User Concentrated Rebar

RAM Concept User Concentrated rebar are exported as ISM Concentrated Surface Rebar. When the RAM Concept rebar is entirely contained within a beam and is parallel to the beam centerline, it is exported as ISM Layer Parallel Rebar. Plain, anchor, 90 degree, and 180 degree hook types are exported.

User Distributed Rebar

RAM Concept User Distributed Rebar are exported as ISM Area Surface Rebar. Plain, anchor, 90 degree, and 180 degree hook types are exported.

User Transverse Rebar

RAM Concept User Transverse Rebar are exported as ISM Straight Perpendicular, Rectangular Tie, and Open U Tie rebar. ISM does not directly support shear rebar with 3 or more legs. A RAM Concept User Transverse Rebar with 3 or more legs will be exported as a Rectangular or Open U Tie rebar and one or more Straight rebar for the interior legs.

The RAM Concept User Transverse Rebar object is intended to be used in areas of uniform slab geometry. ISM Perpendicular rebar are completely uniform with respect to the width, depth, and spacing of the bars. A RAM Concept User Transverse Rebar that crosses nonuniform regions slab geometry will be exported as end-to-end groups of ISM Perpendicular rebar.

The actual width, depth, and spacing properties of the RAM Concept shear rebar are only determined after analyzing the RAM Concept model and generating individual shear rebar. Also, no individual shear rebar will be generated for a RAM Concept User Transverse Rebar if it is not required structurally. Therefore, a RAM Concept User Transverse Rebar is not exported at all if individual shear rebar have not been generated for it.