Once the design of the column base plate is performed, it is expected that the shift of the analysis axis would be considered in the design results (i.e. anchor tension). Currently, RAM Connection considers only an additional moment produced due t...

When assessing a transfer floor, applying (and updating) transfer loads can be a time consuming process. A feature to export reactions from the floor(s) above and import to the transfer floor model as imposed loads would save time and errors. Pref...

In the Masonry Wall Module, add an option in the diagrams tab for a graph of reactions on the base of each strip of wall segment. I often need to check an existing wall footing under an existing wall with a new opening in the wall. When a new open...

The Concrete Beam Design module and the Concrete Column Design modules are not fully integrated with Elements with round-trip functionality. You can export geometry, loads, and selected design parameters from an Elements model to these modules, pe...

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 ...

For outputs, add the member description, not just the number

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 ...

Add the ability to automatically show the maximum and minimum force/moment from a selected group of beams

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.

I'm working on reducing the embodied carbon of a project of mine, and I'm having to compare column systems, between WF columns and HSS. WF columns have significantly lower embodied carbon (~60% reductions when using the same weight of steel), so I...