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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June 13, 2011

How Do I Avoid Instability Warnings in a RISA-3D Model?

Have you ever received an instability warning when running a three...

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June 03, 2011

How to Model Trusses in RISAFloor

In RISAFloor on the roof level, you layout only the top chords of the...

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June 01, 2011

How to Assign a Wood Roof Member’s Unbraced Length in RISAFloor

In RISAFloor, the beams are susceptible to two forms of buckling; Euler...

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May 26, 2011

How to Represent Trusses in RISAFloor Model Without Modeling the…

Using this method in RISAFloor, we are not actually designing the trusses,...

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May 24, 2011

How to Apply a Tapered Load to Plates in RISA-3D

It’s easy to apply tapered surface loads to plates in RISA-3D by stepping...

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May 23, 2011

How to Apply Notional Loads in RISA-3D

In RISA-3D you can automatically apply notional loads to your structure to...

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May 03, 2011

How Do I Consider Welded Aluminum Connections in RISA-3D?

In Aluminum design, the welded areas have a decreased material strength...

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April 20, 2011

Refining Area Load Distribution in RISA-3D

After solving a model with Member Area Loads, RISA-3D will automatically...

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April 18, 2011

Using Sum of Reactions in RISA-3D

RISA-3D will now check your model for errors by summing the reactions in...

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