RAM Elements CONNECT Edition v16.8 Release Notes

RAM Elements CONNECT Edition v16.08.00.170 Release 
Notes – Updated December 2022

Features:

1. New ADINA integration. RAM Elements can export now the structural model to ADINA creating an AUI Input File (*.in). This file contains the commands from AUI Commands Reference Manual Volume 1 to 5 (ADINA, 2022) to generate all the structural elements and loads conforming the structural model.

Figure 1. Export ADINA Input file option in RAM Elements.

Please check RAM Elements documentation to see the integration limitations.

Figure 2. RAM Elements model exported and analyzed in ADINA

2. Update iTwin Analytical Synchronizer workflow to sync lumber and masonry materials.

Figure 3. Lumber and masonry materials now being synchronized

4. Tilt-Up wall module enhancements. New option to define the reveal face to be either the interior or exterior face of the wall.

Figure 4. Reveal face option

5. Status bar shows distance between two nodes selected. If several nodes are selected, the distance is considered between the first and the last node selected.

Resolved Issues:

• AISC 360-16 for certain models were reporting demands as zero as the first-order amplification was being triggered erroneously. This has been fixed and the first-order amplification is only triggered when it is selected in the Design dialog and the analysis is linear.
  
  
• Stiffness reduction factors where not considered properly when launched with a non-linear analysis. This is fixed now, and factors are always considered regardless the analysis type used.
  
  
• Load areas defined with perpendicular loads using wind pressures where not determining the load direction properly for some cases.
  
  
• Local iTwin model creation crashed for models with invalid section or material properties. Properties are validated and default values used in case an invalid parameter is found.
  
  
• Tilt-up walls were not correctly considering the concrete area for out of plate shear for ACI 318-19.
  
  
• Concrete wall design module shear wall conservative design for ACI 318-14 seismic walls due to Vn calculation considered as the minimum between 11.5.4.4 and 18.10.4.1. This is fixed now and Vn for seismic walls is calculated using only 18.10.4.1. 
  
  
• Segment Selection tool in Model adjustments unnecessarily required sections and materials to be assigned to members before segmentation. This is fixed now, and the limitation overruled.