RAM Connection V8i (SELECTseries 2) Release 6.5

RAM Connection V8i (SELECTseries 2) Release by Bentley Systems, Inc. is a specialized structural engineering application for the analysis, design, and verification of steel connections. It enables engineers to quickly model, check, and optimize a wide range of connection types while maintaining full compliance with major international design codes. The software can be used as a standalone tool or integrated with Bentley’s structural platforms, helping streamline workflows from global analysis through connection design and documentation.

Key capabilities include:

• Comprehensive connection design: shear, moment, brace, splice, base plate, gusset, HSS/tubular, seated, and end-plate configurations.
• Code compliance: supports leading standards such as AISC 360 (ASD/LRFD) and Eurocode 3, with limit-state checks for bolts, welds, plates, and panel zones.
• Advanced analysis: 3D, component-based methods that evaluate connection behavior, including prying, block shear, bearing, and stability.
• Seismic provisions: checks and detailing support for common moment-frame and braced-frame requirements.
• Productivity and automation: template-driven design, auto-sizing and optimization, batch processing, and a configurable connection library.
• Interoperability: integration with RAM Structural System, STAAD, and other Bentley tools for efficient round-tripping of models and connection assignments.
• Deliverables: clear calculation reports with sketches, step-by-step limit-state verification, and customizable output for submittals and fabrication.

With interactive graphics, parametric editing, and robust reporting, RAM Connection V8i (SELECTseries 2) helps engineers deliver safe, economical, and code-compliant steel connections while reducing design time and coordination effort.

RAM Connection V8i (SELECTseries 2) Release is developed by Bentley Systems Inc.. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 6.0 and 6.5. The name of the program executable file is RAMConnection.exe.