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DESCONWIN FEATURES
DesconWin is a shear and moment connection plus Beam and Column Splices design program widely used in the steel construction industry around the world. Over the past 25 years DesconWin has evolved into an indispensable design tool for anyone designing steel connections. DesconWin generates detailed calculation reports, on-screen and printed engineering drawings that can be imported into CAD systems.

Connection Types
  • Beam-to-Column Flange
  • Beam-to-Column Web
  • Beam-to-HSS Column
  • Beam-to-Girder
  • Beam Splice
  • Column Splice
Prequalified Seismic Connections
  • ANSI/AISC 358-05
  • FEMA-350

Eight Bolt Seismic End Plate
Non Seismic Moment Connection (Shear Tab weld to column does not show)
Moment Connection Alternatives:
  • Beam Flange Directly Welded to Column
  • Bolted or Welded Flange Plates
  • Extended End Plate
  • Tee Stub
  • Angles

Moment Connections to HSS Column:
  • Directly Welded Flanges
  • End Plate
  • Cut-Out/Diaphragm Plate
  • Tee Stub
Shear Connection Alternatives
  • Clip Angles
  • Single Plate
  • End Plate
  • Stiffened or Unstiffened Seat
  • Tee Stub
Shear Connections to HSS Columns:
  • Bolted/Welded Angles
  • Single Plate
  • Stiffened/Unstiffened Welded Seat
  • Tee Stub
    		• Column Splice Alternatives:
    • All Bolted or All Welded Splice Plates
    • Shop Welded Field Bolted Splice Plates
    • Butt Plated Splice
    • Directly Welded Flanges and Web
    • Tension, Compression, Shear, and Moment
    		More Features:
    • Coped Beam Calculations
    • Column Web Stiffeners and Doubler Plates
    User Interface:
    • Member shapes selected from lists
    • Forces input by user
    • Default values for basic design parameters
    • Computed design parameters editable by user
    • Standalone, Batch, and Integrated Modes
    Output:
    • On-screen and printed
      calculation report with symbolic
      and numerical formulae
    • Calculation results compared with requirements and flagged
      as acceptable or unacceptable
    • Scaled engineering drawing
      of the designed connection
      printed and exported to a dxf file.