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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Develop a procedure for linking RAM SS & RAM Concept models when both steel framing and two-way slabs are on the same level

There is a pretty nice procedure for importing geometry from RAM SS to RAM Concept for two-way slab design and vise versa to capture the two-way slab properties in RAM SS. But this is really only idealized for when there is only a two-way podium a...
Guest 4 days ago in  0 Needs review

Internalize Floor Vibration Analysis/Design

Given the apparent impasse on acquiring licenses to FloorVibe, and the number of hurdles in the way of using FloorVibe, it seems that integrating this analysis directly within RAM SS would be beneficial. For a long time this was a selling point of...
Tim Liebhold 7 days ago in  1 Planned

Include self-weight of braces

Include the self-weight of braces in the dead load.
Guest about 1 month ago in  4 Future consideration

Zoom With Mouse Scroll in RAM Beam

RAM Beam needs to allow zoom with mouse scroll similar to other RAM modules.
Guest over 3 years ago in  3 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 3 years 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 3 years ago in  0 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 3 years ago in  0 Planned

Bring RAM SS into the 21st century

It's now 2024, many if not all of the requests in this forum have been open requests for YEARS and in some cases over a DECADE. Why is this program not being updated other than for new code requirements? Wind uplift still has not been implemented ...
Joshua Few almost 2 years ago in  2 Needs review

In Ram columns, Be able to change shear links spacings

In Ram concrete columns, there is often an error in the design of the columns which is due to the spacing of shear links whereas it is impossible to change the spacing manually, thus making all the columns design failing due to a shear links spaci...
Guest 2 months ago in  1 Already exists

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 3 years ago in  1 Needs review