To edit self-weight and self-mass criteria
To modify or review the self-weight and self-mass criteria, use the following procedure.
The RAM Structural System offers the automatic calculation of self-weight and self-mass for beams, columns, walls and slabs.
- Either: The Self-Weight dialog opens.
- To modify the self-weight calculations, check the structural object types to include in the Member Dead Loads group.
- For wall, you can select if the dead loads are applied at the top of the walls or distributed evenly along the mesh.
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To modify the self-mass calculations:
- Check the structural objects to include in the story mass within the Story Mass group.
- For Columns and Walls, indicate if the mass of these objects should be splite at the story or included from objects below only.
- Click OK. You will be prompted with a warning dialog informing you that changing the self-weight criteria will cause the building to be reframed and members are required to be redesigned.
- Click OK.