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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Modeling

October 01, 2024

Enhanced "Move" Tools in RISAFoundation

RISAFoundation includes the added ability to move selected foundation elements. This includes beams, wall footings, piles, pedestals, slabs, etc. To...

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October 01, 2024

New Tools for Modification of Elevated Slabs in RISAFloor ES

RISAFloor Version 16 includes new and improved tools for the modification of openings, slab regions and thickness. The new version allows users to...

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October 01, 2024

New Tools for Modification of Slabs in RISAFoundation

RISAFoundation Version 14 includes new and improved tools for the modification of slab edges, openings and thickness. The new version allows users to...

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October 01, 2024

Smart Tools for Tendon Entry and Modification in ADAPT-Builder

ADAPT-Builder v21 now includes a new set of Smart Tools that assist the user in efficient modeling and modification of tendons. These tools include...

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October 01, 2024

Improved Functionality in ADAPT-Builder v20.0.1

The latest release of ADAPT-Builder (Version 20.0.1) includes improvements to model input, colorization and result display.

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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

Drawing Grid and Other Modeling Improvements

RISAFloor v13 includes a variety of modeling features which allows users to quickly create and manipulate geometry. These features include...

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October 01, 2024

Copy Elements from Floor to Floor

RISAFloor v13.0 now includes the added ability to graphically copy elements from one floor to another floor. This feature will expedite the modeling...

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