RF-/Joints Manual Design of Connections in Steel and Timber Structures

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1 Introduction
	1.1 RF-JOINTS Add-on Module
	1.2 Using the Manual
	1.3 Opening RF-JOINTS Add-on Module
2 General Input Data
	2.1 General Data
	2.2 Nodes and Members
	2.3 Loads and Internal Forces
		2.3.1 Loads
		2.3.2 Internal Forces
	2.4 National Annex
3 Steel - Column Base
	3.1 General Data
	3.2 Nodes and Members
	3.3 Loads
	3.4 Footing
	3.5 Base Plate and Welds
	3.6 Anchors
	3.7 Shear Transfer
	3.8 Stiffeners
4 Steel - Tower
	4.1 General Data
	4.2 Nodes and Members
	4.3 Loads
	4.4 Geometry 1 / Geometry 2
	4.5 Geometry, Plates
	4.6 Diagonal 1,1 connection / Diagonal 1,2 connection
	4.7 Definition of Fasteners
5 Calculation
6 Results
	6.1 Geometry
	6.2 Designs - Summary
	6.3 Design by Load Case
	6.4 Design by Node
	6.5 Design - Details
	6.6 Graphic
	6.7 Notes
7 Results Evaluation
	7.1 Graphic of Connection in RF-JOINTS
	7.2 Graphic of Connection in RFEM Model
8 Printout
	8.1 Printout Report
	8.2 Graphic Printout
		8.2.1 RF-JOINTS Graphic
		8.2.2 RFEM Graphic
9 General Functions
	9.1 Design Cases
	9.2 Units and Decimal Places
	9.3 Data Transfer
10 Examples
	10.1 Steel - Column Base
		10.1.1 System and Loads
		10.1.2 Entry in RF-JOINTS
		10.1.3 Calculation
		10.1.4 Designs
A Literature
B Index