A column can terminate and be supported by a two-way or one way slab. In the case of a two-way slab the slab will be meshed and the bottom of the column will be considered integral with the slab. The loads transferred down the column will be distributed through the floor finite elements to the supporting members (columns and walls).

A Column supported on a one-way deck will be considered supported as the one-way slab itself is not a part of the finite element model. However, the reaction of that column as calculated in RAM Gravity (under the analysis assumptions of simply supported determinate beams and columns) and distributed in one-way manner through the deck, will be applied to the beams or walls that support the deck (and hence the transfer column). It is important to note then that the load in the column at the transfer level, as calculated in the concrete analysis, is not considered, but the distributed transfer column force from RAM Gravity is.

It is strongly recommended that a simply supported beam be added to span in the direction of the deck and support the transfer column when it exists on a one-way deck.