RAM Frame uses a single mesh size for the entire model - all walls and all floors. An appropriate maximum mesh size for a coupling beam might be as small as 6", but that is excessively small for the entire floor diaphragm. RAM should allow the use...
Implement National Building Code of Canada 2025 Load Combination Changes
In the newly adopted NBCC2025, load factors from gravity load combinations are being changed. In Canada, RAM will be incorrect/obsolete on all projects moving forward unless the load combinations are addressed.
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...
When moving a column on one level include an option that also moves it on other levels.
When a column is moved it only moves on one level which makes you chase down data check errors when columns are misaligned. When column locations change it would be nice to have the option to move it on all levels and not just the one selected.
Do not clear steel beam sizes when changing noncomposite to composite.
Do not clear steel beam sizes when changing non-composite to composite. I'm not sure if this is deliberate or a bug, but members with assigned sizes can be changed from composite to non-composite in the modeler without losing their assignment. How...
See PRODUCT BACKLOG ITEM 1677993 In RAM Concrete Beam and Column, we report 0.75*Tn, which is actually 0.75*Tth (see ACI 318-19 22.7.4.1). I recommend using that notation in Concrete Beam and Column Design reports when ACI 318-14 or ACI318-19 is u...
Currently, the concrete column design forces report only shows dead and live loads, but I would like to get combination loads that may include wind, seismic, etc.