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title: Q420 Product Enhancements
description: Improve your use of Qnect and Tekla Structures with these important product enhancements.
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# September 2020 Enhancements

## Powerful Enhancements to Qnect

In celebration of a VERY big Qnect product enhancement and to celebrate the U.S. structural steel industry,  Qnect hosted a special SteelDay event on September 25. 

During this webinar event, Qnect shared these videos with the audience of detailers, engineers, general contractors and more. 

Please [contact us](https://www.qnect.com/contact-us) for your one-on-one demonstration of Qnect and all the new developments.

~ The Qnect Team

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### The Full Webinar (40 minutes)

Watch this video of our September 25 webinar including the Question & Answer session at the end. 

If you don't have time, review the individual clips below.

 

### Button 3 Settings (1:10 minutes)

### **Autofill Company Details**

Users have the option to provide a Prefix, Suffix & date/time so when button 1 has been selected the Session name is already filled out for them.

[View this video](https://youtu.be/AqM7M1wHMq8) on Qnect's YouTube channel.

 

### Button 3 Set UDA Job (2:13 minutes)

### **Set Job Preferences Override**

Users will have the option to assign multiple Qnect preference settings to either the END1 (Start) or END2 (End) of a beam.

[View this video ](https://youtu.be/nG3de9GJXGQ)on Qnect's YouTube Channel. 

### Qnect UDA Updates (3:06 minutes)

**Beam END1 & END2 UDA Updates**

Qnect has added 3 more UDA options

1. **Qconnect:** By selecting “No” this will force the end of a beam to be bypassed when running Qnect.
2. **Reengineer:** If a joint already contains a connection and the desire is to re-engineer that same connection then select “Yes”
3. **Connection Type:** Qnect has added Extended Full Depth Shear Plate as a model override choice.

 

 

### Geometry Revisions (5:35 minutes)

**Model Adjustments: Moving, Rotating, Mirroring, Copying, Extending, etc**

While users are adjusting members in the model any Qnect connection will remain, but now the component cone will turn red indicating it will need to be Reengineered.

 

### Design Revisions (4:47 minutes)

### **Revising Profiles & Loads**

While users are revising members profiles, loads etc. in the model any Qnect connection will remain, but now the component cone will turn red indicating it will need to be reengineered.

 

### Impact to Shop Drawings (3:52 minutes)

**Parts & GUIDs, Running Dimensions, Sections, Welds, etc**

Qnect will adjust the current Tekla parts keeping the same GUID and shop drawings will have minimal to zero impact.

 

### Recap Model Sync & Submittal Packages (2:33 minutes)

**Sync All & Sync Selected**

A quick visual aid to make sure users understand how to sync the Qnect connections from the Tekla model and create a submittal package.

 

### Qnect Not Installed (2:16 minutes)

**Is there an impact to the project?**

If a detailing team member does not have Qnect on their machine will this impact the use of Qnect on the project?

 

### QnectRevisedComponents (1:31)

**How to Use Selection Filter and Re-Run Joint**

**![Warning-Message-Qnect-1002](https://www.qnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Warning-Message-Qnect-1002.png?width=280&name=Warning-Message-Qnect-1002.png)**

When saving your model or doing a read-in, you might get a warning like the image above. If this warning appears, there are Qnect connections that have a red cone and still need to be addressed. Learn how to filter to these locations and re-run.

 

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