I have a flat plate, PT building that we have designed using concept and has already been constructed. Now the owner wants to change the residential penthouse to a nightclub which of course the floor is not designed for. I need to pull out design values…

Hello Everyone For a while, I was using an Advanced Concrete Design (RCDC) for the design of a solid slab. Today I tried to learn the RAM concept for the slab designs but I saw a design of strips that had never seen before (When I was using RCDC and…

I am reviewing the moment diagrams generated by RAM Concept, and I am observing a moment diagram for a typical bay. The shorter beam (page north-south) would have a large positive moment at the center of the bay, and I do not see that behavior. I see…

I have got my report, but there is no loading details like dead load, Wind loads and all... In report settings i have added Loadings, but its not showing.... Wt to do???? i want to see other load details. How to get that details?

In Ram Concept (ACI318-11) Do I have to consider Bottom Reinforcement which comes out of (18.8.2,18.9.3.2) from Bottom Reinforcement Plan in uncracked (Class U) bonded tendons two-way slab system in ACI318-11, as according to my understanding to ACI318…

The program generates a bunch of 1' and 2' straight bars. These don't seem like realistic bars- is there a way to prevent the program from generating these bars?

Is there any way in Ram Concept (like Trim) let me stretch Multi Grips for PT Tendons in one click instead of stretching one by one This is very difficult and takes very long time for Example in this the attached pic, i have to stretch all of these…

Does RAM Concept and RAM Concrete include the weight of the reinforcement in the slab when it calculates the selfweight? and if so, is this reinforcement program generated?

We have the following layout with columns under (see photo below). We wish to achieve the load transfer between columns through a mat, so 4 layers of reinforcing going directly north, south, east and west. Obviously, this isn't in the direction of the…

Does Ram Concept provide a combined capacity from designing SSR in addition to a drop cap already present? I am trying to reduce thickness of a Drop Cap, but Ram Concept will either call it failed or O.K based on the drop cap only, without adding SSR…

I am trying to export my reactions from my Concept model to my RAM structural model. The option is greyed out and will not let me send to my RAM model. Can you help?

I am using Concept to model a two way PT slab and am attempting to verify that I have the ACI minimum required amount of stress in my tendons. Would the appropriate force to use be the Tendon Forces that can be found in the Visible Objects dialogue? …

I'm trying to design a mat foundation. When I run the calcs I'm getting this warning as in the pic above. Does anyone know if this is concerning? The deflections are around 0.78" for D+L load case.

Hi, In RAM concept it shows you a shear plan required for the reinforcing. I understand that these shear bars are shown over columns because of punching shear. If it is not shown over a column or a concentrated load from above, does this mean the…

I'd love to know if anyone has had success using either VBA or PowerShell with batch exporting, naming, and saving a selection of tables (location, geometry, reactions under certain load cases) in RAM concept?

Hi, I'm a relatively new user and having an issue with the error message below; It is happening for all of my edge columns. I've played with the geometry, trying a flat slab, with an edge thickening and varied the punching shear "maximum search radius…

I'm looking at a podium slab with a 6" step in the top of slab (constant soffit across the step) for a topping slab in a courtyard area. We added a 75psf area DL in the 6" recessed area to account for the topping slab weight and get the following bottom…

Hi Support Team, please advice if I can change allowable tensile stress manually in Ram concept . Ie in case of small different in tension stress so it will be east to modify the allowable stress to match that different and I have a suggestions…

I was wondering if there was a way to get the maximum allowable load reaction to a column? I.e. an envelope for a certain set of load combos (allowable), not all the ones inputted? The only enveloping feature I have found is in the "Generate Report…

My RAM SS database resets the gravity and frame analysis after importing transfer loads into a RAM Concept model. Essentially need to re-analyse RAM SS model prior to importing transfer loads to each RAM concept model. Is this a bug or is there a procedure…

Hi, I made my first RAM Concept model and it's returning the error "Pardiso Internal-Unstable Structure". Do you have any recommendations as to where to start to solve this problem? I've looked at all of the tendons and they seem to by fine. My structure…

I'm currently looking at designing a ground bearing matt foundation for a multi-storey building and have a few questions; 1. I have 2 concrete shear cores I was wondering do I run a longitudinal and lateral design strips along the wall lines? Read in…

I'm (still) working on analyzing my existing waffle slab. I've worked out a lot of the kinks, but the user shear bars are still throwing me for a loop. I assign user shear bars adjacent to the column drop cap like so: The result once they get…

I am working on the analysis of an existing waffle slab structure. I am using a RAM Concept model (started from RSS). I have uploaded the model as Waffle_TDL.zip I'm not sure I've got it set up right, an am looking for some guidance on a variety of…

Is there a way to identify/see/plot which elements in a flat RC slab are cracked at the end of RAM Concept's analysis? I'd like to be able to compare the deflection results that RAM Concept calculates with those produced by a consultant in a generic…