RAM Structural System Help

Limitations

Column cross-sections other than rectangular or circular are not supported.

Prestressed concrete structural members are not supported.

Force adjustment to account for weak stories is not supported.

For slenderness consideration the column is always considered to be part of a frame and never a cantilever column.

The calculated length of the column does not support the method of 7.3.11-1 and 7.3.11-2.

The design/check for P-Delta analysis is not supported.

The body of the detailed column design report is only available in metric units and in Chinese.

The user cannot change the reinforcing table used. A predefined table consisting of the following bar sizes is available for use:
Table 1.
Size #6 #8 #10 #12 #16 #18 #20 #22 #25 #28 #32 #36 #40 #50
Bend.

Radius mm

6 8 10 12 16 18 20 22 25 28 32 36 40 50