Flexible Structural Modeling
• Elevated floors, mats, and rafts
• One-way and two-way slabs, pan joists, waffle slabs, beams, and girders
• Orthotropic and isotropic slab properties
• Drop caps, drop panels, and random thickenings in any shape or location
• Openings of any shape at any location
• Wall, column, point spring, and line spring supports
• Zero-tension area springs for soil modeling
• Accurate modeling of irregular structures
• Imported CAD drawings for background snapping
• Automated meshing

Tendon Modeling and Design
• Banded, distributed, and arbitrary tendons with any profile
• Automate tendon layouts over large areas
• Specify explicit tendon properties or desired effective tendon force
• Automatic calculation of tendon profiles based on balance loads
• Consider friction losses, including horizontal curves
• Analysis includes 3D hyperstatic effects
• Optimize post-tensioned slabs to reduce tendon, reinforcement, and studded shear reinforcement costs

Loading Analysis
• Point, line, and area force loads (Fx, Fy, Fz)
• Point, line, and area moment loads (Mx, My)
• Automatic calculation of self-weight and tendon loadings
• Integrate self-equilibrium loadings with building frame analysis
• Consider temperature and shrinkage loadings
• Filter loads through various patterns with automatic enveloping
• Comply with load reduction standards from multiple design codes (ASCE 7, AS/NZS 1170.1, BS 6399-1, etc.)
• Generate load combinations automatically or specify user-defined combinations

Steel Reinforcement Modeling and Design
• Auto-select reinforcement or check specified reinforcement
• Specify uniform mesh or design additional reinforcement as needed
• Calculate development lengths and hooks automatically
• Enforce custom detailing preferences
• True 3D representation of tendons, reinforcing bars, and shear reinforcement
• Export reinforcement data to Revit using Bentley’s iTwin Analytical Synchronizer

Analysis Method
• Assess floor response to walking-induced vibrations
• Define excitation areas and solve for vibration modes, accelerations, and velocities
• Evaluate long-term deflections, considering cracking, creep, and shrinkage
• Specify detailed steps in load history

Span and Cross Section Design
• Automate design span layout for entire floors with manual revision options
• Design for post-tensioned, reinforced, and hybrid concrete applications
• Consider various design criteria including minimum strength and ductility
• Analyze cracked sections using appropriate stress-strain curves
• Retrieve detailed design echoes for each cross-section and simplify error detection

Punching Shear Design
• Conduct precise punching shear analysis
• Automatically generate critical sections based on actual geometries
• Design for columns above or below slabs, considering biaxial moments
• Reinforce columns and design studded shear reinforcement to streamline design time

Report Generation
• Fully customizable professional reports
• Ready-to-submit calculations and results
• Print reports in any size or orientation, with output options for spreadsheets

Integration and Interoperability
• Fully compatible with Bentley’s iTwin Analytical Synchronizer
• Integration with Bentley Cloud Services for enhanced software access
• Operate as an integrated module within the RAM Structural System
• Import/export floor levels and structure/loadings from/to RAM Structural System and STAAD
• Import and export CAD drawings efficiently