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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    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 almost 2 years ago in  2 Future consideration

    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 11 months ago in  1 Already exists

    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 12 months ago in  0 Planned

    Add special boundary element design for shear walls with Hw/Lw < 2. ACI 318-19 Section 18.10.6.3

    In the concrete wall module, special boundary element zone requirements are only checked against the displacement method (ACI 18.10.6.2). In ACI 318-14 and 19 section 18.10.6.2 is directed at slender walls with Hw/Lw >= 2. If the aspect ratio o...
    Guest 6 months ago in  1 Future consideration

    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 12 months ago in  0 Needs review

    Load Case Selection Set Presets In RAM Frame

    Please add selection set presets for groups of load cases in the analyze dialogue in RAM Frame. I always have at least groups of load combos for strength and groups for deflection, and sometimes have groups for modal analysis. It would be great to...
    Guest about 4 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 about 4 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 over 1 year ago in  3 Planned

    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 over 2 years ago in  0 Future consideration

    RAM SS - Progressive Collapse

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