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FREE Live Seminars to sharpen your skills. The Insider Skills - Special Interest Group series is offered weekly. RAM is featured on week 4 of each month. Join us Thursday July 24th! Please Note: Starting in July we will change to Thursdays…

The ability to model, analyze and design hanging columns has been added to the RAM Structural System V8 i Release 14.04. Hanging columns can be wide flange shapes, HSS, double and single angles, channels, round bars or flat bar shapes. The same functionality…

With most of the structural applications, automatic backup files are created periodically and they can easily be restored should anything bad happen to your main file. Here’s a summary of how they work by programs. RAM Elements Periodically…

Most of the Structural programs from Bentley, including STAAD.pro, RAM Structural System, and RAM Elements, consider the notion of a physical member vs. a segmented finite element model, and there are certain pros and cons to that approach. Here’s…

Have you been following the RAM Inside OUT by Ann Marie Garko-Hill, PE Blog? Learn how to finalize your slab design for an RSS model, use ISM for more than just integration, and shorten your time reviewing results in RAM Elements. bit.ly/RAMInsOut…

Version 14.04 of the RAM Structural System V8 i is scheduled to be released July 2011. This version contains several significant enhancements. Some of these are listed below. Hanging Columns The ability to model, analyze and design hanging…

Every two weeks you will find a fresh and informative post on the blog: RAM Inside OUT by Ann Marie Garko-Hill, PE The lastest post will show you how to leverage ISM in tracking revisions of your analysis model.

I’m sure we all have experience with file templates, whether it be a Microsoft Word template or a company standard AutoCAD file with all the right scales and paper sizes, but how often do you use templates with the structural products? I find templates…