The Assign - Base Plate Size command allows the engineer to assign different base plate sizes to different columns on a continuous foundation.

In our example the columns are mostly concrete columns with a specified size. For the gravity steel columns, base plates are already provided by the RAM Steel Column design. These sizes can be overridden with the Assign - Base Plate Size command. This size will only be used in RAM Foundation. It will NOT be exported back to RAM Steel Column Design. Additionally, once an override is made in the foundation module, this size will continue to be used by RAM Foundation even if the size is changed in RAM Steel Column Design. To update a base plate so that that the optimum base plate size is again obtained from the RAM Steel Column Design module, the "Clear User Defined Base Plate Size" option must be selected and assigned. Upon re-running the RAM Steel Column Design, the new optimized base plate size will automatically be assigned.