Renumber Members & Data Check

The program allows you to automatically reorder the members so that the first beam occurs in the lower-left hand corner of the plan.

The member numbers increase as you move left-to-right and bottom-to-top across the screen. To renumber the members in the structure:

Select Options > Renumber Members.

If you would like to see the member numbers on screen:

Select Options > Show Property and choose from Column Numbers, Beam Numbers, Wall numbers, etc.

The modeler includes a Data Check feature that verifies the layout of the model. If there are errors in your model, the Data Check will print a detailed list of the errors and the steps necessary to correct the errors. The Data Check can be invoked at any time during modeling to check for errors.

Note: Only the levels that are included in the Story Data will be checked by the Data Check.

To perform the Data Check:

Select Data Check.

The Data Check Options dialog box will appear:

Select Integrated.
Click [OK].

If you have only the RAM Steel or RAM Concrete Design Modules, or if you only want to check the gravity design sections of a model then select Gravity Only. The Frame Only option is used to verify that lateral members have an assigned size and that all lateral members are supported by other lateral members all the way down to the ground (plus a few other checks). The integrated data check does both.

If you receive any errors or warnings they can be viewed on screen. Review those aspects of the model and follow the instructions given on how to solve the problem. Refer to the technical portion of the RAM Modeler manual if you need further assistance.

Your model is now ready to be used to design the gravity and/or the lateral system. You can now proceed to Beam, Column, or Frame tutorials from here depending on the Modules you have licensed and information you want to review.

Select File > Save.
Select File > Exit.

Note: If you have not completed the modeling of the structure as documented in the tutorial you may also close RAM Modeler and open the file called Tutorial_v14_US_complete.RSS which is installed with the program. It is located in a sub-folder of default Data directory called Tutorial.

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Renumber Members & Data Check

The completed model