Connecting sloped deck support plates

Tekla Structures - Not version-specific plates connection
Environment
Not environment-specific
Question:

Why deck support plates are created on the bottom flange and not to the top flange in the Splice Connection (77)?

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Answer:

This happens, if the connected beams are sloped. In sloped connections you need to pick the beam on the higher level first, then the beam on lover level. Then the deck support plates are created correctly to the top flange.

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