RAM Structural System Ideas

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    Reports for meshed shear wall reactions

    Currently you can only export the end reactions to a report. It would be beneficial to be able to export the reactions at ever node (specifically to a text file) a long the wall for foundation design.
    Guest over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    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 4 months ago in  1 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 almost 3 years ago in  0 Future consideration

    Allow construction grids to be converted to primary grids or provide new primary grid tools

    Pretty self explanatory. Allow the user to convert a construction grid to a primary gird element. Grids are constantly changing throughout the design process due to requirements for columns to shift/etc. The tools for modifying primary grid system...
    Joshua Few over 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration

    Updating Cracked Factors in Ram Modeler should not delete wall design groups/section cuts/rebar assignments in RAM Concrete Wall

    Currently, if the user sets up wall designs in Ram Concrete Wall, updating the cracked factor in RAM Modeler deletes all Concrete Wall groups/section cuts/rebar assignments/etc stating that "the geometry of the wall was updated." This gets extreme...
    Joshua Few almost 2 years ago in  1 Planned

    RAM SS- Remove deflection failure report for cambered beams

    When the camber of a beam brings the deflection criteria within parameters, the option to turn off flagging them as failed in report would be greatly appreciated. In a large job with several repetitive floors with cambered beams, there can be hun...
    Jared Ganstine Ganstine over 3 years ago in  1 Already exists

    Fixed End Composite Beam Deflection In RAM Beam

    It would be very useful to be able to calculate the deflection of fixed-end composite beams in RAM Beam.
    Guest over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    Apply different % composite rules for different members

    We generally require a different minimum % composite for beams as opposed to girders. It would be beneficial to apply member specific rules, similar to how different deflection criteria is applied.
    Guest over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    Remove 0 stress limit from displayed wall stresses in Frame

    When viewing wall stresses in RAM Frame, I would like the ability to set the lower bound above 0. This allows me to set a pass/fail stress test. For example, if I’m interested in 0.163 ksi (which I am), I want to set the upper AND lower bound to 0...
    Guest about 1 year ago in  3 Planned

    Unbalanced Snow Loads on Cantilevers

    I am wondering if there has been any progress on implementing 50% unbalanced snow loads for cantilevers. In a forum post from 2020, Seth Guthrie said that it was on the backlog ( https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum...
    Guest over 2 years ago in  0 Needs review