What is the procedure for merging two Ram Elements models? I saw the menu selection "Import > OpenRE (merge model)", but i did not know how to use it and need some guidance. Or perhaps there is a better way to merge 2 models. For my project, I want to combine 3 models in total. I am using version 13.0.3.45.
Hi Seth, I realize this thread is 8 years old, but we just attempted this merge command using version 16.08, and we are noticing that the "areas" appear to be lost after the merge. Are we overlooking something? Also, we noticed that some elements in the exported file do not appear when imported. We saw the same results when we flipped the primary (host) model. Finally, do you have any advice for dealing with load cases and load combinations? In other words, do the cases and combos need to match exactly in each model? Any other advice about settings in general to save time?
Load areas are not included in the plain export - import process either, so I would not expect them to be included in Merge. I'll check with the PM if that's an oversight. Meanwhile a copy and paste hack might help for you assuming you can work with a static set of member and node numbers (but that's also tricky). What other elements are missing?
With load mapping I find that the load ID (abbreviations) are the key that must match, but if the loads are applied to load areas, then you'll still be losing something.