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RAM Structural System

    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 over 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

    Include self-weight of braces

    Include the self-weight of braces in the dead load.
    Guest about 1 year ago in  4 Future consideration

    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 about 4 years ago in  0 Needs review

    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 almost 2 years ago in  2 Future consideration

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

    Update AS1170.4 to latest version (2024) in Ram Structural Systems
    Guest over 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 over 3 years ago in  0 Future consideration

    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 about 4 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 about 4 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 about 4 years ago in  0 Needs review

    RAM SS-Foundations modeled/adjustments in Foundation Module

    It would be a time saver to not require reanalysis of the building for changing/adding a foundation element or their properties, by allowing modeling to be conducted in the foundation module.
    Jared Ganstine Ganstine about 4 years ago in  0 Needs review