Hello,
I am getting one of the errors described in the Common Framing Table Errors thread - Failed to Find Slab Edge Loads.
However, I am unable to fix it. I have uploaded my file via the Secure Upload Link. Please take a look when available.
Hybrid decks like this are tricky. See: https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/3262/ramss-two-way-decks-tn We have one set of rules for the one-way deck areas, and another set of rules for 2-way decks. I tried a few things to make sure the decks aligned with slab edges or beam center-lines, but the problem persisted. It might work if the 2-way deck was modeled so that it did not overlap the one-way regions at all (i.e. meandering, or in patches). Some other options would be to split the balconies into a separate story so that level7 is 2-way deck everywhere and the new level is just the balconies. Or apply 2 way deck everywhere and evaluate the steel balcony framing in a separate run with only those areas in place. You could also make the deck 2-way everywhere and make the beams lateral, then check them in Ram Frame.
Deleting the beams gives me: Internal Error in AdvancedNodeList(). Weirdly, replacing Level 7 with another Layout leads to the same errors. It does not make any sense, as they work perfectly fine above and below.
If you were going the route of deleting the beams, then you would also want to delete the one-way deck areas.
If you compare your level7 with the level below, the one below has a few more beams at the corners (helping to define the perimeter). Adding those on Level7 might also work.
Answer Verified By: Asen Filkov
Thanks, I will take a look. Using lateral beams seems to work, and the lower level works, so I am guessing the error arises because of the beams at the corners.