RAM Concept pulls only Analytical iTwin support members that are connected to a slab or beam that is on the story imported. RAM Concept creates one or two support members above and below the transferred slab. RAM Concept models the support member height from the transferred story to the next connected slab or beam above (or below), or to the end of the member if it is not connected to another story above (or below). If the Analytical iTwin support member ends at the imported story or the next connected story, RAM Concept models the complete support height to that end. If the support member does not terminate on one of these stories, the RAM Concept member height is modeled from the elevation midpoint of all slabs and beams connected to it on that story.

RAM Concept will not create support members shorter than 500 mm for cases where the member extends only a short distance past the import story. If the Analytical iTwin support member is sloped, RAM Concept models the sloped length of the member, not the difference in elevation of ends (i.e. the modeled height will be greater than the elevation difference).

For example, consider a column that is connected to a slab on the imported story and stories above and below, and ends on the stories above and below. The column heights will be computed relative to the elevation midpoint of the transferred slab. If a drop cap or deep beam is added to the transferred slab and connected to the column in the iTwin repository, the elevation midpoint transferred slab will shift downward. When the RAM Concept model is updated, the RAM Concept column height above will increase and the column height below will decrease by equal amounts.