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

Engineering Tomorrow: The Evolution of Telecom Structure Design

You've probably noticed those cell phone towers around town—those tall structures with antennas that help keep us connected. Well, they're not just...

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October 01, 2024

How To: Define an Eccentric Antenna Load on a Pole in RISA-3D?

Using RISA-3D's various modeling and loading tools, makes modeling telecom structures easy and efficient. RISA-3D allows engineers to quickly explore...

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October 01, 2024

Understanding RISA Licensing Roles: Empowering Account Management

In the dynamic world of software management, user roles and permissions are crucial for effective and secure account management. The RISA Customer...

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October 01, 2024

Uploading a CSV file to RISA's Customer Portal

The RISA Customer Portal provides access to all your account information, including installation downloads, licenses, usage stats and the ability to...

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October 01, 2024

Engineering Thanksgiving: Infusing STEM into your Holiday

Thanksgiving offers more than just a feast—it's an incredible opportunity to blend the holiday with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and...

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October 01, 2024

Navigating Structural Engineering Stress During the Holiday Season

The holiday season, synonymous with joy and celebration, can also bring unique challenges for structural engineers. Amidst the festive cheer,...

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October 01, 2024

How To: Change your License Type

In the ever-evolving landscape of software and technology, change is constant. One shift is RISA's upcoming transition from traditional software...

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October 01, 2024

Aging Infrastructure: Retrofitting for Longevity

Aging infrastructure is a multifaceted problem. Many of our essential structures were built decades, if not centuries, ago, and were not initially...

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October 01, 2024

Guide To: Flexible Diaphragm Load Distribution in RISA

It is important to understand how RISA is modeling your load distributions when applying flexible diaphragms. The flexible diaphragm distributes...

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