The first time RAM Frame is invoked, and subsequent to the Save command in the RAM Modeler, the program performs the process referred to as “Building the Frame Data”. This is the process of transferring the frame data in the RAM Modeler to RAM Frame. The first step is referred to as “Building the Framing Tables” (as described in the following section). The second step is “Building the Frame Data”. Note that if the RAM Steel Beam Design module or the RAM Steel Column Design module was invoked previously, the “Building the Framing Tables” process will have already been performed and will not be repeated.