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Training for RAMSTEEL (QuickView)

1. RAM Structural System V9.02 (Quick Review):

a. Click onRAM Structural System shortcut from Butler Explorer / Butler Tools / Design/ Primaries / RAM Suite.

b. SelectHelp - Aboutto verify V9.0.2.

c. UseHelp - Help Topics to review Help.

d. Select Tools - RAM Defaults Utility. Double click onHardware Lock. Should have

192.168.5.97for Subnet Mask.

e. SelectFile - New from menu. Should default to C:\scratch as default file location.

Create a project calledTest.

f. Select Criteria - Master Steel Tables from menu. RAMAISC should be the default

selection. Lozano and China tables should also appear in the listings. Also select

Criteria - Design Steel Tables and verify that RAMAISC is the default selection for

Design Steel Tables for beam and columns.

g. SelectModelicon on upper left side of screen. A window may appear saying that a

license is being searched for.

h. Select Options - Set Defaults. Verify that 50 ksi are the default yields. Eccentricities

should have the top and bottom buttons selected for strong and weak axiss and 0.0

inches for distances.

i. Cancel from Optionsscreen and exit Modeler to return to RAM Manager.

j. SelectFile - Open from menu. Should default to C:\scratch as default file location.Select S:\RAM\Tutorial\Class Tutorial #2.ram file.

k. Select Criteria - Master Steel Tables from menu. BldgDivtable should be highlighted.

Also select Criteria - Design Steel Tables and verifybldgdiv is selected for Design Steel

Tables for beam and columns.

l. SelectModelicon on upper left side of screen. A window may appear saying that a

license is being searched for.

m. SelectMezz from the drop down box on top left of the screen. A floor layout should

appear.

n. SelectFile - Exit from Modeler to return to RAM Manager. Do not save changes whenprompted.

o. Select second item on toolbar on left of screen calledBeam Design. If no changes were

made in the Model, it will go directly to a blank screen. If changes were made, select

Perform Design All Automatically after Framing on the screen that appears.

p. SelectMezz from the drop down box on top left of the screen. A mezzanine layout

should appear.

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q. If beam sizes are not shown on layout, select View - Show Design from menu.

r. SelectReports and click on Screen so that all reports can be previewed from the screen.

s. SelectReports - Map Floor. SelectBeam Designs (with no other options), Landscape

Orientation, Text factor 1.0. SelectPrint and see if it prints OK.

t. SelectReports - Takeoff. View the report. Total weight of beams should be 19125 lbs.The total weight of joists should be 30191 lbs. Close review.

u. SelectFile - Exit to exitBeam Design module.

v. Select the fourth item on toolbar on left of screen calledFrame Design. It will search for

the one of the two network licenses of RAMFRAME. A 3-D view of the building should

appear.

w. SelectFile - Exit twice to exit the RAM program.