• Design of Solid slab (Conventional slabs)

    Hello Everyone For a while, I was using an Advanced Concrete Design (RCDC) for the design of a solid slab. Today I tried to learn the RAM concept for the slab designs but I saw a design of strips that had never seen before (When I was using RCDC and…
  • Dummy beam

    Hello Everyone. I create a dummy beam with density=0 and E=0 (Figure.1) then I assign the beam (Figure.2) then Staad Error occurs( ***ERROR*** MATERIAL NAME MUST NOT CONTAIN ANY BLANK SPACE )(Figure.3), What is the solution?
  • How to create a cantilever slab by using the Physical modeler?

    How to create a cantilever slab without beams in the Physical modeler in STAAD connect edition?
  • UC Ratio problem

    warehouse.zip wind calculation also in that folder.... try to fix this probem guys
  • RAM SS - Wall transfer

    I'm modeling with RAM Structural System v14.06. I know that it is possible to have a column supported by a diaphragm. Is it possible to have a wall supported by a diaphragm and transferred through the (thick) slab to an offset wall below?
  • RAM Data Access: adding decks to model breaks save?

    Hi -- I have a C++ program which attempts to build and save a model via the RAM Data Access COM library. I have been able to successfully add CompDeckProp objects and slab edges to my model, but have found that after trying to assign decks (via IFloorType…
  • Cracked Section Factors in RAM Modeler

    Hi all, this post is almost entirely directed at the Bentley folks, because I want to make sure that RAM SS has been updated to take into account the cracked section factor on slabs as I would assume. From previous emails with Bentley I was informed that…
  • Modeling Sloped Roof

    RAM Structural System v14.05.03 RAM Modeler I am a new user to the RAM products. Our office develops our drawings in AutoCAD 2013, so I developed a (2-D) Roof Framing Plan in AutoCAD and imported it into RAM Modeler as a DXF. I followed the example…
  • RAM SS - Grids

    In RAM Structural System v14.06, is it possible to copy a grid system to a new grid system so that the new grid system can be modified and still keep the old grid system? This would be helpful for projects that go through many revisions where you don…