April 24, 2013

How to Export Detailed Drawings from RISAFoundation

RISAFoundation has the ability to export detailed reinforcement drawings for footings, pile caps, pedestals, and slabs.

Thus, if you have a solved model in RISAFoundation you can get detailed DXF drawings. These are a great start to actually producing construction drawings for your foundations.

To get more information on the general export process and exporting a Foundation Plan see the article below. The foundation plan will display reinforcement, pile, grade beam, and footing schedules as well.

Link: Tips & Tricks: Export a model to DXF

Tags: RISAFoundation, New, DXF, Export

June 8, 2023 | RISA-3D, RISAFloor, RISAFoundation, New, RISAFloorES, v21

New Features in RISACore v21.0.1 Release

New features are now available in the recent release of RISACore (RISA-3D v21.0.1, RISAFloor v17.0.1, and RISAFoundation v15.0.1) . We are working hard to add the features and functionality that our customers have requested as soon as they become available. With that in mind, we have prepared a new update of RISACore that includes the following features as well as other enhancements: Rebar Spacing Optimization Enhancement: RISAFloor ES and RISAFoundation Added Additional Quick Hotkeys (e.g. C for draw column, B for draw beam, etc.): RISAFloor Check out the Hot Keys Cheat Sheet! Export Results Spreadsheets to Excel: RISA-3D, RISAFloor, RISAFoundation Search Bar for quick command access: RISAFloor As-Builts (Allow Explicit Shapes for Beams and Columns at the Initial Draw Dialog): RISAFloor For a complete list of all the improvements and corrections included in RISA-3D v21.0.1, RISAFloor v17.0.1, and RISAFoundation v15.0.1, you can review the Release Notes…

July 26, 2018 | RISAFloor ES, RISAFloor, Decks, New

How to Troubleshoot Unsupported Deck Edges

Have you ever received error message 2054 when modeling in RISAFloor? This error means that the program has detected an unsupported deck edge, but often there is confusion about what this means. RISAFloor expects that you have either a beam or a wall parallel to every deck edge in your model. This allows for the deck to have a supporting element around its entire perimeter. To troubleshoot the error message above, first turn on the graphical view of your manually applied decks using the Show Deck Assignment – w/o Default toggle. Once you have your decks displayed, you can zoom in on the edges to verify that there are parallel beams and/or walls under each edge. Once you find the culprit, you can simply redraw the deck to align with the supporting elements or model in a…

February 2, 2012 | RISA-3D, Plates, New

Why is Plate Meshing Important?

Aside from the topic of plate connectivity, the concept of plate meshing is equally important to the analysis of structures using finite elements (plates). Submeshing the model above will only improve the results so much, because any submeshing will still leave the cone shaped octagonally. Instead the model has been completely regenerated below as a 40-sided cone with five plates vertically instead of just one. The total load is still the same, but you can see that the stress contours are much smoother, and show more subtlety. Furthermore the maximum stress shown on the contours is now 846 psi, which is almost double what it was in the roughly meshed cone. So, why not mesh the cone with 80 sides? After all, that should produce greater accuracy. However, you will find that the results don’t change much between the 40-sided cone versus the 80-sided cone. This is because you are converging on a theoretical correct solution. Furthermore, the 40-sided cone (which uses 200 plates) solves four times faster than the 80-sided cone (which uses 800 plates). As a rule of thumb, if the results change by less than 10% when doubling your mesh you can probably stop submeshing at that…