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    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 about 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

    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

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

    Update AS1170.4 to latest version (2024) in Ram Structural Systems
    Guest 11 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

    RAM SS – Steel Beam Module

    Add Fixed end beams to the gravity beams for design.
    Guest almost 3 years ago in  0 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 7 months ago in  1 Already exists

    Absolute Member Force Envelope

    In the Analysis -> Load Combinations we are able to view a member force envelope for the Max or Min, but not the absolute value for worst case loading. When looking at a braced frame elevation with brace axial loads, in order to determine the a...
    Michael Duffield over 3 years ago in  1 Needs review

    Updated RAM DataAccess Developer's Guide

    The most recent developer's guide is from 2017, so I was wondering if we could get an updated document? I know that at the very least joist stuff has been added since then. And along those lines, I'd love to be able to pull joist self-weight direc...
    Guest 7 months ago in  0 Planned

    Apply wind loads tributary to "ground"

    Wind loads tributary to "ground" are not applied even if there are stories below ground. Please add an option to allow the user to apply these currently neglected loads to the structure.
    Guest 7 months ago in  0 Needs review