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RISA News provides information about upcoming education opportunities, program information/updates and technical solutions for commonly asked questions. Click the title of each individual entry for more information.

September 29, 2011

How to Assign a Load Combination to a Specific Material

If you have a model in RISA-3D and/or RISAFloor that is multi-material you may need to have separate sets of load combinations for each material.

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June 3, 2011

How to Model Trusses in RISAFloor

In RISAFloor on the roof level, you layout only the top chords of the truss and create your slope.

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June 1, 2011

How to Assign a Wood Roof Member's Unbraced Length in RISAFloor

In RISAFloor, the beams are susceptible to two forms of buckling; Euler buckling and lateral-torsional buckling. The unbraced length is determined in RISAFloor using the deck properties and framing.

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April 1, 2011

RISA-3D 9.1 Incorporates the AF&PA SDPWS 2008

The new 2008 AF&PA Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic has now been implemented for wood wall panel design in RISA-3D.

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March 28, 2011

RISA Software Now IBC 2009 Compliant

With the upcoming releases of RISA-3D 9.1, RISAFloor 5.1 and RISAFoundation 3.1, the RISA software suite is now IBC 2009 compliant.

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