RISA-3D can analyze and design your shear walls for the required shear panel thickness and nailing.

Come visit RISA at the Steel Day hosted by Pacific Drafting in Long Beach, Calif., on September 24. We look forward to seeing you there!

Have you tried to apply the difficult wind directional combinations that the ASCE 7 now requires? RISA-3D automatically considers these different wind combinations using the wind load generator and the load combination generator.

When you model your building in RISAFloor, make sure that you define your slab edge as Flexible. That will ensure that the entire contents of the diaphragm will use flexible behavior.

When dealing with a sloping site, it is often necessary to step-down the bases of columns and walls along the length of a building. The example below illustrates how to model this in RISAFloor.