Answer:
If there is no common intersection point of the beam with the column, you can use the "Join Members" function in this case.
Thus, free members at a certain distance to a member can be joined to the nodes of this member.
In the "Settings" section, enter the number of the member whose nodes you want to join the free members to, or select it graphically. The text box below specifies the distance; that is, the circumference where RFEM looks for free member ends.
The "How to Connect Free Member Ends" dialog box section allows you to control how the free member ends are connected to the selected members: You can either move them to the nodes of the selected members or connect them with eccentric connections.
