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Connection Design · 8 October 2026
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Let Connection Design size the connection for you. Auto Design searches bolts, plate sizes and welds for a passing, clash-free design, picking the cheapest one it finds. Your members, member grades and loads are never changed. You can set the bolts, hole types and connection part grades it details to. Run it from the Results tab.
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Available on shear, shear plus axial and moment connections to I-shape and HSS columns and to girders, and on beam splices (AISC 360-16, LRFD and ASD), with more connection types being added.
Download a dimensioned connection detail drawing as a PDF. After running the design checks, open View Detailed Drawing on the Results tab, then Download PDF.