Tips & Tricks

December 17, 2024

Automating Foundation Design with RISAFoundation

Why RISAFoundation is Essential for Today’s Engineers? Incorporating RISAFoundation into your foundation design process is more than just a time-saver—it’s a powerful tool for enhancing the accuracy and quality of engineering deliverables. By automating the most tedious and error-prone aspects of foundation design, RISAFoundation enables engineers to focus on solving complex challenges and developing innovative solutions. Check out some real-world applications where RISAFoundation could be used to streamline workflows and automate critical tasks, making projects more efficient and reliable. Real-World Applications: RISAFoundation in Action 1. High-Rise Building Foundations in Seismic Zones Consider a project involving a high-rise building located in a seismic region, where the foundation must resist both vertical and lateral forces. In this scenario, an engineering team could leverage RISAFoundation to model a 20-story building's foundation. With automated load combination handling and the seamless integration of lateral forces imported from RISA-3D, the team would be able to evaluate various design options efficiently. By analyzing detailed outputs, they could optimize the thickness and reinforcement of a mat foundation, meeting seismic requirements while saving on materials. 2. Large Industrial Equipment Foundations Imagine a foundation design for a large industrial project requiring support for high-capacity equipment, such as a crane at…

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Seismic Factors in RISAFoundation Load Combination Generator
October 30, 2020

Seismic Factors in RISAFoundation Load Combination Generator

Seismic factors, including Omega, Rho and Ev, can now be included in automatically generated Load Combinations. Values for Omega and Rho shall be entered into the Seismic tab of the Model Settings to be considered in the analysis.

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Expanded Load Categories in RISA-3D and RISAFoundation
October 30, 2020

Expanded Load Categories in RISA-3D and RISAFoundation

New to RISA-3D v19 and RISAFoundation v13 is the ability to apply up to 100 "Other Load" Categories. Previously users only had the ability to add up to 10 "Other Load" Categories. The expansion of "Other Load" Categories gives the user more flexibility to be able to apply and organize the loading...

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Exclude Results based on Selection in RISAFloor and RISAFoundation
October 30, 2020

Exclude Results based on Selection in RISAFloor and RISAFoundation

New to RISAFloor and RISAFoundation is the ability to exclude results by selection. Excluding results from your model is useful when there are certain elements whose results aren’t of interest to you. Removing this clutter from the results will enable you to concentrate on the elements you are most...

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Cold Formed Steel Wall Design Now Available
October 30, 2020

Cold Formed Steel Wall Design Now Available

Cold-formed steel framing is a durable, reliable and cost-effective option for low-rise and mid-rise building projects. With the release of RISA-3D Version 19 and RISAFloor Version 15, cold formed steel (CFS) walls are now available for analysis and design. Walls that have been designated as...

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Design of Back-to-Back CFS profiles now in RISAFloor
October 30, 2020

Design of Back-to-Back CFS profiles now in RISAFloor

In many cases, cold-formed steel channels are built-up as back-to-back profiles in order to add strength and stability. Previously, these sections (along with face-to-face profiles) could be specified in RISAFloor, but unlike in RISA-3D could not be designed. RISAFloor v15 now includes the ability...

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Composite Steel Joists in RISAFloor
October 30, 2020

Composite Steel Joists in RISAFloor

RISAFloor now includes the ability for engineers to model with and design CJ-Series composite steel joists according to SJI 200-2015 and including the design of top/bottom chords, bridging, joist seat depth as well as headed stud size and spacing.

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