The Bentley wiki page for the SJI virtual joists and joist girders mentions that the properties can be found in the text file in the Tables directory. It then points out depth, area, and moment of inertia. Is there anything explaining what all the columns of data are?
Thanks,
Jason
See RamManager.pdf (manual) sections 8.3 Master Steel Tables and 8.4 Master Steel Table File Format.
Answer Verified By: Jason McCool
Thanks, Seth. That's a big help. 1 more question though. It seems like the fields in the VJG section of the table doesn't match up with the labels in the RAM Manager manual. Below is a screenshot where I've copied the long tab-delimited line entry for the specific virtual girder I've been trying to use into a separate text file with the labels from the manual inserted before each parameter and a new line started for each one to aid in reading them.I've been getting large overstresses due to the weak axis moment term of the interaction equation, and I'm just wondering if it's tied to the Zy=1.0 value in the table. On a side note, the web thickness seems like maybe a decimal place is off. Making a new section in Ram Elements based off these parameters comes out with much different section properties for most of them with 1.867 for the web thickness, but much closer to the table with 0.18 (give or take). Thanks!
FYI, the Table Editor is a little easier to match up properties with their labels.