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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Matt Cissi's Communities Activities</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/members/aa58f1f0_2d00_6581_2d00_4dc3_2d00_9a52_2d00_f440d10b259c</link><description>Recent activity for people in Matt Cissi's community</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Missing Custom Section in Database File: RAM Elements</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/217253/missing-custom-section-in-database-file-ram-elements</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:13:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3536ac10-f796-43d0-88e8-48ba4bf58e78</guid><dc:creator>Matt Cissi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;We have been working on a model and needed to create a number of custom sections to do so.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I created all of the custom sections on my machine and when I went to send them to my coworker, I couldn&amp;#39;t find them.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I believed the custom sections would be saved in the file location:&amp;nbsp;C:\Program Files\Bentley\Engineering\RAM Elements\Database\Sections&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is this the wrong file location?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;We are both working on RAM Elements V16.2.0&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Is it possible to create a custom composite pipe section?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/210824/is-it-possible-to-create-a-custom-composite-pipe-section</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:31:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f425d6e8-0f43-48b8-b1c9-9ea787c60aff</guid><dc:creator>Matt Cissi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I am trying to model a large pump tower that is supported by a composite pipe section as shown in the attached image.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One 24&amp;quot; OD pipe inside a 42&amp;quot; OD pipe with concrete grout between.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Can I model this in RAM Elements CONNECT Edition?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5932/pastedimage1615303936937v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Error in Design - Simple Steel Flat Truss</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/208476/error-in-design---simple-steel-flat-truss</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:44:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:0abf88bf-d364-469b-8068-7ae68d79bfa1</guid><dc:creator>Matt Cissi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hello All,&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I have modeled a simple steel truss to check my hand calculations.&amp;nbsp; When viewing the global status of the model, the diagonal members are shown to have &amp;quot;Errors in Design.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The members all have ratios from 1.84 to 3.6.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;However, my hand calculations indicate that the members have much higher capacity than the demand.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;My question:&amp;nbsp; How can I find out what AISC design equation is used by RAM Elements so that I can look into the issue further?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I am using RAM Elements Connect Edition Standalone 16.2.0 on Windows 10&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>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:19:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:be799ecd-fbde-4ed5-bb1e-2a83251d83e2</guid><dc:creator /><description>Ask a question in a forum.</description></item></channel></rss>