Diana Trombly

I tested with using Ram Elements 16.00.00.39 (64 bit). I reran the analysis and that was fine. You will always want to rerun the analysis after a save-as. Then I ran the design process and it is pretty slow since there are so many members (nearly 3000…

No, you can see from my example I only have shells to the corner nodes, but internally it gets meshed. See also: https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/7652/ram-elements-shells-faq

You need to use the Design option within the Modeling mode to carry out the steel design and it would have all the latest codes like AISC 360-10 and you will be able to design as per LRFD method. The yield strength for the member has to be defined using…

I changed several things. Loads were not set, inadequate support conditions (missing support for MY) and you shouldn't need to have the member release set at support locations (especially for pinned connections since the support takes care of the pin…