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inclusion of triangular stiffener to baseplate

It is already widely used
over 2 years ago in RAM Connection 1 Needs review

Reports for meshed shear wall reactions

Currently you can only export the end reactions to a report. It would be beneficial to be able to export the reactions at ever node (specifically to a text file) a long the wall for foundation design.
about 3 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Implementation of ACI 318-14 code in Concrete Design Code for Anchor Design

Implementation of ACI 318-14 code in concrete design for anchor design in Ram connection (In Design of Base Plate) due to client However, the software tool supports only for the code ACI 318-08 , ACI 318-11 and ACI 318-19 . Need STAAD Version whic...
3 months ago in RAM Connection 0 Needs review

Retaining Wall Module - Add Wall-soil friction angle for passive soils

It has come to my attention that the program is using the Foundation base-soil friction coefficient to compute the passive pressure resistance when using Columb (it's using this to back calculate "delta"). To be frank, this is just wrong IMO. The ...
about 1 year ago in RAM Elements 0 Needs review

Beam Elevation Adjustment on Column

I am designing a horizontal column-beam-brace connection where one beam is a W12 section and the other is a W8 section. Due to field conditions, I cannot adjust the beam elevations to align at the column. Given this, we should be able to modify th...
7 months ago in RAM Connection 0 Needs review

Allow to design double angle or single angle connection design. Within vertical truss, or as beam to beam connections

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almost 2 years ago in RAM Connection 3 Needs review

Separate Analysis per load

Many times I will change one load, for example a seismic load which is palced at the Ridge. Then I have to reanalyze and redesign the entire model, every load case. There should be a way to analyze only the affected load cases and redesign only th...
over 3 years ago in RAM Elements 0 Needs review

Apply different % composite rules for different members

We generally require a different minimum % composite for beams as opposed to girders. It would be beneficial to apply member specific rules, similar to how different deflection criteria is applied.
about 3 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Unbalanced Snow Loads on Cantilevers

I am wondering if there has been any progress on implementing 50% unbalanced snow loads for cantilevers. In a forum post from 2020, Seth Guthrie said that it was on the backlog ( https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum...
about 2 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Provide option for web panel plate by replacing existing member web plate to new web plate by using CJP weld at panel zone in MEP knee connection

This provision is useful in PEB buildings where all structural members are formed by using built-up plates. By using this option, we can avoid supplementary web plates uses in connections.
4 months ago in RAM Connection 0 Needs review