OpenBridge Modeler – Help ProStructures Steel ModelingSteel ConnectionsShear Plates Shear Plate Connection Shear Plate Connection - Punch Holes tab Shear Plate Connection - Punch Holes tab Used to add punch holes for marking the projected plate location on connected members. Setting Description Punch holes Sets the punch hole type to use: None ? No punch holes are added. Centered ? Punch holes are added at the projected mid-point of the shear plate in the supported member's web. At Vertices ? Punch holes are added at the projected corners of the shear plate in the supported member's web.