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Torsion Capacity Reporting

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...
2 days ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

export concrete column design forces

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.
3 days ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

RAM Frame - Assign > Parapet

Provide the ability to assign a parapet/roof screen/roof projection graphically in RAM Frame for the purposes of customizing the exposure at each top level of a building structure.
3 days ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Custom Load Combinations in RAM Steel Beam/Steel Column

Please add the ability to generate load combinations and create custom load combinations in RAM Steel Beam and RAM Steel Column for the gravity loads. Updated codes and additional requirements (such as the need to incorporate FM Global datasheets)...
3 days ago in RAM Structural System 0 Needs review

Add special boundary element design for shear walls with Hw/Lw < 2. ACI 318-19 Section 18.10.6.3

In the concrete wall module, special boundary element zone requirements are only checked against the displacement method (ACI 18.10.6.2). In ACI 318-14 and 19 section 18.10.6.2 is directed at slender walls with Hw/Lw >= 2. If the aspect ratio o...
14 days ago in RAM Structural System 1 Future consideration

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...
3 months ago in RAM Structural System 1 Needs review

Maximize embodied carbon reductions in design optimization

I'm working on reducing the embodied carbon of a project of mine, and I'm having to compare column systems, between WF columns and HSS. WF columns have significantly lower embodied carbon (~60% reductions when using the same weight of steel), so I...
3 months ago in RAM Structural System 1 Future consideration

Develop a procedure for linking RAM SS & RAM Concept models when both steel framing and two-way slabs are on the same level

There is a pretty nice procedure for importing geometry from RAM SS to RAM Concept for two-way slab design and vise versa to capture the two-way slab properties in RAM SS. But this is really only idealized for when there is only a two-way podium a...
3 months ago in RAM Structural System 1 Future consideration

Internalize Floor Vibration Analysis/Design

Given the apparent impasse on acquiring licenses to FloorVibe, and the number of hurdles in the way of using FloorVibe, it seems that integrating this analysis directly within RAM SS would be beneficial. For a long time this was a selling point of...
4 months ago in RAM Structural System 1 Planned

Include self-weight of braces

Include the self-weight of braces in the dead load.
5 months ago in RAM Structural System 4 Future consideration