• NDS in RAM Elements

    Just curious if the wood standards in RAM Elements are being actively maintained or not. The rolled steel, cold-formed steel, and concrete design specs are all listed as current (AISC 2016, AISI 2016, ACI 2014), but wood is still back on 2005, even though…

  • Does Bentley have recommendations for modeling wood shear wall stiffness in RAM SS?

    Does Bentley have recommendations for modeling wood shear wall stiffness in RAM SS? I am working on a concrete podium project with 4 stories of wood framing above the top concrete level. I would like to do a 2 stage lateral analysis in RAM SS to determine…

  • Zero Stiffness - Wood Truss Model

    Hello, I am new to modeling trusses and I'm attempting to model a wood queen post truss and have just started with the self weight of the truss but I get 13 warnings when I run the model which say: *WARNING- ZERO STIFFNESS IN DIRECTION 2 AT JOINT 3…

  • RE: Difference Between RAM and STAAD

    If doing timber design as per Canadian code is something that is important for you then you have to go with STAAD.Pro as it supports the CAN/CSA-086-01 code. RAM Structural System does not design timber. RAM Elements software supports timber design as…

  • Wood Shear Wall

    Can anyone provide more information on wood shear walls in Ram Elements? Looking for: How to select a proper material (i.e. APA Rated Panel)? What checks are made when Ram Elements performs a 'design' on the shear wall? For some reason I thought…
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