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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.
about 2 years ago in RAM Elements 1 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...
4 months ago in RAM Connection 0 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

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...
2 months ago in RAM Elements 0 Needs review

Designing a Vertical X-brace connection with one member continuous

99% of the details I have seen for vertical x-bracing shows one member continuous. I design a lot of connections for a steel fabricator and I am always required to perform a hand calc or 2 ram connection calcs with one being the horizontal X-brace...
over 1 year ago in RAM Connection 0 Planned

Please don't make me click OK for every inadequate column when generating the column design report.

When generating the column design report, please don't make me click OK for every inadequate column. A summary of all inadequate columns or no warning at all would be sufficient.
2 months ago in RAM Structural System 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...
5 months ago in RAM Concept 1 Future consideration

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

extracting data using the API from Audit Cross Section

I tried to find the sets of command using the API to extract data from the Audit Cross section, I believe it would be very great if this feature is available in Ram Concept if not already.
2 months ago in RAM Concept 0 Needs review

Inclusion of AIJ(Japanese Design Code) in RAM Connection

To request the integration of the AIJ(Architectural Institue of Japan) design standards into RAM Connection to support connection design compliant with Japanese building code requirements. Other Bentley products are also being used in Japan. Integ...
3 months ago in RAM Connection 0 Needs review