RAM Structural System Help

Reserve Words

At times, the template controls are used to implement a feature specific to the RAM Structural System. In these cases, a reserve word is used to signal the load combination generator of the specific nature of the variable. It is recommended that users not use these reserve words as this will result in unintended results (unless they are used in precisely the same way as is done in some of the templates supplied with the program).

Reserve Word Control Purpose
CALC 4 To apply the Redundancy Factor, Rho, to the seismic load Combinations.
ReserveDirVar 2 or 5 To control how notional loads are combined with lateral loads.