I love this thank you ! !<| sep |> Oh , that makes sense now . So , when a watcher drops a Radial Blood ATT gem Pthumeru would it be consider a rare gem or an OoS since the only Blood ATT shape is circle ? <| sep |> Dan Gruchy gained it <| sep |> Typical practice in my experience is that Xbracing and all other tension members should just be built to fit , i . e . zero shortening . They will go into tension after construction once they see their service loads . Xbrace members that go into compression will just buckle and then return to tension if the loads reverse . I can almost guarantee the engineer that designed the brace did not account for large amounts of predeformation . Building the way you guys are doing it could be dangerous . The issue here is what ' s called strain . It ' s a basic part of engineering . Here ' s what the detailer needs to understand to completely yield the brace i . e . break the brace , only 3629000 . 001241 strain is needed assuming A 36 steel . If you are using a brace maybe 20 ' long , that translates to 0 . 3 inches or 7 . 5 mm . So if you ' ve preextended a 20 ' brace by more than 7 . 5 mm , you ' ve already broken it or warped the connecting members to force the fit . Have the guy detailing talk to the guy designing .