RAM Structural System Help

View/Update - Design Warnings Tab

If there are design warnings for any beam in the beam line, the traffic light on the View/Update dialog will be red. To see the design warnings, select the Design Warnings tab for a list of design warnings for the currently selected beam line.

SettingDescription
Graphical Display Area The graphical display area displays information relevant to the currently active tab. Only the Longitudinal and Transverse Reinforcement tabs have information to be displayed graphically.
Beam Line Graphics The beam line is graphically displayed in the lower half of the View/Update dialog box. When the Longitudinal Reinforcement tab is selected, the longitudinal bar sets are displayed graphically (Figure in the Longitudinal Reinforcement Tab). When the Transverse Reinforcement tab is selected, the transverse bar sets are displayed graphically (Figure in the Transverse Reinforcement Tab). For both types of reinforcement, the corresponding provided and required envelopes are displayed below the bar sets. The yellow region is the required values along the beam line, while the purple outline represents the provided values.

Right click in the graphic area to get a popup menu with additional display options. If the beam line does not completely fit in the graphic display screen, left click on the beam line graphic and drag to move the display of the beam line.

Envelope Data While the graphical display area displays a graphic representation of the envelope data for the beam line, the Envelope Data section of the View/Update dialog box displays the numeric values for provided and required capacities as well as provided and required reinforcement area. The values displayed correspond to the location of the red slider in the display area. Moving the slider will update the values to the right. The user can also update the numeric values by selecting a support number and a distance from that support in the Envelope Data area, which will in turn update the location of the red slider.