https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/227724/ram-connections-base-plate-weldsI&#39;m designing column baseplate connections with braces and am noticing that there is no demand being applied for the column weld checks. There are moments and vertical forces being applied even if axial forces are being considered to transfer directlyen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/703993?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:43:35 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8585f7e2-a43b-44d3-9714-e2b6da060307Seth Guthrie<p>It looks like the program is calculating the tension on the weld of the column flange to the base plate. The force considerations are the column axial force and column moment (major axis) only. The brace forces don&#39;t enter into this specific check (they do get considered in other weld cheks, however). Since your column is in compression with no moment the T demand is 0.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/703975?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:35:42 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0a41abb-820a-4b64-b34e-07cfe8dea16aJonathan Dell<p>Have uploaded the file. The one I have pictures of is the first connection but this issue is persisting for all baseplate connections.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/703967?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:48:43 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:49f80c8c-e987-48da-b6a8-8576850ef4fdSeth Guthrie<p>It would probable help to have your file since this might depend on the forces or the design code.&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><a href="/help/w/be_communities_help/7079.be-communities-secure-file-upload.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Secure File Upload</a></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div>