March 20, 2013
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RISA-3D,
Plates,
RISA-2D,
New
After
solution
in
RISA-3D,
you
can
use
Results
View
Settings
to
view
the
Plate
Contours
graphically
on
your
model.
Many
times,
these
contour
values
will
not
exactly
match
the
values
reported
in
the
Plate
Forces/Stresses
spreadsheets.
This
is
because
the
contour
maps
are
created
using
a
smoothing
algorithm
that
connects
the
spreadsheet
value
(this
is
the
true
analysis
value,
taken
at
the
center
of
each
plate
with
the
values
of
the
plates
around
it
to
create
the
contour).
You
can
increase
the
accuracy
of
your
contours
by
meshing
your
plates
into
smaller
plates,
but
for
design
purposes,
we
still
generally
recommend
that
you
use
the
spreadsheet
values…