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RAM Elements – Laterally Applies Loads

Provide a features similar to RAM SS for the auto application of Lateral loads within RAM Elements
almost 3 years ago in RAM Elements 0 Future consideration

Designing a Vertical X-brace connection with one member continuous

99% of the details I have seen for vertical x-bracing shows one member continuous. I design a lot of connections for a steel fabricator and I am always required to perform a hand calc or 2 ram connection calcs with one being the horizontal X-brace...
about 2 years ago in RAM Connection 0 Planned

Modifying Shear Lug Location

I am designing a Column-Gusset-Base Plate Connection for a Steel Specially Concentric Braced Frame and I am wondering: Is it possible to modify the location position of the shear lug? I would like to align it with the centerline of the column like...
10 months ago in RAM Connection 0 Needs review

Stage Sequencing

It would be great if we could create stage sequencing where a stage number is assigned to every member. Add the ability to analyze and design separate stages of construction such as anything stage 1 or lessstage 2 or lessstage 3 or less The analyz...
7 months ago in RAM Elements 0 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.
over 3 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Weld/Design Connection on One Side of Girder Beam

Right now, all RAM Connection designs involving welding two sides of a connector piece to the Girder Beam. I know there are attachments where you can weld a WT for example on one side of the beam, but on the girder beam, RAM Connections still spec...
4 months ago in RAM Connection 0 Needs review

List of Ram elements improvements - better user experience

See attached files.
about 2 years ago in RAM Elements 7 Planned

RAM Connection should have the capability to design any kind of joints

It becomes difficult when there is no template that can apply to joint for connection design. For instance, I have I-section column and hollow rectangular section beam. There is no template that can design such kind of joint.
over 1 year ago in RAM Connection 0 Needs review

RAM SS Concrete Module - Add torsional design to Beams

Add torsional design to concrete beams to meet ACI requirements for seismic design.
almost 3 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Future consideration

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 ...
over 1 year ago in RAM Elements 5 Future consideration