
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.
In structural steel projects, the transition from design to fabrication is a common source of coordination challenges. One of the biggest pain points? Connection design. Whether it’s miscommunication on end reactions or unclear design intent, connection assumptions can break down in the gap between engineering and detailing. By using RISA-3D and RISAConnection—and leveraging direct integrations with SDS2 and Tekla Structures—structural engineers can streamline the handoff to fabricators, reduce errors, and improve collaboration. This post walks through how to support real-world coordination using these tools in practice. 1. Model and Analyze the Steel Frame in RISA-3D Start by building your structural steel frame in RISA-3D. Define geometry, assign member sizes, apply loads, and analyze the model. Once you're satisfied with the analysis results, RISA-3D provides the connection forces—axial, shear, and moment reactions—for each member end. 2. Export Connection Forces to RISAConnection Next, send selected members and their design forces to RISAConnection. This direct integration eliminates the need to manually transfer loads or recreate geometry. Once in RISAConnection, you can: Choose from a library of shear, moment, and braced connections Model the full geometry, including bolt patterns, welds, and gusset plates View pass/fail results for each limit state, with clear failure mode…
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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.
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!
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...
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...
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.
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...
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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