Break a Structural Connection

Remove a connection and leave its sub elements in their place.

1. Select one or several connections to break. Sub-connections created by parametric cuts are represented by connection boxes or weld symbols.
2. Click Modify | Structural Connections tab Connection panel (Break).

• The structural steel connection is removed and all its sub-elements are transformed into correspondent fabrication elements and modifiers.
  Note: A particular case of transformation is the Profile sub-element. See About Structural Connection Sub-Elements.
• When you break a connection, you lose the binding between the input elements and the control over sub-elements.
• The standard steel connection or parametric cut which composed a custom connection remain in place and unchanged.
• Annotations (tags and dimensions) placed on connection elements will be kept after the connection is broken. Only the tags placed on profiles that are part of connections will be lost because those elements are transformed into structural framings when you break the connection.
• The Break tool is not available if one or more connections in the selection are generic connections or failed connections.