Create a live load reduction factor in the design parameters for each material type. This way the live load is captured in the analysis and reduced accordingly in the design. This might cause an issue with 2nd order analysis if you don't want all ...

As some one who is colorblind the yellow of the warning design and green of the complete design are similar enough that I can't see them. Others in my office who are color blind have the same issue I have. It would be great if there was a feature ...

It would be very appropriate to include equations for demand/capacities in the report for things like sliding resistance, moment, shear, etc. For example, for sliding resistance, the passive equation, the cohesion equation, and the coefficient of ...

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...

I know you can view deflections and node displacements, but I think it would be helpful to be able to specify limits and have the program display (in the member status) if any member exceeds the set deflection, or displacement limit assigned to th...

It would be excellent if the RAM Connection program had the option to export to Excel the report of the input data and results of the connection design.

One of the first options is to have more connection options that reflect real-world cases of beams to tubular columns. Currently, there are very few options for these connections, and the existing ones are not very useful. It would be beneficial t...

We request the ability to programmatically access, extract, and utilize the data generated in the Connection Design module of STAAD.Pro Advanced, as well as in RAM Connection, through OpenSTAAD, macros, Python or VBA scripts, or a dedicated API. A...

The HBBB connection should support the selection of tubular members as braces. Additionally, several joint types currently restrict certain section selections for braces. I recommend enabling all joint types to accept any brace section to enhance ...

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...