Steel connections have always been designed as 2-dimensional elements despite the fact that their load bearing behavior is 3-dimensional. For students who are learning design for the first time and have no prior experience or knowledge of steel connection designs from summer internships, it would be difficult for them to visualize a three-dimensional connector. For example, when two beams (Girder B3 and Beam 3A) are oriented normal to each other as illustrated in Figure 1, we often use two angle sections to connect them. One of the angles will be in the front face of beam 3A.
