RISAFloor 4.03 Release!!

RISAFloor designs floor systems and works hand in hand with RISA-3D and RISAFoundation to provide a more complete structural engineering software solution for building design. RISAFloor will manage loads, design beams and columns, create quality CAD drawings, and constantly serve RISA-3D the information that it needs for the design of lateral systems.

RISAFloor features automatic load attribution based on deck direction, automatic live load reductions, full floor vibration checks, full height column stack design (considering splice locations), export (and import) of CIS/2 detailing files, parent/child relationships between floors, exclusive or additive area loads, concrete rebar detailing, true spreadsheet editing, automatic code based wind and seismic load calculations and much more.

RISAFloor links to RISA-3D for the design of the lateral system and nonstandard building components, and to RISAFoundation for design of the foundation system. You can move effortlessly back and forth between these three programs, creating and modifying your building model in any manner you wish.

Design your building floor-by-floor. Graphically assign decks and area loads – RISAFloor automatically manages load distribution and calculates LL reductions per code. Create unlimited user-defined design rules – depth/width, deflection, rebar, and many others. Make changes quickly, locally or throughout your model, and see the results.

When it comes time to get drawings out the door, rely on RISAFloor. Create DXF floor plans with the design information you need: sizes, camber, studs, reactions – you call the shots. Take your drawing management to the next level with our links to Structural Desktop and Autodesk Revit Structure.

Multi-story buildings? No problem. Manage relationships between floors; define inheritance with parent-child relationships. Have RISAFloor automatically calculate wind/seismic loads. Define snow drifts, create expansion joints, check floor vibrations all within the familiar RISA environment.

And because RISAFloor integrates seamlessly with RISA-3D, every beam, column, and load is stored to a common database. Never lose track of changes. Work on trusses or transfer girders, frames or footings – work on many designs with only one model.

Design Features
Designs hot rolled steel (composite and non-composite), concrete, cold formed steel, steel joists, wood, wood joists and masonry
Steel Design Codes: AISC ASD 9th, LRFD 2nd & 3rd, HSS Specification, CAN/CSA-S16.1-1994 & 2001, BS 5950-1 2000, IS 800-1998, Euro 3-1993, NZS 3404-1 1997, AS4100-1998 including local shape databases
AISC 13th Edition using the Direct Analysis Method
ACI 1999/2002/2005, BS 8110-97, CSA A23.3-94, IS456:2000,EC 2-1992, NZS 3101-1995, AS 3600-2001 with consistent bar sizes through adjacent spans
Design for custom rebar layouts
Concrete beam detailing (Rectangular, T and L)
Masonry Design Codes: MSJC 1999/2002/05, UBC 97 (ASD & Strength)
Masonry wall design for in-plane, out-of-plane & bearing loads (with or without openings)
AISI 1999/2001, CSA S136-01 cold formed steel design
NDS 91/97/2001/2005 wood design, SCL, multi-ply, full sawn, Glulams
Wood wall design including customizable databases of hold downs & panel schedules
Interactive member redesign and updating
Automatic assignment of unbraced lengths with overrides
Optimization of members per code, size and deflection criteria
Steel and Wood joist databases
Model freezing for evaluation of pre-existing designs