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RAM Concept Tabular Input (ETABS Link)

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Current Revision posted to Structural Analysis and Design - Wiki by Wentao Zhang on 7/30/2014 12:57:58 PM

Often times users have inquired about ways to:

  1. Input Items in Ram Concept in a tabular manner
  2. Import ETABS/SAFE floor files to Ram Concept format.

We have created a converter that caters for these two commonly asked queries. The converter works by exploiting a little used functionality in RAM Concept, the ability to SYNC to a STAAD GCFF text file.

 

The Converter is an EXCEL VBA Program, it converts inputs to a GCFF file format that allows RAM Concept to read in the elements. Coincidentally ETAB can export to a F2K format which is also a text format that the Converter can handle. The following graphics illustrates this.

 

 

 

--Links to be provided shortly with implementation examples--

 

 

Tags: CONCEPT RAM ETABS SAFE CONVERTER EXCEL

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