RAM Structural System Ideas

Welcome to the RAM Structural System Ideas portal. The purpose of this site is to post ideas for enhancements and new features. We value your feedback and our team regularly reviews your suggestions for consideration in future releases.

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Zoom With Mouse Scroll in RAM Beam

RAM Beam needs to allow zoom with mouse scroll similar to other RAM modules.
Guest over 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration

Allow user assigned steel beam camber

As part of user assigned beam sizing, occasionally would like to override the default camber value reported.
Guest over 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

RAM SS- Axial Design Check for Braced Frame/Collector Beams

Adding an axial design check for beams or collectors to a braced frame lateral frame system. In particularly for rigid diaphragms these forces are not applied to horizontal members and require separate hand checks or analysis in another program. T...
Jared Ganstine Ganstine over 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

Keyboard shortcuts for RAM Modeler similar to CAD

Provide keyboard shortcuts for RAM Modeler similar to CAD to speed up time it takes to create a model.
Guest over 1 year ago in  1 Needs review

RAM Multiple Load Cases/Combinations in Gravity Beams/Columns Module

There should be options for checking gravity beams/columns for multiple load combinations. Having to select whether snow or live loads are to be used is a bit 1980's era softwaresk. Additionally, it would be beneficial to be allowed to apply wind ...
Jared Ganstine Ganstine over 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

Generation of Wind Load for non-regular building shapes (e.g., C, L, and U shaped floor plates)

We don't see many rectangular structures these days. Would be great if RAM Frame could generate wind loads for non-regular building shapes (e.g., "C", "L", & "U" shaped floor plates). This would be a time-saver having not to hand calculate and...
Guest over 1 year ago in  1 Needs review

Wind Uplift in RAM Frame

Add wind uplift load cases to RAM Frame.
Guest over 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

Import DWG drawings to be used as a reference layout in RSS, similar to what you do in Ram Concept.

When you are defining a floor in RSS, it would be very useful to be able to import drawings in DWG formats to be used as a template or reference file to define the floor data. You can do this in Ram Concept.; why not in RSS?
M Portillo over 1 year ago in  1 Needs review

use ram frame to apply wind loads to non-diaphragm members

The ability to flag a member as a wind girt so wind loading is applied to the member if a diaphragm is not present.
Guest over 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

Option to include lateral triangular loads (earth pressure) on Wall at RSS

The idea is to have the option to include lateral loads on walls at RAM Structural system. There are a lot of projects with underground floors (garage) that have concrete walls to retain the earth around it Gustavo
Gustavo Vasconcellos over 1 year ago in  0 Needs review