Applies To Product: RAM Structural System First Affected Version: 17.00.00.93 Found in Version: 17.00.00.93 Fixed and Released in Version: 17.00.01.09 Environment: x64 Area: Analysis…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; Ram Frame; Ram Concrete Version(s): 14.00.00.00 or later Area: Analysis Use of Two way decks in RAM Structural System The table below clarifies how One way and Two way decks can…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; Ram Frame Version(s): Any Area: Analysis; Design P-Delta in RAM Frame General A general second-order elastic analysis requires consideration of effects caused by displacements…

Applies To Product: RAM Frame Analysis First Affected Version: Found in Version: 15.05.00 Fixed and Released in Version: 15.06.00.000 Area: Analysis Issue #: 739116 Problem…

Applies To Product: RAM Frame & RAM Concrete First Affected Version: Found in Version: 15.02.00 Fixed in Version: 15.05.00 Area: Analysis Issue #: 677249 & 689511 Problem…

Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis While shear walls are primarily a lateral force resisting system they also carry gravity loads including their self-weight…

Applies To Product: RAM Frame Analysis First Affected Version: Found in Version: 15.03.00 Fixed and Released in Version: 15.04.00 Area: Analysis Issue #: 642195 Problem…

Applies To Product(s): RAM Frame Analysis Version(s): 14.07.01.01 Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Defect Number: 566269 Problem Description After changing…

Product(s): RAM Frame, Ram Concrete Version(s): 13.00.00.00 or later Environment: N/A Area: Modeling Meshing and Segmentation in RAM Frame or Concrete General Lateral walls, 2-way decks and semi-rigid…

Product(s): RAM Structural System, RAM Concept Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis The Different Analysis Types in RAM Structural System Throughout the RAM Structural System there are distinct…

Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): Any Area: Analysis How is the wind typically applied to the model? The slab edge determines the exposure (Ram Frame – Loads – Exposure) and we assume some kind of vertically…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; RAM Frame Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Why do I get a warning about mass that's not associated…

Product(s): RAM Structural System (Ram Elements or STAAD.pro) Version(s): Any Area: Analysis; Dynamic Analysis How does a dynamic analysis using response spectra for seismic loads differ from a static analysis using…

Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): 13.00.00.00 or later Area: Analysis Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group What properties are used with meshed semirigid diaphragms? Semirigid diaphragms…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; Ram Frame Version(s): Any Environment: All Area: Analysis; Framing tables Why do I get a warning about gravity loads not associated with any diaphragm? When you have…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; Ram Frame; Ram Elements; STAAD.pro Version(s): Any Area: Analysis Wall stiffness, height and the effect of a diaphragm constraint When a structure consists of walls (or frames) of…

Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): Any Area: Analysis; Reports Center of Rigidity In order to review the center of rigidity for a structure, a special Centers of Rigidity load case must be created under…

Product(s): RAM Elements, RAM Structural System, Ram Concept, STAAD.pro; MultiFrame; Microstran Version(s): Any Area: Analysis Instability in Finite Element Analysis A typical 3-dimensional Finite Element analysis…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; RAM Frame Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis RAM Frame Troubleshooting This document serves as a troubleshooting guide for resolving errors in Ram Frame…

Product(s): RAM Structural System; RAM Frame Version(s): Any Area: Analysis What Rigid End Zone setting should I use in RAM Frame? In Ram Frame within Criteria General, the user can choose to consider a rigid end…

Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Problem Description Some wind and/or seismic load cases have…

Applies To Product(s): RAM Structural System Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Subarea: N/A Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group …

Product(s): RAM Structural System; RAM Frame Version(s): V14.05.00 (and others) Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Problem Description During the RAM Frame Analysis, the analysis stalls at a certain point…