To generate a frame loads report

To generate a report of gravity loads on lateral members, use the following procedure.

Before this report can be generated, the framing tables must be "built". Do this by invoking any one of the design modules.

The data in the Gravity Loads on Lateral Members Report is organized by story level. For each lateral beam on a story level, the span information and loading specifications is provided. The coordinates and loading information are tabulated for lateral columns. The coordinates, length, thickness, tributary area, and loading information is tabulated for walls.

The loads listed are not an accumulation of the loads. Rather, they are the loads applied to that member at that level from the floor and from gravity members. It is a listing of the gravity loads that need to be applied to the frame members for their analysis.

Note: The loads in this report are based on an assumption of simple span framing, not the results of a frame analysis considering member fixity and continuity. That is, the loads here are based on simple tributary loading.

A Gravity Loads on Lateral Members Report is available to assist in the lateral frame design for the Model. Users who do not have the RAM Frame program can enter data from this report manually into another finite element analysis package for Frame analysis and design.

Either:

select Post-Processing > Frame Loads

select the Frame Loads tool

See Loading Information - Point Loads and Loading Information - Line Loads for a description of the variables listed on the beam load output section of the Frame Loads output.