Propagate a Standard Steel Connection

Easily propagate a selected standard steel connection or parametric cut in the current project.

The selected connection will be applied everywhere in the model, where an identical context is found.

Before propagating a connection, consider the following:

• You can only propagate standard steel connections and parametric cuts. Generic connections and custom steel connections cannot be propagated.
• Propagation only works on visible elements.
• The propagation tool does not create a connection on an input situation if another connection is already there.
• Propagation only works for steel input elements. If a connection has a non-steel element as one of its input elements - for example a concrete element for a base plate connection between a column and a footing, the propagation command will not be available.

To propagate a standard steel connection:

1. Select a standard steel connection.
2. Right-click and select Propagate Connection from the contextual menu.
3. The selected connection is recreated on the similar input situations in the current project.

Propagation is based on:

• The number of input elements.
• The structural type of the input elements - beam or column.
• The section type of the input elements.
• The relative geometrical position between the input elements:
  • The connection area - on or off the element start/end.
  • The position of the flange or web.
  • The angle between the input elements.
  • The alignment of the input elements.

The standard steel connection will be propagated with the same family, type and specific connection instance parameters (Override Connection Type Parameters and Modify Parameters).