RAM Elements Repetitive Base Plate Assignment

With any connection assignment in Ram Elements, if you start with multiple joints selected, and then assign a connection (Basic, Smart, or Base Plate), the program will try to find a single connection geometry that works for all those cases and assign the same thing to every joint. Some connections may be significantly over-designed in theory, so this should process really only be done for cases where you know using a common connection is good idea.

After the connections are assigned each joint can then be edited individually, however, the connections are not tied together after the assignment.

So, you can create a custom connection template and assign it to all the nodes at once (assuming the column sizes are equal). Be aware, the process could be slow for 122 joints at once.  

I'm just gonna throw this out there... a copy connection function would be a GREAT feature here. And not like the "copy joint" function in RAM Connection that just copies the base joint info but none of the actual connection info that takes the majority of the time to get set appropriately. That way you could get everything set the way you want, and copy that finished connection over to the other locations with their specific loads. I had a short pipe rack a month ago for a new client, and thought it would be really nice to be able to just get a typical baseplate set on one post, and then copy it to all the others to confirm there weren't any odd load combinations that it wouldn't work for. Every fabricator I do connection design for would much prefer having a bunch of identical parts to batch-cut rather than having them optimized. That, and they tend to have "default" connections that they like to reuse if possible.

You can also create a template and then uncheck all the "optimize" parameters. That can then be assigned to all the joints you want. I have a W12 and a W14, etc and assign those based on column size first - then if they don't work, i'll go into the individual columns and modify as necessary.

You can also create a template and then uncheck all the "optimize" parameters. That can then be assigned to all the joints you want. I have a W12 and a W14, etc and assign those based on column size first - then if they don't work, i'll go into the individual columns and modify as necessary.