https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/203892/ram-frame---no-compression-on-columnI have two shared BRBF columns that are not calculating expected capacity forces of the braces. I&#39;ve tried a number of items to make it work, but I haven&#39;t had any luck. It is saying &quot;no compression on column&quot; and &quot;no tension on column.&quot; The most confusingen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/612007?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:30:29 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:732e3d6e-1e09-4f5c-8132-aa8cb035f208Seth Guthrie<p>We will check the model in our latest build to see if it&#39;s the same. We made some changes in this part of the program for SBCFs which are similar.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/611862?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:58:54 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5ae937c8-c13c-4efe-a468-f45e3ab0f4c2Tyler Weinbrecht<p>Thanks. I generally found the issue existed even with beams shown there. The beams were removed to make the unbraced length of the columns accurate. I was able to get it to calculate properly when I made only the frames lateral elements and none of the other members.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/611859?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:36:20 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b7a01e2e-705b-4dc7-98bc-2e0c31344f4dSeth Guthrie<p>In the BRBF Special Seismic code checks for columns, the program is looking for recognizable brace configurations in order to perform the summation of the brace forces above the column that is being checked. Your model has braces intersecting the column where there are no beams (K frames) which I think causes the problem. I&#39;ll check if there is a simple solution, though a hand check of that column using the brace design forces would work meanwhile.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>