How to Assign a Wood Roof Member’s Unbraced Length in RISAFloor
In RISAFloor, the beams are susceptible to two forms of buckling; Euler...
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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In RISAFloor, the beams are susceptible to two forms of buckling; Euler...
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RISA includes various advanced spreadsheet operations that make reviewing...
When dealing with a sloping site, it is often necessary to step-down the...
When you model your building in RISAFloor, make sure that you define your...
RISAFloor is capable of automatically generating the wind loads on sloped...
The Dyn Load represents the additional load that must be included in the...
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