Is it at all feasible to design regular column and wall footing in RAM concept?
Thanks,
S. Bouvia
I think it is great for most foundations. I like the finite element method which Concept uses for anything more than an isolated symmetric spread footing. Just be sure the mesh is small enough to get smooth results. One other key is keeping it simple by placing design sections at critical locations, rather than designing and detailing a full set of design strips in both directions which I personally think is overkill. If you have a lot of isolated footings in one model and several are prone to overturning it can also help to run a smaller set of foundations at a time.
How do you get the isolated footings and the continuous footings to export to RAM Concept from RAM SS?
Essentially what I had done per recommendation from Karl at Bentley was to make the whole floor a big mat foundation and then change the size of the mats individually in RAM Concept.