of anchorage of the bolt to the plate. These options are configured in the menu Baseplates > Options.
More information on the properties of the two Metal 3D baseplate design modules can be found in the Baseplates section.
Improvement in the joints analysis period
The time required for the joints design has been reduced with the use of multiprocessors (the user must have one of the two following modules: Parallel analysis with two processors or Parallel analysis with four processors).
Welded connection design in accordance to the ABNT NBR 8800:2008 (Brazil) code
Welded connection design has been updated for Brazil in accordance to the ABNT NBR 8800:2008 code (Projecto de estruturas de aço e de estruturas mistas de aço e concreto de edifícios).
