Everyone knows that in order to achieve great heights, you must start with a strong base. Connecting the two together is the all-important, and often complicated, base plate. Did you know that RAM Connection provides comprehensive base plate design capabilities, including pinned, fixed, biaxial, and gusset base plates? Using this tool saves hours of time over more old-fashioned methods, such as hand calculations, spreadsheets, or the original RAM BasePlate.
Even for a single standalone base plate—for instance when checking a retrofit job or installing a new light pole—RAM Connection is a powerful tool. Significant time-savings, however, come when used in conjunction with a RAM Structural System model, RAM Elements model, or STAAD.Pro model. All of your base plates can be designed for all load combinations in the model, with the option to group similar connections. When your model changes (as we know it will), all of the base plates can be redesigned quickly.
In the following models, I've assigned fixed biaxial base plates at the moment frames. At the braced frames, I've assigned single gusset base plates, pinned base plates, and a double gusset base plate. Each base plate may be opened individually for 3D and DXF views.
The next time you need to keep your structure's "feet on the ground" so that it can "reach for the stars," build a better base plate with RAM Connection!
RAM Elements Model or RAM Structural System Model
STAAD.Pro Model
Double Gusset Base Plate and Fixed Biaxial Base Plate
Pinned Base Plate and Single Gusset Base Plate
