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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    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 almost 3 years ago in  1 Future consideration

    Clear column sizes in modeler elevation view.

    When running schematic designs, I want to reset sizes when adding additional lateral frames. Currently, the only way to clear out sizes is to fence plan by plan. It would be much faster to do this by elevation.
    Guest almost 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    RAM Concrete Beam Module - Copy Reinforcing

    Provide a command to copy beam span reinforcing for beam span to adjacent Beam Line similar to the "Copy beam line to beam line." This is a "time saving" feature. This feature would need to "overlook" beam lentgh differeces.
    Guest about 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    RAM Concrete Beam Module - Effective Depth d for different Beam Directions

    It is common to set the primary steel effective depth "d" at one depth for all beams in one direction (ie, North / South). The used a different effective "d2" depth for the transverse beams reinforcing steel (ie, East / West) to pass below. This c...
    Guest about 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    Allow for user input of base plate dimensions.

    It would be very useful to be able to input width and/or length of base plate dimensions. If width is input, length would be optimized or if length is input, width would be optimized, or if both dimensions were input it would do code checks based ...
    Guest about 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    RAM SS - Frame Module - Massing of elments

    Add a feature to allow the mass from elements to be associated with other multiple diaphragms on the same level.
    Guest over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    Incorporate Floorvibe version 3.1 into RAM Structural System beam design module.

    Floorvibe version 3.1 utilizes analysis procedures in the 2nd Edition of AISC Design Guide 11, while version 3.0 is based on the 1st Edition. Calculations based on the 1st edition tend to underpredict vibration for walker paces less than 100 steps...
    Guest over 3 years ago in  1 Planned

    Curved beam or curved slab edge

    Most building structures has curve edge of curved beam. Please add a feature to model curved beam or slab edge. Also, design of curved members specially using concrete and steel material.
    Guest over 3 years ago in  1 Will not implement

    Run code check once for both reports and screen display

    In RAM Frame Steel Standard Provisions, if I want a code check report and interaction colors on the screen, I have to run the code check twice. I would like to be able to generate the report and activate view/update with interaction colors with a ...
    Guest almost 2 years ago in  1 Future consideration

    RAM Frame - Find by element and graphically display shell element numbers & mesh warnings

    Whenever RAM Frame gives a warning about distorted shell elements, the report log provides a list of the affected elements and their coordinates. However, the only way to identify these elements graphically is to move the cursor to the coordinates...
    Sean Smith almost 4 years ago in  1 Future consideration