- Set end_plates = on in production for CISC - Users can now use Endplates in CISC building code.
Release Notes: July 2024
Release Notes: June 2024
Material Grade to Plate Material Thickness Combinations: max thickness updates
Release Notes: April 2024
- Preference pages missing choices for 5/8 in. angle profile thickness - They have now been added.
- Update Bolt Type Pulldowns and Functioning
Update Bolt type pulldown options to the following:
HH – Snug Tight
HH – Turn of Nut or Calibrated Wrench
HH – DTI
TC – Twist Off
“HH- Snug Tight” - Treat washers the same as current HH Option
“HH – Turn of Nut or Calibrated Wrench” - Treat washers the same as current case when using pretensioned Calibrated Wrench
“HH – DTI” - treat washers the same as current HH-DTI Option
“TC – Twist Off” - Treat washers the same as current TC Option
Release Notes: March 2024
SA VB: Check/Fix gusset plate block shear calculations hole names and values
Continue Reading
- Gusset Strength Calcs:
- Gusset Plate Strength Calculations:
- Potential Minimum Connection Length, Lconn: 21.00 in.
- Gusset Thickness, tgus: 0.31 in.
- Beam Web Thickness, twbm: 0.75 in.
Check Horizontal Block Shear
Using AISC 15th Ed. Equation J4-5
Block Shear = {(phi) * ((0.6 * Fu * Anv) + (Ubs * Fu * Ant))} <= {(phi) * ((0.6 * Fy * Agv) + (Ubs * Fu * Ant))}
Release Notes: February 2024
- Web-environment: update Noconnect report - separate Unidentified connections into a separate table at bottom of report.
- This will show when one or both sides of a beam are not connected to anything (not included in upload) and more importantly if the part is not identified in the building code.
Release Notes: January 2024
- Need to increase the Deck Support Plate thickness
Update drop down choice on the Lateral System Moment Connections page
What thickness of Extended Deck Support Plate shall be used?
[Select One]
[1/4 in.]
[3/8 in.]
[1/2 in.]
ENR’s Best of the Best Projects - Two Qnect Projects Recognized
Two of the top 20 projects receiving ENR’s Best of the Best Projects award used Qnect!
Release Notes: December 2023
New listener control settings. The listener is the feature within Qnect that listens for changes made that could affect the engineering of a connection that Qnect has put into the model. This option allows the user to turn off the listener with the understanding that the user knows to periodically use the Diagnose Connections feature within the Tools button within Button 3.
Release Notes: November 2023
1. Change background image of app.qnect.com - Web application background has been updated to match the externally facing website www.qnect.com.
270 Park Topping-out Ceremony
Qnect CEO Jef Sharp signs the beam at the 270 Park topping-out ceremony.
QuickQnect® Release Notes: October 2023
- Connection failed - Fixed issue where the desktop would specify that the main beam had been modified between buttons 1 and 2.
- Two-sided single angle connection to sloped girder
- 1. “Rotation” of filler beam limitations, for single angle, double angle and shear plate connectionshould be maximum from vertical of 1:12 (4.76 degrees rotation). This one shown below is toomuch. Should be kicked out with error message saying “Filler beam rotations greater than 1:12 slope from vertical not yet functional in Qnect.”
- “Rotation” of girder can be whatever is in the model, though as stated above, filler beam should be limited to 1:12 (4.76 degrees).
.png?width=276&height=263&name=QNT-8495%20(2).png)
- 2. Double angle rotated filler connections not connecting, but should.
.png?width=825&height=342&name=QNT-8495%20(3).png)
- 1. “Rotation” of filler beam limitations, for single angle, double angle and shear plate connectionshould be maximum from vertical of 1:12 (4.76 degrees rotation). This one shown below is toomuch. Should be kicked out with error message saying “Filler beam rotations greater than 1:12 slope from vertical not yet functional in Qnect.”
QuickQnect® Release Notes: September 2023
***Single Angle Bracing to column web and column flange is now live.***
QuickQnect® Release Notes: May 2023
Notable updates from May '23:
Topics:
QuickQnect
Software
Continue Reading
QuickQnect® Release Notes: June 2023
Notable software updates from June '23:
- Get report data for Connection Engineer - Enhancement for in-model-review tool.
- In model review tool - report to be based on GUID
- Top Elevation for In model review tool
- Span change of secondary ignored for duplicate check if not using UDL. So when a change is made to the span with a cut or a small move, we will ignore that change if the force was not calculated with UDL (otherwise the span change changes the force), so when we re-engineer , the customer is more likely to receive the same connection code.
- Qnect Station Fabrication - ability to identify if each beam uses two station or one station fabrication. (see below)
- Change side of a CJP weld prep at Shear Plate to Column Web connection - Beam to Column Web Extended Shear Plate connection should always have CJP weld prep facing the beam web.
- VBSA - Adjust gage at angle legs <5"
- For in-plane angle legs >= 5” we will continue to use Table 1-7A for gage to bolt from heel as we do today: gage = max(standard gage “g” from Table 1-7A, min edge dist, kdet + c3, thickness + c1)
- For in-plane angle legs < 5” we will update to use the following formula for gage to bolt from heel. For example with 0.75 bolts as currently done in 4x4 shown below= 2.5, update to:
- gage = max(0.5 * in-plane edge, min edge dist, kdet + c3, thickness + c1) =max(0.5*4, 1.0, 0.75+0.75, 0.375+1.1875) = 2.
- Remove support for Tekla 21.1 & 2016i
- Set to Extended Shear Plate when need doubler and setback at beam is near support flange toe - This occurs at skewed beam to beam Shear Plate connections.
- There are cases when a skewed beam has a setback distance such that the end of beam is near a flange toe (as shown on the picture). Currently in such cases we switch to EXTENDED setback Shear Plate connection. We modified this condition to only switch to EXTENDED setback if a beam needs reinforcement (doubler) plate and is 1 in. (25 mm) in orthogonal direction from support girder flange toe.
- There are cases when a skewed beam has a setback distance such that the end of beam is near a flange toe (as shown on the picture). Currently in such cases we switch to EXTENDED setback Shear Plate connection. We modified this condition to only switch to EXTENDED setback if a beam needs reinforcement (doubler) plate and is 1 in. (25 mm) in orthogonal direction from support girder flange toe.
Topics:
QuickQnect
Software
Continue Reading
QuickQnect® Release Notes: July 2023
Notable software updates from July '23:
- Update weekly and daily emails with percentages - If you are not receiving a weekly summary email, please contact us.
Topics:
QuickQnect
Software
Continue Reading
QuickQnect® Release Notes: March 2023
Add user_id (email address) to the User Admin page when seeing the list of names
QuickQnect® Release Notes: November 2022
Endplates will be released at end of year. This is an MVP release so as customers request enhancements, we will add them.
QuickQnect® Release Notes: October 2022
CISC Single Angle and Double Angle are now available.
Press Release: Gustafson joins Qnect
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. October 5, 2022
Michael Gustafson joins the team at Qnect LLC of Hadley MA. as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development
“It’s all about engineering efficiency in the digital age,” says Michael Gustafson. As Product Manager at Trimble and Industry Strategy Manager at Autodesk, Michael has been identifying and directing new technologies for 17 years. “I felt that I needed to take on a senior leadership role with a team that can make a bigger impact in construction, and for the planet. The software solution that Qnect has built has me energized to execute a vision that optimizes for both savings and carbon footprint of new buildings. What they have achieved has opened my eyes to a massive market imperative.”
Michael cut his teeth as a structural engineer working with the industry’s best at Ellerbe Becket (now AECOM), designing a variety of structures. While earning his MBA, he led marketing efforts as a regional engineer with AISC (American Institute for Steel Construction) where he learned about the value of the steel fabricator. At Tekla and Autodesk, Michael forged strategy for structural analysis, design, detailing and fabrication and saw first-hand how technology can help push smart digital transformation.
After studying Qnect, Michael recognized a promising global solution to make engineering more efficient. Qnect’s software has proven its ability to trim carbon emissions while lowering risk and saving time and cost on steel construction. Gustafson’s interest was also piqued by Qnect’s unparalleled, patented optimization technology and its significant impact on projects.
“As I look across the globe, the industry is expecting much more from tech providers to increase productivity and reduce material waste and carbon. The global construction market will surely benefit from the data Qnect generates to make smarter design decisions, not just for buildings in North America but across Europe and beyond,” says Gustafson.
Qnect’s CEO, Jef Sharp says, “We are thrilled to welcome Michael Gustafson to the Qnect leadership team. Michael has a unique skill set that includes engineering, software, and a global perspective of the design, detailing and fabrication tech sectors. His vision is perfectly in line with where Qnect is headed. Great people make great companies.”
QuickQnect® Release Notes: September 2022
This month's highlights:
- Endplates are close to being completed.
- Angles for CISC is close to being completed.
- CISC - Change page reference
Change page reference for cs and ks to 1.-163, ie change this:
cs (Table 3 p. 1-167) = xx
ks (Table 3 p. 1-167) = xx
to this:
cs (Table 3 p. 1-163) = xx
ks (Table 3 p. 1-163) = xx - Checking tool - Added new feature for checking a model during the detailing phase.
- Model Review improvements
- Plate girder functionality - Qnect now has the ability to create plate girders in Tekla and use them for connections. Under menu item Profile catalog in the optional preferences.
Topics:
Product
Continue Reading
QuickQnect® Release Notes: August 2022
We are currently working hard to have End Plates available by the end of September (yay!).
QuickQnect® Release Notes: July 2022
Upcoming:
- Targeting End Plates at end of summer and Single Angle bracing this fall.
QuickQnect® Release Notes: June 2022
Here is a list of items that we completed in June 2022.
QuickQnect® Release Notes: March 2022
In addition to working on AISC 15th edition, CISC double angle and single angles connections, Single Angle Vertical Brace and End plate connections, we implemented the following new features.
Added new preference to control eccentricity
Topics:
News
Continue Reading
QuickQnect® Release Notes: November 2021
CISC building code is now live. We have also completed the ability to run Shear Plates using Imperial, Metric and Metric (imperial sizing).
QuickQnect® Release Notes: August 2021
Overall working on CISC with engineering using metric (imperial sizes). To be safe this will be 2 more weeks (may be earlier). We are in QA with AISC-15 which we are targeting end of September. Also working on Single Angle bracing and End plate connections. They still need a bunch of time. In the meantime we are working on customer requests.
QuickQnect® Release Notes: July 2021
This month has been spent mostly on finalizing CISC and delivering customer requests. The full list is below of what we did but this is a good customer facing summary.
QuickQnect® Release Notes: June 2021
We have been focused on delivering the Canadian Building Code. There is one feature left that was just finalized yesterday from the engineering perspective. We are now developing that. It should be completed early next week.
QuickQnect® Release Notes: May 2021
This year, the development team has done a lot of work into preparing to launch the Canadian building code CSA-S16-14. This will go live in June 2021.
