• Modeling Slopped Roofs and Impacts on Wind Design

    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…
  • RAM Frame - Load Cases

    Product(s): RAM Structural System; Ram Frame Version(s): All (V8i; CONNECT Edition) Area: Analysis How do I specify lateral loads? There are two kinds of lateral loads possible in RAM Structural System. The most common…