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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July 14, 2020

WEBINAR: Multi-Story Post-Tensioned Building Design using…

Reinforced and post-tensioned concrete structures in today's construction...

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July 07, 2020

Expanded Results for Contour Plots

Color contours and gradients can be very helpful to visualize the...

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June 30, 2020

Cheng Song awarded SEAOSC Young Engineer of the Year

We are excited to announce that one of our own, Dr. Cheng Song PH.D, PE,...

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June 16, 2020

Understanding differences between Basic Load Cases, Load Categories…

One of the questions our support team receives often is the difference...

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June 10, 2020

WEBINAR: Multi-Story Concrete Building Design using ADAPT-Builder

Reinforced and post-tensioned concrete structures in today's construction...

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June 09, 2020

Setting License Type Priority with the RISA Licensing Dashboard

The RISA Licensing Dashboard gives users a convenient place to review all...

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May 29, 2020

Skewed Shear Connections are Now Available in RISAConnection v12!

RISAConnection Version 12 now supports skewed shear tab connections. With...

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May 26, 2020

Support Frame Structures for Rotating Machinery in RISA-3D

RISA-3D can be used to model the effects of rotating machinery on their...

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May 19, 2020

Why is my force demand higher than what is reported in my force…

A question that we are asked from time to time in technical support is...

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