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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April 06, 2011

What are the Unbalanced Forces on Beams?

V-Brace frames in RISA-3D seismic design have unbalanced forces shown on...

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March 31, 2011

How RISA-3D Handles Single Angles

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

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March 30, 2011

How to Apply the Seismic Provisions in RISA-3D

The Seismic Provisions in RISA-3D will check various design and code check...

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March 30, 2011

What Are the Seismic Design Rules in RISA-3D

The Seismic Design rules can be found in RISA-3D on the Data Entry toolbar...

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March 16, 2011

Using Transient Loads to Verify Applied Area Loads in RISA-3D

When a model is solved that contains Member Area Loads, the program...

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March 09, 2011

How Do I Investigate My RISA-3D Model Using the Deflected Shape?

When your RISA-3D model is not behaving as you anticipated, one of the...

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March 03, 2011

How to Use Seismic Factors in Load Combinations in RISA-3D

RISA-3D now has the ability to define the seismic parameters Rho, Omega...

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February 28, 2011

How To Generate Seismic Loads Automatically in RISA-3D

Applying seismic loads to structures with rigid diaphragms can be done...

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February 15, 2011

What is the Difference Between a Boundary Condition and an End…

In RISA-3D, there are numerous options for Member End Releases which...

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