Layout - Loads - Point
Many point loads are applied automatically by the RAM Modeler, by applying the reactions of a beam onto another beam or column into which it frames, or from loads on a beam or column due to a column on the level above. Additional Point Loads, such as a load due to a mechanical unit, can be modeled by applying a user input Point Load on the slab. A user input Point Load can be placed anywhere on the slab, and the appropriately distributed load will be applied to the adjacent beams.
Selecting the Layout - Loads - Point command causes the Point Load Layout Mode dialog box to appear. The load properties must be specified in PropTable - Loads - Point before being assigned; that command can also be invoked by selecting the Property Table >> button.
Clicking the Add, Show, Change, or Delete buttons will cause the dialog box to disappear, and the RAM Modeler to enter the Point Load Layout Mode.
How To:
- Add a Point Load Assignment
- Change a Point Load Assignment
- Delete a Point Load Assignment
- Show a Point Load Assignment
Return to the Point Load Layout dialog box with the Right Mouse Button or the "D" key.
Return to the Layout - Loads menu with the "M" key.
Clicking Property Table >> button will bring up the PropTable_ - Loads - Point dialog box.
Clicking the Cancel button or selecting any other RAM Modeler Layout command will end the Layout - Loads - Point command.