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RAM Structural System

Apply Lateral Point(Nodal)/Line Loads Logically

Below is a list of thoughts about lateral point(nodal)/line loads. Incorporating any of the below ideas would be helpful. 1. Allow the user to apply lateral line loads as well as lateral point(nodal) loads. 2. Allow the user to apply lateral point...
almost 2 years ago in RAM Structural System 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...
about 4 years ago in RAM Structural System 1 Needs review

Flexibility in modifying the tributary height for Wind Load exposure for buildings with varying levels of diaphragms

RAM wind load currently gets applied taking the trib height as half the difference between the two levels. It would be tremendously useful if there was an option to modify the trib height, thereby playing with full height or partial height exposur...
about 4 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Cancel Last Point

The ability to cancel last point when drawing an area load, deck assignment or mat foundation like you can in RAM Concept. It's especially frustrating when drawing a mat foundation and you accidentally click the wrong point and have to start over ...
about 4 years ago in RAM Structural System 1 Needs review

Make selection tolerance for column larger

I'm completing a column design in RAM Structural System and need to update a number of columns. However, it seems like the clickable area for a column to select it is incredibly small. I have to try to select the column multiple times (which takes...
9 months ago in RAM Structural System 1 Needs review

Click and hold mouse wheel to drag and pan model like in Bluebeam, ETABS, SAP, RISA, or Autodesk.

It would be useful so that we can accurately navigate the model. It is a real pain to navigate RAM as it is and it is much easier in competitors programs. Right now you click and hold the mouse wheel to navigate left and right but it is difficult ...
almost 4 years ago in RAM Structural System 2 Future consideration

3D Wind Load View

It would be nice to be able to see the wind pressures on the 3D view of the building.
almost 4 years ago in RAM Structural System 2 Needs review

RAM SS-Option to turn off transverse beams bracing the bottom flange of support member

Similar to RAMS beam, I'd like an option to globally or individually turn off the bottom flange bracing of beams framing into a support member in the Gravity module. This is somewhat taken care of in the lateral frame module, where you can assign ...
about 4 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Concrete Column Slenderness Check to ACI 318

When the bottom of the Column is a foundation and user elects to use Col forces from RAM Concept whereby no Concept forces/moments and therefore RSS will use RAM Conc Analysis(for Col bottom forces and those moments are always negative), for a lac...
over 2 years ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Numerous Suggestions

allow for snow and roof live loads in the same model more intuitiveness in the software to resolve small dimensional differences remove modules and allow layout and analysis to be performed in the same space create a better GUI interface for addin...
almost 3 years ago in RAM Structural System 4 Future consideration