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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 1 year ago in RAM Elements 0 Needs review

Update analysis and design engine

Elements needs an analysis overhaul. I have a model with less than 1000 frame members and 200 load combinations. Several cases have imposed displacements and Elements mandates a P-Delta analysis for this situation. It takes 10 minutes to analyze a...
4 months ago in RAM Elements 0 Needs review

Add a component to design for the integrity reinforcement as per AS3600:2018

Please add a feature to design integrity reinforcement as per AS3600:2018.
2 months ago in RAM Concept 1 Future consideration

Considering the thickening depth, concrete grade when checking for punching shear.

As off now, RAM ignores the drop panel/thickening added locally when checking for punching shear.
2 months ago in RAM Concept 2 Already exists

Option to include the SW of the wall and column below when extracting the reactions.

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2 months ago in RAM Concept 1 Future consideration

modeling of circular or curved beams

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

Format bar length as 8'-4" rather than 8.33'.

I'd like to specify the bar length format consistently as 8'-4" rather than a decimal value based on the current units (8.33 or 100).
7 months ago in RAM Concept 0 Future consideration

Allow gusset BASE PLATE connections to be assigned at corner columns connected to braces in two directions.

Currently, there is no way to design a gusset base plate connection if the column base has braces coming into it from 2 different planes. You can't even assign 2 separate connections, one for each plane, like you can at CBB joints.
11 months ago in RAM Connection 0 Planned

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 2 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Absolute Member Force Envelope

In the Analysis -> Load Combinations we are able to view a member force envelope for the Max or Min, but not the absolute value for worst case loading. When looking at a braced frame elevation with brace axial loads, in order to determine the a...
over 2 years ago in RAM Structural System 1 Needs review