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

Composite Steel Joists in RISAFloor

RISAFloor now includes the ability for engineers to model with and design CJ-Series composite steel joists according to SJI 200-2015 and including...

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October 01, 2024

Concrete Design according to ACI 318-19 Now Available

The new ACI 318-19 concrete code has been implemented into RISA-3D v19, RISAFloor v15, RISAFoundation v13 and RISA-2D v19.

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October 01, 2024

Expanded Load Categories in RISA-3D and RISAFoundation

New to RISA-3D v19 and RISAFoundation v13 is the ability to apply up to 100 "Other Load" Categories. Previously users only had the ability to add up...

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October 01, 2024

Simpson Strong-Tie®Yield-Link® Moment Connection Available in RISA-3D

The release of RISA-3D Version 19 includes the introduction of Yield-Link® Moment Connections, developed in conjunction with Simpson Strong-Tie®.

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October 01, 2024

Exclude Results based on Selection in RISAFloor and RISAFoundation

New to RISAFloor and RISAFoundation is the ability to exclude results by selection. Excluding results from your model is useful when there are...

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October 01, 2024

Improvements to Solid Elements in RISA-3D

A number of improvements have been made to solid elements in RISA-3D v19 allowing users enhanced flexibility in viewing input data as well as...

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October 01, 2024

Orthotropic Plates in RISA-3D

RISA-3D includes the ability to define the plate methodology of a material as orthotropic. In structural analysis and design, it may be useful to...

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October 01, 2024

Inclusion of RSA Results in RISAFoundation

With the release of RISAFoundation v13, you now have the ability to transfer Response Spectra Analysis reactions from RISA-3D v19. RISAFoundation now...

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October 01, 2024

AISC 341-16 & AISC 358-16 now included in RISA-3D

The AISC 341-16 and AISC 358-16 Edition changes have been implemented into RISA-3D v19.

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