7. Multiple Round Trips Between RISAFloor/RISA-3D and RISAConnection

When round tripping between RISAConnection and RISAFloor/RISA-3D multiple times there are a few items to consider:

• After the first pass into RISAConnection, connection property changes in the RISAConnection file are saved. This means that if the RISAFloor/RISA-3D model is modified and the connections are re-designed you do not lose the connection information that you have modified. 

  Note: One exception to this is if you make a change to the Connection Rule for that member end. If that occurs, then the basic input of the connection is modified and your connection changes are deleted and replaced with the new connection's default settings.

• Thus, you are able to work on a RISAConnection file separately from the RISAFloor/RISA-3D file. You can then re-locate them back in the same directory and they are able to work together, as long as none of the Connection Rules changed in RISAFloor/RISA-3D. Any change of an individual member end's Connection Rule wipes out any changes made in the RISAConnection file.

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