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See ILX Connection at work

Screens from the app, sample drawing sheets and sample report pages. New pictures are added with every release.

The app

The ILX Connection workspace: project panel, inputs, design status and connection drawings — WorkspaceInputs, live checks and drawings side by side.

The ILX Connection workspace: project panel, inputs, design status and connection drawings, dark theme — WorkspaceInputs, live checks and drawings side by side.

The new-connection wizard: connection families grouped as simple shear, moment, splices, bracing, bearing, column bases and calculators — New-connection wizardPick a family, then the details.

The new-connection wizard: connection families grouped as simple shear, moment, splices, bracing, bearing, column bases and calculators, dark theme — New-connection wizardPick a family, then the details.

All checks of a moment connection with their ratios, references and the governing check — ChecksEvery check with its ratio, reference and governing case.

All checks of a moment connection with their ratios, references and the governing check, dark theme — ChecksEvery check with its ratio, reference and governing case.

Batch design: a pasted connection schedule with the result of every mark — Batch designA whole schedule from one table.

Batch design: a pasted connection schedule with the result of every mark, dark theme — Batch designA whole schedule from one table.

Settings: title block defaults with project overrides — SettingsYour defaults, with project overrides.

Settings: title block defaults with project overrides, dark theme — SettingsYour defaults, with project overrides.

ILX Connection editor for a vertical bracing gusset (ufm) connection (VB-1): inputs, design status, live checks and the connection drawing, dark theme — Dark themeEasy on the eyes, late in the day.

Drawing sheets

Drawing sheet of a single-plate shear connection: elevation, plan and section to scale with the title block — Shear connection sheetElevation and plan section to scale, with your title block.

Drawing sheet of a fully restrained moment connection with flange plates, stiffeners and weld symbols — Moment connection sheetFlange plates, bolts and weld symbols.

Drawing sheet of a column base plate with anchor rods — Base plate sheetPlate, anchor rods and welds.

Calculation reports

Calculation report, page 1: project information, the governing result and the drawings of a bolted flange-plated FR moment connection — First pageProject, governing result and drawings up front.

Calculation report: required strength and the summary of checks with ratios and AISC 360-22 references — Summary of checksEvery check with its ratio and reference.

Calculation report: strength checks worked step by step, with equations, values and references — Step-by-step checksEquations, values and results, as a reviewer expects.