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September 16, 2025

What’s New in ASCE 7-22?

The ASCE/SEI 7-22 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures introduces significant updates from ASCE 7-16. The most notable changes impact wind and seismic provisions, along with new load combination rules that directly affect structural analysis and design. With the release of RISA-3D v23, engineers can now take advantage of these updates directly within their workflows. Why This Matters for Engineers? The most impactful provisions of ASCE 7-22 — wind, seismic, and load combinations — are now supported in RISA-3D v23, ensuring your projects remain compliant with the latest building codes and IBC 2024 adoption. Download the latest versions of RISA that supports ASCE 7-22 below. 1. Wind Provisions Key changes in ASCE 7-22 affect wind speed maps, velocity pressure equations, and roof zone definitions. Topic ASCE 7-16 ASCE 7-22 Design in RISA Wind Speed Maps Based on 2016 hurricane data Updated hurricane & transition zone maps RISA-3D generates wind loads per ASCE 7-22, reflecting updated maps Velocity Pressure (Kd) Included directionality factor Kd removed Automatically handled in RISA-3D wind load generation Roof Zones Based on h/B ratio for hip roofs h/B removed; new GCp values and roof zoning RISA-3D applies updated coefficients for accurate roof…

December 14, 2023

How To: Using the RISA Customer Portal

The RISA Customer Portal provides access to all your account information, including installation downloads, licenses, usage stats and the ability to easily manage yearly software renewals.

December 5, 2023

Uploading a CSV file to RISA's Customer Portal

The RISA Customer Portal provides access to all your account information, including installation downloads, licenses, usage stats and the ability to easily manage yearly software renewals. Coming soon, you will be able to bulk upload users to the Customer Portal from a CSV excel file!

November 8, 2023

Silent License Converter: Seamless Transition to Subscription Licensing

The world of software and licensing is constantly evolving, and as technology advances, so do the methods for managing software licenses. In response to this ever-changing landscape, we're excited to introduce the RISA Silent License Converter Tool – an application tool designed to facilitate a...

November 7, 2023

How To: Change your License Type

In the ever-evolving landscape of software and technology, change is constant. One shift is RISA's upcoming transition from traditional software licensing to only subscription-based licensing. As you prepare for this transition, watch the video below for How To: Change your License Type in RISA...

August 8, 2023

Borrowing a RISA-3D Subscription License

RISA software products allow users to borrow a subscription licenses for a specified period of time, giving users if they are going off-site. To borrow a license follow the steps below.

July 12, 2023

Flexibility with RISA Subscription Licensing

Why should you use subscription licensing? License Flexibility With subscription licensing all you need is an occasional Internet connection. This eliminates the need to: Keep track of a physical key: All that is required to use the software is a valid account (set up in the Subscription Licensing...

May 4, 2018

RISA and Windows 10 April 2018 (version 1803) Update

Update: July 2022 The issues with Windows 10 (Version 1803) have been solved. However, for customers still using older versions of RISA products, the workaround using compatibility mode described below may still be useful.

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