The cable force is transferred to the column through a custom-shaped gusset plate. A simple modeling workaround is used to accurately capture the cable's pulling action on the plate.
The gusset plate has an irregular geometry and is imported from a DXF file. This approach allows arbitrary plate shapes to be included in the Connection model without simplifying their geometry.
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