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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

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.
about 2 years ago in RAM Elements 1 Needs review

Account for wall transfer loads on one-way deck

As far as I am aware, RSS does not track the load transfer when a wall is sitting on a one-way deck without a supporting beam or wall directly below. The loads from the wall above the deck is "lost". My firm does a lot of multi-family construction...
almost 3 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

RAM SS – Steel Beam Module

Add Fixed end beams to the gravity beams for design.
about 2 years ago in RAM Structural System 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 ...
10 months ago in RAM Elements 0 Needs review

RAM Elements – Laterally Applies Loads

Provide a features similar to RAM SS for the auto application of Lateral loads within RAM Elements
about 2 years ago in RAM Elements 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...
almost 3 years ago in RAM Structural System 1 Needs review

One of our users, Chiyoda Philippines is looking for the scope of including AIJ code in RAM Connection.

No description provided
3 months ago in RAM Connection 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.
almost 3 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

inclusion of triangular stiffener to baseplate

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