Release Notes: February 2025

HSS as a secondary is now live.  That includes HSS to WF Beam, HSS to WF Web and HSS WF Flange using End Plates as a connection type.

 

CISC Metric Moment connections is now live.  This includes the following connections:

• Beam to Column Flange
  • Directly Welded Flanges and shear plate in beam web
  • Directly Welded Flanges and Double Angle bolted-bolted in beam web
  • Directly Welded Flanges and Double Angle welded-bolted in beam web
  • Top/Bottom Bolted Flange plates and shear plate in beam web
  • Top/Bottom Bolted Flange plates and Double Angle bolted-bolted in beam web
  • Top/Bottom Bolted Flange plates and Double Angle welded-bolted in beam web
• Bem to Column Web
  • Directly Welded Flanges and Extended shear plate in beam web
  • Top/Bottom Bolted Flange plates and Extended shear plate in beam web
• All the above connections can be used with moment or moment with axial forces.

• Not allowing access to Job Preferences Summary page when there are no successful connections has been resolved.
• Crashing when creating moment connection with a custom column profile.  This now works as expected.
• Add a new preference on the Basic Information page for Global Enforce of Mandated preferences.
  • On the Basic Information page there is a new preference that controls the Mandated Preferences.
  • In general, if the customer would like to only use mandated connections on the job and do not want Qnect to figure out a connection that is not specifically added to the Mandated Connections preferences, then make this answer Yes.
  • If the customer would like to define certain joints to be done in a defined (mandated) way and a joint is sent to Qnect that is not on the list, then Qnect will design the connection based on the other preferences already defined.  In this case, make the answer No.
  • Either way, if a joint is sent to Qnect that is on the Mandated list but the defined connection does not meet all limit states, the user can choose to not connect the joint or to continue the process and design a successful connection.  This is done in the Mandated Connection preference line item per scenario to Enforce or Not Enforce the detail.