| Latest Advances: |
- Latest Concrete Design – RISA-3D now supports ACI 2002 (and
1999) including consistent bar sizes through adjacent spans.
- Foreign Design Codes and Databases – RISA-3D now supports British,
Indian and Euro codes and even more structural steel databases.
- Multiple Moving Loads – Run multiple moving load patterns along
different paths simultaneously.
- SDNF and ProSteel 3D links – Interact with steel detailing
software applications.
- Redesign Lists – Give greater control to how RISA-3D optimizes
your steel, wood, concrete and cold formed steel structures.
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| State-of-the-Art Modeling: |
- Comprehensive graphic editing capabilities that let you draw, modify
and load elements as well as snap, move, rotate, copy, mirror, scale,
split, merge, sub-mesh, delete, apply, etc.
- Versatile drawing grids (orthogonal, radial and skewed)
- Universal snaps and object snaps allow drawing without grids
- Powerful graphic selection tools including box, line, polygon, invert,
property criteria and locking or select from sorted spreadsheet data
- Saved selections to quickly recall desired selections
- Modification tools that modify single items or entire selections
- Real spreadsheets with cut, paste, fill, math, sort, find, etc
- Dynamic synchronization between spreadsheets and views so you can
edit or view any data in the plotted views or in the spreadsheets
- Simultaneous view of multiple spreadsheets
- Constant in-stream error checking and data validation
- Unlimited undo/redo capability
- Generation templates for grids, disks, cylinders, cones, arcs, trusses,
tanks, hydrostatic loads, etc.
- Automatic data backup
- Support for all units systems & conversions at any time
- Read RISA-2D and STAAD files
- Automatic interaction with RISASection libraries
- Import DXF, RISA-2D, STAAD and ProSteel 3D files
- Export DXF, SDNF and ProSteel 3D files
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| Analysis Tools: |
- Static analysis and P-Delta effects
- Dynamic analysis and response spectra analysis using Gupta, CQC or
SRSS mode combinations
- Physical member modeling that does not require members to be broken
up at intermediate joints
- State of the art 3 or 4 node plate/shell elements
- Accurate analysis of tapered wide flanges - web, top and bottom flanges
may all taper independently
- Automatic rigid diaphragm modeling
- Area loads with one-way or two-way distributions
- Torsion warping calculations for stiffness, stress and design
- Automatic Top of Member offset modeling
- Member end releases & rigid end offsets
- Joint master-slave assignments
- Joints detachable from diaphragms
- Enforced joint displacements
- 1-Way members, for tension only bracing, slipping, etc
- 1-Way springs, for modeling soils and other effects
- Stress calculations on any arbitrary shape
- Multiple simultaneous moving loads with standard AASHTO loads
and custom moving loads for bridges, cranes, etc
- Inactive members, plates, and diaphragms allows you to quickly remove
parts of structures from consideration
- Story drift calculations provide relative drift and ratio to height
- Automatic self-weight calculations for members and plates
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| Design Options: |
- ACI 1999/2002 and BS 8110-97 concrete design, including consistent
bar sizes through adjacent spans, with exact integration of stress distributions
and parabolic or rectangular stress blocks
- Steel Design Codes: AISC ASD 9th, LRFD 2nd & 3rd, HSS Specification,
CAN/CSA-S16.1-1994 & 2001, BS 5950-1-2000, IS 800-1984, Euro 3-1993
- AISI 1999 cold formed steel design
- NDS 1991/1997 timber design
- Automatic spectra generation for UBC 1997, IBC 2000
- Generation of load combinations: ASCE, UBC, IBC, BOCA, SBC, ACI
- Unbraced lengths for physical members that recognize connecting elements
and full lengths of members
- Automatic approximation of K factors
- Tapered wide flange design with either ASD or LRFD codes
- Optimization of member sizes for all materials and all design codes,
controlled by standard or user-defined lists of available sizes and
criteria such as maximum depths
- Automatic calculation of custom shape properties
- Steel Shapes: AISC, HSS, CAN, ARBED, British, Euro, Indian, Chilean
- Light Gage Shapes: AISI, SSMA, Dale / Incor, Dietrich, Marino\WARE
- Wood Shapes: Complete NDS species/grade database
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| Results & Presentation: |
- Graphic presentation of color-coded results and plotted designs
- Spreadsheet results with sorting and filtering of: reactions, member
& joint deflections, beam & plate forces/stresses, optimized
sizes, code designs, concrete reinforcing, material take-offs, frequencies
and mode shapes
- Standard and user-defined reports
- Graphic member detail reports with force/stress/deflection diagrams
and detailed design calculations and expanded diagrams that display
magnitudes at any dialed location
- Saved solutions quickly restore analysis and design results
- Unlimited simultaneous model view windows
- Extraordinary “true to scale” rendering, even when drawing
- High-speed redraw algorithm for instant refreshing
- Dynamic scrolling stops right where you want
- Color contours of plate stresses and forces with quadratic smoothing,
the contours may also be animated
- Plot & print virtually everything with color coding & labeling
- Rotate, zoom, pan, scroll and snap views
- Saved views to quickly restore frequent or desired views
- Full render or wire-frame animations of deflected model and dynamic
mode shapes with frame and speed control
- Animation of moving loads with speed control
- High quality customizable graphics printing that prints what you see
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| Quality & Support: |
Optimized for Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP
Extensive customization options & user defaults
Comprehensive printed reference manual & tutorials
Encyclopedic online help with index and cross-reference
Instant online program updates via WebUpdate
60-day unconditional trial period
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RISAFloor - Powerful & Flexible
Structural Engineering Software for Building Design and Analysis.
Our newest product—a graphical floor layout and design program that
can operate independently or be integrated with RISA-3D. RISAFloor calculates
tributary loads based on floor geometry and deck direction, reduces live
loads, designs steel and timber joists and composite beams. |
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RISA-2D - Simple 2D Structural Engineering Analysis
& Design Software. As it's name implies, RISA-2D is a program
for the analysis and design of continuous beams, 2D trusses, and 2D frames.
It also has the ability to analyze shear walls. |
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RISAFoot - Design Software for Fast Biaxial Solutions.
RISAFoot is for the analysis and design of spread footings. All combinations
of Axial load, Uniaxial moment, and Biaxial moment are ACCURATELY handled
by this program. Complete code checking including flexural reinforcement
size and layout per ACI 318-95. |
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RISABase - Accurate Biaxial Analysis & Design
Software. RISABase analyzes and designs steel baseplates with Axial
loads, Uniaxial moments and BIAXIAL moments. ACCURATELY solve for steel
plate stresses, anchor bolt forces and concrete bearing stresses. Supported
Column types include all WF shapes, HS tubes and Pipes. Directly considers
the effects of stiffners. Use pre-defined or user-defined anchor bolt patterns. |
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RISASection - Design Software for Quick Combined
Shape Calculations. RISASection allows the user to create almost
any cross section from existing shapes. Contains a comprehensive library
of hot rolled, cold formed, and many types of concrete shapes. |
