August 15, 2022

Seismic Load Generator in RISACalc

Learn how to generate seismic loads on buildings and non-structural components according to ASCE 7 using RISACalc.

Tags: New, Spread Footing, RISACalc

April 5, 2024 | Featured, New, Training, RISA Customer Portal

How To: Using the RISA Learning Center

The RISA Learning Center provides a robust user experience allowing users to easily purchase training, view both live and on-demand sessions, and manage training materials such as video recordings, model files, or tutorial documents. To access the RISA Learning Center, click the link below: RISA Learning Center To learn more about the RISA Learning Center, including its features and the benefits it provides, watch the video below. For questions about the RISA Learning Center or to speak with someone about setting up your account, contact our support team using the link below or email training@risa.com. RISA Support…

October 30, 2020 | Seismic, RISAFoundation, New, Loading

Inclusion of RSA Results in RISAFoundation

With the release of RISAFoundation v13, you now have the ability to transfer Response Spectra Analysis reactions from RISA-3D v19. RISAFoundation now also includes additional seismic options that can be considered in the generation of Load Combinations…

October 26, 2010 | RISA-3D, RISAFloor, RISA-2D, RISAFoundation, New, Data Entry, Spreadsheets

How to Use Spreadsheets More Effectively in RISA

RISA includes various advanced spreadsheet operations that make reviewing input and results easy. The features that we will focus on are available in the "Spreadsheet" tab located in the ribbon toolbar whenever a spreadsheet is open as well as by right-clicking in the table. P-Delta analysis is required in the AISC code, and it is something that you must specify on a per-load-combination basis. This is done by typing the letter Y in the P-Delta column of the Load Combinations spreadsheet. For those who aren’t familiar with the spreadsheet tools this can be a tedious task of typing the letter into every load combination. Instead, try doing this: click on the header of the P-Delta column to highlight the entire column in pink, click on the Block Fill button (the one on the right highlighted above) and have the program fill the block (group of currently selected cells) with the letter Y. Now let’s say that you’ve got a solution and you want to review your results, however you may have quite a few members to sort through. You want to quickly see which one has the worst case unity check. If you open up your Design Results spreadsheet you…