RAM Structural System Help

Assign Frame Type

In order to check the members and joints for these provisions you must first define what type of lateral frames exist in the model:

  • Select View – Elevation and pick the Moment frame on Grid 4, if not already selected.
  • Select Assign > Frame Type.
  • In the Assign Frame Type dialog box select Special Moment Resisting Frame as the Frame Type.
  • Click [Fence].
  • Fence the entire moment frame.
  • Click the 3D View icon in the toolbar to return to the 3D View.
  • Select View – Elevation and pick the braced frame on Grid A, if not already selected.
  • Select Assign > Frame Type again.
  • Change the Frame Type to Eccentrically Brace Frame.
  • Click Fence and fence all of the steel members in the braced frame on Grid A.
  • Repeat for the braced frames on grid F except change the frame type to Special Concentric Braced Frame for the upper 2 bays, and SCBF -Chevron for the lower bay.
  • Return to 3D View.