Truss connection design to AISC 360-22
Tee-chord truss joints: support connections and panel points with welded web members.
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What you get
From the loads to a finished truss connection
The applicable limit states, checked
Strength and detailing checks to AISC 360-22 and the 16th Edition Steel Construction Manual, each with its ratio, the clause or equation it comes from, and the governing case. Results update as you type.
Drawings to scale
Elevations, plans and sections with bolts, weld symbols and dimensions, on a drawing sheet with your title block, as PDF or DXF.
A calculation report a reviewer can follow
Inputs, every check with its result and reference, and the governing case, in a clear PDF. See a sample report.
LRFD or ASD, US or SI
Switch the design method and the units at any time; the drawings and the report follow. Auto-design proposes a layout you can fine-tune.
Verification
How the truss connection is tested
Against the AISC Design Examples and Design Guides, in LRFD and ASD, on every change. The method and every documented difference.
Learn
Step by step
Designing a truss connection
The user manual chapter: every input, check and drawing explained.
Video: Designing vertical bracing connections
The bracing gusset by the uniform force method: brace types including W-shape braces, gusset edges, bolted gusset-to-column options, the beam-to-column connection and the SCBF mode, plus a look at truss connections. (3:11)
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