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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    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 almost 3 years ago in  4 Future consideration

    Wheel zoom should zoom into the spot that the cursor is at on the screen.

    When using the mouse wheel to zoom in or out, the screen should zoom in where the cursor is. RAM is the only software I have ever used that zooms in and out to a random, arbitrary, undefined point and it is very difficult to zoom in close to objec...
    Guest over 3 years ago in  5 Future consideration

    Change the way data is exported to CSV/Excel format

    Currently when the user exports data to CSV, it's basically a text version of the pdf data output. The organization of data is difficult to post-process because the data has page headers based on load cases and combinations (among other items). At...
    Joshua Few almost 2 years ago in  2 Will not implement

    Wall Design - too many redundant design warnings

    I don't need multiple design warnings for the same condition. For example, I have an out-of-plane shear strength warning for one of my segments. I have 26 warnings (associated with 26 combinations) for the same condition. The "worst" one listed in...
    Guest almost 2 years ago in  0 Needs review

    Option to see the gobal deflections in beams

    This could be a little complicated but would be extremely useful in cases where we have multiple transfers and we need to make sure the members have desirable global deflections in addition to local.
    Anil Tripathi about 4 years ago in  2 Future consideration

    Slab Penetration Layout - Adjustable View Box

    In RAM Modeler, the Layout>Slab>Slab Penetration Layout dialog box is not adjustable - it would be beneficial to be able to make this view different sizes when you work on a project with a large amount of slab penetrations. For example the a...
    Hunter Butler about 4 years ago in  0 Needs review

    SELECTING AN END POINT FOR BEAM EXTENSION CANTILEVER

    There is only an option of inserting cantilever length or provide X or Y intercept for beam extension. It would be useful to have an option of selecting an end point like stubs.
    Anil Tripathi about 4 years ago in  2 Will not implement

    RAM Structural System - Ability to apply RAM Concept custom template to Concept module in RSS

    When using the RAM Concept module within RAM Structural System, the program forces you to use the default layers and settings in RAM Concept. However, if you have a heavily customized template for Concept, there's no way to apply it to the level e...
    Sean Smith about 4 years ago in  0 Planned

    RAM SS - All Modules

    Add the Modeler Features "Set Show Options" and "Measure Distance" tools to all of the the other RAM SS Modules.
    Guest about 3 years ago in  0 Needs review

    Concrete Column view/update options

    Within the concrete column view update, the following improvements to be implemented - Display the story name (i.e. PH Roof) instead of just story number, including the size. The ability to change the size and even define new sizes (e.g. 18x36, 18...
    Guest about 3 years ago in  0 Needs review