Vertical A Frame Cap

Used to parametrically create vertical A frame cap connections, mostly commonly used in electrical substations.

Restriction: Vertical A Frame Caps can only be placed or created on Vertical A Frames.

Accessed from:

Cap Plate tab

Used to specify geometry for the cap plate.

Setting	Description
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the plate.
Vertical Leg Side	Inner / Outer Length - Sets the length perpendicular to the vertical A frame direction within corners and overall, respectively. Denoted with 1 and 2 in the diagram. Outer Side Width - Sets the length of the cap plate from the working point/center of the vertical leg to the vertical leg-side corner. Denoted with 3 in the diagram. Inner Side Width - Sets the length of the cap plate from the working point/center of the vertical leg to the sloping leg-side corner. Denoted with 4 in the diagram. Corner Point Offset - Sets the chamfer/corner length. Denoted with 5 in the diagram.
Sloping Leg Side	Length - Sets the length perpendicular to the vertical A frame direction within the corners. Denoted with 6 in the diagram. Edge Offset - Sets the length from the working point/center of the sloping leg to the end of the cap plate. Denoted with 7 in the diagram.

Used to specify geometry for the sloping center plate.

Setting	Description
Sloping Center Plate	When on, the sloping center plate is included in the connection.
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the sloping center plate.
Height	Sets the overall height of the plate. Denoted with 1 in the diagram.
Outer / Inner Height	Sets the height above the cut corners on either side of the plate, respectively. Denoted with 2 and 3 in the diagram.
Bottom Width	Sets the width of the plate at the bottom. Denoted with 4 in the diagram.
Outer Offset	Sets the offset from the plate outer edge at the bottom of the plate. Denoted with 5 in the diagram.
Indentation Length	Sets the offset between the sloping center plate and the top cap edge. Denoted with 6 in the diagram.

Used to specify geometry for the vertical center plate.

Setting	Description
Vertical Center Plate	When on, the vertical center plate is included in the connection.
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the vertical center plate.
Height	Sets the overall height of the plate. Denoted with 1 in the diagram.
Outer / Inner Height	Sets the height above the cut corners on either side of the plate, respectively. Denoted with 2 and 3 in the diagram.
Bottom Width	Sets the width of the plate at the bottom. Denoted with 4 in the diagram.
Outer Offset	Sets the offset from the plate outer edge at the bottom of the plate. Denoted with 5 in the diagram.
Indentation Length	Sets the offset between the vertical center plate and the top cap edge. Denoted with 6 in the diagram.

Used to specify geometry for the cap plate.

Setting	Description
Cut Plate	When on, this plate is included in the connection.
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the cut plate.
Height	Sets the overall height of the plate. Denoted with 1 in the diagram.
Side Height	Sets the height above the cut corners on both sides of the plate, respectively. Denoted with 2 in the diagram.
Top / Bottom Width	Sets the width of the plate at the top and bottom respectively. Denoted with 3 and 4 in the diagram.

Used to specify geometry for the sloping stiffeners on either side of the sloping leg member.

Setting	Description
Sloping Stiffener Plate	When on, the sloping stiffener plate is included in the connection.
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the sloping stiffener plate.
Height	Sets the overall height of the plate. Denoted with 1 in the diagram.
Side Height	Sets the height above the cut corners on both sides of the plate, respectively. Denoted with 2 in the diagram.
Bottom Width	Sets the width of the plate at the bottom. Denoted with 3 in the diagram.
Indentation Length	Sets the offset between the sloping stiffener plate and the top cap edge. Denoted with 4 in the diagram.

Used to specify geometry for the stiffener plates on either side of the vertical leg member.

Setting	Description
Wing Stiffener Plate	When on, the wing stiffener plate is included in the connection.
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the wing stiffener plate.
Height	Sets the overall height of the plate. Denoted with 1 in the diagram.
Side Height	Sets the height above the cut corners on both sides of the plate, respectively. Denoted with 2 in the diagram.
Bottom Width	Sets the width of the plate at the bottom. Denoted with 3 in the diagram.
Indentation Length	Sets the offset between the sloping stiffener plate and the top cap edge. Denoted with 4 in the diagram.

Used to specify geometry for the stiffener plates adjacent to the wing stiffeners, on either side of the vertical leg member.

Setting	Description
Corner Stiffener Plate	When on, the corner stiffener plate is included in the connection.
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the corner stiffener plate.
Height	Sets the overall height of the plate. Denoted with 1 in the diagram.
Side Height	Sets the height above the cut corners on the side of the plate. Denoted with 2 in the diagram.
Bottom Width	Sets the width of the plate at the bottom. Denoted with 3 in the diagram.
Indentation Length	Sets the offset between the corner stiffener plate and the top cap corner. Denoted with 4 in the diagram.
Offset	Sets the length from the working point/center of the sloping leg to the end of the cap plate. Denoted with 5 in the diagram.

Used to specify geometry for the tail stiffeners, on either side of the vertical center plate.

Setting	Description
Tail Stiffener Plate	When on, the tail stiffener plate is included in the connection.
Thickness	Sets the thickness of the tail stiffener plate.
Height	Sets the overall height of the plate. Denoted with 1 in the diagram.
Side Height	Sets the height above the cut corners on the side of the plate. Denoted with 2 in the diagram.
Bottom Width	Sets the width of the plate at the bottom. Denoted with 3 in the diagram.
Indentation Length	Sets the offset between the corner stiffener plate and the top cap edge. Denoted with 4 in the diagram.
Offset	Sets the length from the working point/center of the sloping leg to the end of the cap plate. Denoted with 5 in the diagram.

Used to create a new OpenBridge Modeler group with the Substation Gallery objects.

Setting	Description
Create Group	Select this option to select additional shapes. Separate Substation Gallery objects are created.

Used to assign elements in the connection to a material, display class, area class, part family, level, etc.

Setting	Description
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.
Apply	Updates the current model object with any changes made in the dialog settings.
Show /Hide Preview	Opens or closes, respectively, a flyout panel to display an illustration based on the tool.

Key-in: PROSTEEL CREATE VERTICALAFRAMECAP