Leg - 2 and 3 diagonals (177)

Tekla Structures
Modified: 31 Oct 2019
2023
Tekla Structures

Leg - 2 and 3 diagonals (177)

Bolts 2 diagonal braces and 1 horizontal brace (optional) to a tower leg. Does not create a gusset plate.

Profiles

Tower leg and braces: L

Parts created

Filler plates (optional)

Use for

Situation

Before you start

Create the following parts

  • Tower leg

  • 1 diagonal brace to the outside of the tower leg

  • 1 diagonal brace to the inside of the tower leg

  • 1 horizontal brace (optional)

Defining properties

Use the following tabs in the component dialog box to define the properties of the parts this component creates:

Tab Contents See also

Picture

Edge distances, dimensions that define the cut in the diagonal brace on the inside of the tower leg and the horizontal brace.

Creating your own defaults (177)

Parameters

Edge distances that define the location of bolt groups.

Creating your own defaults (177)

Bolts

Bolt properties, dimensions that define the location of bolts, and bolt pattern of bolt groups.

General

Connection properties, AutoDefaults and AutoConnection rule groups.

General tab

Plates

Option to create filler plates, filler plate properties.

Defining filler plates (177)

Design

Option to use UDL with AutoDefaults, reaction forces.

Using reaction forces and UDLs in AutoDefaults and AutoConnection

Analysis

Information used in structural analysis

Analysis tab

Selection order

  1. Tower leg

  2. Diagonal brace on the inside of the tower leg

  3. Diagonal brace on the outside of the tower leg

  4. Horizontal brace (optional)

  5. Click the middle mouse button to create the component

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