January 3, 2019
What wood wall design method should I use?
RISA-3D is one of the few pieces of software on the market offering wood shear wall analysis and design accompanied by multiple design methods to best suit your detailing needs.
October 18, 2018
Updates to Wood Wall Aspect Ratio Limits in RISA-3D
With the initial implementation of wood wall design in RISA-3D, the wall aspect ratio was calculated as the full height of the wall divided by the width of the region.This was intended to accommodate balloon framed multi-story walls that were drawn as one continuous wall stack. With recent...
October 11, 2018
Wood Wall Panels - Straps vs Hold-Downs
With the recent release of RISA-3D v17 the program now offers the user the option to use Chord Straps between floors of a wood shear wall building in lieu of using hold downs. Chord Straps are a great option for transferring tension load between floors of a multi-floor building and can be installed...
October 2, 2018
Wood Design per AWC NDS 2018 Wood Code
The new AWC NDS 2018 code has been implemented into RISA-3D v17.0 and RISAFloor v13.0. To select this code for your design, simply choose this code from the Codes tab within Model Settings.
September 6, 2017
Canadian Wood Design Updates
The latest releases of RISAFloor and RISA-3D include the following updates to wood design per the Canadian codes:
April 12, 2017
CSA O86-14 Canadian Wood Code now Available
The new CSA O86-14 code has been implemented in RISA-3D v15.0 and RISAFloor v11.0
January 7, 2016
Mechanically Graded Wood Design now Available
Mechanically graded wood materials have been added for the AWC NDS 2015 design code per Table 4C, and CSA O86-14 design code per tables 6.3.2 and 6.3.3. This specification includes the updated MEL and MSR design values.
December 22, 2015
Wood Design per AWC NDS 2015 Wood Code
The latest versions of RISA-3D and RISAFloor now incorporate the AWC NDS 2015. The new provisions have been implemented in RISA-3D v14.0 and RISAFloor v10.0 and can be utilized by selecting the AWC NDS-15: ASD from the Wood dropdown menu on the Codes tab of Model Settings.
September 22, 2015
Why Did the Wood Design Values Drop?
You may notice discrepancies in the wood design values when comparing RISA with the NDS 2012 and older versions of the code. The American Wood Council updated the wood design values in the Addendum, which supersede the values used in the NDS 2012 and previous versions of the Design Values for Wood...