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Steel Connection Design<\/p>

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PowerConnect is BuildSoft’s dedicated software for the design and verification of steel connections, used by structural engineers to check moment connections, shear connections, column bases, and tubular connections according to Eurocode 3, IS 800, and AISC-LRFD. It optimizes bolt positions automatically and shows each component’s utilization through colour-coded results, so engineers can move from a connection sketch to a checked, documented design without manual calculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>1-click adding stiffeners<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Bolt position optimization<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Connection types<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Moment connections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Shear connections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Column bases <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tubular connections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Optimize bolt positions<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span>M, V and N<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Shear end plate<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>V and N<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>I or rectangular cross-section<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Type T, Y, DY, X, K, N, KT & DK<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fast and easy steel connection design with PowerConnect<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Input<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Easy and fast definition of connections from an extensive library of typical connection designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick graphical editing of connections with a simple mouse click, directly on the 3D rendering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Optimization of bolt positions according to EN 1993-1-8, IS 800 and AISC-LRFD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast identification of undersized and oversized components through colour coding on connection geometry of each component\u2019s level of exhaustion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Reports and drawings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Creation of drawings including annotation. Export capability to DXF, allowing for further elaboration in CAD environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Automated creation of design analysis report with preview capability. Report can be saved for editing in MS Word.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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30 – days testing all connections, free of charge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Design your connections in less than 1 minute!<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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