More often than not, RAM Concrete stops responding after updating member database for an element. This seems to occur with all models that I am working on. I cannot save any modifications to concrete beam and column designs. Is there a fix or an update…

Please see specific questions at the end of this post. As an overview of the issue, I would like some clarification on where the loads in the "Gravity Column Loads" and the Foundation Loads > "Gravity Forces from RAM Concrete" reports within RAM Manager…

Hi, When I design concrete columns in RAM Concrete, it uses the cracked factors of the slab and column in RAM Modeler. If I model the slabs with bending cracked factor of 0.25 and column cracked factor of 0.7 per ACI, I get significantly higher moments…

Hi, I'm building a new RAM SS model and looking at sizing columns in RAM Concrete Column. In 'Edit bar patterns' the bars are prefixed with #, eg #3, #4, #5..., they should be H10, H12 etc. I presume this is pre-set / dictated by the code. I had this…

So I saw a previous post about how an older version of RAM had this same issue, where the concrete column module would only run the first time the analysis was done and then after that it would crash unless you installed some sort of patch or used a stand…

Hi, I have a two story concrete column that is unbraced the full height. Looking at the design results the moment magnification factor (delta) for the top story is 3.8 which I was able to verify by hand using ACI 318-14 Eq. 6.6.4.5.2. However the bottom…

I have some interior gravity-only concrete columns that keep getting the error that they don't meet the dimension requirements of ACI 21.6.1. But why would gravity columns need to meet those seismic requirements in the first place? How can i fix this…