Cloud power, seamless workflow
Moving our calculation engine to the cloud unlocks new possibilities. For example, you can access powerful computations from anywhere, ensuring reliable performance and seamless updates. This also means no hardware limitations — just smooth, fast, and always-on functionality. Even in demanding field conditions, the tool has been tested on tablets and mobile devices, maintaining its usability. By having the calculation engine in the cloud, we’ve also unlocked the ability to integrate it with other software, streamlining the designers’ workflows and enhancing efficiency. Stay tuned for further details on these possible integrations.
Our sleek user interface and intuitive 3D component take center stage, guiding you through a clear and easy-to-navigate design workflow. In each step, you see only the information that’s needed at that time, making it easier to focus on the details and correctness of the design.
For collaboration, the tool supports project export and import based on IDs, ensuring seamless sharing and continuity. Whether you’re handing off on a project or picking up where a colleague left off, this feature ensures smooth transitions and consistent results.
All kinds of shoe combinations and placements are possible with the current calculation engine.
Freedom in design
Design without limits — this is the core philosophy behind our software. You can freely move and rotate the column relative to the base for unparalleled flexibility. Additionally, you can configure an unlimited number of shoes and anchors per connection, with complete freedom in their placement to suit your design needs. So whether your project involves standard geometries or complex custom designs, every single connection can be optimized.
A complex polygonal column shape rotated 15 degrees.
With support for more than 10 national annexes of the Eurocode, the tool ensures your designs meet regional requirements. For even greater flexibility, you can customize partial factors and calculations to suit specific project needs. BOLTED CONNECTION also expands its capabilities by incorporating torsional load input, facilitating detailed and reliable calculations of twisting forces within the system.
In 2025, BOLTED CONNECTION will introduce support for long anchor bolts, fire stage design, and a range of other additional features, further enhancing its ability to handle even the most complex designs. Support for the ACI standard will also be added, expanding design capabilities to countries that follow US standards.
Intelligent reinforcement and precise outputs
Supplementary reinforcement can be a challenge, but not with BOLTED CONNECTION. It features an intuitive interface for adding both cone rebars against the cone failure as well as adding surface reinforcement against the splitting and the edge failure. You can enjoy the freedom of selecting the rebars and their placement, while the tool also offers default reinforcement setups for each anchor type and size to make the design process more efficient.
The default cone reinforcement setup per anchor type and size.
The default surface reinforcement setup.
Once the calculations have been performed the tool provides very comprehensive results that break down the performance of your connection in detail. The tool shows what intermediate values, and which exact formulas are being used in the calculations. You can also see precisely which rebars are being activated in different failure modes and how they act together as a group to prevent different failures, providing total transparency for designers. Design with confidence and ease, leaving stress behind.
Visualization of a splitting failure crack (turquoise) and activated rebar legs (orange).
For effective documentation and stakeholder communication, you can generate clear and intuitive PDF printouts featuring detailed visuals and comprehensive data.
Peikko Designer® BOLTED CONNECTION: Engineering for the Future
Peikko’s cloud-based bolted connection tool represents the next step in structural engineering. By combining cutting-edge technology with a user-friendly design, it empowers engineers to create stronger, safer, and more efficient connections.
Ready for a fresh approach to bolted connections? Go to boltedconnection.peikkodesigner.com to explore this game-changing tool and experience its benefits firsthand.
