Showcase · one portal frame

From the frame to every joint.

An 18 m steel portal frame: 4 bays of 6 m, 6 m eaves, 10° roof, UC254x73 columns, UB406x60 rafters with eaves and apex haunches, cold-formed purlins and girts, sag rods, wall and roof bracing. One model in STATIX: analysis, member design and connection design, with every check shown. These are the real results, not a mock-up.

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STATIX 3D model of an 18 m steel portal frame coloured by design utilisation

STATIX · the frame coloured by utilisation

131member groups checked, 0 fail

295joint checks of 14 types, all pass

267joints exported to Advance Steel

The chain

One model, start to finish.

No forces typed from one program into the next. Each step reads the one before.

The STATIX app with the portal frame model, utilisation colours and the list of design results

Step 1

Model, analysis and member design

The frame, its loads (dead, live, wind uplift, side wind, wind along the gable) and 5 load combinations in one 3D model. The analysis feeds the member design directly: columns, rafters and braces are checked to SANS 10162-1, the cold-formed purlins and girts by the direct strength method. Result: 131 member groups, none failing; the highest is a cold-formed girt at 90 %.

STATIX Connection Studio: eaves haunch of the portal frame in 3D

Step 2

Connection design on the same model

STATIX finds every joint in the solved frame and checks it with the member forces from every combination: haunches, base plates, purlin and girt cleats, sag rods, brace gussets and crossings, eaves struts and fly braces. 295 joint checks of 14 types, every one with its clause.

The portal frame exported from STATIX into Advance Steel with plates, bolts and welds

Step 3

Out to Advance Steel for detailing

The fabrication export takes the designed joints, plates, bolts and welds to Advance Steel: 267 joints, none skipped. The detailer starts from the checked design instead of redrawing it.

Connections

Every joint type, checked.

Each joint shows its governing check, the clause and the utilisation STATIX found. Click a picture to enlarge it.

Eaves haunch of the gable frame in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Eaves haunch, gable frame**UC254x73 / UB406x60, 20 mm end plate, 5 rows M20
PASS 88 % · governing: beam within the end plate (detailing)
strength 75 %: web weld in tension

Eaves haunch, gable frame in Advance Steel — **Eaves haunch, gable frame**UC254x73 / UB406x60, 20 mm end plate, 5 rows M20
PASS 88 % · governing: beam within the end plate (detailing)
strength 75 %: web weld in tension

Stiffened eaves haunch of an interior frame in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Eaves haunch, interior frame**400 mm haunch, 25 mm end plate, M24, column stiffeners
PASS 90 % · governing: semi-rigid spring validity
Mj,Ed 57.8 ≤ 2/3 Mj,Rd 64.3 kNm (EN 1993-1-8 5.1.2)

Eaves haunch, interior frame in Advance Steel — **Eaves haunch, interior frame**400 mm haunch, 25 mm end plate, M24, column stiffeners
PASS 90 % · governing: semi-rigid spring validity
Mj,Ed 57.8 ≤ 2/3 Mj,Rd 64.3 kNm (EN 1993-1-8 5.1.2)

Apex haunch in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Apex haunch**UB406x60, 20 mm end plate, 4 rows M20
PASS 95 % · governing: beam within the end plate (detailing)

Apex haunch in Advance Steel — **Apex haunch**UB406x60, 20 mm end plate, 4 rows M20
PASS 95 % · governing: beam within the end plate (detailing)

Pinned column base plate in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Pinned column base**UC254x73, plate 350x350x20, M20 anchors
PASS 60 % · governing: anchor position for a pinned base

Pinned column base in Advance Steel — **Pinned column base**UC254x73, plate 350x350x20, M20 anchors
PASS 60 % · governing: anchor position for a pinned base

Gable post base plate in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Gable post base**UC203x46, plate 350x350x20, M20
PASS 99 % · governing: anchor washer clear of the flange root

Gable post base in Advance Steel — **Gable post base**UC203x46, plate 350x350x20, M20
PASS 99 % · governing: anchor washer clear of the flange root

Purlin cleat on the rafter in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Purlin cleat**CFC250x2.5 on UB406x60, L125x75x8, 2 M12
PASS 87 % · governing: bolt holes clear of the purlin lips

Purlin cleat in Advance Steel — **Purlin cleat**CFC250x2.5 on UB406x60, L125x75x8, 2 M12
PASS 87 % · governing: bolt holes clear of the purlin lips

Sag rods through the purlins in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Sag rods**RB12 through CFC250x2.5
PASS 45 % · governing: hole to web edge (detailing)

Sag rods in Advance Steel — **Sag rods**RB12 through CFC250x2.5
PASS 45 % · governing: hole to web edge (detailing)

Girt cleat on the column in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Girt cleat**CFC250x2.5 on UC254x73, L125x75x8, 2 M16 8.8
PASS 95 % · governing: bolt holes clear of the girt lips

Girt cleat in Advance Steel — **Girt cleat**CFC250x2.5 on UC254x73, L125x75x8, 2 M16 8.8
PASS 95 % · governing: bolt holes clear of the girt lips

Slotted gable post top connection in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Gable post top, slotted**UC203x46 under UB406x60, M16 8.8
PASS 100 % · at the detailing limit: slot 40 mm = 2.5 d

Gable post top, slotted in Advance Steel — **Gable post top, slotted**UC203x46 under UB406x60, M16 8.8
PASS 100 % · at the detailing limit: slot 40 mm = 2.5 d

Wall brace gusset at the eaves in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Wall brace gusset**L100x10 on UC254x73, 12 mm gusset, M20 8.8
PASS 77 % · governing: bolt pitch (detailing)

Wall brace gusset in Advance Steel — **Wall brace gusset**L100x10 on UC254x73, 12 mm gusset, M20 8.8
PASS 77 % · governing: bolt pitch (detailing)

Bolted angle brace crossing in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Angle brace crossing**2 × L100x10, M16 8.8
PASS 73 % · governing: edge distance (detailing)

Angle brace crossing in Advance Steel — **Angle brace crossing**2 × L100x10, M16 8.8
PASS 73 % · governing: edge distance (detailing)

Tube brace crossing with a through-plate in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **CHS brace crossing**2 × CHS140x5, 12 mm through-plate
PASS 95 % · governing: plate width for the slot welds

CHS brace crossing in Advance Steel — **CHS brace crossing**2 × CHS140x5, 12 mm through-plate
PASS 95 % · governing: plate width for the slot welds

Tube brace into the column base in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Brace into the column base**CHS140x5, slotted gusset
PASS 2 % · governing: tube tension at the slot
STATIX view: the joint type

Brace into the column base in Advance Steel — **Brace into the column base**CHS140x5, slotted gusset
PASS 2 % · governing: tube tension at the slot
STATIX view: the joint type

Tube eaves strut on the column cap in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Eaves strut on the column cap**CHS114x5, knife plate
PASS 97 % · governing: knife plate height for the slot welds
STATIX view: the joint type

Eaves strut on the column cap in Advance Steel — **Eaves strut on the column cap**CHS114x5, knife plate
PASS 97 % · governing: knife plate height for the slot welds
STATIX view: the joint type

Fly brace from the rafter to the purlin in STATIX and in Advance Steel — **Fly brace**L60x6 rafter to purlin, M12 8.8
PASS 85 % · governing: brace clear of the flange tip

Fly brace in Advance Steel — **Fly brace**L60x6 rafter to purlin, M12 8.8
PASS 85 % · governing: brace clear of the flange tip

Every number on this page is a STATIX result for this frame. STATIX is in development; the app is not on sale yet. Advance Steel is a product of Autodesk; STATIX is not affiliated with it. Results from STATIX 0.10.1009, 9 October 2026; SANS 10162-1 for members, bolts and welds, EN 1993-1-8 / EN 1992-4 where a joint row says so.

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