Dear Colleagues, I use STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition - Version 21.03.00.146. As usual practise, we model the beams / columns at their respective centre lines (meaning no offsets), however, when I tried to model a waffle slab i get varied result - displacements…

Can I use a Leo in Ram Elements to model a concrete pan joist or at least a trapezoidal shape to model a concrete joist? Next, is there a way to model a 2-way waffle slab with discrete members and area loads in Ram Elements? How about with a solid square…

I am working on the analysis of an existing waffle slab structure. I am using a RAM Concept model (started from RSS). I have uploaded the model as Waffle_TDL.zip I'm not sure I've got it set up right, an am looking for some guidance on a variety of…

Is it possible to design a waffle slab with RAM Concept? If so, can it be modeled in Modeler, then exported to Concept? If I have a 4" topping slab on 12" deep ribs, I imagine that I would input 12" deep concrete beams at 2'-0" o.c. in one direction and…