Hi everyone. I am fairly new to RAM. I was trying to export my mat foundation from RAM SS to RAM concept. I checked everything to be exported to RAM concept including columns, beams, loads, etc. However, my column does not seem to appear in RAM concept and the mat is probably unstable without the column.
I tried to play with the footing elevation but it didn't lead to anything fruitful. I could try to model the columns in RAM Concept but that beats the purpose of having all these modules interconnected.
Thank you.
Only Concrete columns are sent to Ram Concept. For steel columns it is only the reactions as loads that are transferred. For more see: RAM Concept-RAM Structural System Integration TN
Columns above a mat don't help with stability normally. For mat instability, see: https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/3038/ram-instability-in-finite-element-analysis-tn#mat
That was very helpful Seth. Thanks.