September 12, 2017

Added Double Click Dialog for Members

RISAFloor now has the ability to double-click a member to open the Member Information dialog. This feature has been in RISA-3D but now it is available in RISAFloor. Double click any member in your model and the Member dialog box opens. It has three tabs: General, Properties and Design.

All the same information is in the Members spreadsheet but now you can quickly access the member properties for a single member using the double-click feature.

Tags: RISAFloor ES, RISAFloor, Properties, New

April 12, 2017 | RISA-3D, RISAFloor, New, Wood, Canadian

CSA O86-14 Canadian Wood Code now Available

The new CSA O86-14 code has been implemented in RISA-3D v15.0 and RISAFloor v11.0 To select this code for your design, simply open the (Global) Model Settings and under the Codes tab select CSA O86-144 for wood: The Detail Reports will display the code that the user has selected for their wood design:…

December 9, 2015 | RISA-3D, Results, New, Reporting, Analysis

Envelope Detail Report Results

RISA-3D v14 introduced envelope detail reports for all material members. This means that you can see the enveloped solution (force diagrams and governing code check values) in the detail report for each member when you solve either an Envelope or Batch + Envelope solution type. This is available for the following material types: Hot Rolled Steel Cold Formed Steel Concrete Aluminum Wood General If you have solved a Batch + Envelope solution, you can scroll through the individual load combination results and the Envelope results using the drop down menu on the upper left of the detail report. When you open an enveloped detail report, you will see enveloped force diagrams and the governing load combination reported for each code check. You can click on any force diagram to open the interactive force diagram which also shows the enveloped values…

September 28, 2018 | RISA-3D, New, Analysis

Analysis Offsets now Available

RISA-3D v15 includes "analysis offsets" which moves the centroid of the member for analysis allowing for flexibility in how members are designed. Let's use a WT brace to demonstrate how this feature can be utilized. When you model a WT brace it exists at the member centroid, which means that no bending ends up in the brace due to the fact that the brace is actually eccentric to the braced frame. Recently, we've added a feature called “Analysis Offset” which moves the centroid of the member for analysis. In the example below the flange of the WT is bolted to a gusset that is ¾” thick, so we would want the centroid to be moved to the face of the flange, plus half the gusset thickness (3/8”): With this offset applied, when the model is solved you’ll note that the brace bows out of plane, indicating that it does have bending. The detail report confirms this. Note how much the Code Check value increases when the real-life bending due to eccentricity is considered in the RISA model…