https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/99313/ram-footing-designTake a look at the attached footing module design. It is subject to uplift and shear on the concrete pedestal. If I decrease the thickness of the footing my overturning factor of safety and bearing pressure goes down significantly. If I increase the thicknessen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/356632?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:21:14 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1000e2ca-10d6-490f-b5b8-fd2c001f2bc5Karl GThe RAM Foundation module cannot be used as a stand-alone module. Foundations designed in the module are integrated with the full model. RAM Foundation is accessed by opening a .rss file, running the analyses, and then launching RAM Foundation. The information associated with the design of the foundation are saved as component files inside the .rss file. These files are not intended to be opened directly by the user or used as separate model files.<br /> <br /> Is the .ftd file that you have actually a RAM Elements Foundation Module file? The Foundation module in RAM Elements can be used as a stand-alone program. Files associated with this module have a .ftd extension.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/356625?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:53:39 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:ab8f1323-cefe-4dfc-84dd-85a65ba5d3e4Ahmed OsamaI recently started working with RAM structural system, I have the .ftd file but I can not open it by RAM structural system?<br /> how would I open the file by RAM structural system? and is there a stand-alone version from RAM foundation?<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/292991?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:12:36 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:36a7645a-b84b-4336-9776-4a9467491cbdSeth Guthrie<p>Take a look at this post that has some details on how uplift and overturning are dealt with in Ram Foundation. <a target="_blank" href="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/josh_taylors_blog/archive/2008/12/15/spread-footing-overturning-and-uplift-checks-in-ram-foundation.aspx">communities.bentley.com/.../spread-footing-overturning-and-uplift-checks-in-ram-foundation.aspx</a> </p> <p>If you have a combination where there is some significant overturning concurrent with small net downward load, those are the cases that can show unexpected overturning results, so I recommend always considering the self weight of the footing when checking soil stress in the design criteria.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>