Connection Details

You can create joints and add joint components between building components. The joint component data is also collected in the material report.

Select a joint component from the component library by using the Vertex Browser. The browser opens when you select Modeling | Connection | Joint > Profiles Connection Details. The folders and joints in the library and the application development program determining how the joint is formed are customer-specific. Basic joints are:

• Log Walls
  • Connect a Beam to a Log Wall
  • Connect a Log Beam to a Log Wall
  • Column End Tenon Joint
  • Column End Drilling + Screw Leg
• Railings Posts
  • Railing Corner Post
  • Railing Mid Post
• Notches
• Nail Plates
• Beams
  • Beam to Beam
  • Beam to Wall
• Joist Hangers
• Joint Components for Columns
• Service Holes
• Joint Components for Trusses
• Eave Overhangs
• Joint Between Beam And Wall Frame
• Web Stiffeners
• Log Wall Corner Joints
  • Assembly Corner Joints

Select the joint properties and the joint component in a dialog box. The program prompts you to select the building parts between which the joint is to be formed.