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RAM Concept tendon types 2

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BulbTheBuilder

BulbTheBuilder

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Aug 18, 2021
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I am looking at modelling tendons for PT flat plate in RAM Concept. I have read about "forking" or adding additional tendons in RAM Concept models, but I am not getting it to behave as expected(don't know why). Anytime I used the "Added" tendon type, my PT force goes to 0, i.e., the 300kips turns 0kips.

How do I model it?
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I think you can model this by simply modelling the 500 kips segment with the correct number of tendons (or force) and the 200 kip segment, so you dont have to physically draw the 300 kips off to the side. If the 500 and 200 are connected, Concept should draw in a little fake visual tendon like your 300 kip strand.
 
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Not sure if it works with distributed tendons, but I would test it using the same logic
 
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Luceid (Structural) said:
I think you can model this by simply modelling the 500 kips segment with the correct number of tendons (or force) and the 200 kip segment, so you dont have to physically draw the 300 kips off to the side. If the 500 and 200 are connected, Concept should draw in a little fake visual tendon like your 300 kip strand.
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That works perfectly! The fake visual tendon of 300kips was automatically assigned an "added tendon" type! Thanks a lot!
 
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Luceid (Structural) said:
Not sure if it works with distributed tendons, but I would test it using the same logic
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For distributed tendons, I am using the "distributed tendon quadrilateral" function. I am guessing I'd have to use manual tendons to achieve that. I am going to play around and see what happens.
 
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@Luceid (Structural)

Can you share on "To append objects to the layer clipboard"? I don't see how that functions differently from the "copy"
 
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Hmm - not sure what you mean. Can you show some screenshots?
 
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This append tool
Append-RAM_zenpyl.png


In what unique situation will append be advantageous?
Append-RAM_manual_xriywa.png
 
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Hm - not sure. Maybe post a question to the official Bentley forums, Seth is usually pretty responsive there
 
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A bit more on the original topic of forked tendons: You can copy information from one Concept file to another, but a normal clipboard can only contain items from a single layer. It can be helpful to copy information from multiple layers at once. You can use copy append to create an super clipboard with data from multiple "layers", then paste the information into another Concept file layer by layer using the same clipboard. It does not save much time over multiple copies and pastes. Check manual section 5.9.
 
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