The levels at which splices occur is specified in the Story command in RAM Modeler. This is the default for all columns, but can be overridden for each individual column by selecting Assign > Splicing and changing the splice settings using the Assign - Splicing dialog. This is used only to determine the levels at which the column size can vary from the adjacent level. A splice indicates that the program may select different sizes above and below the splice. No splice indicates that the program must select the same size for the adjacent levels.

Clicking the Cancel button will cause the dialog to close and return you to RAM Steel Column.

Making an assignment will cause the affected column line to be redrawn in yellow. Assigning splicing to an optimized column will clear the optimized design. Frozen columns will maintain their design but will need to be re-analyzed with the new splicing assignment.