October 30, 2025

🎃 Trick or Treat… It’s RISA-Jeopardy! 👻

Halloween isn’t just for candy and costumes—it’s the perfect time to test your spooky engineering skills! We’ve brewed up a Halloween-themed RISA Jeopardy game, packed with fun, easy questions about our software. Tip for readers: Try to answer before revealing the “treat” below each question! 💀 Can You Count? 100 – RISACalc: How many components are currently available in RISACalc? 10 (Beam, Column, Steel Joist, Composite Beam, Retaining Wall, Spread Footing, Wall Footing, Drilled Pier, Seismic Load, Wind Load) 200 – FD: How many Data Entry spreadsheets are available in RISAFoundation? 25 300 – RISA-3D: How many countries or regions have building codes supported in RISA-3D? 9 (US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Great Britain, India, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia) 🎃 Adaptable 100 – ADAPT: Which of these is not an ADAPT product? ADAPT-Builder, ADAPT-Felt, ADAPT-Floor, ADAPT-ABI ADAPT-Floor 200 – ADAPT: Which mode of ADAPT-Builder is used to design slabs-on-grade on expansive soils using the PTI method? ADAPT-SOG 🕸️ The Whole Family 100 – Other: This steel detailing software and fellow Nemetschek brand has a built-in export option in RISA-3D. SDS2 200 – Other: Which design code is the most common in our software, found in 8 of our 10 programs?…

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October 01, 2024

AISC 341-16 & AISC 358-16 now included in RISAConnection

The AISC 341-16 and AISC 358-16 Edition changes have been implemented into RISAConnection v13.

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October 01, 2024

Seismic Load Generator in RISACalc

Learn how to generate seismic loads on buildings and non-structural components according to ASCE 7 using RISACalc.

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October 01, 2024

Wall Footing Design in RISACalc

Learn how to load and design individual concrete and masonry wall footings in RISACalc.

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October 01, 2024

Spread Footing Design in RISACalc

Learn how to load and design individual concrete spread footings in RISACalc.

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October 01, 2024

Case Study: SCC Beatrice Academic Excellence Center

Learn how Olsson utilized the entire RISA Suite (RISA-3D, RISAFloor, RISAFoundation and RISAConnection) to design the newest addition to the...

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October 01, 2024

Match Properties in RISA-3D

RISA-3D now includes the ability to "match properties" between members. For more information about this feature, check out the video below:

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October 01, 2024

Integration between RISA-3D and SDS2

Version 20.0.2 allows users to integrate models between RISA-3D and SDS2, including model geometry, members sizes and end reactions.

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October 01, 2024

NEW RELEASE: ADAPT-Builder Version 21.0.1 now Available!

ADAPT-Builder Version 21.0.1 is now available and includes integration with RISA-3D, colorization of applied loading as well as other new features....

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October 01, 2024

User Defined Maximum DCR in ADAPT-Builder

ADAPT-Builder has historically been hard coded to design reinforcement for strength load combinations to a maximum demand/capacity ratio of 1.0....

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