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

Video: Custom Anchor Bolt Layouts in Column Base Plates

RISAConnection v12 now includes the ability for engineers to create and analyze custom anchor bolt layouts from scratch or using predefined...

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October 01, 2024

CD Factor for Wood Hold-Downs

If you have utilized Hold-Down's in RISA-3D, you have mostly likely noticed that a value of CD is reported for each selection in the database....

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October 01, 2024

Understanding Node Reactions for Wall Panels

In the Node Reaction spreadsheet, all reactions from node-based boundary conditions are reported. If you look closely at some models, there may be...

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October 01, 2024

Precompression in Two-Way Post-Tensioned Slabs

Introduction In the design of two-way post-tensioned slabs, whether it be by use of unbonded or bonded tendons, precompression or “average minimum...

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October 01, 2024

VIDEO: Creating Custom Shapes in RISA-3D

Learn how to build custom steel and concrete shapes using RISASection and then import them into RISA-3D to incorporate them in analysis and design.

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October 01, 2024

Steel Joist Design now Available in RISACalc

Open web steel joist design is now available in RISACalc per the SJI 43rd/44th and 42nd Editions! The available joist series include K-Series,...

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October 01, 2024

Tips & Tricks for Modeling in ADAPT-Builder

Modeling complex structures in any structural analysis and design software can be cumbersome. ADAPT-Builder provides users with straightforward...

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October 01, 2024

Determining Masonry Wall Compression Block Depth Value "a"

When determining the Depth of Compression Block value of ‘a’ in a Masonry Wall design based on the equation a = (As * fy)/(0.8 * fm * b) in a RISA-3D...

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October 01, 2024

Introducing Integrated Design: Seamlessly Linking Architecture and…

Learn how Graphisoft and RISA are working together to leverage model information created by the architect to create a more seamless workflow, while...

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