Could someone explain a little how the Column Cap plate connection in RC standalone works? The user manual doesn't tell anything about it, and I haven't found anything on this site about it. It always shows very typical cap plate connections failing by…

Does anyone know if/how you can model bundles of rebar in RAM Structural System? Currently I'm only seeing the equal spacing method for placing rebar within the concrete columns, but this is overly conservative when considering the bending stress in the…