July 26, 2018
How to Troubleshoot Unsupported Deck Edges
Have you ever received error message 2054 when modeling in RISAFloor?
July 19, 2018
Designing Multi-Material Models for ASD & LRFD with one solution
RISA-3D includes material specific checkboxes on the Design tab of the Load Combinations spreadsheet that allow you to define the load combinations that shall be checked for members of different materials.
July 12, 2018
Plate Elements Available in Material Takeoff
RISA-3D now includes plate elements in the Material Takeoff.
July 5, 2018
Viewing column information graphically in RISAFloor
RISAFloor column results are available in the results spreadsheets, but you may not be aware that you can also graphically review the input and results of columns. To do this you need to customize your toolbar, which is an option available in the Tools menu:
June 28, 2018
A Deeper Understanding of Deflection and Member Deflection Ratios
There are many different types deflection values calculated by RISA-3D. Let’s take a deeper dive into each.
June 21, 2018
Beam Deflection Ratio Options
RISA-3D v16.0.4 introduces an enhancement that will allow for more control over the beam deflection ratio through Deflection Ratio Options. As part of the member properties, you can now designate the ends of single and multi-span beams as a cantilever or supported. This will determine whether the...
June 14, 2018
Viewing Applied Decks in RISAFloor
RISAFloor does not record the applied deck in a spreadsheet. To simplify modeling, it instead assumes a default deck is drawn within the entire diaphragm edge. If you have an area that will be a different deck or a different span direction, then you are free to draw in over the default. Whatever is...
June 7, 2018
Improved Automesh & Local Axis Settings
RISA-3D now includes improved behavior of the automesh feature as well as the newly added global model setting for Plate Local Axis. The new plate local axis options include both Nodal and Global. These options allow for more control over plates which can lead to clearer results in plate contour...
May 24, 2018
Concrete Pile Design for Pile Caps
Concrete pile design is now incorporated in the pile cap results in RISAFoundation. With the addition of axial pile design in RISAFoundation v10.0, the program can model concrete pile shapes and design the reinforcement, or the user can also apply their own custom rebar layout. Now you can get a...