Selecting the Layout - Columns - Add Off-Grid command causes the Add Column Off-Grid Mode dialog box to appear. What you see in the Add Column Off-Grid Mode dialog box will depend on the material chosen from the Materials menu.

A column will be added at the selected location, and this point will now be a node, or "Snap To" point. After this operation, the window will be updated to reflect the added column. The color of the column indicates the material in which it was modeled and its framing type. Default colors are set upon installation of the RAM Structural System Software or can be modified by the Options - Pen Color command.

If a Column is laid down while 'Steel Joist' is the Material selection, it will be treated as a Steel Column.

• Adding Steel Columns Off-Grid
• Adding Concrete Columns Off-Grid
• Adding 'Other' Columns Off-Grid

Return to the Add Column Off-Grid Mode dialog box with the Right Mouse Button or the "D" key.

Return to the Layout - Columns menu with the " M" key.

Clicking the Cancel button or selecting any other RAM Modeler Layout command will end the Layout - Columns - Add Off-Grid command.