Connection Design tab
Tool name | Description | |
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Joint Cursor |
Used to select joints for connection design. | |
Select Joints > | <joint types> | Tools for selecting joints in the model by member type and orientation. |
Select Special Joints | Opens the Special selection of joints dialog, which is used to select joint types by category as well as by filtering for member depth and end release. | |
Select Connections > | Select all connections | This will select all the connection in the model |
Select identical connections | This will select all the identical
connection in the view
Tip: This effectively allows you to
groupconnections together to edit as one. |
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Select connections of the same type | This will select the connection of
same type.
Note: To use this
feature, you must select at least one connection before selecting this tool.
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Select connections with same template | This will select the connection of
same template.
Note: To use this
feature, you must select at least one connection before selecting this tool.
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Select connections of the same family | This will select the connection of
same family name, as used in RAM Connection.
Note: To use this
feature, you must select at least one connection before selecting this tool.
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Select connections with same tag names | This will select the connection of
same tag name, as used in RAM Connection.
Note: To use this
feature, you must select at least one connection before selecting this tool.
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Select connections with same template and sections | This will select the connection of
same template and where the section of the members which participate in the
connection are also same.
Note: To use this
feature, you must select at least one connection before selecting this tool.
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Select connection nodes and members | This will select all the nodes and
members which participate in the connection.
Note: To use this
feature, you must select at least one connection before selecting this tool.
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Assign Basic Connection |
Opens the Basic Connections dialog, which is used to assign basic connection templates to selected joints. | |
Assign Smart Connection |
Opens the Smart Connections dialog, which is used to assign smart connection templates to selected joints. | |
Assign Gusset Connection |
Opens the Gusset Connections dialog, which is used to assign gusset connection templates to selected joints. |
Tool name | Description |
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Identify Beam and Grider |
Opens the
Beam-Girder Identification
dialog, which is used to switch the beam and girder assignments for
connections.
Note: If no
Beam-Girder (BG) connections have been assigned, a warning dialog opens to
notify you no matching connections could be found .
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Create Seismic Frame |
Opens the Seismic Frames dialog, which is used to specify the type of seismic frame used for the selected members creating a seismic frame definition. |
Tool name | Description |
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Connection Report |
Opens the RAM Report Export dialog, which is used to manage connections and other report details to include in an report. |
Tool name | Description |
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Connection Database |
Opens the connection database dialog, which is used to manage and create connection templates. |