Risa Tips & Tricks: How to Use Our Structural Analysis Software

August 5, 2026

For Engineers. By Engineers. Celebrating Professional Engineers at RISA

Happy National Professional Engineer’s Day to all the licensed engineers! We are excited to celebrate our customers and coworkers today. RISA is a product for engineers brought to you by engineers. With the vast majority of our team coming from an engineering background, RISA is truly an engineering partner to our customers. We value the experience and insights these engineers bring to each and every one of our teams. Today, we highlight just a few of the licensed professional engineers who help make RISA so special! READY TO CONNECT? Explore RISA with an engineer today! Alex Vaughan, PE, SE Job Title Manager, Subject Matter Experts and Software Quality Years with RISA 3 years What's your favorite part of being an engineer? For me, it's getting to understand the "why" behind a problem or a situation. That curiosity shows up in two ways: either by building something from scratch and figuring out how all the pieces need to come together, or taking an existing design and reverse-engineering it to see how someone else solved the same puzzle. Both are incredible ways to learn. One through creation and the other through observation. What really excites me is seeing that curiosity play out…

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May 16, 2022

Retaining Wall Design in RISACalc

Learn how to load and design individual masonry and concrete retaining...

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May 11, 2022

Case Study: BRCC Patton Hall Addition

Learn how Kloesel Engineering, P.A. used RISAFloor for a multi-story...

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March 14, 2022

Viewing Connection Details and Defaults in RISAConnection

The new connection details view, and defaults viewer in RISAConnection...

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March 14, 2022

Vertical Diagonal Brace Extended Shear Tab Connections in…

RISAConnection Version 13 now includes the ability to define vertical...

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February 15, 2022

Easily view specific data using Viewer Mode in RISA-3D

RISA-3D is a robust tool for the analysis and design of a variety of...

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February 15, 2022

Canadian Concrete (CSA A23) Wall Panel Design in RISA

The CSA A23.3-14 Concrete Design Code has been implemented into RISA-3D...

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February 15, 2022

Customizing the RISA-3D View Toolbar

RISA-3D Version 20 now includes the ability to customize the view toolbar...

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February 15, 2022

Design of WT and LL members in RISAFloor

RISAFloor Version 16 provides engineers the ability to analyze and design...

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February 15, 2022

Design of Back-to-Back Hot Rolled Channels in RISA

Engineers choose RISA-3D and RISAFloor for the design of all types of...

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