version 17.03 issue/bug when setting demand/capacity limits

Good Afternoon,   

My computer updated RAM to the latest software version 17.03.00 285 SES overnight, and my model went from no beam design errors to 1500 deflection errors.  Upon investigation I discovered that this is happening because RAM seems to have a coding issue with how it is applying the demand/capacity Limit.

  

In the beam design module, under result, I can see that the deflection limit L/D  is being multiplied by the limit defined by the user.

I think alone this would be fine, and checking the beam for DCR of 1 would be appropriate, but additionally RAM is still checking for a DCR to be below 0.95.  I think RAM is coded in a way that it is applying the 0.95 check twice, which is causing hundreds of beams to get an error.  

I hope I explained the problem I am experiencing well, please let me know if I am making a mistake or if you need more information.

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