Steel connections - new bracing connections

Tekla Structural Designer
Modified: 10 Mar 2025
2025
Tekla Structural Designer

Steel connections - new bracing connections

In the 2024 Service Pack 3 release, when working with steel connections, the range of connections involving brace members has been extended with the addition of three new connection types as illustrated in the picture below:

  • Beam brace connection (BBC) - formed where one or more brace members are connected to a beam flange or web, such as in the case of V and A brace patterns or single braces connected within the length of a beam span.

  • Column brace connection (CBC) - formed where one or more brace members are connected to a column flange or web, such as in the case of K brace patterns or single braces connected within the length of a column stack.

  • X brace connection (XBC) - formed where two brace members intersect each other, such as in the case of an X brace pattern.

For more information about connection design, see: Design connections in another application.

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