User Guide

RISA-3D User’s Guide
Version 5.0
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Now RIGHT click to pick up the pencil. Then click on to bring up the
Drawing Grid options and select the Snap To Options tab.
The settings on this dialog allow you to set up a grid of graphical editing points
along any orthogonal plane. They also allow you to automatically snap to the
quarter or third points of existing members.
Make sure the Quarter Points and Third Points boxes are checked. Also make
sure that the Use Unviversal Increments box is unchecked as shown below:
Click Ok to continue drawing our cold formed Girts.
We will draw in our lower girts using the drawing points defined at the quarter
points of the columns. Remember that when you are in a drawing mode,
graphical editing points are highlighted by a red dot whenever the tip of your