RAM Concept Help

An error has occurred while triangularizing the stiffness matrix. The structure is unstable at (a). Revise the structure.

This means that the structure has no lateral stability. You need to either provide some lateral stability (e.g. shear walls, columns with sufficient moment connections, lateral springs etc.) or auto-stabilize the structure when the Skyline solver is used.

To auto-stabilize the structure

  1. Choose Criteria > Calc Options
  2. Choose the General tab
  3. Check the Auto-stabilize structure in X and Y directions box.
Note: This does not work if there are lateral loads.