Base Plate + Anchor Plate (3-D SE)

"Civil Engineering functions" docking window > Steel Engineering > Connections > Individual beam/profile > Base plate + Anchor plate (1101)

Use this function to insert base plates and anchor plates for columns (vertical beams). If required, the fitting can be applied with pre-drilled welded plate and anchor plate, shear connectors, head studs, dowels or anchors with inserts. The fitting of additional stiffeners at flanges or webs is also possible.

(1) Column, (2) Base plate, (3) Welded plate, (4) Anchor plate, (5) Stiffeners on flange/web, (6) Shear connector, (7) Anchors, (8) Inserts

Identify the beam. The Base plate+Anchor plate (1101) dialogue window will be displayed.

The Base plate+Anchor plate (1101) dialogue window

Please note:

• When you insert the base plate and anchor plate, HiCAD creates an assembly that contains the column as the assembly main part, to which the base plate and the welded plate are assigned as sub-parts. The anchor plate, the shear connector and the anchors will also be assigned to this assembly.
• Click the Preview button if you want to display a preview of the connection based on the currently entered data. If you want to modify the current data, apply the required changes and click Preview again to update the preview. Click OK to insert the connection according to the current data and close the dialogue window. If you click the Cancel button, the window will be closed, and the specified or changed connection will not be inserted.

• The components for base plates and anchor plates will be loaded from the HiCAD Standard Part catalogues. If you want to use your own beams, profiles, plates or bolts, you need to expand the corresponding tables accordingly using the Catalogue Editor.

Manage configurations

Configurations for Base plates+Anchor plates can be saved, which enables you to access your individual configurations at any time afterwards.

More about configurations

Configure base plate/anchor plate

The base plate/anchor plate connection is defined by the settings on the following tabs of the dialogue window:

• Beam,
• Plates,
• Shear connectors,
• Anchors,
• Ribs,
• Weld seams.

Beam

This tab provides information about the identified beam, such as type, material, dimensions of the beam etc. Changes are not possible here.

Plates

On this tab you specify the type and size of plates, their alignment relative to the beam, as well as the type of the bores and the bore grids.

The Plates tab

Determine which plates are to be inserted and specify the plate size. Available are base plates, anchor plates and welded plates.

Activate or deactivate the corresponding Insert checkbox and specify the length and width of the plates you want to insert. The plates can consist of sheet metal or of flat steel. Click the icon to select plate type and material directly from the corresponding standard part catalogues.

If you want to shorten the beam by the thickness of the plate that is to be connected to the beam, activate the Shorten beam by plate thickness checkbox.

If you want to directly apply the bores to the sheets, activate the Bores checkbox. The bore diameter can be specified separately for each plate.

The bore grid determines the arrangement of the bores on the plates.

• X- and Y-offset (distance to centroid of beam)
• Number of bores in X- and Y-direction and their distance to each other. If you want all bores running in one direction to have the same distance to each other, you can simplify the data entry by doing the following: Enter the distance value into Change all field. All fields will automatically be assigned the entered value.

Shear connector

Here you determine the profile for the shear connector, its length and its material. Click the icon to select the beam and material directly from the corresponding standard part catalogues.

In the Positioning area you can specify an offset of the anchor relative to

The Shear connector tab

Anchors

On this tab you determine whether you want the base plate/anchor plate to be inserted with anchors, head studs or dowels. Activate the corresponding Insert checkbox. The corresponding input fields will then be activated.

The Anchors tab

• Anchors and Inserts

Click the icon to select the anchors directly from the from the corresponding standard part catalogues.

To select the inserts, click the icon and select the desired part from the catalogue. Then specify the number of inserts and their length. If you want to rotate the part 90 degrees, activate the corresponding checkbox.

• Dowels

To determine the desired bolting set, click the icon and select the desired bolting set from the dialogue window. The composition of the bolting takes place in the same way as for 3-D boltings.

• Head studs

Click the to select the head studs directly from the corresponding standard part catalogues.

In the Grid X/Y areas you determine the arrangement of the anchors, head studs and dowels.

• X- and Y-offset (distance to centroid of beam)
• Number of anchors, head studs and dowels in X- and Y-direction and their distance to each other. If you want all anchors, head studs and dowels running in one direction to have the same distance to each other, you can simplify the data entry by doing the following: Enter the distance value into Change all field. All fields will automatically be assigned the entered value.

Ribs

Use this tab to insert ribs, i.e. additional stiffeners on flange and web.

The Ribs tab

For each of the possible stiffeners (2 and 5 to web, 1, 3, 4 and 6 to flange) the following parameter settings are available:

Insert

By activating/deactivating this checkbox you determine whether the corresponding stiffener will be inserted.

AutoCalculate length

If this checkbox is active, the length of the stiffeners will be calculated automatically. If you do not want this, deactivate the checkbox and enter the length manually.

Height, Chamfer X, Chamfer Y

Here you specify the height of the stiffener and the chamfer length in X- and Y-direction.

Process corner

Use this listbox to select the type of processing for the inner corner of the stiffener. The following options are available:

• None
• Chamfer
• Inner fillet
• Outer fillet

Depending on the selected option, you can then enter the chamfer length or the fillet radius.

Click the icon to apply the settings of the current area to all other stiffeners of the same direction. If you are currently editing, for example, area 1, i.e. in flange direction and click on the icon, the settings will automatically be taken over for the areas 3, 4 and 6.

Weld seams

On this tab you specify whether you want to insert weld seams

• between base plate and beam,
• at the ribs (between beam and ribs, between ribs and base plate),
• between anchor plate and welded plate, or
• between anchor plate and shear connector.

Activate the Insert checkbox of the respective input area and enter the weld seam thickness.

In the Inspection category list box you can select a test method according to DIN EN 1090. The inspection categories have been predefined in the Configuration Editor at Modelling > Weld seams. They are required for the generation of weld seam test protocols.

Weld seams tab

The weld seams are always assigned to the assembly to which the respective plate/rib belongs:

 Related Topics

Connections + Variants (3-D SE) • The Dialogue Window for Connections (3-D SE) • The Catalogue System for Connections + Variants (3-D SE)