Hi Dave Hourdequin PE,

Where is the question to which the above post is the answer ?

I am having some difficulty following your argument mainly I think because of the various terms that you have employed.

A bent or more correctly a cross frame does not contain any girts or girding rails. Girts run around the perimeter of a building, generally at mid height and for this reason are sometimes called girding rails or mid rails depending on whether or not a floor is present.

I think that the terms used should therefore be beam or cross beam, and post or main post.

I have never heard of or seen anything similar to the above proposed brace configuration and therefore I find myself struggling to understand the point or need to fit a brace that cannot work ?

When I understand the question better then I should hopefully be able to make a more informed reply.

Regards

Ken Hume P.Eng.