Tips & Tricks

April 25, 2024

The Importance of Keeping Your RISA & ADAPT Software Up to Date

In the fast-paced world of structural engineering, staying up to date with the latest software updates is crucial for maintaining efficiency, productivity, and ensuring the highest quality of work. This holds especially true for users of RISA software, where regular updates bring not only new features but also improvements in performance, stability, and security. In this blog post, we'll explore the importance of keeping your RISA software up to date and provide some tips for effective update management. Enhanced Performance and Stability Each software update from RISA typically includes optimizations and bug fixes that improve the overall performance and stability of the application. By staying current with these updates, you can ensure that your software operates smoothly, minimizing the risk of crashes or errors that could disrupt your workflow. Access to New Features and Functionality RISA is constantly innovating and adding new features to its software suite to meet the evolving needs of structural engineers. By keeping your software up to date, you gain access to these new features, which can enhance your design capabilities and streamline your workflow. Whether it's advanced analysis tools, improved modeling options, or enhanced integration with other software platforms, staying current ensures you can take…

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SCBF Seismic Brace Connections
May 25, 2016

SCBF Seismic Brace Connections

Vertical Diagonal Brace connections and Vertical Chevron Brace connections may be designed as Special Concentric Braced Frame (SCBF) connections in RISAConnection v6.

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OCBF Seismic Brace Connections
April 19, 2016

OCBF Seismic Brace Connections

Vertical Diagonal Brace connections and Vertical Chevron Brace connections may be designed as Ordinary Concentric Braced Frame (OCBF) connections in RISAConnection v6.

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How to Import a Seismic Moment Connection into RISAConnection
July 14, 2015

How to Import a Seismic Moment Connection into RISAConnection

Design for seismic connection detailing is now available in RISAConnection and you can use the connection rules within RISAFloor and RISA-3D to export a RISAConnection model. The integration will import the connection forces (and seismic detailing results) into RISAConnection for seismic moment...

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Code Requirements for Panel Zone Shear Deformation
October 29, 2014

Code Requirements for Panel Zone Shear Deformation

Code requirements for consideration of panel zone shear deformation can be confusing. This blog post discusses some of the basis for these code requirements and when one can consider them to be met and when one cannot.

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What are Web Doubler plates used for in RISAConnection?
December 27, 2013

What are Web Doubler plates used for in RISAConnection?

For moment connections in RISAConnection there is an option to place web doubler plates on the column web. These plates act as a reinforcement for the column web to prevent panel zone shear failure. As shown below, when the flanges of a beam in a moment connection connect to a column they form a...

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How to Use International Shapes in RISAConnection
August 14, 2013

How to Use International Shapes in RISAConnection

You can use the full library of international shapes inside of RISAConnection. Currently RISAConnection uses the American steel code AISC code for design checks; however you can customize your connection to use any of the International shapes available in the database.

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