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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September 08, 2017

CSA A23.3-14 Canadian Concrete Code now Available

The CSA A23.3-14 code has been implemented in RISA-3D v15.0, RISAFloor...

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September 06, 2017

Canadian Wood Design Updates

The latest releases of RISAFloor and RISA-3D include the following updates...

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July 11, 2017

Base Plate Connection Design now Available

This video tutorial will show you how to design a base plate in...

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June 07, 2017

Parapet Wind Loading

RISAFloor v11 allows users to add parapets while allowing the program to...

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May 10, 2017

Aluminum Design Code Update - AA ADM1-2015

The new Aluminum ADM 2015 code has been added in RISA-3D v15.0. To select...

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May 03, 2017

Updates to Aluminum Single Angle Bending

The bending and axial code checks for single angles differ somewhat from...

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April 26, 2017

Design of CFS Face-to-Face Channels & Tube Shapes now Available

RISA-3D can design the Cold Formed Steel face-to-face channel and track...

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April 12, 2017

CSA O86-14 Canadian Wood Code now Available

The new CSA O86-14 code has been implemented in RISA-3D v15.0 and...

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April 12, 2017

Semi-Rigid Diaphragms now Available

RISAFloor now has the ability to model a Semi-Rigid, Rigid or Flexible...

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