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Importance Factor for Stability

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I'm operating in RAM Frame 16.01.00.20

In the stability coefficients parameters dialogue box, it won't let me alter the importance factor - it is set at 1 and grayed out.  My seismic drift load cases are defined using an importance factor of 1.5 as I have a category IV structure.  The ASCE 7 Stability Coefficients report does not identify which importance factor is being used.  I know there was a previous issue in v15 somewhere that suggested troubles when selecting a code for stability that may not match the code used to generate the load cases.  The release notes I believe indicated this was resolved.  How can I know what importance factor is being used in my instance?

I generated my drift load cases using ASCE 7-16, but the stability dialogue does not offer that as a selection so I have selected ASCE 7-10.

Thanks.


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