To generate foundation loads reports

To generate a report of the forces at the base of the structure for either the steel framing or concrete framing, use the following procedure.

In order to obtain the gravity forces from RAM Steel, you must first open any of the design modules so that the framing is "built." If the forces from lateral members are to be included, you must also obtain a successful analysis in RAM Frame.

In order to obtain the forces from RAM Concrete, you must first obtain an successful analysis in RAM Concrete Analysis.

The report includes forces on both gravity and lateral members. If the lateral analysis was not performed when the report was generated the lateral member foundation loads will not be reported.

Note: Irrespective of the selected option, gravity forces are not carried down brace members (which are lateral members in RAM Structural System). Also the choice of source of forces is with respect to the gravity members. All gravity (and lateral) forces on lateral members (walls, braces and columns) are taken from the RAM Frame Analysis results.

Either:

Select Post-Processing > Foundation Loads > Gravity Forces from RAM Steel or the Foundation Loads tool to view the gravity forces on Gravity members from the analysis in RAM Steel

or
select Post-Processing > Foundation Loads > Gravity Forces from RAM Concrete to view the gravity forces on Gravity members from the analysis in RAM Concrete.

The report is generated in the current target.
For Screen reports:
1. (Optional) Select the Print tool to print the report.
2. Select the Close Preview tool to close the report.

The Foundation Loads Report is organized into two parts.

The first part reports the loads at the base of each member for all gravity columns and walls. For gravity members the data in the report is organized by column or wall number. The report includes the lowest Story level columns with loads on the member for Dead, Self weight, Positive Live, Negative Live, Positive Roof Live, Negative Roof Live (Positive and Negative loads only apply to loads originating from RAM Steel) as well as the Minimum and Maximum total unfactored loads.
The second part describes all the load cases used in the lateral (RAM Frame) model followed by Frame Column and Brace loads and finally by the Frame Wall loads. For gravity members the data in the report is organized by column number and includes the lowest Story level. For each load case used in the Frame analysis the Major and Minor Shear and Moment are reported as well as the axial and torsional forces. Where braces frame into the base of a column, the column and brace forces are integrated and reported as a single load at the column line. For Frame walls the report is organized by Wall number and includes the lowest Story level, the Axial and Major Shear forces and the Major Moment.

For foundation design, use the options in the Gravity Forces dialog in RAM Foundation to select the origin of the gravity member forces. Refer to the RAM Foundation Manual for more specifics about the difference between RAM Steel and RAM Concrete Analysis forces.