Risa Tips & Tricks: How to Use Our Structural Analysis Software

August 5, 2026

For Engineers. By Engineers. Celebrating Professional Engineers at RISA

Happy National Professional Engineer’s Day to all the licensed engineers! We are excited to celebrate our customers and coworkers today. RISA is a product for engineers brought to you by engineers. With the vast majority of our team coming from an engineering background, RISA is truly an engineering partner to our customers. We value the experience and insights these engineers bring to each and every one of our teams. Today, we highlight just a few of the licensed professional engineers who help make RISA so special! READY TO CONNECT? Explore RISA with an engineer today! Alex Vaughan, PE, SE Job Title Manager, Subject Matter Experts and Software Quality Years with RISA 3 years What's your favorite part of being an engineer? For me, it's getting to understand the "why" behind a problem or a situation. That curiosity shows up in two ways: either by building something from scratch and figuring out how all the pieces need to come together, or taking an existing design and reverse-engineering it to see how someone else solved the same puzzle. Both are incredible ways to learn. One through creation and the other through observation. What really excites me is seeing that curiosity play out…

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Concrete

February 26, 2024

ADAPT-PT/RC Version 23.0 is now available!

New features are now available in the recent release of RISACore (RISA-3D...

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February 21, 2024

Gross and Net Soil Pressures

In RISAFoundation, the Allowable Soil Bearing value is controlled by the...

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January 30, 2024

Tendon and Rebar Display Managers in ADAPT-Builder

Elevate your outputs using the recently enhanced Tendon and Rebar Display...

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January 30, 2024

Torsion Design of One-Way Slabs and Beams in ADAPT-Builder

The latest release of ADAPT-Builder (23.0.0) includes the ability to...

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January 16, 2024

How To: Understand Long Term Deflection Results in RISAFloor ES

RISAFloor ES allows users to analyze Long Term Deflection for Concrete...

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March 17, 2023

Integrated Column Code Checks in ADAPT-Builder

The latest release of ADAPT-Builder (22.0.1) includes an integrated...

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November 04, 2022

Welded Wire Reinforcement in RISAFloor ES and RISAFoundation

RISAFloor ES and RISAFoundation now include the ability to assign and...

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October 13, 2022

ADAPT-PT/RC Version 22.0 is now available!

Consideration of Drop Caps and Drop Panels for Two-Way Punching Shear...

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February 15, 2022

Canadian Concrete (CSA A23) Wall Panel Design in RISA

The CSA A23.3-14 Concrete Design Code has been implemented into RISA-3D...

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