May 12, 2010

Let’s Customize Your RISA Toolbar

The customizable toolbar is a new feature in RISAFloor. It’s really useful and you may have overlooked it. You’ll find all of your familiar buttons as well some new buttons which make reviewing your model and results easier.

One of the most popular new buttons in RISA-3D is the Show Deflected Diagram button , which allows you to display the deflected shape with or without the deflected shadow.

To setup your own toolbar just go to the Tools menu and select Customize Toolbar:

Select each of the buttons by clicking in the Available toolbar buttons box, and then click Add to place them on the Current toolbar buttons box:

You can rearrange the toolbar by highlighting each button and clicking on the Move Up or Move Down buttons.

Tags: RISAFloor, RISA-2D, RISAFoundation, New

March 25, 2015 | RISA-3D, RISAFloor, New, Unbraced Lengths

How are Unbraced Lengths coordinated between RISAFloor and RISA-3D?

In a RISAFloor model the columns and beams can be assigned unbraced lengths, or the program may calculate them automatically. This unbraced length information can then be used in RISA-3D. A great example is the frame below: The beams along Grid Lines 1 and 2 have fixed ends. Therefore their bottom flanges are in compression, so they need to be braced. The 12” deep gravity beams framing into them should provide sufficient bottom flange restraint for the lateral beams, so the Segment command was manually entered for the lateral beams: The program now considers the gravity beams (spaced at 7.5 feet o.c.) to brace the lateral beams: When the model is transferred into RISA-3D, the gravity beams are no longer present though. Not even a node exists at their end locations: How can we ensure that the RISA-3D model knows about the gravity beams providing bracing? In the RISA-3D Members spreadsheet the unbraced lengths all report “Floor”. This means that RISA-3D is using the unbraced length information from RISAFloor: When solving in RISA-3D the unbraced lengths from RISAFloor are then used for those members:…

March 3, 2021 | RISAFloor, New

Video: Using a DXF Underlay to Create Geometry in RISAFloor

Oftentimes the architecture of a building does not follow a simple rectangular nor radial grid. A quick and easy way to handle these scenarios within RISAFloor is to import the building geometry or grid system as a DXF underlay…

February 4, 2021 | Webinar, ADAPT, RISA, Concrete, New

WEBINAR: ACI 318-19 Code Updates in RISA & ADAPT

RISA-3D v19, ADAPT-Builder v20, RISAFloor v15 and RISAFoundation v13 have all been updated to ensure that users can take advantage of designs conforming to the latest standards according to code provisions found in ACI 318-19: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete. This webinar will focus on major updates to the code and how these changes impact concrete design in both RISA and ADAPT software products. Register for this webinar and learn: About the various important updates to the ACI 318-19 concrete code How ACI 318-19 code updates are incorporated in RISA-3D for concrete columns and beams How ACI 318-19 code updates are incorporated in ADAPT-Builder and RISAFloor ES for concrete slabs The cost of the webinar is $30. To register, click the button below. PDH Credits: 1.0 PDH credit will be sent to all attendees based on the email address used to register for the webinar. PDH credits cannot be sent to multiple people based on a single registration. If you wish to view the webinar as a group, please have each person in the group register individually and then after the webinar, email info@risa.com with a list of all group attendees. PDH credits will be sent out to these…