Applies To Product(s): Microstran Version(s): V8i Environment: N/A Area: Analysis; Design Original Author: Richard Collins Why Does ECL Analysis Give Such…

Applies To Product(s): Microstran Version(s): V8i Environment: N/A Area: Analysis; Design Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Analysis With…

Applies To Product(s): Microstran Version(s): V8i Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Original Author: Richard Collins Why Do I Have to Select Which Load Cases…

Applies To Product(s): Microstran Version(s): V8i Environment: N/A Area: Modeling; Analysis Original Author: Richard Collins What's the Difference Between…

Product(s): RAM Elements Version(s): Any Environment: N/A Area: Analysis; Modeling How can I assign a member to be tension-only? Go to the Members tab of the spreadsheet input, and go to the hinges sheet…

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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…

Product(s): RAM Concrete Version(s): Any (17.01 and before) Area: Analysis Problem Description A blank "Analyze Error" dialog is displayed when running the RAM Concrete Analysis. In some circumstances it can also…

Applies To Product: RAM Elements First Affected Version: 12.05.00 Found in Version: 12.05.00 Fixed in Version: 13.00.00 Environment: Non Intel-processors Area: Analysis …

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…

Applies To Product(s): RAM Elements Version(s): Any Area: Analysis How do I get RAM Elements to perform a Response Spectra Dynamic Analysis? 1. After the geometry of the model is…

Applies To Product(s): RAM Frame Analysis Version(s): 13.00.00.00 and later Environment: N/A Area: Analysis Subarea: Original Author: Jeremy Hoesly, Bentley Technical…

pl lead me to STAAD PROBLEM EXAMPLE for a mast. Been to a STAAD training & seen an example problem in the handout, but no leads to it. i WOULIKE LIKE TO RUN THAT MODEL & LEARN ITS STRUCTURAL ANALY. & steel DESIGN TO Eurocode checks

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…