OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

Change Tracking and Model Merger Capabilities

Before changes to the Structural model members are applied to the existing version, you can evaluate the changes that occurred since the last data exchange with RAM Structural System. Detailed member Design Results are reviewed in the Update Design Results dialog.

The figure below displays new section definitions for the imported members. This, along with the change description “New Member” indicates that these members are newly imported into the OpenBuildings Station Designer design file.



This, along with the change descriptions such as “Section Changed” or “Multiple Changes” indicates that these members are being imported into the OpenBuildings Station Designer design file after previously being exported to RAM Structural System for analysis.

Types of changes that are tracked are:

  • Rotation Changed
  • End Action Changed
  • Section Changed
  • No Change
  • New Member
  • Deleted
  • End Points Changed
  • Analytical Endpoints Changed