RAM Elements CONNECT Edition v16.2 Release Notes

RAM Elements CONNECT Edition v16.02.00.88 Release
Notes – Updated July 2020

Enhancements:

1. New options to automatically mesh members to perform P-δ analysis. The analysis dialog now includes two options to configure how the members will be automatically segmented. This could be done by either defining the Minimum number of segments or the Maximum length of segments.

2. New wind load definitions to assign member and area wind loads. Now it is possible to create a wind load definition to generate wind loads for members and areas. The definitions allow to re-generate loads when needed and report the wind loads calculations when required which was not possible before as the report was only available from the wind loads dialog.

3. New load data report. Now it is not only possible to customize the loads report sections but also the report order by just drag and drop the elements in the order needed.

Resolved Issues:

• Some intermediate results were incorrectly being reported for bending design in AISI S100-16. These have been corrected and now the intermediate results are reported accordingly.
  
  
• Incorrect reduction factor was being considered for bending in circular hollow sections in AISI S100-16. This is now fixed.
  
  
• Load combinations per ASCE 7-16 were missing. These has been added for LRFD, ASD and service.
  
  
• Scissors Howe truss template was assigning incorrect description to members. This has been fixed and the template works correctly.
  
  
• Some results differences between the AISC Design Guide 9 (Torsional design) were spotted for single angles between the AISC 360-10 and the AISC 360-16. These has been corrected.