RAM DataAccess: user specified sizes for lateral beams and columns?

Fritz Mueller — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:04:22 GMT

Hi:

I have an application which creates RAM models using the DataAccess COM API. I would like to manually specify column and beam sizes of lateral members and have the user specified values remain after beam and column analysis.

For beams, manually setting the size in RAM modeler results in the expected/desired behavior. However, setting the strSectionID property on layoutbeams seems to not be quite equivalent -- when I do this, my assigned sizes are visible in RAM modeler, but the model does not seem to see my set sizes as "user specified" (e.g. they won't show up under "show options -> user specified") and the set sizes are then overwritten by beam design. Is there some additional setting I need to make via the DataAcesss API to have my set sizes behave the same as those done manually in RAM modeler?

I also have the same issue for lateral system columns in my application.

Thanks much!

--FritzM.

RAM 14.06: is there are way to read/write deflection criteria via DA?

Fritz Mueller — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 01:03:09 GMT

Hi all,

I have software the creates a RAM model via the DataAccess COM API. Is there a way I can automate population of the deflection criteria in a model via this API (similar to what is done manually in the deflection criteria dialog in RAM BEAM.)

thanks much,

--FritzM.

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