Ram Connections appears to recalculate everything for an entire connections as soon as a single parameter is changed (e.g., bolt size for left beam, gusset plate thickness for lower left brace, etc.). It would be more productive if Ram Connection would allow the use to change multiple parameters before recalculating. On a current project, one of the connections has upper and lower braces to the left and right. The preliminary connection made by Ram Connection took about an hour and is not even close to being a reasonable design. Many parameters need to be changed but it is impossible due to every change taking about hour for Ram Connection to recalc everything. I'd like to see an option to have calculations suspended while the user makes multiple changes to the connection and then have a Recalc Button to check the connection.
I have the stand alone version. It updates immediately.