Type Standard Brackets, Generated from the Structure

Depending on the type of connection which the bracket is involved in, there are seven different sub-syntaxes. They are numbered 1 to 7 as in the pictures in the next page.

1. Connection panel/profile in such a way that one of the bracket arms normally ends at an intersecting profile on the panel. Cutouts may be made for intersecting stiffeners if so specified in the bracket set-up.

   There are a few additional options, described below.

2. Connection panel/profile as in syntax 1, but the arms completely free. 3-edge brackets can also be generated in situations as in the images below.

   

3. Connection panel/panel by a bracket lying in the same plane as the two panels.

4. Connection profile/profile when the two profiles lie in approximately the same plane which will also be the plane of the bracket.

5. Connection panel/profile like syntax 2, but the profile end is overlapped.

6. Connection profile/profile like syntax 4 but at least one of the involved profile ends is overlapped.

7. Many different types of surroundings may occur, but in all of them the plane of the bracket is defined by the user (2- or 3-arm brackets).

Typical arrangements in syntaxes 1-6:

Typical bracket arrangements in syntax 7:

The seven syntaxes are very similar and the common parts will be described first. After that, the special features of each syntax will be outlined in detail.

There is one general rule that is common to the syntaxes 1-6. In most cases, a bracket connects elements (profiles, a plate surface, ) on two different panels. The involved elements are referred to by the statement. For 2-arm brackets the reference is always made first (before the slash, if any) to the ‘foreign’ component, after the slash to the component at the current panel (if required at all).

For 3-arms brackets the reference should always be done in the following order.

• connection side (A in the first image above)

• location of arm B

• location of arm A