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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    Include self-weight of braces

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

    ASCE 7 Minimum Wind Load Application

    ASCE 7 (10, 16, and 22 versions) section 27.1.5 specifies a minimum wind load on the entire building projected area (see commentary). This should be applied as a separate load case. RAM Frame treats this as individual floors shall not receive less...
    Guest 12 months ago in  1 Future consideration

    Manage inclined ramps in RSS

    Analyze and design ramps that joins different levels in a structure, as the ones you find in parking structures, for both, concrete and steel.
    M Portillo over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    Add CMU Material Defaults and Design

    We design many buildings that include a combination of materials. Integrating masonry material properties by default and adding design for masonry would be useful, similar to Risa.
    Guest almost 3 years ago in  1 Future consideration

    Make selection tolerance for column larger

    I'm completing a column design in RAM Structural System and need to update a number of columns. However, it seems like the clickable area for a column to select it is incredibly small. I have to try to select the column multiple times (which takes...
    Guest 2 months ago in  1 Needs review

    Update AS1170.4 to latest version (2024) in Ram Structural Systems

    Update AS1170.4 to latest version (2024) in Ram Structural Systems
    Guest 10 months ago in  0 Needs review

    Unbalanced Snow Loads

    I would love to see expanded snow loading capabilities that let you apply different load distributions that are enveloped for design. Specifically for gable roof structures, ASCE 7 requires that you apply a "balanced" load (uniform across the whol...
    Guest over 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

    Lateral Drift Load Combinations for Wind

    There seems to be a fundamental problem with lateral drift for wind in RAM Frame. Currently, accounting for lateral drift in accordance with ASCE 7, Appendix CC "Serviceability Considerations" requires some juggling. To follow this procedure, one ...
    Guest about 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration

    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 5 months ago in  1 Already exists

    Account for wall transfer loads on one-way deck

    As far as I am aware, RSS does not track the load transfer when a wall is sitting on a one-way deck without a supporting beam or wall directly below. The loads from the wall above the deck is "lost". My firm does a lot of multi-family construction...
    Brian Genduso Genduso over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review