User Guide
RISA-3D User’s Guide
Version 5.0
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Results – All analysis result spreadsheets may be accessed from this menu.
Tools – RISA-3D provides features to help you organize identify and correct
problems as you model the structure. Program preferences are also located here.
Window – The Window menu can be used to manage all of the windows that you
have open in RISA-3D whether they are spreadsheets or model views. Special
tiling options are provided here that are geared to specific modeling tasks.
Help – Use this menu to access the extensive on-line help system provided with
RISA-3D.
Director – If your RISA-3D model is linked to a RISAFloor model, then you will
use this menu to switch between the two programs.
Toolbars
RISA-3D has toolbars with buttons to help you access common commands and
popular options. All you need to note at this time is where the toolbar is. If at any
time you are not sure what a particular button does, simply let your mouse hover
over the button and a helpful tip will pop up and explain the button.
RISA Toolbar
The RISA Toolbar is the first horizontal row of buttons beneath the menu. These
buttons perform general actions such as opening and closing files, changing
design parameters, printing, and solving the model.
Now is a good time to note that there are many ways to access the features
available to you in RISA-3D and the method that you will use will simply be a
matter of personal preference. The good news is that RISA-3D gives you the
options. The tutorial will tend to lean to the use of toolbar buttons but be aware
that the menu contains the same options and there are shortcut keys and hot keys
that can’t be beat in the interest of speed.
Window Toolbar
The Window Toolbar is the second horizontal toolbar. It gets its name because
the buttons change as you move from window to window in order to help you
with what you are currently doing. When you are working in a graphic model
view the buttons above provide tools, such as rotate and zoom, to assist you with
that view.
When you are working in a spreadsheet, this toolbar will contain the buttons
similar to those below, which provide spreadsheet tools such as Fill and Math.