IDEA - Knee Connection - Connecting Plate 1

[X4vier]

I typically refer as connecting Plate, the plate that replaces the inner flange of the members that has the knee on it. In the image below, the rafter, but usually the column.

I'm trying to model that connection plate, using a stiffening plate parallel to the inner flange, and then cut the member with that plate but the cut function doesn't weld the edge of the connecting plate to the edge of the inner flange. Even trying to add the edge-to-edge weld doesn't work.

Any idea how to weld these edges?

Thanks

 

[sdz]

Are you using Tekla? Have you tied Tekla User Assistance?
Usual practice, supported by long experience, is for the connection to be made in the rafter.
As a structural engineer I say the detailing is a disaster. Can you discuss this with an experienced structural engineer?




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[X4vier]

I just took the tekla images from web to show the issue with IDEA.

How can I add a connecting plate to replace a flange in IDEA?

 

[dik]

I'd just do a V-groove CJP weld. I wouldn't normally use little gussets... I use a thicker plate.

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[X4vier]

Are you talking about IDEA software?

 

[dauwerda]

X4vier, are you referring to IdeaStatica?

 

[human909]

I presumed he was, but it wasn't clear.

As an IdeaStatica user this connection does seem like a headache. But really this question would be better asked of Ideastatica helpdesk assuming the poster has a legitimate copy of the software.

But as others have said, the connection looks like a nightmare that can almost certainly be done more cheaply and easier.

It is posts like this that make me question my defence of IdeaStatica last week when it was claimed that this sort of software was a black box of danger.

 

[X4vier]

Yes, sorry, I'm referring to IDEAStatica.
I have contacted the helpdesk and will post their answer if that resolves the connecting plate weld.

Thanks