Location
Girders: Choose the two girders that are connected by the cross frame.
Skew Angle [deg]:
Station [ft]: Enter the station along the PGL.
Sections
Top Chord Section - Bottom Chord Section - Diagonal Chord Section: Assign a section for the top/bottom/diagonal chord, which can be imported from the AISC database by the users. The finite element representation is in the form of a truss.
Gusset Plate
The parameters listed below are exclusively used for 3D representation and do not have any impact on design or finite element analysis at present.
top gusset width [in]:
top gusset height [in]:
top gusset offset [in]:
number of bolt columns at top gusset [in]:
number of bolt rows at top gusset [in]:
bolt horizontal spacing at top gusset [in]:
bolt vertical spacing at top gusset [in]:
bottom gusset width [in]:
bottom gusset height [in]:
bottom gusset offset [in]:
number of bolt columns at bottom gusset [in]:
number of bolt rows at bottom gusset [in]:
bolt horizontal spacing at bottom gusset [in]:
bolt vertical spacing at bottom gusset [in]:
center gusset plate width [in]:
center gusset plate height [in]:
gusset plate thickness [in]:
bolt diameter [in]:
bolt to gusset plate edge distance [in]:
web centerline to gusset plate edge distance [in]:
Show Bolts (Detailing):
Stiffener
The parameters listed below are exclusively used for 3D representation and do not have any impact on design or finite element analysis at present.
vertical stiffener thickness [in]:
vertical stiffener width [in]:
Geometry
These parameters are used for both computing the member end offset of cross frame truss elements in finite element analysis and 3D representation.
horz. chord offset from web [in]:
diag. chord offset from top [in]:
diag. chord offset from bottom [in]:
diag. chord offset from top chord [in]:
diag. chord offset from bot. chord [in]:
Top offset from top of web [in]:
Bottom offset from bot. of web [in]:
