The Gusset (Sloped, Right Notch) is a flat stiffening plate for welding into a joint. Its outline has a bottom edge, a vertical left edge, a horizontal top edge, a sloped edge joining the top of the left edge to the left end of the top edge, and a right edge. A rectangular notch is cut out of the bottom right corner, between the bottom edge and the right edge, to leave clearance for a weld or another part in that corner. The profile is a single closed outline of seven straight lines. This shape was formerly called Gusset 4; the old name is kept as an alias, so searching by it still finds the shape.
It appears in the shapes library under Gussets.
Gusset (Sloped, Right Notch) in PrimeShape: the property page (left) and the shape with its dimensions (right).
Insert point and direction
The insert point is the bottom left corner of the gusset, which is on the profile. The shape extends Base Width to the right (+X) and Height upward (+Y) from it. The notch is at the bottom right.
The profile starts at the insert point and runs clockwise: up the left edge, along the sloped edge to the top edge, across the top, down the right edge to the notch, in along the top of the notch, down the inner side of the notch and back along the bottom edge to the start.
Properties
Property |
Description |
Default |
Base Width |
Overall size along X, from the left edge to the right edge (mm or inch). The bottom edge itself is Base Width − Notch Width long. |
100 mm (4 in) |
Top Width |
Length of the horizontal top edge, measured back from the right edge (mm or inch). The sloped edge starts at the left end of the top edge. |
25 mm (1 in) |
Height |
Overall size along Y, from the bottom edge to the top edge (mm or inch). The right edge itself is Height − Notch Height long. |
66.67 mm (2.667 in) |
Left Height |
Length of the vertical left edge, measured up from the bottom edge (mm or inch). The sloped edge starts at the top of the left edge. |
25 mm (1 in) |
Notch Height |
Height of the rectangular notch in the bottom right corner, measured up from the bottom edge (mm or inch). |
50 mm (2 in) |
Notch Width |
Width of the rectangular notch in the bottom right corner, measured in from the right edge (mm or inch). |
25 mm (1 in) |
Defaults follow the drawing units: the metric values above, or the inch values in brackets when working in inches. The default Height is two thirds of the default Base Width.
The sloped edge runs from the top of the left edge (X = 0, Y = Left Height) to the left end of the top edge (X = Base Width − Top Width, Y = Height). Its slope is set entirely by those four values; there is no angle property. The inside corner of the notch is at X = Base Width − Notch Width, Y = Notch Height.
Limits
The values are not checked against each other. Keep them within these limits yourself:
•Top Width should be no more than Base Width, and Left Height no more than Height. At Top Width = Base Width the sloped edge becomes vertical; at Left Height = Height it becomes horizontal. With Top Width greater than Base Width the top edge runs past the left edge (X below 0), so the sloped edge starts at a negative X; with Left Height greater than Height the sloped edge runs downward.
•Notch Width must be less than Base Width and Notch Height less than Height. If Notch Width is greater than Top Width the sloped edge reaches over the notch, and the profile crosses itself unless the sloped edge is at or above Notch Height at X = Base Width − Notch Width.
•A Notch Width or Notch Height of 0 leaves a square corner with zero-length segments in the profile.
•Negative values are not checked. They do not give a meaningful gusset.
If an error occurs while the profile is built, the property page shows a red bar reading Warning: Cannot build shape from these parameters. The shape checks no value ranges of its own, so the limits above are the values to watch.
Every 2D shape also has the Transform properties (Base X, Base Y, Rotation, Scale, Mirroring X) and the Polar Array properties, listed after the shape's own properties.