Effective Length verification

[Ben]

How to verify the effective length of the column after analysis for a steel member? If a cantilever beam having effective length 2L how can i validate the result of the member that it takes the effective length for analysis? Thanks in advance.

 

[SethGuthrie]

see:

https://communities.bentley.com/products/structural/structural_analysis___design/f/5932/t/127587