RAM Connection CONNECT Edition v11.1.1.240 Release Notes

RAM Connection CONNECT Edition v11.1 Release Notes

RAM Connection CONNECT Edition v11.01.01.240 Release Notes – Updated August 2017

Enhancements:

1. New ribbon style with cleaner look.
2. New Backstage view to manage models, file operations, interoperate with other software, adjust personal information and setting options.
3. RAM Connection now includes Bentley CONNECT Advisor v10.1.0 which is a CONNECT service enabling Bentley users to have real time access to LEARN content, recommendations for more productive workflows and the ability to embed an Expert Engineer to their CONNECTED project.

Resolved Issues:

1. In the anchor design for base plates, the load eccentricity (e'N) was sometimes being calculated as a negative value. Although the calculation was correct, the design code specifies that this value should always be considered as positive. This is now corrected.
2. Base plates were not being optimized for ASD design method, because Appendix D of ACI 318 only works with LRFD. This is fixed and the base plate is optimized regardless of the anchor design, since the base plate optimization can be ASD or LRFD.
3. For BS 5950 or EN 1993, the Structural Integrity check was a global (model based) parameter. Now it is a local (joint bases) parameter since in a model, there can be connections that require it and connections that do not.