Gravity Analysis
Now that the various criteria are set it time to perform the analysis. To perform the analysis:
The analysis progress window will appear:
This window shows the progress of the analysis and the number of load cases that were automatically generated for each story. The two progress bars at the top of the window show the progress of the analysis.
It is required that all members have an assigned size to complete the concrete analysis. In order to assure that all the steel members have an assigned size, be sure to run the steel beam and columns modules first.
In the RAM Concrete analysis, a finite element model is generated for each story and skip load patterns are automatically generated for the live loads. For each story a full finite element analysis is performed and the reactions carried down to be applied to the analysis of the story below. For this reason mainly, the results obtained from RAM Concrete may differ from the results for the gravity loads in RAM Frame or in RAM Steel for that matter.