I am creating a model of a building that is adjacent to an existing building on 2 sides, and exposed to wind on the other two sides, see snip below. There is an expansion joint between the buildings, so I am modeling the new building as a standalone structure…

Lately I've been running into issues with my lateral analysis on a large, square steel framed building. The roof is an 1-1/2" metal deck that slopes in one direction and drops 10' over the length of the building, which I've modeled as a semirigid diaphragm…

I have a relatively tall screen wall at the roof level - about 20ft tall - around a mechanical area. The structure is kicked back into the roof diaphragm. What is the best way to model it so that RAM Frame accounts for its wind surface area? The footprint…

I'm using RAM SS to design a building where we have raised slabs modeled due to a bridge framing into the building. I'm wondering if there are any special requirements in order to have RAM use the main floor diaphragms to calculate the tributary heights…