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 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 almost 3 years ago in  0 Future consideration

    Torsion Capacity Reporting

    See PRODUCT BACKLOG ITEM 1677993 In RAM Concrete Beam and Column, we report 0.75*Tn, which is actually 0.75*Tth (see ACI 318-19 22.7.4.1). I recommend using that notation in Concrete Beam and Column Design reports when ACI 318-14 or ACI318-19 is u...
    Guest 7 months ago in  0 Planned

    export concrete column design forces

    Currently, the concrete column design forces report only shows dead and live loads, but I would like to get combination loads that may include wind, seismic, etc.
    Guest 7 months ago in  0 Needs review

    Slave Nodes or Manual Rigid Links in RAM SS

    When modeling braced frames on structures with sloping roofs, you are forced to model the diaphragm at one level without slope for proper lateral load application; this causes the brace geometry to be wrong. It would be nice to be able to model th...
    Guest about 4 years 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 about 4 years ago in  1 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 almost 3 years ago in  2 Future consideration

    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 7 months ago in  1 Future consideration

    Shear Wall Design Groups and Reinforcement gets deleted if I change f'c or stiffness modifiers or thicknesses.

    Please revise shear wall module to not automatically delete sections cuts, groups, wall reinforcing, etc. when I change f'c, wall stiffness modifiers, or thicknesses.
    Guest over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    RAM SS – Structural elements between levels

    Provide an option to connect elements for one level to the adjacent level other than columns
    Guest over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    RAM SS - Tapered Columns & Beams

    Add a Tapered Column and Beam design options to all of RAM SS modules
    Guest over 3 years ago in  0 Needs review