October 26, 2010
How to Use Spreadsheets More Effectively in RISA
RISA includes various advanced spreadsheet operations that make reviewing input and results easy.
September 14, 2010
How to Design Flexible Diaphragms in RISAFloor
When you model your building in RISAFloor, make sure that you define your slab edge as flexible. That will ensure that the entire contents of the diaphragm will use flexible behavior.
September 14, 2010
How to Model a Building on a Hill
When dealing with a sloping site, it is often necessary to step-down the bases of columns and walls along the length of a building. The example below illustrates how to model this in RISAFloor.
August 31, 2010
How Are Wind Loads Generated for Sloped Roofs?
RISAFloor is capable of automatically generating the wind loads on sloped roofs. Let’s look at an example of this with the model below:
August 27, 2010
What is the Dyn Load Category in RISAFloor?
The Dyn Load represents the additional load that must be included in the calculation of the total seismic weight.
August 26, 2010
How to Design Wood I-Joists with RISAFloor
RISAFloor has the capability to design wood I-Joists based on tables provided by the manufacturer, or provided by you. When modeling beams in RISAFloor, choose the Wood Product material, and choose a joist manufacturer from the shape group.
June 22, 2010
How to Create an Engineered Wood Material
In RISA-3D and RISAFloor, the entire NDS species list is available as well as glulam materials but you may need to design a wood product that is not available in the program.
May 12, 2010
Let’s Customize Your RISA Toolbar
The customizable toolbar is a new feature in RISAFloor. It’s really useful and you may have overlooked it. You’ll find all of your familiar buttons as well some new buttons which make reviewing your model and results easier.