Tag: steel detailing
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Hole Layout on Sloped and Skewed Steel Plates: True Spacing, Projected Dimensions, and CAD Checks
Learn how to lay out holes on sloped and skewed steel plates using true dimensions, plate coordinates, projected views, and practical CAD checks.
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Compact, Noncompact, and Slender Steel Sections: Understanding Local Buckling Classification
Learn how compact, noncompact, and slender steel classifications relate to flange, web, HSS, and angle local buckling—and why KL/r is different.
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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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Structural Steel Bounding Boxes in CAD: Overall Dimensions, Rotation, and Clash Checks
Learn how structural steel bounding boxes work in CAD, including rotated extents, shape geometry, clearance checks, and common coordination errors.
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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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Anchor Rod Templates and Base Plate Hole Layouts: A Coordination Guide
Learn how to coordinate anchor rod templates, base plate holes, column centerlines, elevations, tolerances, and field verification in structural steel detailing.
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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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Connection Eccentricity in Structural Steel: Centroids, Work Lines, and Load Paths
Learn how member centroids, work lines, connection groups, and offsets create eccentricity in structural steel connections and CAD details.
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Stiffener Plates vs. Doubler Plates in Steel Connections: Purpose, Placement, and Detailing
Learn how stiffener plates and doubler plates differ in structural steel connections, including placement, drawing terminology, fit-up, weld callouts, and CAD detailing.
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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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Clear Web Depth in W-Shapes: Flange Faces, Fillets, and Connection Fit
Learn how clear web depth differs from overall W-shape depth, why rolled fillets reduce usable space, and how to check plates, bolts, welds, and CAD details.
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