Josh,
We tend to detail a majority of bolted-bolted typical shear connections with staggered bolts, to help access in the field. So this may be more of a common connection for us than others. And the ability to treat 5% slope or less as flat is a helpful option.
Tekla is a powerful program...
Josh,
Thanks very much for the response. First, I have to clarify, I have no issue regarding RISAConnection on its own and its abilities for connection design. It has worked fine for the times I have used it. However, I do prefer RAM Connection. Partly because it was the first connection...
I use Tekla for detailing on a daily basis. My office also will be responsible for shear and moment connections we are detailing. To try and help coordinate the two efforts, we signed on for the RISA-Tekla Link about a year ago. I thought it would help coordinate the detailers work with the...
