Risa Foundation for PEMB
Risa Foundation for PEMB
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Has anyone used RISA Foundation for Pre Engineered Metal buildings? I'm looking at purchasing the software to compliment other programs.
What are people's thoughts on the program in general?
What are people's thoughts on the program in general?






RE: Risa Foundation for PEMB
JoshPlum may be able to offer guidance in this matter as well.
RE: Risa Foundation for PEMB
RE: Risa Foundation for PEMB
To do this correctly for concrete you would have to generate some sort of interaction diagram like you have for columns. If this were RISA-3D, I'd tell you to call the member a "column". But, we don't have that option in RISAFoundation.
Note:
I was out of town when these messages were first posted. So, I didn't notice the thread until JoshH's response.
RE: Risa Foundation for PEMB
RE: Risa Foundation for PEMB
RE: Risa Foundation for PEMB
For my metal building foundation designs, I have been relying on the soil and hair pins into the slabs. I bought the book "Foundation and Anchor Design Guide for Metal Building Systems" quite a while back. I had built spreadsheets based on that book and have been trialing them along with programs, but I like Risa so far. If you don't have the book, I would suggest getting it.
Looking forward though, I'm wondering now if I could use my turn-down slab edges as grade beams to help resist the lateral loads which I have not done in the past. I suppose I could assume a grade beam, then look at it as a column to verify it would work.
RE: Risa Foundation for PEMB