About Structural Connection Visibility

Learn how to manage the visibility and detail level of structural connections in your model.

Structural connections display in different levels of detail:

Detail Level	Display	Description
Medium		Only a symbolic representation of the connection is displayed.
Fine		The detailed geometry of the connection is displayed.

Note: If a connection contains only elements that are not visible while being part of the connection (e.g. Modifiers):

• If the connection is not selected, there will be no representation of it.
• If the connection si selected, the connection bounding box and the order/role of the connection input elements will be visible.

The Structural Connection Handler

The connection handler is the representation of the structural steel connection in the model and it marks the join point of the connected elements, the direction of each input element and, if selected, it also shows the order / role of the input elements within the connection.

The handler is displayed differently, depending on the level of detail set in the model:

Detail Level	Handler Display
Coarse	only the joining point is displayed. when selected, the order / role of the connection input elements is displayed.
Medium and Fine	the joining point and the connection input element direction are displayed. when selected, the order / role of the connection input elements is displayed.

If you select multiple connections, the order /role of the input elements for each selected connection will no longer be displayed.

Use the Structural Connections Symbol model category in the Visibility/Graphics Overrides Dialog to set the visibility of structural connections in a specific view.

Note: For the defined sub-categories, you can only modify the Lines and the Pattern where applied. Other parameters, such as Pattern or Transparency, inherit the Structural Connection category settings.

If the Reference check box is not checked, connections will be selectable but not visible in the view. This allows you to create connection tags in a view without the visible symbols of the connections.