What it does
Single-element concrete column checks (rectangular and circular) with P-M interaction, tie spacing prompts, and column self-weight. Seeds the concrete column-to-footing handoff used by the foundation workflow.
Design Checker
Concrete Column Designer
Single-element concrete column checks (rectangular/circular) with P-M interaction and column-to-footing handoff.
Design CheckerDesign aid
What it does not do
Member-level checker. No building-level load takedown; slenderness/magnification must be confirmed by the engineer; foundation eccentricity is not fully resolved automatically.
How to use it
Use for preliminary column checks and as the source of column-to-footing handoff data. Confirm load combinations, effective lengths, and second-order effects.
Covers
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Use Concrete Column Designer in your own projects
Every tool ships inside the CoLateral desktop workspace, so a result can stay attached to the project, the drawing, and the review trail it belongs to instead of ending up in a loose spreadsheet.
Outputs are design aids and stay in draft until a qualified engineer reviews and approves them.