Since objects make up the structural model, they are more than a combination of points and lines. Each object is an individual entity with properties. Column object properties, for example, include concrete mix, height, width, depth, and more.

You draw some objects on plans, and RAM Concept creates some objects automatically when you generate the finite element mesh or run an analysis calculation. If you have wall, column, and slab area objects on the Mesh Input layer, RAM Concept creates corresponding wall element, column element, and slab element objects on the Element layer when you generate the finite element mesh.

If you want to create or edit objects on a layer, use the plans on that layer. When you draw columns on the Standard Plan of the Mesh Input layer, you are creating objects on the Mesh Input layer. These objects belong to the layer and not the plan. They are editable by any plan on the Mesh Input layer, but not by plans on any other layer. Each object is an individual entity so you can manipulate it both separately and together with other objects on the same layer.