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 SS – Steel Beam Module

Add Fixed end beams to the gravity beams for design.
Guest about 1 year 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 about 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

RAM SS - Foundation Module - Add Copy Footing

Add Copy footing from one location to adjacent footing so that footing have the same geomerty and reinforcing.
Guest about 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

RAM SS Concrete Module - Add torsional design to Columns

Add torsional design to concrete columns to meet ACI requirements for seismic design.
Guest about 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

RAM SS Concrete Module - Add torsional design to Beams

Add torsional design to concrete beams to meet ACI requirements for seismic design.
Guest about 1 year 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 about 1 year ago in  1 Needs review

Add Wood Framing to Ram SS

Please add the ability to model and design wood beams in Ram SS. We design many structures that are a combination of wood, concrete and steel, and including design of wood members would not be difficult to incorporate. It would help RAM catch up w...
Guest about 1 year ago in  4 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 about 1 year ago in  1 Planned

Ability to open multiple RAM SS at same time

I can open RAM concept multiple files and compare the results. However, I belive RAM SS has no such capabilties. Sometimes I like to open two different models at the same time to compare the results.
Guest over 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

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 1 year ago in  1 Will not implement