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Steel Member Web Openings

The ability to add steel beam web openings would be very helpful. SBeam is the only way to do that now, but it requires pulling loads out of Elements, instead of being integrated into the main program or even the steel beam module.
over 1 year ago in RAM Elements 1 Needs review

Adding continuous footing design option to CMU or concrete wall design shells

Using the analysis results from FEM and wall end support node reactions of shells, it would be great to have the option to design continuous footings via the foundation module similar to the spread and combined footings design module, or via extra...
6 months ago in RAM Elements 0 Needs review

Aluminium Design Features

It will be nice to have aluminium materials in the design options; this will help those of us who frequently check aluminium member capacity; STAAD may have this; but we need this in Elements. These will make Elements complete program.
8 months ago in RAM Elements 0 Future consideration

modeling of circular or curved beams

please add a feature to model and design circular or curved beams.
over 2 years ago in RAM Elements 1 Needs review

Round Openings in Shells

Could we get the option for other than rectangular openings in shells? Round openings in particular would be very helpful, especially in an FEA program where sharp corners create large stress concentrations that may not even be present when many o...
2 months ago in RAM Elements 0 Needs review

Gridlines

I would love to have gridlines to help keep everything straight. Also, a toggle switch that doesn't allow you to select the grids.
over 2 years ago in RAM Elements 1 Needs review

RAM Elements – Laterally Applies Loads

Provide a features similar to RAM SS for the auto application of Lateral loads within RAM Elements
over 2 years ago in RAM Elements 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 ...
about 1 year ago in RAM Elements 0 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

Rotational Stiffness Only when in Compression

I would like to be able to model nonsymmetrical systems where baseplates are considered as pinned when in uplift and semi-rigid when in compression.This works well for symmetrical systems, but when the system is non-symmetrical, I have to make two...
4 months ago in RAM Elements 0 Needs review