The optimization of shear and flexural reinforcement in RAM Concrete Beam is driven by the following list of objectives, which are listed in order of decreasing importance:

• Provide a completed design with reinforcement provided at all required locations
• Check that the design meets all the design code checks that are implemented and provide warnings when necessary.
• Detail the reinforcement to meet the user defined Design Criteria and Detailing Criteria.
  Note: The final design may not meet the user defined criteria when doing so would give a design that does not satisfy the first two items.

Once the design process has identified bar sets that meet all of the design checks for the beam line the most desirable set is selected and detailed per the user defined criteria.