Release Notes for RISA-3D Version 5.

5
Update to Wood Code / Wood Design
Added NDS 2001 Wood design code
Added Structural Composite Lumber design
Corrected Detail Report for Wood Members to sho the proper intermediate design !alues for the
critical section location"
Enhaned Conrete Design !eat"res
Added Concrete #eam Rebar Detailing
Added Concrete $ and L #eam Sections
Added Concrete Column %nteraction Diagrams"
Modified AC% Concrete #eam Design to allo for 1 #ar Diameter minimum"
Modified Detail Report for Concrete #eam Design to no sho Re&uired Area of $ensile Steel"
Added Concrete Design per AC% 2002
Added Canadian Concrete Design per CSA A2'"'()*
Added %ndian Concrete Design per %S*+,-2000
Added #ritish Concrete Design per #S.110(1-1))/
Added 0uro Concrete Design per 0C 2(1))2
Added 1oreign Rebar Sets for Concrete
Corrected calculations of the amplified slender moment 2Mc3 for concrete columns to use the full
nominal section"
Corrected a crash in the concrete beam and column shear design code"
Added better messages for concrete members hen a design cannot be performed"
Corrected erroneous displa4 of an interaction error message for concrete column design"
Ne# Steel Codes
Added CSA S1,"1(2001 5ot Rolled Steel Code
Added #ritish 5ot Rolled Steel Design per #S+)+0(1-2000"
Added #ritish6 %ndian6 0uro6 Chilean6 and 7orean 5ot Rolled Steel Shape databases
Added automatic Cb calculation for LR1D 2nd and LR1D 'rd codes
Corrected the calculation of the torsional buc8ling stress for cold formed CS and C9 members"
Corrected the torsional arping stress calculation for 5ot Rolled Steel optimi:ation using Section
Sets"
Correction such that online shapes ma4 again be used for hot rolled steel members"
Corrected instabilit4 error in the solution of tapered ide flange members"
Enhaned Anal$sis !eat"res
Added Automatic ;late Mesh <eneration
Added a Robust6 $o Wa46 Modeling Lin8 ith the ;roSteel Detailing ;rogram
Added Subgrade Soil Spring <enerator
Added %#C 2000 ;arametric Response Spectra"
Added the capabilit4 to automaticall4 prompt and sol!e for an4 missing d4namics or response
spectrum solutions hen running load combinations"
Added a Wall 1orce Summation tool
Enhaned %raphis and Dra#ing !eat"res
Added 0nhanced La4er Support for D=1 0>port
Added the abilit4 to use the mouse to select the origin of the draing grid"
Added the abilit4 to specif4 point and line loads along the span of a member b4 specif4ing the
offset distance from the member end"
0nhanced the cantile!er draing tool pro!iding the abilit4 to dra cantile!ers to a point instead
of specif4ing the cantile!er distance"
0nhanced the beam draing tool to support draing beams using a global angle as an alternati!e
to the relati!e angle"
Added the abilit4 to s8e the draing grid"
&isellaneo"s Enhane'ents / Corretions
Replaced the Warren and =(#race truss generators ith a general truss generator ith more
options"
Modified the R%SA('D %nput 1ile to ma8e it 7e4ord Dri!en" $his ma8es the input file much
easier to read manuall4 and also ma8es all future input files and programs forards and
bac8ards compatible"
%mpro!ed color plotting b4 material or section set to list in the legend onl4 items being used in
the model"
Added true tension(onl4 member to compliment the original 20uler3 t4pe tension onl4 member to
ma8e it easier to specif4 the desired function"
Added abilit4 to sla!e ?oints using the graphic editing tools"
Added additional member criteria selection options"
Added the abilit4 to change material t4pes for members using the Member %nformation dialog"
Added the capabilit4 to sol!e multiple Mo!ing Loads ithin the same Load Combination"
Added SDN1 0>port capabilit4 @1ile(A0>port(ASDN1B" See SDN1"$=$ for more information"
Added abilit4 to define general material section sets ith no shape @edit properties directl4B
Modified the shape redesign list format" A ne sub folder is created on startup to hold the
updated redesign lists and the program is updated so the redesign list path no points to this ne
location"
Modified redesign list beha!ior so that each one is no associated ith one of the shape
databases" $he program ill no onl4 read in the redesign lists for the default database for each
material and an4 lists that ha!e 2ALL3 as their associated database"
Modified program protection no user either Sentinel 9S# hardare 8e4s or Sentinel LM
Netor8 licensing" $he Compan4 Name shon on all reports can no be changed
Corrected error in point load and distributed load spreadsheet editing"
Corrected color legend not displa4ed for shear chec8 plotting an en!elope solution"
Corrected an intermittent crash hen a Sa!ed Solution file included %nacti!e or 0>cluded
concrete members"
Corrected a printing error for #asic Load Case information"
Corrected units error for Cnline and Concrete shapes in the Shapes dialog"
Corrected items in the ;rinted Reports including the printing of loads here the loads for all
#asic Load Cases ere not being printed"
Corrected D=1 %mport to no assign members to section sets"
Corrected the displa4 of the color coded member bending and shear chec8s after sorting"
Corrected error in splitting of ph4sical members b4 clic8ing them"
Corrected error in shapes field on the Member %nformation dialog"