February 23, 2017
Using Transverse Stiffeners and Web Doublers Together
RISAConnection v7 now allows both Transverse Column Flange Stiffeners and Column Web Doublers to be applied to Beam to Column Moment Connections.
February 15, 2017
CSA S16-14 Canadian Steel Code now Available
RISA-3D now supports hot rolled steel design for the Canadian market according to CSA S16-14.
February 1, 2017
Enhanced "Move" Tools in RISAFloor
RISAFloor v11 includes the ability to re-position selected elements such as beams, columns, walls, and nodes in your model. On the Graphic Editing Toolbar, click on the Move Selected Items button to open the Move Selected Items dialog box.
January 18, 2017
Masonry Retaining Walls now Available
Now available in RISAFoundation v9 is the ability to design masonry retaining walls and strip footings with the latest US codes. Simply define your masonry wall and reinforcement parameters in the Wall Footing Definition Editor and then draw your wall footing.
January 12, 2017
Use Mezzanine Levels for Wind Loading and Drift Calculations
January 11, 2017
What's New in IBC 2015?
These include:
December 16, 2016
Viewing Coordinates in Cursor Display
In RISA-3D, RISAFloor, and RISAFoundation the cursor now provides additional information regarding the cursor coordinates. As you move your cursor around on your screen, a box adjacent to your cursor will appear and populate with the coordinates of the cursor.
November 16, 2016
Custom Column Strip Widths
RISAFloor v11 now includes the ability to create custom column strip widths in order to optimize the design of slab reinforcement.
November 16, 2016
How the Analysis Offset feature can be used to design WT Braces
In the RISA-3D when you model a WT brace it exists at the member centroid, which means that no bending ends up in the brace due to the fact that the brace is actually eccentric to the braced frame.