Although the user has the ability to specify the location of column splices, there are potential conflicts since the user, while in the RAM Modeler, may specify changes of material properties and/or geometries on levels at which splices have not been specified. Specifically, the following may change at a level that has not been specified as a splice level:

• Fy (fy or py)
• Shape
• Orientation
• Frame type (gravity vs. lateral)

When the condition occurs, the program automatically makes the level a splice level.