{"id":2850,"date":"2018-06-22T08:53:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T08:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2850"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:21:26","slug":"which-connections-can-be-calculated-with-powerconnect","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/knowledge-base\/which-connections-can-be-calculated-with-powerconnect\/","title":{"rendered":"Which connections can be calculated with PowerConnect?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>PowerConnect uses the\u00a0<span class=\"il\">component<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">method<\/span>\u00a0described in Eurocode 3 &#8211; part 8 to calculate the\u00a0<span class=\"il\">connections<\/span>. BUT the formulas in this method<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>are only valid for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">certain geometries<\/span><br \/>\ne.g. the connections must be 2D or in tubular connections the angle between the connecting bars is\u00a0limited<\/li>\n<li>are only given for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">certain types of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"il\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">connections<\/span><br \/>\ne.g. formulas are given for commonly used moment connections. That does not imply all possible moment connections&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"il\">limit the different cross-section shapes that can be combined in one connection<br \/>\ne.g. formulas are given for a beam-column connection with H + I cross-sections, but there are no formulas available for that same connection in\u00a0H- +\u00a0L-\u00a0shaped cross-sections.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Therefore it is <strong>not<\/strong> <strong>possible<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>to calculate whatever connection you have in mind.<br \/>\nThe list below gives an overview of the possible connections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/downloads.buildsoft.eu\/pdf\/nl\/NL_Powerconnect\/index.html#page=14\">Dutch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/downloads.buildsoft.eu\/pdf\/fr\/FR_Powerconnect\/index.html#page=14\">French<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/downloads.buildsoft.eu\/pdf\/en\/EN_Powerconnect\/index.html#page=14\">English<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>to import\/ use whatever section you have in mind.<br \/>\nHow to retrieve which sections I can use \/import:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the desired connection in PowerConnect<\/li>\n<li>Double click for example the beam.<\/li>\n<li>Click on\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-2983\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SectionPropPowerConnect.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SectionPropPowerConnect.jpg 56w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SectionPropPowerConnect-50x26.jpg 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SectionPropPowerConnect-35x18.jpg 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 56px) 100vw, 56px\" \/> to change the section.<br \/>\nThe list you see contains all possible shapes for which this connection can be calculated.<br \/>\nSo if you see only H, and I -shapes in the list, the connection can only be calculated when the beam is an H or I-shape.<br \/>\nTherefor, if you would <a href=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-add-a-new-section\/\">add <\/a>a new H or I-shape to the library, it will be possible to use it in this connection.<br \/>\nIf you would add a T-shape, it will not be visible in the list above and can thus can not be used to calculated this connection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If your connection cannot be calculated with PowerConnect, you can obt to calculated the connection with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideastatica.com\/steel?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-6GG7M-I6wIVjbd3Ch3KQQ7UEAAYASAAEgJBJfD_BwE\">IDEA Statica<\/a> using FEM. BuildSoft has no software supporting the FEM calculation of connections.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PowerConnect uses the\u00a0component\u00a0method\u00a0described in Eurocode 3 &#8211; part 8 to calculate the\u00a0connections. BUT the formulas in this method are only valid for certain geometries e.g. the connections must be 2D or in tubular connections the angle between the connecting bars is\u00a0limited are only given for certain types of\u00a0connections e.g. formulas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[1115],"ht-kb-tag":[384,386,597,382,385,388,389,383,387],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2850"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17358,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2850\/revisions\/17358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=2850"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=2850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}