I noticed that a skewed shear tab wouldn't work for a particular beam to beam connection, but a bent plate with the same bolts and eccentricity did. Looking at the results with View Formulas enabled, I see that the equivalent bolt factor C = the number of bolts for the bent plate (no reduction for eccentricity) while the shear tab takes the normal reduction in C based on bolt layout. This seems a little suspicious that we don't have to take any reduction for the bent plate like we do the shear tab. Anybody (at Bentley or another user) aware of where that is specifically allowed? Otherwise, I would err on the side of caution and assume they're both reduced. This is a bent plate welded to the support and bolted to the supported beam, compared to the normal shear tab, both with a=3", SSLT holes, t=3/8", 2-3/4" A325, AISC-LRFD-2010 code in version 10.0.0.129.
Thanks,
Jason