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  • Unbraced Length of Lateral Columns in RAM SS

    How shall we assign the unbraced length of lateral columns in a building with a mix of lateral and gravity columns supporting a flat slab? The building does have shear walls as well as a part of MWFRS. I know for gravity columns, it will be safe to…
  • RAM Frame Lateral Load Distribution

    I've read the portion of the RAM Frame manual that talks about how lateral loads are distributed for the different diaphragm types, however, I'm currently analyzing a model for which I can't make sense of the way the RAM-calculated wind loads are being…
  • Lateral Loads on Flexible/None Diaphragms Supported by Gravity Members Only

    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…
  • Rotate RAM Frame Generated Wind Loads or rotate entire RAM SS model?

    Is it possible to set my RAM Frame wind loads to be generated at an angle? If not, what would be the best way to go about rotating my model? Thanks!
  • RE: How to input lateral systems in RAM

    Take a look at the tutorial (available from the Ram Manager help menu or installed to the local drive as a pdf). With Ram Structural System every beam and column is designated as either gravity (only) or lateral (lateral and gravity really). You can change…