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&lt;p&gt;I watched the Bentley tutortial video &amp;quot;Analyzing Combined Steel &amp;amp; Masonry Buildings in RAM Structural System and RAM Elements&amp;quot; and built a simple building to play around. Basically I modeled a simple 2-story building enclosed by CMU shear walls, my intent is to model everything in RAMSS and export to RAM-Element for further detailing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Funny thing is, when I exported the model to RAM-Elements, I&amp;#39;m once again confused how RAM-Elements distribute the loads to each CMU SW. Say for my first floor wind load distribution, ideally each SW (same length, same width, same everything) should take 25% of the lateral load on first floor but actually it&amp;#39;s not even distribution (way off!), confused why it happened and if I can rely on RAM-Element in this design.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Thanks, hope you can resolve my questions here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Ask A Question I</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/460ac7df-7ccc-4c42-a204-9e05eef3be09</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 14:47:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:777c1461-be71-4b05-8011-efe3ca8fb042</guid><dc:creator /><description>Ask a question in a forum.</description></item></channel></rss>