In Window 1.1 General Data, you can define the basic settings necessary for the design of the connection. You can use the filter functions to select the type of joint.
Material
In the Material section, you can define whether you want to design a steel or timber connection. This setting controls the available options in the other window sections.
Joint Group
This section manages the type of connection. You can select the desired joint group by using the drop-down list or clicking the buttons with the connection icons.
The green dots in the icons illustrate which connection modules are in your license.
Joint Category
You can use the drop-down list or the buttons to select the relevant joint category.
Joint Type
In this window section, you can specify the exact type of the joint. You can select it by using the drop-down list or the connection icon buttons.
According to Standard / National Annex
Steel connections are automatically designed according to EN 1993-1-8 [1] and timber connections according to EN 1995-1-1 [2]. Steel-to-timber connections can also be designed according to ANSI/AWC NDS-2018[5]. In the list to the right of the standard, you can select the National Annex whose parameters you want to apply to the designs.
The 
button opens a dialog box where you can check the parameters of the selected National Annex.
This dialog box is described in Chapter 2.4.
Comment
In this text box, you can enter a user-defined note to describe the current joint, for example.
Literature