RAM Deflections of Lateral Steel Beams

RE: RAM Deflections of Lateral Steel Beams

Karl G — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:56:36 GMT

Regretfully, only Story Displacement and Nodal Displacements can be output in report form. The nodal displacements would include nodes at the beam ends and any internal beam nodes. If there are no other frame members that connect to the beam along the beam span, there may not be any internal beam nodes.

I have logged Enhancement #268647 on your behalf for more options for beam deflection reports in RAM Frame.

RE: RAM Deflections of Lateral Steel Beams

Stephanie Spann — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:22:30 GMT

Do you happen to know of a way to get this in a report format too? Either per beam or per project?

RE: RAM Deflections of Lateral Steel Beams

Karl G — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:17:42 GMT

You can display vertical deflections at quarter points along the beam span in RAM Frame. To do this, click on Process - Results - Deflected Shape and use the options marked in the screen capture below. The option is available in both Load Cases and Load Combinations mode in RAM Frame