User Guide

RISA-3D User’s Guide
Version 5.0
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Roof Load, [ENTER]
Wind Load, [ENTER]
Live Load, [ENTER]
Dead Load, [ENTER]
Cladding
So we've given descriptions to five BLC's. These descriptions are strictly for your
benefit. RISA-3D doesn't require a description.
The rest of the spreadsheet is blank because we have no loads applied. We will
apply the loads and then come back to this spreadsheet to discuss it further.
Click to close the spreadsheet.
Load Direction Options
RISA-3D allows you to specify the direction of your loads in different ways. The
three basic choices are:
1.) Apply loads aligned with global axes, designated with upper case labels such
as X, Y and Z.
2.) Apply loads aligned with member or plate local axes, designated with lower
case labels such as x, y and z.
3.) Apply projected loads along global axes, designated with upper case labels
such as L, V and H.
You will be presented with a list of options each time you define the loads so
don’t worry about remembering what they are. A click of the Help button will
explain the options each time you need it.
Area Loads
The roof load and the wind load will be applied as an area load. This means we
will specify a load over an area and RISA-3D will attribute that load to the