• RAM Concrete crashes after updating member database

    More often than not, RAM Concrete stops responding after updating member database for an element. This seems to occur with all models that I am working on. I cannot save any modifications to concrete beam and column designs. Is there a fix or an update…
  • Designing Concrete Buildings in RAM Structural System

    Use RAM Structural System - RAM Concrete to analyze and design concrete beams, columns, and shear walls. Design loads, including live load reductions and pattern loading, are automatically calculated. Effective flange width of T-beams is automatically…
  • RAM Concrete Beam Warning

    I am getting the me ssage "attempted an unsupported operation" while accessing the design checks tab in the beam design criteria. What does this mean?
  • RAM Concrete Beam Unusually High Shear

    I am working on a concrete structure with a couple of transfer levels. One of the transfer beams that I am using exhibits a shear of around 1400kips in the last 6" of it's span (within the support column). The transfer loads on the column are 105k and…
  • RAM Concrete Beam Fixity at Columns

    I am using RAM Concrete beam to design pan joists, and am having issues with two beam lines that are identical in loads, spans, tributary widths, etc. The only difference is that at the end supports of one beam line, the supports are concrete (gravity…