User Guide

RISA-3D User’s Guide
Version 5.0
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Click on the joint in the middle of the front column that is labeled N48 to define
the I-end of the first member. Then click on the middle joint on the middle
column (N32) to define the J-end of the first member and the I-end of the second
member. Then, finally, on the middle joint of the right-most column (N16) to
define the J-end of the second member.
Now we will define the member at the tops of the same columns.
RIGHT click to pick up the pencil. Click on the joint at the top of the front
column that is labeled N36. Then click on the top joint (N4) on the middle
column. Then, finally, click on the top joint of the right-most column. RIGHT
click to pick up the pencil, and RIGHT click again to stop.
Connecting Along Members
We will add cold formed steel girts to the columns between the beams. There are
no joints at these locations. We could place a drawing grid there as we did in
Tutorial 1, or we can insert joints on the columns. We’ll learn how to insert joints.
Click
to re-open the Draw / Modify Members dialog and select the Split
Members tab. In the second field, marked Specific Location, specify “14”.
Below that select the radio buttons for Just Add Joints to Physical Members
and Apply entries by Clicking Individually.