The true end point of a bar group that is assigned a splice end condition is determined using the end location that appears in the View/Update-Longitudinal Reinforcement page and the development length calculated according to Section 5.2.5. The true bar end is assumed to extend a distance l_d/2 beyond the coordinate shown in the View/Update box, so that the bar is fully developed at a distance l_d/2 to the opposite side of the input coordinate.

Bars groups that are assigned as spliced are considered to have additive capacity with any adjacent bar group that is lapped with the former group. For example, if the right end of bar group 1 ends at the same point as the left end of bar group 2, the linearly varying strengths of each individual bar group are added together to arrive at the total capacity along the splice, as shown in Figure below.