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HSS and RisaBase

HSS and RisaBase

HSS and RisaBase

(OP)
Hi

I am dealing with the design of a high-rise building with heavy hollow steel section(built-up column by plates), my question is, is it possible to design the base plate with such a heavy box into RisaBase? It seems that RisaBase is able to read just standard steel profiles not user defined sections.

Thank you
Babak

RE: HSS and RisaBase

It is possible to do this. Sort of.... RISABase does not allow you to create new shapes and add them to the database. But, if you have any of our other programs (RISA-3D, RISA-2D, et cetera), you can add them to the database and then RISABase will be able to read them.

Though there is likely a new complication with the latest versions of 2D and 3D. Those versions probably store their databases in a different folder than RISABase does. Therefore, you would have to create the new shape in 3D, save it. Exit out of the program. Copy that database file over to the directory where RISABase is running. Then start up RISABase. At that point, base will have access to the new shape.

A little convoluted... It just shows that the RISABase interface has gotten a bit out of date.



RE: HSS and RisaBase

(OP)
JoshPlum, thank you but in fact, it is not popular to use Risa3D for high-rise building but you made me to come up with an idea.
I am going to find someone who has a RISA3D and ask him to define a plenty of HSS shapes for making a data base.

Babak

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