• How to model sloping parapet walls in RAM Structural System

    Hello, I have a one-story building with sloping parapets on the exterior walls and flat parapets on an interior portion (see white colored parapets in image below). Currently, my model has the floor and the roof, with the roof having the deck and…
  • Roof Live Load and Snow Load

    I have a steel frame model in RAM Structural System. The beams are being designed for both roof live load and snow loads. In the criteria I have "Consider Snow Loads, Ignore Roof Live Loads" checked. But the calculated moment is including: DL, LL and…