RAM Structural System Ideas

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    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

    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

    Change Polygon Option for Mat Foundations

    Please add an option in RAM Modeler > Layout > Foundations > Mat > Geometry to "Change Polygon". Currently, the only option is to "Modify Coordinates". It would be much faster to have a GUI that lets users snap to grid or construction ...
    Guest over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    Allow Match Properties (Paint Brush)

    Allow match properties in the RAM Modeler. For example, if I have a bunch of concrete walls and I want them to have the same material properties as an existing wall in my model, I'd like a way to match the properties to the existing wall.
    Guest about 2 years ago in  0 Future consideration

    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 over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    Ability to cancel report printing in RAMSS

    Some reports are long and take a while to load. It would be nice to have the ability to terminate the report loading/printing process.
    Guest over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    RAM SS - Progressive Collapse

    Add a Progressive Collapse Module to RAM SS
    Guest over 2 years ago in  3 Planned

    RAM SS Reports

    Add a feature to allow for varying report detail levels. Short, medium, and long very detailed reports.
    Guest over 2 years 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 over 2 years ago in  0 Future consideration

    User Customizable Cp Leeward Value

    Allow for users to specify/override the Cp Leeward value in ASCE 7 wind generation to account for buildings built as additions to existing structures or allow for future additions to the current model. Current wind generation is unconservative in ...
    Tim Liebhold over 2 years ago in  2 Future consideration