RISA-3D
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Loads
- How to Assign a Load Combination to a Specific Material
- How Do Projected Loads Work in RISA?
- How is the Seismic Weight Calculated for Seismic Load Generation?
- How to Apply a Tapered Load to Plates in RISA-3D
- How to Apply Notional Loads in RISA-3D
- Refining Area Load Distribution in RISA-3D
- New Sum of Reactions Warning in RISA-3D
- Check Out the New Seismic Design Video
- What are the Unbalanced Forces on Beams?
- What’s New for ACI 318-08 in RISA
- Using Transient Loads to Verify Applied Area Loads in RISA-3D
- How to Use Seismic Factors in Load Combinations in RISA-3D
- How to Generate Seismic Loads Automatically in RISA-3D
- How Can I Account For Continuous Tie Rods in RISA-3D Wood Walls?
- How to Use the Internal Force Summation Tool in RISA-3D to Design Reinforcement
- What Is the Difference Between Surface Loads and Area Loads in RISA-3D?
- Use RISA to Consider Bi-Directional (Quartering) Wind Loading
- Check Out New Load Combination Generator in RISA-3D
- How Are Wind Loads Generated for Sloped Roofs?
- New Distributed Line Loads for Wall Panels
Seismic
- How is the Seismic Weight Calculated for Seismic Load Generation?
- How Do I Change the Member Type in RISA-3D?
- Check Out the New Seismic Design Video
- What are the Unbalanced Forces on Beams?
- How to Apply the Seismic Provisions in RISA-3D
- What Are the Seismic Design Rules in RISA-3D
- How to Use Seismic Factors in Load Combinations in RISA-3D
- How to Generate Seismic Loads Automatically in RISA-3D
- How to Check Frame Story Shears in RISA-3D
Instabilities
- How Do I Avoid Instability Warnings in a RISA-3D Model?
- Are You Receiving Instability Warnings for Your Truss Model in RISA-3D?
- How Do I Investigate My RISA-3D Model Using the Deflected Shape?
- How to Model Tension-Only Bracing in RISA-3D
- How to Model X-Bracing in RISA-3D
- How Should I Model Boundary Conditions for a Truss in RISA-3D?
- How to Model a Two-Dimensional Component in RISA-3D
- Do You Ever Get the “LOCKED” Message on a Simple Beam Model?
Wind
- How to Generate Wind Loads Automatically in RISA-3D
- How to Represent Trusses in RISAFloor Model Without Modeling the Trusses
- RISA-3D 9.1 Incorporates the AF&PA SDPWS 2008
- How Can I Account For Continuous Tie Rods in RISA-3D Wood Walls?
- RISA Webinar: Flexible Diaphragms in RISAFloor and RISA-3D (Nov. 17, 1 p.m. Pacific)
- Check Out New Load Combination Generator in RISA-3D
- How Are Wind Loads Generated for Sloped Roofs?
Plates
- Why is Plate Meshing Important?
- How to Use the Automesh Feature in RISA-3D
- How to Model a Hole in a Plate?
- How to Apply a Tapered Load to Plates in RISA-3D
- How to Use the Internal Force Summation Tool in RISA-3D to Design Reinforcement
- How Do Plates Connect to Members?
- How to Model a Semi-Rigid Diaphragm
- How Do Plates Connect to Each Other?
Diaphragms
- How to Generate Wind Loads Automatically in RISA-3D
- How Do I Design My Model For the Envelope of Flexible and Rigid Diaphragms?
- How to Check Frame Story Shears in RISA-3D
- How Do Flexible Diaphragms Work on Sloped Roofs?
- How to Apply Loads to a Rigid Diaphragm in RISA-3D
- How to Model a Semi-Rigid Diaphragm