Creating a Clip Angle

You can create a clip angle to connect a catalog beam to a catalog column, or a catalog beam to another catalog beam, or a steel detailing plate to a member.

Before you begin: Open a building containing catalog members.
  1. From the Steel Detailing section of the action bar, click Clip Angle .
    The building is hidden and the catalog members and steel detailing features are shown as transparent.
  2. Select a face of the host member, and then select a face of the second member or plate.

    The intersection of these faces defines a curve along which the clip angle is positioned.

  3. In the Clip Angle dialog box, select the shape of the clip angle.
    • To select the shape of the clip angle cross-section from a subset of a steel catalog, perform the following steps:
      1. Click .
      2. From the Catalog list, select the desired catalog.
      3. From the Type list, select the cross-section shape of the clip angle.
      4. From the Size list, select the size of the clip angle.
      5. In the Width box, specify the length of the extruded section of the clip angle.
    • To create a clip angle from a piece of bent plate, perform the following steps:
      1. Click .
      2. In the Length along face U box, specify the length of the plate in the U direction.
      3. In the Length along face V box, specify the length of the plate in the V direction.
      4. In the Bend radius box, specify the radius of the curve formed at the inner side of the bent plate.
      5. In the Thickness box, specify the thickness of the clip angle.
      6. In the Round angle to multiple of box, specify the smallest increment to which the included angle of the clip angle should be rounded.
      7. In the Width box, specify the width of the plate.
  4. Align the clip angle.
    OptionDescription
    Left Positions the clip angle with its left edge at the left end of a line created by the intersection of the selected faces.
    Right Positions the clip angle with its right edge at the right end of a line created by the intersection of the selected faces.
    Center Positions the clip angle centered on a line created by the intersection of the selected faces.
  5. Click Clip Angle Options and specify the offsets in the Offset from face U and Offset ffrom face V boxes.

    Note: You can click to reset the offset values to zero.

  6. Click Ok .
    The clip angle is created.