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Thank you very much sir. Thanks for your time and effort.

You are welcome. Simplest way to learn something new to model is to take an example out of the book, do the model and compare the results. If your results are same as that of the book example, you have done a good job. Here are some tips: 1) Top and bottom members need to be modelled and designed as continuous members. 2) Make sure your unbraced lengths are correct. 3) Manually resolve wind and snow loads on trusses. In that way, you will minimize any chances of error in load application. 4) Manually check at least dead weight reactions and member forces. If they match, you can trust your model. Hope that helps. Thanks.

Hi Rahul, There are a number of ways to do it. I have suggested one in the attached pdf. Thanks. Steel Truss Concrete Column Connection.pdf

Why dont you simply assign insertion point to model this eccentricity? If you are having a frame, You can assign these insertion points to either the beam or the column a per situation? You can offset any end of member (Column or Beam) by this method to model eccentricity. If you are having a frame, and want to model the eccentricity at a specific joint, select the member at that joint (the member which is offest from center lines) and go to assign manu--> Assign insertion Point--> and assign desired offset nd desired axis. But dont forget to uncheck DON'T TRANSFORM STIFFNESS otherwise only geometry will be offset instead of stiffness i.e. required in calculations by the software. If you having only one column, You can also o the same, You want to provide eccentricity. You can either offset your load point as said by sir Rana, or you can offset your column centroidal axis by applying required offset in insertion points in desired axis. again dont forget to uncheck DON'T TRANSFORM STIFFNESS.

The concept is that: "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you will land in stars". Just because you are trying to achieve something that is not possible from one perspective and even if you don't achieve it you will still become something not as great as your inspiration but better than what you used to be.