User Guide

Version 5.0
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Table of Contents
Before You Begin 1
How to Use the Manuals 1
License Agreement 2
Installation 3
Technical Support 3
Maintenance 3
Overview 4
Defining the Model 4
Solving the Model 4
Reviewing the Results 5
Important Assumption! 5
Conventions Used in the Tutorials 5
First Look at RISA-3D 6
Starting RISA-3D 6
Main Menu 7
Toolbars 8
Workspace 10
Windows 10
Status Bar 12
Getting Help 13
What’s Ahead 14
Tutorial 1 - Modeling 15
Starting a New File 15
Automatically Generating with Templates 15
Global Parameters 16
Members 19
Drawing Grid 21
Drawing Members 22
Physical Members 32
Material Properties 32
Section Sets Spreadsheet 35
Design Rules – Size / UC 33
Design Rules – Concrete Rebar 34
Multiple Windows 40
Boundary Conditions 43
Saving Your Data 46
Tutorial 2 – Modifying 47
Making Changes to an Item 47
Model View 49
Plot Options 51
Multiple Views 52
Selection Tools 53
Making Changes to Selections 56
Modify Members 57
Model Rendering 58
Copying Model Elements 58
Connecting Along Members 60
Selecting Planes 65
Drawing Plates 66
Submeshing Plates 67
Viewing Plates 68
Model Merge 70
Scaling Elements 70
Design Parameters 72
Sorting 75
Tutorial 3 – Loading 77
Load Cases, Categories and Combinations 77
Load Direction Options 78
Area Loads 78
Surface Loads 82
Distributed Loads 83
Basic Load Case Spreadsheet 84
Copying Loads 85
Self-weight 86
Load Categories 86
Load Combinations 87
Displaying Loads 90
Tutorial 4 – Solving & Results 92
Solving the Model 92
Viewing and Sorting Results Spreadsheets 93
Graphic Results 95
Plotting Deflected Shapes 95
Animation 95
Color-Coding Member Results 96
Member Detail Report 97
Plotting Plate Results 99