6. Connection Design Results

Once the connections have been designed in RISAConnection from either of the methods above the results is available in RISA-3D. You can view the results browser or see color-coded results graphically.

Connection Results Spreadsheet

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The following table provides descriptions of the columns in the spreadsheet.

Connection Design Results for Hot Rolled Steel

Column

Description

Label / Member End

These two columns display the location in the model that this connection results corresponds to.

Connection Rule

Displays the Connection Rule assigned to this location.

Pass/Fail

Indicates whether or not the connection passes ALL connection checks.

Max UC

Displays the maximum unity check for the worst case LC.

Gov LC

Displays which LC provided the Max UC.

Limit State

Displays the governing Limit State which produced the worst case code check or failing criteria.

When viewing this spreadsheet there is a Connection icon in the ‘Results’ ribbon toolbar, as shown in the following image.

Results ribbon toolbar, Connection icon

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Clicking this icon opens up RISAConnection to this specific connection, allowing you to take a further look at the connection results and to edit connection properties in a quick, efficient manner.

Note: The Limit State field also gives notes for any connections that were not able to be designed in RISAConnection. See Troubleshooting for more information.

Viewing Results Graphically

Use the Quick View toolbar to view the connection results directly on your model. 

  1. Click on the Member Color icon down-arrow to open a list of members.

    Member Color, Connection Results

  2. Choose Connection Results to display the results in a color-coded view (as shown in the image under step 1).

    A color legend appears in the 3D View panel, and the connection members are color coded based on that legend.
    (See the example after step 4 that shows both the color coded connections and their governing unity check values.)

  3. Click on the Member Label icon.

    Member Label, Connection Rules

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  4. Choose Connection Results, to display the governing unity check value, as shown in the following image.

    A model showing both Member Colors and Member Labels turned on for Connection Results

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  5. (Optional) If you are in a graphic view and have valid connection results, you can click the Connection Detail Results icon on the left-hand side of the 3D View panel.

    Connection Detail Results icon in the 3D View toolbar

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    This shows a selection cursor and allows you to click on a member end that has a Connection Rule defined, and open RISAConnection to the specific connection that you’ve clicked on.

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