OpenBridge Modeler

Fly Brace Connection

Used to create a bolted brace connection between a shape and either one or two purlins. The shape direction must be perpendicular to the purlins and they must not intersect. The selected shapes must be an I, Half IPE/HEA shapes and the purlins must be Cold-U, Cold-C, Multibeam or CED shapes.

Accessed from:
  • Ribbon: Steel > Home > Steel Connections > Purlin > Purlin Fly Base

Dialog Controls

SettingDescription
OK Closes the dialog and save your changes.
Cancel Closes the dialog without saving changes.
Help Opens online help.
Template Saves and retrieve (Using Templates) settings to be used on other projects.
Clone Shifts focus to the geometry, allowing cloning the current structural object (stair, frame, truss, etc.) properties to match one or more objects selected in the view.
Show /Hide Preview Opens or closes, respectively, a flyout panel to display an illustration based on the tool.
Key-in: PROSTEEL CREATE PURLINBEAMBRACEFLY