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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    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

    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 about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

    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 about 2 years ago in  2 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 about 1 month 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 3 years ago in  1 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 4 months ago in  1 Future consideration

    Wind Uplift in RAM Frame

    Add wind uplift load cases to RAM Frame.
    Guest over 3 years ago in  2 Future consideration

    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 5 months ago in  1 Future consideration

    Add tornado wind loads.

    Beginning in ASCE 7-22/IBC 2024, structural designs must consider tornado wind loads for essential facilities. The calculation of these loads and the associated load combinations should be added to RSS.
    Guest about 1 year ago in  0 Future consideration

    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 5 months ago in  1 Planned