CYPE-Connect was implemented in the previous program version (2014.f). It was created to check, design and generate welded and bolted connections with rolled steel I-sections. The types of joints that could be designed in this first version are those included in the Joints I, Joints II, Joints III and Joints IV modules.
Now, with the 2014.g version, the types of joints corresponding to Joints V – Flat trusses with hollow structural sections have been implemented in CYPE-Connect. Using this module in CYPE-Connect, the program designs, checks and generates the detailing of coplanar joints composed of hollow structural sections, which are most commonly used in flat trusses with circular hollow sections, rectangular hollow sections, square hollow sections and hollow sections composed of two channels welded in a box. The 2014.g has yet to include joint types consisting of a “Splice connection of two aligned hollow sections using bolted front plate”. These will be implemented in an upcoming version.
