Beams & Columns

BEAMS & COLUMNS is a component of SteelLOGIC that works within AutoCAD to create the most dynamic cost effective steel detailing package available today. Beam and column details of any rolled shape can be created very quickly by selection from a collection of menus and by responding to prompts from the computer. The system acts as an electronic drafting table for a structural steel detailer and will respond with a drawing as fast as the detailer can tell it what to do.

Differences in detailing presentation are recognized with a variety of beam billing and dimensioning systems are available.

The system creates a detailing environment and an experienced detailer can create drawings as fast as he can think. Anything that can be fabricated can be detailed within this system. A bill of material system allows you to create consolidated shop cutting lists and summaries with all fitting marks.

Beam Features Column Features
  1. Draws beams flat or sloping.
  2. Clip angles, Welded, Bolted or Bolted and Staggered.
  3. Vertical spacing of bolts, or holes can be varied.
  4. Extension dimensions from the face of the clip or the cut edge of the beam.
  5. Wide Flange, Channel, Tube, Pipe, Angles or Tees can be detailed as beams
  6. Beams dimensions are selected from a built in data base.
  7. Standard edge distance, angle gages or hole spacing can be modified.
  8. End Plate connections.
  9. Standard Blocks, Copes, Cuts and Notches can be user modified.
  10. Shear angles or plates in beam webs
  11. Framing angle size can be user modified.
  12. Moment connection angles
  13. Skewed shear plates in beam webs.
  14. Bent plate or angle end connections.
  15. Dimensions from bottom of beam for seated connections.
  16. Partial or full depth web stiffeners.
  17. Extension dimensions to first column of holes, both columns or center of group.
  18. Web holes automatically spaced within beam web.
  19. Variable spacing below beams for billing line to allow for hanging spandrels.
  20. Setbacks, blocks, beam length and cut length automatically calculated based on the supporting member and the differences in elevation.
  21. Fitted shear plates in beam webs automatically drawn and detailed in end views.
  22. Flange views automatically created.
  23. End preparation for field welding.
  24. Automatically draws sloping beams and cuts beam back to allow for vertical clips>
  25. Gusset plates for vertical or horizontal bracing, without the necessity of layouts.
  26. Details straight or sloping pipe rail with summary of material.
  1. User configurable standards for reference lines.
  2. User adjustable spacing between faces.
  3. Wide Flange, Standard shapes, Channels, Pipe, Tube and Angle columns can be detailed as columns.
  4. One to four faces can be drawn automatically.
  5. Extension (Tail) dimensions are automatically calculated and inserted for all fittings and hole groups.
  6. Base and Cap plates can be detailed in the flange and web views , in their true view or in the projected view of sloping or skewed plates.
  7. Web stiffener plates, near or far side are automatically inserted between flanges.
  8. Column splice plates on flange and web are drawn on all 3 faces of a column.
  9. Column fills automatically drawn.
  10. Girt clips, welded or bolted
  11. Welded or bolted seats and top clips.
  12. Single angle shear connections
  13. Knife connections
  14. Shear plate connections
  15. Through plates on Tube or Pipe columns, notched for different number of holes on each side.
  16. Optional extension (tail) dimensions to all holes.
  17. Optional extension dimensions to the top or bottom of all hole groups.
  18. Tee seats, joist seats, joist bottom chord clips.
  19. Hole patterns with variable vertical spacing to match any gage.
  20. Automatically calculates length of column.
  21. Automatically bills column at the shaft and in the bill of material.
  22. Creates column gusset plates without any layouts or calculations.


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Updated 14-APR-2008