RAM Structural System Ideas

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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

Wind Uplift in RAM Frame

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

RAM needs to calculate embodied carbon!

We are increasingly being asked to assess options on the basis of carbon intensity. It would save many engineers lots of time if RAM SS & RAM Concept had the capability of calculating embodied carbon. It is a very simple addition - it could be...
Guest over 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

Click and hold mouse wheel to drag and pan model like in Bluebeam, ETABS, SAP, RISA, or Autodesk.

It would be useful so that we can accurately navigate the model. It is a real pain to navigate RAM as it is and it is much easier in competitors programs. Right now you click and hold the mouse wheel to navigate left and right but it is difficult ...
Guest over 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration

Applying lateral line loads over a beams or columns under Wind load case

Applying lateral line loads over beams or columns under Wind load case. Can we apply line loads over beams or columns under the Wind load case? Attached snip for ref. Since grid A is the outer face of the building we have a roof canopy beyond grid...
Guest 8 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Ability to open multiple RAM SS at same time

I can open RAM concept multiple files and compare the results. However, I belive RAM SS has no such capabilties. Sometimes I like to open two different models at the same time to compare the results.
Guest over 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

Option to see the gobal deflections in beams

This could be a little complicated but would be extremely useful in cases where we have multiple transfers and we need to make sure the members have desirable global deflections in addition to local.
Anil Tripathi over 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration

Sort Concrete Beam Section Property Data in RAM Modeler

Please add the ability to sort both the section property catalogue and the assign sizes dialogue in RAM Modeler for more efficient workflow. On concrete buildings, as the design and detailing progresses, we get quite a list of concrete beam size...
Tim Liebhold over 1 year ago in  0 Future consideration

Wheel zoom should zoom into the spot that the cursor is at on the screen.

When using the mouse wheel to zoom in or out, the screen should zoom in where the cursor is. RAM is the only software I have ever used that zooms in and out to a random, arbitrary, undefined point and it is very difficult to zoom in close to objec...
Guest over 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration

RAM Structural System - Ability to sort and filter fields in the property tables and assignment dialog boxes

When adding, updating, and assigning custom member sections, deck sizes, and loads in RAM SS, it can become cumbersome searching through the properties tables for the correct table entry since they are organized by the order in which they are adde...
Sean Smith over 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration