Tips & Tricks

December 29, 2025

What’s New for IBC 2024 in RISA: A Closer Look

With RISA’s latest release of RISA-3D v23.0.1, we’re continuing to expand support for IBC 2024, helping engineers stay aligned with the latest building code requirements as adoption accelerates across the U.S.—including federally funded projects. This release builds on v23.0.0 ASCE 7-22 enhancements and adds key material design updates that move RISA further into full IBC 2024 compliance. New Material Design Updates Supporting IBC 2024 The upcoming release introduces several important design code updates referenced by IBC 2024, including: Steel Seismic design per AISC 341-22 Prequalified connections per AISC 358-22 Continued support for AISC 360-22 (16th Edition) steel design Ongoing updates to the hot-rolled shape database, including compatibility with both 15th and 16th Edition steel manuals These updates support modern seismic detailing requirements and ensure consistency with current steel industry standards. Masonry Masonry design per TMS 402-22, aligning with the latest strength and serviceability provisions adopted by IBC 2024. Key updates include: Revisions to shear design equations, including clarified definitions of shear area as outlined in Table 4.4.5, improving consistency and transparency in shear capacity calculations. Updated strength reduction factors for flexure and combined flexure + axial. Unlike previous editions that used a fixed ϕ-factor of 0.9, TMS 402-22 introduces tension-controlled,…

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Uploading a CSV file to RISA's Customer Portal
December 5, 2023

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 easily manage yearly software renewals. Coming soon, you will be able to bulk upload users to the Customer Portal from a CSV excel file!

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How To: Change your License Type
November 7, 2023

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 licensing to only subscription-based licensing. As you prepare for this transition, watch the video below for How To: Change your License Type in RISA...

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Borrowing a RISA-3D Subscription License
August 8, 2023

Borrowing a RISA-3D Subscription License

RISA software products allow users to borrow a subscription licenses for a specified period of time, giving users if they are going off-site. To borrow a license follow the steps below.

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Flexibility with RISA Subscription Licensing
July 12, 2023

Flexibility with RISA Subscription Licensing

Why should you use subscription licensing? License Flexibility With subscription licensing all you need is an occasional Internet connection. This eliminates the need to: Keep track of a physical key: All that is required to use the software is a valid account (set up in the Subscription Licensing...

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RISA and Windows 10 April 2018 (version 1803) Update
May 4, 2018

RISA and Windows 10 April 2018 (version 1803) Update

Update: July 2022 The issues with Windows 10 (Version 1803) have been solved. However, for customers still using older versions of RISA products, the workaround using compatibility mode described below may still be useful.

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