Tag: connection detailing
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Steel Angle Heel, Toe, and Root Radius: Geometry, Datums, and CAD Detailing
Learn steel angle heel, toe, root-radius, back-of-leg, and centroid terminology for clearer drawings, connection layouts, and CAD shape models.
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Steel Beam Seat Connections: Load Path, Bearing, Fit-Up, and Detailing
A practical guide to steel beam seat connections, covering seat angles, seat plates, stiffened seats, bearing, erection fit-up, and drawing coordination.
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Structural Bolt Projection Beyond the Nut: Stick-Out, Washer Stacks, and Clash Coordination
Learn how bolt stick-out, grip, washer stacks, thread location, and nearby steel affect structural bolted connection detailing and CAD coordination.
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Structural Steel Section Views: Cutting Planes, Viewing Direction, and Detailing Clarity
Learn how to create and read structural steel section views, including cutting planes, viewing direction, section identification, material hatching, and CAD coordination.
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Block Shear Paths in Steel Connections: A Practical Guide to Plates, Angles, Tees, and Gussets
Learn how to identify block shear paths around bolt groups in steel plates, angles, tees, and gussets, including tension planes, shear planes, and CAD checks.
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Steel Channel Orientation: Web Back, Flange Toes, Open Side, and Drawing References
Learn how to identify and document steel channel orientation using the web back, flange toes, open side, work lines, section views, and CAD references.
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Near-Side vs. Far-Side Steel Detailing: Reading Plates, Holes, and Bolts in Elevation
Learn how near-side and far-side steel components are shown in elevations, sections, and CAD details without mirroring connection geometry.
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Steel Angle Orientation: LLV, SLV, Connected Legs, and Drawing Clarity
Learn how to communicate steel angle orientation using LLV, SLV, heel, toe, connected-leg, and view-specific detailing conventions.
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Steel Beam Bearing Length, Seat Length, and End Clearance: A Detailing Guide
Learn how steel beam bearing length differs from seat length and end clearance, and how to coordinate these dimensions in structural drawings and CAD models.
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Mill, Fabrication, and Erection Tolerances in Structural Steel Detailing
Learn how mill, fabrication, and erection tolerances differ, and how to account for real steel geometry in drawings, CAD models, connections, and fit-up.
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Work Points, Member Centerlines, and Setbacks in Structural Steel Detailing
Learn how work points, member centerlines, support faces, setbacks, and cut lines control structural steel detailing and CAD geometry.
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HSS Corner Radii and Flat Width: Practical Guidance for Detailing and CAD
Learn how HSS corner radii, flat widths, wall thickness, and outside dimensions affect steel detailing, connection fit-up, and CAD geometry.
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