Tag: HSS
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HSS Centerline vs. Face-of-Steel Dimensions: A Practical Layout and Detailing Guide
Learn how HSS centerline, face-of-steel, and clear dimensions affect structural layouts, CAD models, connections, and drawing coordination.
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HSS End Conditions: Open Ends, Cap Plates, End Plates, and Drainage Coordination
Learn how to detail HSS open ends, cap plates, closure plates, end connections, vents, drains, welds, and member-length references.
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HSS Weld Seam Orientation: What Drafters and Designers Need to Show
Learn how HSS weld seam orientation affects connections, openings, appearance, fabrication, inspection, and structural steel drawings.
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Steel Shape Substitution Checklist: What to Recheck When a Member Size Changes
Use this steel shape substitution checklist to review section properties, connection fit, elevations, weight, fabrication details, and CAD revisions.
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HSS Nominal Wall Thickness vs. Design Thickness: What Tables, Drawings, and CAD Models Mean
Learn how HSS nominal wall thickness differs from design thickness and measured wall, and how each should be handled in steel tables, drawings, and CAD models.
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HSS Inside Dimensions: Clear Opening, Corner Radii, and Insert Fit
Learn why HSS inside dimensions cannot be determined reliably from outside size and wall thickness alone, especially when detailing inserts, plates, and connections.
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Why CAD-Calculated Steel Section Properties May Not Match Published Shape Tables
Learn why area, centroid, inertia, and other properties calculated from CAD profiles can differ from published structural steel shape tables.
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Reading Steel Shape Designations: Where Weight per Foot Appears—and Where It Does Not
Learn which structural steel designations include nominal weight per foot, which describe geometry instead, and how to estimate member weight correctly.
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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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Strong Axis vs. Weak Axis in Structural Steel Sections
Learn how strong-axis and weak-axis bending relate to Ix, Iy, Sx, Sy, orientation, and detailing for W-shapes, channels, angles, tees, and HSS.
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Nominal vs. Actual Structural Steel Dimensions: A Guide for CAD and Detailing
Learn how nominal steel dimensions, mill tolerances, fillets, HSS corners, and field conditions affect structural detailing and CAD geometry.
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Shear Center vs. Centroid in Structural Steel Shapes
Learn how the shear center differs from the centroid in W-shapes, channels, tees, angles, and HSS, with practical detailing and CAD guidance.
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