User Guide

RISA-3D User’s Guide
Version 5.0
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Concrete Sections
Click on the Concrete tab and take a moment to review the information given.
We origninally chose to define our concrete member directly rather than use
section sets. Therefore, we will not be defining any members using the section
sets listed under the Concrete tab. Take a minute to review the information listed
here. Just like with the steel and wood tabs, the information consists of a section
Label, Shape, Design List, member Type, Material and Design Rules.
Multiple Windows
Now is a good time to talk about all of the windows that we have open on the
screen. We have a model view and three spreadsheets. The “current window” is
the one with the colored title bar (Concrete Section Sets) and the other titlebars
are gray. The windows are laid one on top of the other in the order that we
worked with them. You can return to any of the windows by clicking anywhere
on them although you will want to be careful not to click on a button, or near a
grid point if you are in drawing mode. It is best to click on title bars and other
areas that don’t have actions associated with them.
If you want to move a window to get a better view of it or move it out of the way,
click and hold the mouse button on it’s title bar while dragging the window to a
new position.
But what if you can’t see any part of the window that you want to work with so
that you can’t click on it?