The bracing condition in the X‑axis and Y‑axis of the column is automatically determined based on the configuration of the connecting framing and the presence or absence of a floor slab. The user can specify that the floor slab adjacent to the column is sufficient to brace the column at the level regardless of the beam configuration. Otherwise the bracing status is determined from the beam configuration. If no beams frame into the column with respect to a given axis within the angle specified by the user, the column is considered unbraced in that axis at that level (unless braced by floor slab). The user may override the bracing status determined by the program for either axis of any level of any column line.

Stub cantilevers are assumed not to provide bracing to the column.