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 Concrete Module - Add torsional design to Columns

Add torsional design to concrete columns to meet ACI requirements for seismic design.
Guest about 2 years ago in  0 Needs review

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 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration

Concrete Column Slenderness Check to ACI 318

When the bottom of the Column is a foundation and user elects to use Col forces from RAM Concept whereby no Concept forces/moments and therefore RSS will use RAM Conc Analysis(for Col bottom forces and those moments are always negative), for a lac...
Guest over 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

RAM needs to calculate embodied carbon!

We are increasingly being asked to assess options on the basis of carbon intensity. It would save many engineers lots of time if RAM SS & RAM Concept had the capability of calculating embodied carbon. It is a very simple addition - it could be...
Guest almost 3 years ago in  1 Future consideration

Cancel Last Point

The ability to cancel last point when drawing an area load, deck assignment or mat foundation like you can in RAM Concept. It's especially frustrating when drawing a mat foundation and you accidentally click the wrong point and have to start over ...
Guest almost 3 years ago in  1 Needs review

Click and hold mouse wheel to drag and pan model like in Bluebeam, ETABS, SAP, RISA, or Autodesk.

It would be useful so that we can accurately navigate the model. It is a real pain to navigate RAM as it is and it is much easier in competitors programs. Right now you click and hold the mouse wheel to navigate left and right but it is difficult ...
Guest over 2 years ago in  2 Future consideration

RAM SS - Tapered Columns & Beams

Add a Tapered Column and Beam design options to all of RAM SS modules
Guest about 2 years ago in  0 Needs review

Numerous Suggestions

allow for snow and roof live loads in the same model more intuitiveness in the software to resolve small dimensional differences remove modules and allow layout and analysis to be performed in the same space create a better GUI interface for addin...
Guest over 1 year ago in  4 Future consideration

3D Wind Load View

It would be nice to be able to see the wind pressures on the 3D view of the building.
Jaime Kafader over 2 years ago in  2 Needs review

Allow Pseudo-Diaphragm Loads to be applied to beam-only frame lines

Currently RAM Frame only applies pseudo-diaphragm loads to beam/column frame lines that include columns and the loads are subdivided based on the column tributary areas, not the beams. However, in many cases, collectors need to be detailed for var...
Joshua Few about 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration