User manual RISA TECHNOLOGIES RISAFLOOR

[. . . ] RISAFloor Rapid Interactive Structural Analysis ­ Floor User's Guide 26632 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 210 Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 (949) 951-5815 (949) 951-5848 (FAX) www. risatech. com Copyright ©2010, RISA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of RISA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. RISA, as applied to structural engineering software, is a trademark of RISA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. Trus Joist is a registered trademark of Weyerhaeuser Company Corporation. [. . . ] The first tool will demonstrate how to add ten members by simply clicking on two end points. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Draw or Modify Beams button again. Click the Draw Beams tab, make sure that the Keep spans continuous (as drawn) check box is NOT checked, then click Apply. Click at the start of the first beam (C2) and drag to the end of the last beam (C5). The single span beams will be automatically broken at the supports for you. Since these members should not be a part of your completed model, click the Undo button to undo the creation of the beams. Note: When drawing new members, you may create either single or continuous span members. If the Keep spans continuous check box had been selected, RISAFloor would have created a continuous beam that spanned from C2 to C5. 39 Tutorial 2 ­ Modeling Beams Another useful tool is the ability to offset beams from the end of another parallel beam: On the Drawing toolbar, click the Draw or Modify Beams button Draw Beams dialog box. In both the 1st Offset and 2nd Offset boxes, enter 5 ft, and then click Apply. Experiment with this tool by clicking to create members parallel to the diagonal beam between D4 and C5, as shown in the image below. These offsets are automatically taken from the end of the beam that is closest to where you clicked. Click the Undo button to undo the creation of the beams. 40 Tutorial 2 ­ Modeling Beams Lastly, we'll explore the quarter and third snap points on members, which can be a very powerful tool. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Modify Drawing Grid button To Options tab. and select the Snap Under Beam/Wall Snap Locations, make sure that the Quarter Points and Third Points check boxes are checked. Under Universal Snap Increments, make sure that the Use Universal Increments check box is cleared. This allows you to draw to the quarter or third points of any beam or wall as a drawing point in your model. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Draw or Modify Beams button Draw Beams dialog box. Draw by clicking in the member from the quarter point of one beam, and dragging to the half point of another. Note: The Status bar (in the lower right hand corner of the screen) reports not only the coordinates of your cursor, but also the half, third, and quarter point locations. again to open the This tool eliminates the need to manually manipulate your Project or Drawing Grids. 41 Tutorial 2 ­ Modeling Beams Click the Undo button several times to undo the creation of the beams. This is the end of Tutorial 2. You may save your model to be used as the starting point for the next tutorial, or begin the next tutorial using the . rfl starter file in the RISAFloor Tutorials folder. To save the model: On the File menu, click Save As and enter a file name. 42 Tutorial 3 ­ Decks & Slab Edges Tutorial 3 ­ Decks & Slab Edges This tutorial will guide you through adding a slab edge, editing deck properties, and drawing in deck loads. If you are continuing from the previous tutorial, you can skip ahead to the next step. -ORIf you are starting here from scratch, follow the steps below to load the starter file provided by RISA Technologies: Double-click on the RISAFloor icon to start the program. Double-click the Tutorials folder, select Tutorial 3 Starter. rfl and click Open. [. . . ] Because of its two way functionality, you can modify the model in either program and the other will recognize the updates. This was just a basic description of the RISA-Revit Link export option. For more information, you may download documentation from the RISA website specific to the link and how to use it. Go to the RISA website: http://www. risatech. com/partners/prt_revit. html, click Downloads, under RISA-Revit Link Documentation, select a document to download, either RISA-Revit Link Documentation or RISA-Revit Quick Tips. 85 Tutorial 7 ­ Interoperability CIS/2 Translator The RISA CIS/2 Translator is a tool for transferring data from RISA to the CIM steel part 21 file format. [. . . ]