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

Two-Sided Shear Connection Design now Available

Now available in RISAConnection v8: the ability to design a Two-Sided Shear Connection. Building from our existing one-sided shear connection (for...

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October 01, 2024

Utilizing RISA-3D for Seismic Design of Concrete Walls

In RISA-3D we now have the ability to design concrete shear walls for seismic forces.

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October 01, 2024

Brace to Column Base Plate Design now Available

You may now design a Brace to Column Base Plate Connection in RISAConnection v8. This connection type combines the original single column base plate...

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October 01, 2024

Brace Design with Tapered Gusset Plates

In RISAConnection v8, you may now design a Knee Brace and Diagonal Brace with a tapered gusset plate. One of the greatest benefits is the decreased...

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October 01, 2024

Masonry Cover Flexibility in RISA-3D

In RISA-3D we now have the ability to:

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October 01, 2024

What is the Difference Between Fixed and Reactions on Boundary…

In RISA-3D, you can define a boundary condition as Fixed (reaction will be calculated) or Fixed, (reaction will NOT be calculated).

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October 01, 2024

Improved Solution Speed

We are proud to introduce drastically improved solution times in RISAFoundation version 10.0. This version was updated to include...

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October 01, 2024

Eurocode Concrete Design According to BS EN 1992-1-1:2004 A1:2014 now…

The BS EN 1992-1-1:2004+A1:2014 has been implemented in RISA-3D version 16.0 and RISAFloor version 12.0. To select this code for your design, simply...

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October 01, 2024

TMS 402-16 Masonry Code Specification now Available

The new TMS 402-16 Masonry Code (formerly designated as ACI 530 and ASCE 5) have been added to RISA-3D v16.0, RISAFloor v12.0 and RISAFoundation...

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