RAM SBeam CONNECT Edition V7.00.00
Release Notes
Expected Release Date: January 2019
This document contains important information regarding RAM SBeam. It is important that all users are aware of this information. Please distribute these release notes and make them available to all users of RAM SBeam.
Important License Information:
RAM SBeam is licensed through an Analytical Cloud Visa (previously called the Optioneering Visa), rather than a perpetual license. If you currently own an Analytical Cloud Visa either as pre-paid annual or through a Cloud Services Subscription, you can update to RAM SBeam v7.0 immediately.
If you are using RAM Structural System but without an Analytical Cloud Visa, be aware that support for RAM SBeam v6.0 will end on March 31, 2019. RAM SBeam use is licensed through a cloud-based subscription; this means that you will no longer be able to access RAM SBeam after that date. To avoid disruption, and to access the enhancements of RAM SBeam v7.0, obtain either a pre-paid annual Analytical Cloud Visa or a Cloud Services Subscription and then upgrade to RAM SBeam v7.0. For information please log a request at:
https://www.bentley.com/en/about-us/contact-us/sales-contact-request.
Bentley CONNECT:
As a CONNECT Edition, RAM SBeam CONNECT Edition v7.00 includes several powerful features common to other Bentley CONNECT Edition programs:
CONNECTION Center
When you sign in to your Bentley account you now have easy access to CONNECTION Center. This personalized portal gives you easy access to Usage reports, site configuration information, downloads, and Learning information on webinars, seminars and events, and includes a transcript listing the Bentley courses that you have completed. Your personal portal also lists your recent projects with a portal into analytics on that project. CONNECTION Center can be accessed by selecting the Sign In command in the upper right corner of the RAM SBeam screen.
If you do not already have a Bentley ID, go to http://www.bentley.com/profile and select the Sign Up Now link.
CONNECTED Projects
All of Bentley’s CONNECT Edition programs, including RAM SBeam, allow models to be associated with a project. Multiple models, from any of the Bentley products, can be associated with a given project. This simplifies the process of keeping track of work done for a project, and will enable analytics to be performed and reported for the project.
A ProjectWise Projects portal enables you and your project teams to see project details required to evaluate team activity and understand project performance.
- View project activity by site, application and user
- Gain insights into the users who are working on your projects and their effort
- Register and manage your CONNECTED Projects
- Access ProjectWise Connection Services including ProjectWise Project Sharing, ProjectWise Project Performance Dashboards and ProjectWise Issue Resolution AdministrationWhen a model is Saved in this version the program will ask for a Project to which the file is to be associated. Projects can be registered (created) from your Personal Portal, or from the Assign Project dialog by selecting the + Register Project command.Project Share and i-models
When a model is saved, a Bentley i-model is now created for viewing on mobile devices in products such as Bentley Structural Navigator. These i-models can be uploaded to Project Share, one of the Bentley Cloud Services.
New Features and Enhancements:
RAM SBeam V7.00.00 contains some powerful enhancements:
AISC 360-16
The requirements of AISC 360-16, “Specification for Structural Steel Buildings”, as found in the AISC Steel Construction Manual, 15th Edition, have been implemented. This includes the new requirement for composite beam design to consider stud ductility.
CAN/CSA S16-09
The requirements of Canada CAN/CSA S16-14, “Design of Steel Structures”, have been implemented.
IS 800-07
The requirements of India IS 800-07 WSD and LSD have been implemented. The requirements of IS 800 are new to RAM SBeam.
Stud Criteria
The Stud Criteria have been enhanced. Minimum percent composite action can now be specified for long spans versus short spans. There is now an option to specify a maximum stud spacing of “Rib Spacing” when the deck is not parallel to the beam; this provides a means of specifying that studs be placed in every rib. There is an option to enforce the AISC 360-16 Commentary method of satisfying the new Stud Ductility requirements; for beams greater than 30 ft long this will result in either a minimum percent composite action of 50% or else a stud spacing of no more than 12” oc. Note that this is a new Specification requirement in AISC 360-16, but this option is recommended when designing to any AISC specification.
Error Corrections:
Some errors in previous versions have been corrected in v7.00. The more significant errors are listed here. The error only occurred for the precise conditions indicated. Errors that may have resulted in un-conservative designs are shown with an asterisk. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
CSA/CAN S16-09 HSS SHEAR CAPACITY*: The shear capacity for a Rectangular HSS was incorrect.
Effect: In calculating the shear capacity of a Rectangular HSS, the depth of the shear plane should have been reduced by 4 times the thickness of the web rather than 2 times the web thickness. A less conservative shear capacity was reported. For designs governed by shear, a member may have passed the shear check when it should have been failed.
CAN/CSA S16-09 CLASS 4 HSS: The flexural capacity calculated for Class 4 HSS sections designed according to CAN S16-09 was incorrect
Effect: The design and reported flexural capacity for Class 4 HSS was incorrect. The reported capacity was conservative. Designs which should have otherwise passed, may have been reported as failed.
MAX STUD SPACING WARNING: If the rib spacing is greater than the user-specified Maximum Stud Spacing (such as can occur when the deck is skewed), a message is correctly given that the Max Stud Spacing exceeds the Rib Spacing, but no warning was given to indicate that the maximum spacing wasn't satisfied (because of that). The additional warning is now given, that the stud spacing exceeds the Maximum Stud Spacing.
Effect: In that case the design was correct except that it did not satisfy the user-specified Maximum Stud Spacing. There was a stud in every rib, but the ribs were spaced too far apart to satisfy the criteria.
C-BEAM CAMBER: When C-Beams (formerly called SMARTBEAMS) are optimized, the design gives an acceptable range of Spacing or Diameter (for Cellular) and a range of Phi (for Castellated). This means that there is a corresponding range of member depths and section properties, and as a result, a range of deflection values. The program reported camber consistent with the worst strength interaction rather than the worst deflection encountered.
Effect: Report error only. The reported camber may have been inconsistent with the reported components of the worst deflection encountered. The reported camber was correct for the hole configuration associated with the worst strength interaction value, but was not necessarily correct for the hole configuration that caused the greatest deflection. The impact on camber was very small.