Ability to add point loads or line loads to areas. Areas would then distribute the loads to the supporting members based on the direction of the area.

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...

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.

I would like the column connection eccentricity use the actual column geometry to consider whether the centerline of the beam strikes the web or the flange of the column. Currently, RAM allows you to specify an angle to "split" the reaction, but t...

Provide a option for addinf doubler plate for failure in for Web plate strength due out-of-plane transverse load

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...

Please add modeling features that allow for the sloped beam or slab and tapered beam or slab. These can help in easy modeling for ramps and other structures.

I would love to see expanded snow loading capabilities that let you apply different load distributions that are enveloped for design. Specifically for gable roof structures, ASCE 7 requires that you apply a "balanced" load (uniform across the whol...

Modern seismic design codes (such as ASCE 7, Eurocode 8, and Mexico's NTC) require evaluating diaphragm flexibility by comparing the structural response using a rigid diaphragm and a diaphragm modeled with its actual in-plane stiffness. For this c...

In latest version of RAM connection cap plate design is available as moment only, there is no provision for pinned type cap plate design (bolts inside column flange.). We need to provide pinned type cap plate connection as per project requirement....