In Ram Steel Column mode (or in RAM Frame mode for your lateral columns) we will perform a design of the column including the net moments from the cantilever and other sources. The design report is only going to list the controlling condition. What…

Beam depth restrictions work like this. If the user assigns a depth restriction that is too limiting and no beam within the depth restriction works, then the program provides a warning in the Design warnings log something like " Beam X on Level Y, Unable…

Here's a sample calculation for the US codes. The I-effective part is on page 5. A snapshot of that is at the bottom.

RAM Steel does not design a split level conditions to this level of precision. If you want to model everything as flat, on the same level, then the girder can certainly be designed for loads from both sides. The fact that one beam is supported by the…

Steel gravity columns are designed for moments based on the beam reactions times the eccentricity of the connections including the potential of pattern loading of live loads. You'll find some details here: and in the Steel Column manual. Meanwhile,…

We don't handle this automatically. The engineer may want the gravity columns to be designed for seismic moments induced into the gravity columns when the building is displaced. This displaced shape forces the gravity columns into curvature, which results…

I think you are encountering a new defect in RAM Steel 15.02.00.00 only. It affects girders when you use Design All, then View/Update and try to change the studs from the optimum. We are working on a solution, but if you have not done a lot of work since…

Is there something undesirable about the "pure cantilever" treatment of the gravity stub cantilever beam? Surely that is what most users would want out of gravity-only beam analysis in RAM Steel. When you make the beam (and the supporting column) lateral…

I see now, I missed that these were the lateral beams in your first post. This is the intended behavior. We allow you to drill in and check the lateral beams with the Ram Steel Beam design process, but since this does not account for end fixity, the presence…

If the beam is acutely skewed to the deck you can have that problem. You'll find details here: You can always use the Assign - Ignore Rib Spacing... command to circumvent that issue.

I think your question is addressed here: communities.bentley.com/.../3113.ram-table-editing-faq

In the SJI catalog, (Re: 43rd edition, page 123) the length of the joist is defined as L = (span - 0.33) in feet. Since we deal with the span in Ram Steel, we simply adjust the values in the table by the 0.33' value to get back to the SJI definition…

Please check our Ram Steel Beam FAQ for details. It may be best to make that beam non-composite, or it may require the use of a modified deck (Assign menu - Ignore rib spacing) so that the stud row spacing can be smaller.

The Steel beam design report is the most detailed output we have (there is a less detailed summary). Regarding the modular ratio, it looks like the user can only set the modular ratio when using the British code (Ram Manger - Criteria - BS5950 Parameters…

When we have items in the criteria menu they always apply to the whole model. Only options under the Assign menu can be delegated to particular members. See this about FloorVibe: It sounds like you need to install it, or get up to the latest RAM SS…

Take a look at our Steel beam FAQ In it the first tip is to allow <25% composite action in the criteria so that you can evaluate beams as composite with fewer studs. Note, you have to assign the stud number and analyze as the program will never optimize…

It's a little misleading. It certainly appears to crash on the top level, but I think it's really crashing when it gets to the 5th level. There are some warnings related to the slab edges on the 5th level when I run it here. When the slab edges are…

Take a look at RAM Manager manual, section 7.2 Metal Deck Table File Format. There is a property called AcRib which is "the area of concrete in the rib per foot or per meter of deck width (in.2/ft. or cm2/m)." This value is used for the calculation…