RAM Modeler Story Label File

When entering Story data in RAM Modeler, a story label must be specified. There is a feature there to generate Story Labels along with the other story data. In the Story Data dialog, the labels listed in the Style drop-down and the Enumerator drop-down come from a file containing lists of enumerators of various styles. The Story Label file is in text file format and can be edit, allowing you to customize the table.

The file is called RAMSTORYLABELS.RSL. It is located in the program Tables directory.

The file is simply a listing of labels. The labels are listed by Style group. There can be any number of Style groups. The first line of the Style Group is the Style Label; it is an example of the style used for that group, and is usually merely a copy of the first enumerator label. Each Style Label must be unique; no two Style Groups can have the same Style Label. Each subsequent line is the Enumerators ordered in ascending order. The Style Group ends with a blank line. The file has the following format:

StyleLabel

where

StyleLabel: label describing the Style group. For simplicity it is usually the same as the first Enumerator in the list, but it can be any text string up to 19 characters. This label should be unique, it should not be the same as any other Style label in the file.

Each subsequent line lists an Enumerator:

Enumerator

where

Enumerator: story enumerator of the style described by StyleLabel. For example, the first line of enumerators First, 1st, 1, etc. In the Story Data dialog the Story Label is created by appending the Prefix and/or Suffix with this enumerator; the entire Story Label is limited to 19 characters, so the length of the enumerator string should be limited to allow for the desired Prefix and/or Suffix.

Any number of Enumerators are permitted for each Style. Each subsequent Enumerator contains the string for the next story label, for example "First", "Second", "Third", etc.

End the list for the Style Group with a blank line.

This is repeated for each Style Group.

Shown below is a portion of the RAMSTORYLABELS.RSL file:

First
First
Second
Third
Fourth
.
.
.
Ninety-Ninth
One-Hundredth
One-Hundred First

1st
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
.
.
.
99th
100th
101st

1
1
2
3
4
.
.
.
99
100
101

The first entry of each Style Group section (the Style Label) is used to populate the Style drop-down in the Story Data command in the Modeler. The list of Enumerators is used to populate the Enumerators drop-down for the selected Style’s group.

A file of Style Groups is included with the program but these listings can be reordered, edited, or deleted, and new Style listings can be added. Some examples of edits that can be made:

Add a Style that is different than those provided.
Add additional enumerator labels to accommodate buildings with more stories than are included in the file.
Change all text to upper-case.
Add Styles with labels in a foreign language.
Remove "13" and its variations from the lists. In this case the Style Label for that Style group would need to be different from the label for the Style group that didn’t have "13" removed (if that Style group remained in the file); e.g., one Style group would have the Style Label of "1st" and the other "1st (no 13)".
Move the most commonly used Style group to the top (the program uses the top group as the default Style selection.

If any changes are made to the file it should be saved under the name of RAMSTORYLABELS2.RSL, it should not be saved under the name of RAMSTORYLABELS.RSL. When getting the Styles and Enumerators the program will first look to see if there is a RAMSTORYLABELS2.RSL file. If there is, it will use that file; if not, it will use the data from RAMSTORYLABELS.RSL.

Tip: Changes should be saved to RAMSTORYLABELS2.RSL, not in the original RAMSTORYLABELS.RSL. Otherwise, any changes made to RAMSTORYLABELS.RSL will be lost when an updated version of the program, including the tables, is installed.