To Create a RAM Structural System model from an ISM repository select the File – ISM – New From ISM Repository command.

If model changes have not been saved, a dialog will be displayed allowing the user to [Save], [Discard] or [Cancel] the operation. If either [Save] or [Discard] is selected, or the model was already in a saved state, the currently loaded RAM model will be unloaded and the “Select ISM Repository to Import From” dialog will open. Specify the ISM repository desired and click the [Select] button to continue or [Cancel] to abandon the import. Note that this is the same dialog as is displayed in the Create ISM Repository section.

After clicking [Select] the RAM Manager will display a message to ‘Please specify RSS model to create’.

Press the [OK] button to close this dialog. RAM Manager’s standard “New” (model) dialog will now be displayed.

Specify the name and location for the new model just as when creating a new RAM model and click the [Save] button to continue the import from ISM or [Cancel] to abandon the operation.

The common ISM RSS link dialog will now display with the title “Create From Repository”. Any warnings or errors encountered will appear in the Log tab.

Click the [Cancel] button on the ISM link “Create From Repository” dialog at any time during the create to abort the process. The newly created RAM Structural System model will be automatically loaded by RAM Manager when ‘create from repository’ completes. The ISM link “Create From Repository” dialog will remain open for final review of the log. Click the [Close] button to dismiss the dialog.

If an error is encountered that prevents new the RAM model from being created, and another RAM model had been unloaded prior to the import, an error message will be displayed and then the previously unloaded model will be reloaded by the RAM Manager.