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use ram frame to apply wind loads to non-diaphragm members

The ability to flag a member as a wind girt so wind loading is applied to the member if a diaphragm is not present.
almost 3 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Beam Elevation Adjustment on Column

I am designing a horizontal column-beam-brace connection where one beam is a W12 section and the other is a W8 section. Due to field conditions, I cannot adjust the beam elevations to align at the column. Given this, we should be able to modify th...
3 months ago in RAM Connection 0 Needs review

Introduce staged PT stressing functionality to RAM Concept

It will be helpful for RAM Concept to allow the engineer to specify at what stage the PT slab or beam will be stressed, in a similar mechanism to what RAPT allows. It would also be helpful for RAM Concept to warn the user when Clause 8.1.6.2 is no...
about 1 year ago in RAM Concept 1 Future consideration

Add Ability to Split Members in RAM Modeler

The ability to split members (beams and walls) in Modeler would be very helpful, rather than delete and reenter
almost 3 years ago in RAM Structural System 1 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 ...
9 months ago in RAM Connection 0 Needs review

Prestressed Flexural Member Shear Design

It looks like RAM Concept uses an approximate method per Table 22.5.8.2 for calculating Vc and does not use the alternative option Vc per 22.5.8.3. There are cases where the shear capacity per 22.5.8.3 is less than the approximate method Per Tabl...
4 months ago in RAM Concept 1 Future consideration

Save the analysis and design results after closing the application so that next day you can pick up from where you left and don't need to re-analyze the model.

This feature will save the user runtime by not analysis the model again and again after it is closed once your working hours are done and next day engineer can pick it up from the same page where he left without re analysis the model, sometimes th...
about 1 year ago in RAM Concept 0 Future consideration

Manage inclined ramps in RSS

Analyze and design ramps that joins different levels in a structure, as the ones you find in parking structures, for both, concrete and steel.
almost 3 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Add CMU Material Defaults and Design

We design many buildings that include a combination of materials. Integrating masonry material properties by default and adding design for masonry would be useful, similar to Risa.
about 2 years ago in RAM Structural System 1 Future consideration

Real time calculator when inputting a value.

Hi Karl, I hope this message finds you well, can you please incorporate a feature where we can perform some basic artimatic operations when inputting the values in the tab?. Kind regards, AG
4 months ago in RAM Concept 2 Future consideration