After installing version 16.00 the Ram Steel beam module may crash for any file while checking the license or not launch. The user can be signed in, and all other modules work as designed, even Ram Steel Column. The issue can affect some machines and not others, even within the same company.
The Steel Beam module uses older 'C code' and one of the calls to the Licensing component fails. It does not affect all machines, only some. The problem is not specific to any one operating system.
The problem is resolved in version 16.00.01.06 but only with some modifications to the ramis.ini configuration file.
Location of the RamIS.ini fileC:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\RAM Structural System
Edit it (with notepad) and locate the MiscDefaults section, add a new line as noted below (add both lines if the MiscDefaults section is missing entirely): [MiscDefaults]UseManagerSteel=TRUE
[MiscDefaults]
UseManagerSteel=TRUE