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Lifting Lug & Cap Plate Connection Design Within Ram / Staad

Lifting lugs and cap plates are always needed for modular design which is done within Staad + Ram Connection...these are standard type of connections and their design should be accommodated within the programs vs having to use other programs to do...
over 1 year ago in RAM Connection Needs review

Need column cap plate with moment - (4) bolts each side - (8) bolts total for a Wide Flange Beam and a HSS column

Need a column cap plate with moment - (4) bolts each side - (8) bolts total for a Wide Flange Beam and a HSS column. And ability to add stiffeners for cap plate to column
5 months ago in RAM Connection Future consideration

Provide offset for analysis point that currently is the center of the plate

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...
5 months ago in RAM Connection Needs review

Option to collapse the "Demand" section of reports

When reviewing connect results reports during design, it can be obnoxious and time-consuming to scroll through the 300+ load combinations created by RAM Frame in each section of the report before you see the geometry considerations and design chec...
3 months ago in RAM Connection Needs review

Align Beam top with orthonal beam in HCBB connection

In a HCBB connection if the beam sections are different by default they are aligned along center line. Provide an option to align them at top flange. Refer Feature (PBI) #1693987
3 months ago in RAM Connection Needs review

HSS beam to Wide Flange column

Currently for beam to column connections, if the beam is HSS then the column must also be HSS. This is very limiting. It would be nice to allow HSS beam to WF column connections. The forces are often shear, moment & torsion. It would be great ...
almost 2 years ago in RAM Connection Needs review

Adding a template for only horizontal brace to beam connection in Australian code

Please add a template for only horizontal brace to beam connection in Australian code as shown in the screenshot.
3 months ago in RAM Connection Needs review

inclusion of triangular stiffener to baseplate

It is already widely used
over 3 years ago in RAM Connection Needs review

HBBB connection should be able to select turbular member as brace

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 ...
11 months ago in RAM Connection Needs review

Allow for CBB joints with HSS beam

You are able to model braced frames with HSS column, beam, and brace in RAM Modeler/Frame. However when you push this to RAM connection you are unable to design the connection at this joint. This is very limiting.
11 months ago in RAM Connection Needs review