EX. Connection Tags Example

This example demonstrates applying and checking connection tags.

Connection Tag Data

Use the Copy to clipboard button below to copy and paste this connection data into an empty text file and then save it as Connection_Tag_Example.xml to a convenient location.

Tip: The default location for connection tag data in STAAD.Pro can be found at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Default\Plugins\ConnectionTagLink.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ConnectionTagFile>
    <FileVersion value="1.0" />
    <Categories>
        <Category CategoryName="MOMENT">
            <CategoryDesc>End Moment Connection</CategoryDesc>
        </Category>
        <Category CategoryName="SHEAR">
            <CategoryDesc>Single Shear Connection</CategoryDesc>
        </Category>
    </Categories>
    <Equations>
        <Equation EquationID="Eq1" Equation="(abs([Mz])+([alpha]*abs([Fx])))/[Mz.cap]" Condition="LT" Limit="1.0" />
        <Equation EquationID="Eq2" Equation="abs([Fy])/[Fy.cap]" Condition="LT" Limit="1.0" />
        <Equation EquationID="Eq3" Equation="(abs([Fy])+([alpha]*abs([Fx])))/[Fy.cap]" Condition="LT" Limit="1.0" />
    </Equations>	
    <Tags>
        <Tag TagName="EM" CategoryName="MOMENT">
            <EndRelease FX="0" FY="0" FZ="0" MX="0" MY="0" MZ="0" />
            <Capacities UnitSystem="IMPERIAL">
                <Beam Name="W12x26">
                    <BeamOrCol Name="W14x90" Mz.cap="700" Fy.cap="65" Fx.cap="" alpha="0.10" />
                </Beam>
            </Capacities>
            <Checks>
                <Check Type="MOMENT" Desc="Moment Check" EquationID="Eq1" />
                <Check Type="SHEAR" Desc="Shear Check" EquationID="Eq2" />
            </Checks>
        </Tag>
        <Tag TagName="EMH" CategoryName="MOMENT">
            <EndRelease FX="0" FY="0" FZ="0" MX="0" MY="0" MZ="0" />
            <Capacities UnitSystem="IMPERIAL">
                <Beam Name="W12x26">
                    <BeamOrCol Name="W14x90" Mz.cap="700" Fy.cap="65" Fx.cap="" alpha="0.10" />
                </Beam>
            </Capacities>
            <Checks>
                <Check Type="MOMENT" Desc="Moment Check" EquationID="Eq1" />
                <Check Type="SHEAR" Desc="Shear Check" EquationID="Eq2" />
            </Checks>
        </Tag>
        <Tag TagName="SS" CategoryName="SHEAR">
            <EndRelease FX="0" FY="0" FZ="0" MX="0" MY="1" MZ="1" />
            <Capacities UnitSystem="IMPERIAL">
                <Beam  Name="W12x26">
                    <BeamOrCol Name="Column" Mz.cap="" Fy.cap="65" Fx.cap="" alpha="1" />
                    <BeamOrCol Name="W14x90" Mz.cap="" Fy.cap="65" Fx.cap="" alpha="0.75" />
                </Beam>
            </Capacities>
            <Checks>
                <Check Type="SHEAR" Desc="Shear Check" EquationID="Eq3" />
            </Checks>
        </Tag>
        <Tag TagName="DS" CategoryName="SHEAR">
            <EndRelease FX="0" FY="0" FZ="0" MX="0" MY="1" MZ="1" />
            <Capacities UnitSystem="IMPERIAL">
                <Beam  Name="W12x26">
                    <BeamOrCol Name="Column" Mz.cap="" Fy.cap="65" Fx.cap="" alpha="1" />
                    <BeamOrCol Name="W14x90" Mz.cap="" Fy.cap="65" Fx.cap="" alpha="0.75" />
                </Beam>
            </Capacities>
            <Checks>
                <Check Type="SHEAR" Desc="Shear Check" EquationID="Eq3" />
            </Checks>
        </Tag>
    </Tags>
</ConnectionTagFile>

Note: This is an extremely short connection data example for the purposes of demonstration. A typical connection data file would contain a very large number of connection capacities for checking.