ProtaSteel 2021 - Quick Start Guide 28
• Truss connections
• Purlin and girt connections
• Floor beam connections (with horizontal bracing
connections if there are any)
• Beam – Column connections (with horizontal and
vertical bracings if there are any)
• Base plate connections (with vertical bracings if
there are any)
These includes “simple cases”, e.g. where there are only 2 primary elements and “complex cases” where
more elements meet at the same node.
Cases covered
The following “Simple Cases” are covered by IntelliConnect :
1. Splice connection (Supports whatever profiles are supported by the Splice macro)
2. Column Base plate with no incoming vertical bracing. (The column needs to be an I section)
3. A single beam framing into a main beam. The Beams can be I or channel profiles. The type of
beam to beam connection can be any one of the following 1) The Stiffend end plate connection.
2) The Fin plate connection 3) The beam to beam end plate connection.
4. A single beam framing into a column. The profiles may be I or channel profiles. The type of beam
to beam connection can be any one of the following 1) The Stiffend end plate connection. 2) The
Fin plate connection 3) The beam to beam end plate connection.
5. A single horizontal brace framing into a beam. The horizontal brace may be any profile
supported by the Bolted gusset or welded gusset macros)
6. A single vertical brace framing into a column. The vertical brace may be any profile supported by
the bolted gusset or welded gusset macros.
7. A single purlin sitting on a beam or truss element. The type of connection may be any
connection supported by the Purlin/Girt macro
8. A single girt framing into a column. The type of connection may be any connection supported by
the Purlin/Girt macro
9. Creation of batten plates on twin profiles.
10. Connection of a single purlin passing continuously over a truss top chord or roof beam
The following complex cases are covered by IntelliConnect :
1. Two horizontal braces framing into a beam (from any side – web or flange)
2. Two vertical braces framing into a column (from any side – web or flange)
3. Truss connecting with more than one truss secondary framing into the truss top or bottom
chord.
4. Two purlins sitting on a truss top chord or a roof beam
5. Two girts framing into a column (either colinear or one from each orthogonal direction )
6. Two floor beams framing into a main beam from opposite sides
7. Combinations of floor beams and horizontal braces framing into each other at the same point
from both sides
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