Jason McCool

Right there with you on this. I / we can't fathom the lack of real management tools to prevent overuse as Bentley has chosen to define it. We've been hit with one quarters worth of fees for overuse and are likely facing another. This is driving us to…

Unknown said: The ability to take advantage of Quarterly Term License Invoices instead of purchasing perpetual licenses for scenarios of excess usage began at the beginning of 2014. We didn't have any choice in as as it was essentially forced on…

Jeremy How do we limit license check outs via the SELECTserver to only the amount we have paid for. We are a small firm and cannot afford more licenses than what we currently have setup. The current "Trust" licensing scheme is not a good scheme for…

Yes, by using Assign - Beams - Frame Beam Connection Types... you can create a less than completely rigid connection between the beam and support. I personally think it's easier to wrap my head around the Custom stiffness multiplier than the springs,…

Since the openings are on the edges you have two options. First, model it as you have above with the slab edge on the outside perimeter, and then add openings in each open bay. The only disadvantage to this is that it leaves a sliver of deck along any…

One typical area where our office runs into issues is determining the lateral load distribution through diaphragms. We need this piece for diagram design, attachment, etc. If it is a one story structure with only braced frames, we can take the horizontal…

Andrew, Yes, a stub cantilever beam can be modeled off a concrete wall. See screen capture below: To model the cantilever, click on RAM Modeler - Layout - Assign Cantilever with the "Off Beam" option. The entered "Dist" represents the distance from…

The response spectrum (acceleration and time data) is irrelevant if you only want the natural frequencies, but in Ram Elements something must be entered for the dynamic analysis to run. Depending on what you enter for the rsp, the scale factor and the…

If no scale factor or acceleration is given then there is no forcing function at all. (I thought that was required in Ram Elements to even get frequency results, but it must have been changed.) From the first post I assumed you were looking at displacements…