RAM Structural System Ideas

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    Do not clear steel beam sizes when changing noncomposite to composite.

    Do not clear steel beam sizes when changing non-composite to composite. I'm not sure if this is deliberate or a bug, but members with assigned sizes can be changed from composite to non-composite in the modeler without losing their assignment. How...
    Guest 3 days ago in  1 Needs review

    Design cantilever extension with different sizes

    In the steel beam module, allow a different size for the cantilever and backspan when modeled as "extensions".
    Guest 6 days ago in  0 Needs review

    Torsion Capacity Reporting

    See PRODUCT BACKLOG ITEM 1677993 In RAM Concrete Beam and Column, we report 0.75*Tn, which is actually 0.75*Tth (see ACI 318-19 22.7.4.1). I recommend using that notation in Concrete Beam and Column Design reports when ACI 318-14 or ACI318-19 is u...
    Guest 12 days ago in  0 Needs review

    export concrete column design forces

    Currently, the concrete column design forces report only shows dead and live loads, but I would like to get combination loads that may include wind, seismic, etc.
    Guest 12 days ago in  0 Needs review

    RAM Frame - Assign > Parapet

    Provide the ability to assign a parapet/roof screen/roof projection graphically in RAM Frame for the purposes of customizing the exposure at each top level of a building structure.
    Guest 12 days ago in  0 Needs review

    Custom Load Combinations in RAM Steel Beam/Steel Column

    Please add the ability to generate load combinations and create custom load combinations in RAM Steel Beam and RAM Steel Column for the gravity loads. Updated codes and additional requirements (such as the need to incorporate FM Global datasheets)...
    Guest 12 days ago in  0 Needs review

    Add special boundary element design for shear walls with Hw/Lw < 2. ACI 318-19 Section 18.10.6.3

    In the concrete wall module, special boundary element zone requirements are only checked against the displacement method (ACI 18.10.6.2). In ACI 318-14 and 19 section 18.10.6.2 is directed at slender walls with Hw/Lw >= 2. If the aspect ratio o...
    Guest 23 days ago in  1 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

    Maximize embodied carbon reductions in design optimization

    I'm working on reducing the embodied carbon of a project of mine, and I'm having to compare column systems, between WF columns and HSS. WF columns have significantly lower embodied carbon (~60% reductions when using the same weight of steel), so I...
    Guest 3 months ago in  1 Future consideration