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Connecting beams on angles

Anonymous
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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
 
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Gerald Hoffman
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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.
Gerald Hoffman
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Barry Kelly
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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.

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__archiben
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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
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Anonymous
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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
Anonymous
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Here it is!

 

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Anonymous
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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
Djordje
Virtuoso
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?
Djordje



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__archiben
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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?

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Djordje
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~/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.
Djordje



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