topic Re: Connecting beams on angles in Modeling

Connecting beams on angles

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 10:36:35 GMT

Gidday fellas

I was just wondering if there was a solution to my problem...basically I have 2 beams joining together but they are not at 90 degrees to eachother...is there a way to adjust a section of the column so it fits snug? ***LOOK AT PICTURE*** I hope it works!

Cheers,

Nuggy

Re: Connecting beams on angles

Gerald Hoffman — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:57:56 GMT

Nuggy,

I am assuming the reference line for the beam is in the center. It should join up if you stretch the center line of the one beam to the center line of the other one.

Re: Connecting beams on angles

Barry Kelly — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 01:13:04 GMT

Gerald wrote:
Nuggy,

I am assuming the reference line for the beam is in the center. It should join up if you stretch the center line of the one beam to the center line of the other one.

Not if the beam is an object which this appears to be.

If it is an object there may be a parameter to angle the end.
If no parameter then you will need to learn a little GDL to add the feature yourself.

Or hunt around to find a new object that does have end angles.

Barry.

Re: Connecting beams on angles

__archiben — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 03:34:47 GMT

Gerald wrote:
I am assuming the reference line for the beam is in the center. It should join up if you stretch the center line of the one beam to the center line of the other one.

they're objects, so this won't work at all

you need to turn on the 'cutting planes' in the object's parameters settings. it's a bit fiddly to start, but once you get the hang of it you can build well behaved steel structures quite quickly . . .

HTH
~/archiben

Re: Connecting beams on angles

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 04:34:40 GMT

Thanks, fellas

First things first...it is NOT AN OBJECT... lol JUST JOKING... yeah it's an object... I think I was using a UB out of AC9...I've got the Australian Essential addon and found a UB in there where you can do all sorts of goodies to it...thanks again, Ben... I just changed beams and it's all good... here's the proper solution.

Thanks for your help everyone.

Cheers,

Andrew

Re: Connecting beams on angles

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:40:27 GMT

Here it is!

Re: Connecting beams on angles

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 04:39:15 GMT

Thanks Barry...in the new beam I am using it has two "end cut" functions..one for one end.....and yep you guessed...one for the other!

Cheers,

Andrew

Re: Connecting beams on angles

Djordje — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:28:29 GMT

Nuggy wrote:
...in the new beam I am using it has two "end cut" functions..one for one end.....and yep you guessed...one for the other!

Just to make sure ... the centerlines of both the beams should intersect at the column center, right?

Re: Connecting beams on angles

__archiben — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:32:19 GMT

Djordje wrote:
Just to make sure ... the centerlines of both the beams should intersect at the column center, right?

why? we have to give engineers some ammunition, right?

~/archiben

Re: Connecting beams on angles

Djordje — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:41:13 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
Djordje wrote:
Just to make sure ... the centerlines of both the beams should intersect at the column center, right?
why? we have to give engineers some ammunition, right?

No we don't ...

They invent enough anyway.

Re: Connecting beams on angles

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:36:26 GMT

They can sort it out later!!!! Its only for a uni assignment...my lecturer probably doesn't even know the difference between an apple and a banana...................one's hard and the other is soft!!!!

Re: Connecting beams on angles

Djordje — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:50:35 GMT

Nuggy wrote:
They can sort it out later!!!! Its only for a uni assignment...my lecturer probably doesn't even know the difference between an apple and a banana...................one's hard and the other is soft!!!!

Don't count on it ...

ArchiCAD is very good in making you think how the design will be built; IMHE, we have to think about the structure while designing, in order not to be taken for fluffybrains that only think in shapes and colors.

If they do "sort it out later", you would not want anybody to know that the design is yours, trust me 😉